Privacy Policy

Who we are

Our website address is: https://practicewithnews.com.

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s 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: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Media

If you upload images to the 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 on our site 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.

If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Who we share your data with

If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.

How long we retain your data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

What rights you have over your data

If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Where we send your data

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

Affiliate Disclosure

Some of the links in my posts are affiliate links. This means that I may get a commission if you purchase a product or service through the link. There are no additional costs to you. In fact, you may even qualify for discounts. All opinions are my own.

Content shared on this site and/or produced by practicewithnews.com is informational and educational only. This website’s content is not professional advice. It is not the same as advice that you can receive from a legal expert. Reliance on any information on our website or in our courses is done so at your own risk. Information provided on this website is not intended to provide any certain type of financial, business or professional outcome.

Reading Progress and Newsletter Signups

If you choose to save your reading progress, we collect your name and email address and store them together with your reading activity on this site (stories read, quizzes completed, and the days you read). We use this information to (a) show your progress and badges, (b) restore your progress when you sign in on another device with the same email, and (c) send you occasional emails about new easy-English stories if you signed up for them. We place a cookie (pwn_reader) on your device so the site remembers you; it contains an identifier and your first name, and lasts up to one year. When you sign up or your progress syncs, we also record your IP address and the country it corresponds to; we use this only to understand where our readers are and to protect the service from abuse.

We do not sell this information or share it with third parties for their marketing. You can ask us to delete your data at any time via the contact page, and every email we send will include an unsubscribe option. Clearing your browser cookies removes the identifier from your device.