Last updated November 10, 2023

General info

This privacy notice applies to https://heycynwrites.com. It describes how and why this site might collect, store, use, and/or share your information. Reading this privacy notice will help you understand your privacy rights and choices. If you do not agree with these policies and practices, please do not use our services.

Comments

When visitors leave comments, this site collects the data shown in the comments form, the visitor’s IP address, and the browser user agent string to help detect spam.

An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it.

The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Newsletter and emails

If you have subscribed to our newsletter, are a member of my website (you can log in), or have purchased on my website, there is a good chance you will receive emails from me.

I’ll only send emails that you have signed up to receive or pertain to the service provided. The name and email address you provide are used to send you emails. The site also logs the IP address you used when you signed up for the service to prevent abuse of the system.

This website can send emails through the MailPoet sending service. This service is used to track opens and clicks on emails. This information is used to improve the content of my newsletters. No identifiable information is otherwise tracked outside this website except for the email address.

Akismet

This site also uses Akismet’s anti-spam service. The information collected about website visitors depends on how the User sets up Akismet for the Site but typically includes the commenter’s IP address, user agent, referrer, and Site URL (along with other information directly provided by the commenter, such as their name, username, email address, and the comment itself).

Cookies

If you leave a comment on this site, you may opt-in to save your name, email address, and website in cookies. These are for your convenience, so you don’t have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves exactly as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

How long your data is retained

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is to automatically recognize and approve any follow-up comments instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For users that register (if any), their personal information they provide on this website is stored in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

Where is your data sent?

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.