diff --git a/app/models/asset.rb b/app/models/asset.rb
index 29f3597072..41434a0897 100644
--- a/app/models/asset.rb
+++ b/app/models/asset.rb
@@ -133,8 +133,8 @@ class Asset < Sequel::Model
       local_url = CGI.unescape(public_url.gsub(/(http:)?\/\/#{CartoDB.account_host}/, ''))
       begin
         FileUtils.rm((public_uploaded_assets_path + local_url).gsub('/uploads/uploads/', '/uploads/'))
-      rescue => e
-        CartoDB::Logger.error(message: "Error removing asset", asset: self, exception: e)
+      rescue StandardError => e
+        log_error(message: "Error removing asset", current_user: self, exception: e)
       end
       return
     end
diff --git a/app/models/carto/api_key.rb b/app/models/carto/api_key.rb
index cc7e548bdd..7253ad82e5 100644
--- a/app/models/carto/api_key.rb
+++ b/app/models/carto/api_key.rb
@@ -593,8 +593,8 @@ module Carto
     def db_run(query, connection = db_connection)
       connection.execute(query)
     rescue ActiveRecord::StatementInvalid => e
-      CartoDB::Logger.warning(message: 'Error running SQL command', exception: e)
-      return if e.message =~ /OWNED BY/ # role might not exist becuase it has been already dropped      
+      log_warning(message: 'Error running SQL command', exception: e)
+      return if e.message =~ /OWNED BY/ # role might not exist becuase it has been already dropped
       raise_unprocessable_entity_error(e)
     end
 
diff --git a/app/models/carto/helpers/billing.rb b/app/models/carto/helpers/billing.rb
index 6436bfddd8..c73472b2b5 100644
--- a/app/models/carto/helpers/billing.rb
+++ b/app/models/carto/helpers/billing.rb
@@ -41,14 +41,14 @@ module Carto::Billing
 
   def remaining_days_deletion
     return nil unless state == STATE_LOCKED
-    begin
-      deletion_date = Cartodb::Central.new.get_user(username).fetch('scheduled_deletion_date', nil)
-      return nil unless deletion_date
-      (deletion_date.to_date - Date.today).to_i
-    rescue => e
-      CartoDB::Logger.warning(exception: e, message: 'Something went wrong calculating the number of remaining days for account deletion')
-      return nil
-    end
+
+    deletion_date = Cartodb::Central.new.get_user(username).fetch('scheduled_deletion_date', nil)
+    return nil unless deletion_date
+
+    (deletion_date.to_date - Date.today).to_i
+  rescue StandardError => e
+    log_warning(exception: e, message: 'Error calculating remaining days for account deletion')
+    nil
   end
 
   def enterprise?
diff --git a/app/models/carto/helpers/user_commons.rb b/app/models/carto/helpers/user_commons.rb
index f6e3e32c4d..1d03e494fd 100644
--- a/app/models/carto/helpers/user_commons.rb
+++ b/app/models/carto/helpers/user_commons.rb
@@ -86,21 +86,6 @@ module Carto::UserCommons
     @oauths ||= CartoDB::OAuths.new(self)
   end
 
-  def remaining_days_deletion
-    return nil unless state == STATE_LOCKED
-
-    begin
-      deletion_date = Cartodb::Central.new.get_user(username).fetch('scheduled_deletion_date', nil)
-      return nil unless deletion_date
-
-      (deletion_date.to_date - Date.today).to_i
-    rescue StandardError => e
-      message = 'Something went wrong calculating the number of remaining days for account deletion'
-      CartoDB::Logger.warning(exception: e, message: message)
-      return nil
-    end
-  end
-
   def unverified?
     (active? || locked?) &&
     email_verification_token.present? &&
@@ -264,6 +249,7 @@ module Carto::UserCommons
     viewer ? 'viewer' : 'builder'
   end
 
+  # pending to replace .to_hash with .to_h, and monkeypatch Sequel model to respond to attributes
   def logging_attrs
     if self.respond_to?(:attributes)
       # AR
@@ -287,7 +273,7 @@ module Carto::UserCommons
       license_srv.add_to_redis(attributes[:do_dataset])
     else
       message = 'Error updating a DO subscription: unknown action'
-      CartoDB::Logger.error(message: message)
+      log_error(message: message)
       raise message
     end
   end
diff --git a/app/models/common_data.rb b/app/models/common_data.rb
index feeb1a3d28..33e7549bc1 100644
--- a/app/models/common_data.rb
+++ b/app/models/common_data.rb
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ require_relative '../../lib/carto_api/json_client'
 
 class CommonData
 
+  include ::LoggerHelper
+
   def initialize(visualizations_api_url)
     @datasets = nil
     @http_client = Carto::Http::Client.get('common_data', log_requests: true)
@@ -27,16 +29,16 @@ class CommonData
             @datasets = get_datasets(response.response_body)
             redis_cache.set(is_https_request, response.headers, response.response_body)
           else
-            CartoDB::Logger.warning(message: "Error retrieving common data datasets", response: response.to_s)
+            log_warning(message: "Error retrieving common data datasets", error_detail: response.inspect)
           end
         rescue StandardError => e
-          CartoDB::Logger.error(exception: e)
+          log_error(exception: e)
         end
       else
         @datasets = get_datasets(cached_data[:body])
       end
 
-      CartoDB::Logger.error(message: 'common-data empty', url: @visualizations_api_url) if @datasets.empty?
+      log_error(message: 'common-data empty', url: @visualizations_api_url) if @datasets.empty?
     end
 
     @datasets
@@ -52,7 +54,7 @@ class CommonData
     begin
       rows = JSON.parse(json).fetch('visualizations', [])
     rescue StandardError => e
-      CartoDB::Logger.error(exception: e)
+      log_error(exception: e)
       rows = []
     end
 
diff --git a/app/models/data_import.rb b/app/models/data_import.rb
index 5f500f0338..99dff36b83 100644
--- a/app/models/data_import.rb
+++ b/app/models/data_import.rb
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ class DataImport < Sequel::Model
         end
       rescue Addressable::URI::InvalidURIError
         # this should only happen in testing, but just in case capture and log
-        CartoDB::Logger.warning(message: 'InvalidURIError when processing data_source', data_source: data_source)
+        log_warning(message: 'InvalidURIError when processing data_source', data_source: data_source)
       end
     end
 
@@ -1202,9 +1202,8 @@ class DataImport < Sequel::Model
                                                     origin: origin)).report
       end
     end
-  rescue => exception
-    CartoDB::Logger.warning(message: 'Carto::Tracking: Couldn\'t report event',
-                            exception: exception)
+  rescue StandardError => e
+    log_warning(message: "Carto::Tracking: Couldn't report event", exception: e)
   end
 
   def sync?
diff --git a/app/models/geocoding.rb b/app/models/geocoding.rb
index 2bbab7b02b..80a79a8f9b 100644
--- a/app/models/geocoding.rb
+++ b/app/models/geocoding.rb
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ class Geocoding < Sequel::Model
     if translated_formatter =~ SANITIZED_FORMATTER_REGEXP
       translated_formatter
     else
-      CartoDB::Logger.warning(message: %{Incorrect formatter string received: "#{formatter}"}, user: user)
+      log_warning(message: 'Incorrect formatter string received', current_user: user, error_detail: formatter)
       ''
     end
   end