Who we are

‘We’ is actually, ‘me’. I simply run a blog. I am publishing a Privacy Policy to adhere to best practices on the internet, and any potential legal requirements thereof. My website address is: https://ModernSurvivalBlog.com

What personal data that may be collected and why

(referenced in the following sections)

Cookies

A cookie is a string of information that a website stores on a visitor’s computer, and that the visitor’s browser provides to the website each time the visitor returns. 

Visitors who do not wish to have cookies placed on their computers should set their browsers to refuse cookies before using a website, with the drawback that certain features may not function properly without the aid of cookies.

Users and Comments

We no longer implement a User login system on the site. Therefore no related information is collected in this regard. No User login cookies. Any previous User login data has been permanently deleted from the server database.

We no longer implement a Comment system on the site. Therefore no related information is collected in this regard. No Commenter cookies. Whenever the Comment system is enabled, and when visitors leave comments on our site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, the visitor’s IP address assigned to them at the time of leaving the comments, and the user agent strings of the browsers they used – to help spam detection.

Published content and comments are stored indefinitely unless deletion/removal is requested by the original author or commenter.

Spam Filter

This site uses the worlds most popular Anti-Spam service, Akismet, to reduce and eliminate Comment spam. Although the Comment system is no longer used on the site, the spam filter will check Contact form submissions. You may visit the Akismet site to examine their privacy policy:

Akismet Privacy

Contact Forms

You may contact me via the ‘Contact me’ link in the footer below. If you do, your email address will obviously be collected as well as the textual information in the body of your message.

All form submissions are run through Akismet for spam detection. We presently utilize (Forminator) from (WPMU DEV), a Wordpress plugin developer for contact form submission. Form submissions are retained in our server database for 90 days, after which all records are deleted.

Analytics and Metrics

Google Analytics

I use Google Analytics on ModernSurvivalBlog.com to discover various statistics about how visitors interact with the site. Metrics such as which pages are visited and how often, how long a visitor stays on the site, and other related metric information.

View more in-depth Google privacy policy and cookie information:
Google Privacy

You can also opt-out of Google Analytics here:
Google Opt-Out

Advertisers, Affiliates, and 3rd-Party Ad Networks

Some of our advertising partners may use their own cookies and web beacons on our site. Our advertising partners may include, but are not limited to, Amazon (e.g. when clicking on product links).

Amazon Privacy Policy

These third-party ad servers or ad networks may use technology to the advertisements and links that appear on ModernSurvivalBlog.com sent directly to your browsers. They may automatically receive your IP address when this occurs. Other technologies (such as cookies, JavaScript, or Web Beacons) may also be used by the third-party ad networks to measure the effectiveness of their advertisements and / or to personalize the advertising content that you see.

ModernSurvivalBlog.com has no access to, or control over, these cookies that may be used by third-party advertisers. You should consult the respective privacy policies of these third-party ad servers for more detailed information on their practices as well as for instructions about how to opt-out of certain practices.

ModernSurvivalBlog.com privacy policy does not apply to, and we cannot control the activities of, such other advertisers or web sites.

How long we retain your data

For those who have left a comment on the site prior to shutting down the Comment system, the comment and its metadata may be retained indefinitely. This is necessary for the comments to display on the site.

You may request that we remove your comments and its metadata by contacting us about it.

Contact information

You may contact by accessing our ‘Contact me’ form link in the footer below.

Disclaimer