Purpose

This privacy policy will explain how this website uses the personal data we collect from you when you use our website.

What Data do we collect?

This blog does not use visitor analytics or advertising trackers.

If you leave a public comment, we store the name you provide, your comment and its date. Approved comments are public. Reactions are stored as totals, without a record of who reacted.

Friends accounts are invitation-only. We store your name, email address and sign-in information to manage your access. Comments in Friends are linked to your account and visible to other signed-in friends.

How do we collect your data?

You provide data when you comment or sign in. Your name and email address are added when you are invited to Friends.

Cloudflare hosts this website and processes connection information, including your IP address, to deliver pages and protect the site. Login protection uses your IP address to limit repeated attempts. Public comments and the buttons that reveal contact email addresses use Cloudflare Turnstile to prevent spam and automated address collection; it processes browser and connection information as described in the Turnstile Privacy Policy.

How will we use your data?

We use this data to display and moderate comments, provide access to Friends, send login codes and prevent abuse. Cloudflare also provides operational traffic statistics and error logs to help keep the site running.

How do we store your data?

Cloudflare stores account information, comments and Friends photos and videos on our behalf. Friends content requires an active account to access. Cloudflare also delivers login emails. See Cloudflare’s Privacy Policy for information about its processing of personal data.

What are your data protection rights?

Every user is entitled to the following:

The right to access – You have the right to request a copy of your personal data from us. The first copy is free of charge.

The right to rectification – You have the right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate. You also have the right to request that we complete the information you believe is incomplete.

The right to erasure – You have the right to request that we erase your personal data, under certain conditions.

The right to restrict processing – You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.

The right to object to processing – You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.

The right to data portability – You have the right to request that we transfer the data that we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.

Cookies

We use necessary cookies to keep you signed in to Friends. Your light or dark mode preference is saved in your browser. We do not use analytics or advertising cookies.

How to contact us

If you have any questions about this privacy policy, the data we hold on you, or you would like to exercise one of your data protection rights, please do not hesitate to contact us.

You can contact me by email below.