Effective July 1st 2025

Welcome to WhitsRow.com. Your privacy matters to us. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and safeguard your personal information when you visit or interact with our website.

 

Who we are

WhitsRow.com is the official website of Whitley Ebner, a journalist, author, and writer based in Brazoria, Texas.

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

WhitsRow.com uses cookies to personalize content and track website traffic. You can manage or disable cookies in your browser settings.

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 had 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 do we share your data with?

We may use trusted third-party services for:

• Email newsletters

• Site analytics

• Embedded content (such as Instagram, YouTube, etc.)

These services may collect data in line with their own privacy policies. We encourage you to review them.

 

How long do 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 who register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profiles. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except that 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 is your data sent?

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

Children’s Privacy

WhitsRow.com does not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you believe such data has been collected, please contact us immediately for removal.

Your Rights

You may:

• Unsubscribe from our emails at any time

• Request to access, update, or delete your personal data by contacting us

Security

We take reasonable precautions to protect your information but cannot guarantee absolute security due to the nature of the internet.

Changes to This Policy

We may update this policy occasionally. Changes will be posted on this page with an updated effective date.