Privacy Policy
What data we collect, why we collect it, how long we keep it, and your rights.
Contents
This policy explains how this website collects, uses and protects your personal data when you read articles, leave comments or create an account. We aim to follow the principles of major privacy laws, including the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA).
1. Data we collect
When you read articles
You do not need an account to read. Our servers keep technical logs (IP address, browser type, time of visit, pages viewed) to operate the website, prevent attacks and fix errors. We also count article views in aggregate; these counts are not linked to your identity.
When you comment
Your display name, email address (never shown publicly), comment text, IP address and time of submission. The IP address and time are used to prevent spam and abuse.
When you create an account
Your email, username, display name and password. Passwords are stored as one-way hashes — not even administrators can see your original password.
2. Cookies
We only set a session cookie when you log in, to keep you signed in. This cookie is not used for tracking or advertising. Readers who do not log in receive no cookies from us. If advertising is shown on the site, advertising partners may set their own cookies as described in section 4.
3. How we use your data
To operate, secure and improve the website.
To display comments and fight spam.
To manage accounts and send account verification and password reset emails.
To reply when you contact us.
We do not sell your personal data.
4. Third-party services
Cloudflare Turnstile (when enabled): distinguishes humans from bots when you comment, log in or sign up. It processes some technical signals from your browser under Cloudflare’s own privacy policy.
Embedded YouTube videos use privacy-enhanced mode (youtube-nocookie.com).
Advertising partners (when ads are shown), such as Google AdSense, may use cookies to serve ads based on your visits to this and other websites. You can opt out of personalized advertising at Google Ads Settings or aboutads.info.
Our email provider, used to send account verification and password reset emails.
5. Data retention
Comments: kept until you ask us to delete them or the comment is removed.
Accounts: kept until you ask us to delete your account.
Technical logs and anti-spam data: kept only as long as needed for security, then deleted automatically.
6. Your rights
Depending on where you live, you may have the right to access, correct, export or delete your personal data, to withdraw consent, and to object to certain processing. California residents may also request information about the categories of data we collect. To exercise any of these rights, contact us through our Contact page. We respond within 30 days.
7. Data security
Connections are encrypted (HTTPS), passwords are hashed, and access to data is limited to people who need it. No system is perfectly secure; if an incident affects your data, we will notify you as required by law.
8. Children
This website is not directed at children under 13 (or under 16 in the EU), and we do not knowingly collect their personal data. If you are a parent or guardian and believe your child has sent us personal data, please contact us so we can delete it.
9. Changes to this policy
When this policy changes, we update this page and the "Last updated" date at the top.
10. Contact
For any question about your personal data, please use our Contact page.