What is this place?

You are on the personal website and blog of Emily Morganti, freelance writer & editor, video game public relations consultant, and dollhouse miniaturist extraordinaire. My website address is: http://www.emilymorganti.com. Thanks for visiting!

What personal data do you collect and why?

Comments

When you leave comments on the site, the data shown in the comments form is collected, along with your IP address and browser user agent string to help 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. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Email Notifications of New Posts

This site uses MailPoet to send email updates to people who subscribe for them. To subscribe, you must provide your email address through a web form and confirm your subscription by clicking a link in an email sent to you (known as “opting in”). Your email address is stored in the website’s database.

After you sign up to receive email updates, you can unsubscribe at any time by clicking the Unsubscribe link at the bottom of one of the emails. If you don’t have one of those emails handy you can email me at hello -at- emilymorganti.com and I’ll unsubscribe you manually.

Media

If you upload images to my website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

Cookies

If you leave a comment 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.

Analytics

This site uses Google Analytics to collect data about who visits, where they came from, and which pages they visit. This is completely anonymous and is only done for my personal curiosity. This site does not use Google Ads, or ads of any kind.

Learn more about Google Analytics: How Google uses information from sites or apps that use our services

Who does this site share my data with?

No one!

How long will you retain my data?

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so any future comments can be recognized and approved automatically instead of being held in a moderation queue.

If you sign up to receive email notifications of new blog posts, your email address will be retained indefinitely (even after you unsubscribe).

What rights do I have over my data?

If you have have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data (such as your email address) stored in the database. You can also request deletion of any personal data that has been stored. (This does not include any data that must be kept for administrative, legal, or security purposes.)

If you have unsubscribed from email notifications and want me to delete your email address manually, contact me at inquiry -at- emilymorganti.com.

Where do you send my data?

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

How can I contact the owner of this website?

If you want to contact me for any reason, visit my contact page.