Privacy Policy
Effective date: 21 April 2025
Who We Are
Welcome to The Rainlander. Your privacy matters to us. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and protect your personal information when you visit our website.
Information We Collect
We collect limited personal information when you:
- Subscribe to updates or newsletters (name, email)
- Submit a message through our contact form
- Leave a comment on a post (name, email, and comment content)
- Use the site (through cookies and analytics tools)
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
An anonymised string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service Privacy Policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
Cookies
Our site uses cookies and similar technologies to track general website usage, such as:
- Which pages are visited
- What type of device or browser you’re using
- Where in the world visitors are coming from
This helps us better understand what content people enjoy and how to improve the site.
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 will last for one year.
If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
Embedded Content From Other Websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Who We Share Your Data With
We use the information you provide to:
- Send you new post notifications or newsletters (if you opt in)
- Respond to your messages or questions
- Improve the performance and usability of our site (via analytics)
- Maintain and secure the site
We do not sell your personal data, and we do not use your information for anything unrelated to this site.
How Long We Retain Your Data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognise and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
What Rights You Have Over Your Data
If you have left comments on this site, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Where Your Data is Sent
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
Changes to Our Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. When we do, we’ll update the date at the top of the page. If changes are significant, we’ll also notify subscribers by email.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or how your information is handled, contact us here.