Hey there! Just a quick heads-up about how my site handles your info.
💬 Comments
If you leave a comment on a post, WordPress automatically stores some info—like your name, email, and IP address. This helps filter out spam and keep things running smoothly so bots don’t overrun my website. This info isn’t used for anything else, and I don’t sell it. Just please keep in mind when leaving a comment that this info gets logged in the back end.
🔒 Security Stuff
I use a security plugin that helps protect this site from bots, spam, and hacking attempts. To do that, it logs certain info like IP addresses, failed login attempts, and unusual activity. This info is only used to keep the site safe and secure, nothing else. This information all stays local to my server and is not sent elsewhere or shared with any third parties.
📊 Site Stats
I also use Burst Statistics, which is a privacy-friendly analytics tool. It doesn’t track anything personally identifiable. It just gives me a general idea of how people find the site and what pages get visited. Think of it like a basic traffic report—no cookies, no creepy tracking. This is used solely for my own curiosity about what people choose to explore on my site and how they got here, nothing more.
🛍️ WooCommerce (If You Buy Something)
If you make a purchase through my shop, WooCommerce handles the order process. It collects things like:
- Your name
- Email address
- Billing/shipping info
- What you bought
This info is only used to process your order and deliver your stuff—nothing more. I don’t store payment info (like credit card numbers); that’s handled securely by the payment processor.
If you create an account (optional), WooCommerce saves your info so you can check your orders faster next time.
These processes are standard and necessary with any website that offers e-commerce.
🚫 No Selling, No Sharing
Your data is never sold, rented, or handed over to marketers. Any info collected is only used for:
- Running the site properly
- Keeping my site secure
- Seeing how people discover my site (because I’m curious)
That’s it. My site doesn’t track you across the web, or care that you watched a cat video earlier, or recorded you saying out loud that you want a cheeseburger and swarm you with cheeseburger ads. Tracking on my site is minimal and I care to make my site as privacy respecting as possible, while also keeping my website safe and secure.
🧼 Your Rights
If you ever want a comment you’ve made deleted from my website, or your WooCommerce records deleted please feel free to get in touch with me and I’d be happy to remove it for you.