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Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy explains how snehasishnayak.com collects, uses, and protects your personal information when you visit the site.

Last updated: 14 September 2025

This website, snehasish.blog, is run by Snehasish Nayak. I respect your privacy. This page explains what I collect, why, and your choices.

What I collect

  • Email address when you subscribe to the newsletter. Your name is optional.
  • Messages you send through the contact form.
  • Basic usage data like pages viewed, device type, and referrer. This is aggregated and not used to identify you.
  • Cookies that keep you signed in as a member and make the site work.

How I use your data

  • To send newsletters you asked for.
  • To reply to your messages.
  • To maintain, secure, and improve the site.
  • To understand overall readership trends.

Tools and sharing

  • Hosting and publishing: This site runs on Ghost. Ghost sets essential cookies for members.
  • Email delivery: Newsletters are sent through Ghost’s email service.
  • Analytics: I use a privacy-friendly analytics tool to measure traffic in aggregate. It does not profile or track individual visitors.
  • I do not sell your personal data. I may share data with service providers only to run the site. They must protect it and use it only as instructed.
  • Consent when you subscribe.
  • Legitimate interests to run a secure, useful website.

Data retention

  • Email data is kept until you unsubscribe or ask me to delete it.
  • Contact form messages are kept as long as needed to respond.
  • Aggregated analytics data may be kept for trend analysis.

Your choices

  • You can unsubscribe from any email with the link at the bottom.
  • You can request access, correction, or deletion of your personal data. I will respond within a reasonable time.

International transfers

My service providers may store or process data outside India. They use reasonable safeguards to protect it.

Children’s privacy

This site is not intended for children under 13. I do not knowingly collect their data.

Changes

If I update this policy, I will post the new date above. Material changes will be highlighted.

Contact

For any privacy question or request, email me@snehasish.blog or use the contact form on the site.