Roaming Historian is adapting a broad policy regarding privacy because we don’t want to mislead anyone. WordPress is our host and they may collect information, which is why this policy is so broad. Roaming Historian uses analytics from its readers to help us know how best to craft content. We look at which blog posts are getting more traffic, where are readers are from, and other broad data so that we can provide information that interests our readers. In other words, we use the analytics that WordPress has to give our readers more of what they want.
The following privacy policy was created by Automattic and can be found here: https://automattic.com/privacy/
They have given permission to WordPress users through Creative Commons to adapt their privacy policy and privacy notice for cookies. As their privacy policy covers all WordPress users who may be operating more detailed websites than ours, not all the information discussed as being collected may actually be collected. In accordance with the terms they gave for sharing/redistribution, we have not changed any of their language. This might mean that some of the statement below might not be relevant to Roaming Historian. We did not alter their “Privacy Policy” in any way—it is reproduced verbatim.
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Information We Collect
We only collect information about you if we have a reason to do so — for example, to provide our Services, to communicate with you, or to make our Services better.
We collect this information from three sources: if and when you provide information to us, automatically through operating our Services, and from outside sources. Let’s go over the information that we collect.
Information You Provide to Us
It’s probably no surprise that we collect information that you provide to us directly. Here are some examples:
- Basic account information: We ask for basic information from you in order to set up your account. For example, we require individuals who sign up for a WordPress.com account to provide an email address and password, along with a username or name — and that’s it. You may provide us with more information — like your address and other information you want to share — but we don’t require that information to create a WordPress.com account.
- Public profile information: If you have an account with us, we collect the information that you provide for your public profile. For…
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