Effective Date: May 12, 2025

Who we are

Our website address is: https://ellen-thompson.com.

Messages

When visitors send us a message using the contact form on our site, we collect the data shown in the form, the visitor’s IP address, and the visitor’s browser user agent string to help with spam detection.

An anonymized 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/.

Cookies

If you send us a message using the contact form on our site, you may opt-in or opt-out of saving your name, email address and IP address on our Cookie Policy page. These cookies will be saved for one year.

Embedded content from other websites

This site includes embedded content from third-party websites (e.g. videos, music, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from third-party websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the original website. These third-party websites may collect data, 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 (such as Spotify or Youtube). Please see the privacy policies of the applicable third-party websites for more information.

Who we share your data with

We do not share your data with anyone, except as necessary for spam detection and processing.

How long we retain your data

When visitors send us a message using the contact form on our site, we retain the data sent to us indefinitely.

What rights you have over your data

Visitors who have sent us a message using the contact form on our site can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold, including any data the visitor has provided to us. Visitors who have sent us a message using the contact form can also request that we erase any personal data we hold on our Cookie Policy page. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Where your data is sent

Visitor messages sent using the contact form on our site will be checked by an automated spam detection service.

Privacy Policy updates

We reserve the right to update or modify this Privacy Policy at any time without notifying visitors. If we make changes to this Privacy Policy, we will post the updated version on our website and update the effective date at the top of the policy. We encourage visitors to periodically review this Privacy Policy page for any changes.