Who We Are
The Castle Library is a blog and content website. Our website address is: https://thecastlelibrary.com.
Information We Collect
We collect names, nicknames, and email addresses when they are voluntarily provided through a comment or by signing up to receive our newsletter. When readers use our site, we also collect usage data such as device and browser information, anonymized IP addresses, approximate location, time spent viewing pages, and referring sites.
How We Use This Information
- Improve our content, performance, and user experience
- Measure and analyze our traffic and popular pages
- Display advertisements
- Track referrals on commissions through affiliate links
- Detect and prevent spam, fraud, security concerns, and technical errors
- Comply with legal obligations when required
We do not sell the information we collect.
How We Store Collected Information
Names and emails collected through newsletter subscriptions will be stored until you unsubscribe, at which point they will be deleted. Names, emails, and IP addresses associated with comments will be stored indefinitely unless you request the deletion of the comment(s) and associated data. Site traffic and trends data is stored for a maximum of 14 months in Google Analytics.
Cookies
Small text files and tracking tools — aka “cookies” — are used in a number of ways on our website: essential cookies for site operation, performance cookies for analyzing anonymized site traffic, and advertising cookies from ad workers and affiliates for targeted ads and tracking referrals.
Google Analytics
We use Google Analytics 4 to understand site traffic and how readers use our site. Google Analytics 4 collects data such as referring sites, approximate location, device and browser information, as well as pages visited, time spent, and link clicks.
You can read Google’s privacy policy here: https://policies.google.com/privacy
Ad Networks and Affiliate Links
Ad partners place cookies to serve ads, personalize content, and track referrals for commissions. We share only the data that is needed for these services per their agreements and terms of service.
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.
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.
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.
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/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
Children
This website is intended for general audiences. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 16. If you believe that we may have inadvertently collected personal information from a child under 16, please contact us and we will delete it.
Questions, Concerns, and Requests
If you have any questions or concerns about our privacy policy or would like to request to have your data deleted, you may contact us through the form below.