Privacy policy
How Jennifer Collins Blog handles personal information.
Last updated: 1 October 2026
Information you choose to provide
If you contact us, join the Jennifer Letter list, or submit a story comment, you may provide your name, email address, message or other details you choose to include. A comment submission includes the story it concerns. We review comments by email before publication. If approved, the public sees your name and comment on that story; your email address is not displayed. We may decline or remove comments.
Information collected automatically
Our hosting and security providers may process basic technical information needed to deliver and protect the site, such as IP address, browser and device information, requested pages, timestamps and security logs. Vercel Web Analytics provides aggregated page-view and traffic statistics so we can understand which stories readers visit. Vercel says its analytics does not collect cross-site personal identifiers and does not use third-party cookies.
Story pages also maintain an anonymous qualified-read count. A read is registered only after the page has remained visible for at least 10 seconds and the visitor has meaningfully scrolled through the story. We store the story, date and two-letter country code. We do not store a city or exact location. A temporary keyed hash of the network address is used to deter artificial repeat counting; the raw network address is not stored in the read-count database.
How we use information
We use information to respond to enquiries, manage newsletter interest, review and publish approved comments, operate and secure the website, understand readership and technical performance, maintain records and comply with applicable obligations.
Service providers
The site is hosted on Vercel. Published editorial content may be delivered through Sanity. Contact, newsletter and comment forms are processed by FormSubmit and delivered to Jennifer Collins Blog by email. Approved comments are stored with the relevant story in Sanity. Reactions, qualified-read totals and aggregate country statistics are stored with Upstash Redis. When a reader chooses to play an embedded Facebook video, the browser connects to Meta to deliver that player. These providers may process information according to their own terms and privacy practices.
Cookies and browser storage
The public site uses browser storage to remember whether you dismissed the cookie notice. If you react to or complete a qualified read of a story, we set separate first-party pseudonymous cookies to remember that browser and limit repeat counting. The cookies do not contain your name, email address or location. We do not intentionally set advertising cookies on the public site at this time. Vercel Web Analytics is used for aggregated site statistics. An optional Facebook player is not loaded until you choose to play a video; after that choice, Meta may use cookies or similar technologies under its own policies. If other optional analytics or advertising technologies are introduced, this policy and the consent experience will be updated where required.
Retention and security
Aggregate read totals are retained as part of the publication’s historical readership record. Daily country breakdowns are retained for a limited reporting period. Browser deduplication records expire after 24 hours. We otherwise keep information only for as long as reasonably needed for its purpose, legitimate record-keeping, security or legal requirements. No online service can guarantee absolute security, but we use reasonable measures appropriate to the website.
Your choices and rights
You may ask us to correct or delete information you submitted, or to stop receiving newsletter communications. You can use browser privacy signals or clear site data to limit browser-based recognition. Depending on where you live, additional privacy rights may apply.
Children
The site is intended for a general audience and is not designed to knowingly collect personal information from children without appropriate consent.
Contact
Privacy enquiries: jennifercollinsblog@gmail.com.