Privacy policy

Who we are

Feed Your Muse (feedyourmuse.com) is an independent review website run by Victor Nwofe, based in Nigeria. For any privacy question, please use our contact page.

Information we collect

• Contact form: your name, email address, the subject you choose and your message.
• Comments: your name, email address, comment and IP address. WordPress may check your email against the Gravatar service to show a profile picture.
• Analytics: if you accept analytics cookies, Google Analytics collects information such as the pages you visit, how long you stay, your device and browser, and your approximate location.
• Affiliate link clicks: when you click a partner link, we count the click. The partner may set its own cookie to record that you came from our site.
• Technical data: our hosting provider keeps standard server logs, such as IP addresses and browser types, to keep the site secure and working.

How we use your information

• To reply to your messages and handle corrections or suggestions.
• To publish and moderate comments.
• To understand which content is useful, so we can improve the site.
• To keep the website secure and prevent spam and abuse.

Legal bases

If you are in the European Union or the United Kingdom, we rely on your consent for analytics cookies, on our legitimate interest in running and protecting the site, and on your request when we reply to a message you sent us. You can withdraw consent at any time.

Cookies and your consent

When you first visit, a cookie banner asks for your choice. Essential cookies keep the site working. Analytics cookies are used only if you accept them. You can change your choice at any time using the cookie settings option on the site.

Services we use

• Google Analytics (through Google Site Kit) for visit statistics.
• Affiliate networks and merchants, such as Impact and the brands it connects us with, when you click a partner link.
• Our hosting provider, which stores the website and its data.
• Gravatar, if you leave a comment.

These services have their own privacy policies, and some may process data outside your country.

How long we keep information

We keep contact messages for as long as needed to reply and follow up, and then delete them within 24 months. Comments stay on the site while they are published. Analytics data is kept according to our Google Analytics retention settings.

Your rights

Depending on where you live, you may have the right to access, correct or delete your personal data, to object to or restrict how we use it, to withdraw consent and to complain to a data protection authority. This includes rights under the EU and UK GDPR, the Nigeria Data Protection Act 2023 and US state laws such as the California Consumer Privacy Act. We do not sell or share personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising. To use your rights, contact us.

Children

Feed Your Muse is not intended for children under 16, and we do not knowingly collect their personal information.

Security

We use HTTPS encryption, keep our software updated and limit access to personal information. No website can be completely secure, but we take reasonable steps to protect your data.

Changes to this policy

We may update this policy when our site or the law changes. The date at the top shows the latest version.