Privacy Policy

Last updated: 20/10/2026

Xtra Realities (“we”, “us”) is an independent quarterly print magazine on Extended Reality as a cultural and artistic medium. This page explains what personal data we collect when you use xtrarealities.com, why we collect it and what your rights are.

Who is responsible for your data
Xtra Realities is operated by Susana Grilo, sole trader, Portugal. Contact: info at xtrarealities dot com.

Website hosting and visitor data
This website is hosted by Squarespace. When you visit, Squarespace collects information about your browser, network and device, the pages you viewed before and during your visit, and your IP address. Squarespace needs this data to run the website and to protect and improve its platform. You can read how Squarespace uses it in its own Privacy Policy.

Analytics and cookies
Squarespace uses analytics to understand how people find and use the site. This may include clicks, internal links, pages visited, scrolling, searches and timestamps. Strictly necessary cookies are always used so Squarespace can deliver the site securely. Analytics and performance cookies are only used after you accept them. You can change your choice at any time in your browser settings.

Contact forms and emails
If you contact us through a form or by email, we collect the information you send (usually your name, email address and message) to reply to you. Form submissions are processed by Squarespace and stored in Google Workspace.

Newsletter
If you subscribe to our newsletter, we collect your name (optional) and email address to send you magazine news, interviews and announcements. We only do this with your consent, and you can unsubscribe at any time using the link at the bottom of every email. Your contact details are provided to Squarespace Email Campaigns, our email provider, so it can send the emails on our behalf.

Fonts and embedded content
This site may load fonts from Google Fonts or Adobe Fonts. These third parties may receive your IP address and information about your device and the page you are viewing.

Social media and sharing
If you click a share button or follow a link to our social channels, the platform concerned (e.g. Instagram, LinkedIn) may receive data about you under its own privacy policy.

Why we process your data (legal basis)
We rely on your consent (newsletter, non-essential cookies), and on our legitimate interest in running and securing the website and answering your messages.

How long we keep it
We keep data only as long as needed for the purposes above. Newsletter data is kept until you unsubscribe, and messages for as long as needed to deal with your request.

Your rights
Under the GDPR you can ask us to access, correct or delete your data, to restrict or object to its processing, to receive it in a portable format, and to withdraw consent at any time. To exercise these rights, write to info at xtrarealities dot com. You also have the right to complain to the Portuguese data protection authority, the Comissão Nacional de Proteção de Dados (www.cnpd.pt).

Changes to this policy
We may update this policy from time to time. The date at the top shows the latest version.