Effective date: July 22, 2026
This Privacy Policy explains how Earth Shine Journal collects, uses, and protects information when you visit earthshinejournal.com/, submit a form, leave a comment, or otherwise interact with the website.
Information you provide
We may receive information you voluntarily provide, such as your name, email address, message, comment, correction request, or newsletter preference. Please do not submit sensitive personal or financial information.
Information collected automatically
The website and its service providers may process technical information such as IP address, browser and device type, approximate location, referring page, requested URLs, timestamps, cookie identifiers, and interactions with the website. This information may be used for security, diagnostics, performance, and audience measurement.
Cookies and analytics
WordPress, security and caching tools, embedded media, and analytics services may use cookies or similar technologies. Earth Shine Journal uses Google services connected through Site Kit, which may include Google Analytics and Search Console. Analytics helps us understand aggregated traffic and improve content. Where required, non-essential cookies should not be activated until the visitor provides consent.
Comments, forms, and embedded content
Comments and contact forms may retain the submitted fields and technical anti-spam information. Articles may contain embedded content from other websites, such as videos, maps, or social posts. Those providers may collect data under their own privacy policies as if you visited them directly.
How information is used and shared
- To operate, secure, troubleshoot, and improve the website.
- To respond to messages, corrections, and privacy requests.
- To measure content performance and understand audiences.
- To prevent spam, abuse, fraud, or security incidents.
- To comply with legal duties or protect legitimate rights.
We do not sell personal information for money. Information may be processed by hosting, analytics, form, anti-spam, email, advertising, and other service providers as necessary to supply their services. It may also be disclosed when legally required.
Retention, security, and your choices
Information is retained only as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described above, subject to legal, security, and backup requirements. Reasonable safeguards are used, but no internet transmission or storage system can be guaranteed completely secure.
Depending on where you live, you may have rights to access, correct, delete, restrict, object to, or obtain a copy of personal information. You may also be able to withdraw consent or complain to a privacy regulator. Use our Contact page to make a request. We may need to verify your identity.
Children and policy changes
The website is not intended to knowingly collect personal information from children below the age requiring parental consent in their location. We may update this policy when the website or legal requirements change; the effective date above will be revised.