This page describes how your personal information is handled.
Submitted Reader Information & How it is Used:
When you subscribe
Your email address is used exclusively to send notifications about new blog posts.
When you leave comments
Your email address is collected but not displayed.
- A anonymized string, which is created using your email address (also called a hash), may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/.
Your name is posted with your comment.
Your comment subject and feedback is posted.
This information may be used in private email correspondence with you.
When you complete the “Contact Me” form
Your email address is collected
Your name is collected
Your subject and message is collected
This information may be used in private email correspondence with you.
When you make a donation, photo purchase, or establish a licensing agreement.
TBD once implemented
Browser Considerations
For all submissions, your IP address and browser user agent string are logged by services’ servers as part of basic site security.
If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies are retained for one year.
Embedded Content from Other Websites
Embedded content from other websites behaves as if you visited the content’s website. These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with the embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
NOTE: Links are not the same as embedded content and do not collect data as described in the previous bullet point. Whereas embedded content is used sparingly, links are used extensively.
Information Retention
Comments and their metadata are retained indefinitely.
Subscribers: TBD
Information Sharing
This website does not use affiliate programs. Your information is not shared, sold, rented, or traded.
Your data could be shared as required by law or to prevent technical issues.
Blog Hosting & Third-Party Services
Trusted service providers are used to support this website. Services include, SEO, email, spam detection, etc.
These providers are prohibited from using information you provide for any purpose other than supporting this website.
Managing Your Data
You can unsubscribe at any time using the link at the bottom of an email notification send by this website.
Once you unsubscribe, your email address is removed from the active list.
You can request a file that contains information retained as part of site administration.
You can submit a request to erase retained information that is part of the site administration. Information we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes is excluded from removal.
Updates
Any changes to this policy will be posted on this page with an updated effective date.
Effective Date: April 11, 2026
Update(s): clarified that submitted content may be used with you, the content author, in private email correspondence.