Last updated: May 6, 2026
StephenTippie.com is a personal website operated by Stephen Tippie. This site serves as a public home for writing, professional background, creative work, projects, media, and related updates.
This Privacy Policy explains what information may be collected when you visit or interact with this website, how that information may be used, and what choices you may have regarding your information.
Who We Are
Our website address is: https://stephentippie.com/
This website is owned and maintained by Stephen Tippie.
Information We Collect
This site may collect limited information when visitors interact with the website, including when visitors submit comments, use contact forms, upload media, or interact with embedded content.
The type of information collected may include:
- Information you choose to provide, such as your name, email address, website, message, or comment content
- Technical information such as IP address, browser type, device information, and user agent string
- Cookies or similar browser-based data used for site functionality, login sessions, spam prevention, or user convenience
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the information shown in the comment form, along with the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help detect spam.
An anonymized string created from your email address, also called a hash, may be provided to the Gravatar service to determine whether you are using it. After approval of your comment, your profile picture may be visible to the public in connection with your comment.
Gravatar is operated by Automattic, and its privacy practices are covered by Automattic’s privacy policy.
Media
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data, such as EXIF GPS data.
Visitors to the website may be able to download and extract location data from images uploaded to the site.
Contact Forms
If you submit a message through a contact form, the information you provide may be used to respond to your inquiry.
This may include your name, email address, subject, message content, and any other details you choose to include.
Contact form submissions are not used for marketing unless clearly stated or unless you have separately agreed to receive updates.
Cookies
This website may use cookies for basic website functionality, comment convenience, login sessions, spam prevention, and site administration.
If you leave a comment on the site, you may choose to save your name, email address, and website in cookies. These cookies are for your convenience so you do not need to fill in your details again when leaving another comment. These cookies may last for one year.
If you visit a login page, the site may set a temporary cookie to determine whether your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
If you log in, the site may set cookies to save your login information and screen display choices. Login cookies may last for two days, and screen option cookies may last for one year. If “Remember Me” is selected, login may persist for approximately two weeks. If you log out, login cookies are removed.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie may be saved in your browser. This cookie contains no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article that was edited. It typically expires after one day.
Embedded Content From Other Websites
Articles or pages on this site may include embedded content, such as videos, images, posts, articles, social media content, or other materials.
Embedded content from other websites behaves the same way as if you visited those websites directly.
These third-party 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 if you have an account and are logged in to that third-party website.
Analytics and Site Performance
This website may use hosting tools, WordPress tools, plugins, or analytics features to understand general site activity, improve performance, prevent spam, and maintain website security.
This may include information such as page views, referring websites, browser type, device type, approximate location based on IP address, and general usage patterns.
Who We Share Your Data With
We do not sell your personal information.
Visitor information may be processed by website tools, hosting providers, spam detection services, security tools, or embedded third-party services as necessary to operate and protect the website.
If you request a password reset, your IP address may be included in the password reset email.
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
How Long We Retain Your Data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata may be retained indefinitely. This helps the site recognize and approve follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
For users who register on this website, if registration is enabled, personal information provided in user profiles may be stored. Registered users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time, except they may not be able to change their username. Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
Contact form submissions may be retained as long as needed to respond to inquiries, maintain records, prevent abuse, or support site administration.
What Rights You Have Over Your Data
If you have an account on this site or have left comments, you may request an exported file of the personal data held about you, including data you have provided.
You may also request that personal data be erased.
This does not include data that must be kept for administrative, legal, security, or operational purposes.
Where Your Data Is Sent
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
Data may also be processed through website hosting services, WordPress-related tools, plugins, security services, analytics tools, or embedded third-party services depending on how you interact with the site.
Security
Reasonable steps are taken to protect the website and the information submitted through it.
However, no method of online transmission or electronic storage is completely secure. Visitors should avoid submitting sensitive personal information through public comments or general contact forms.
Children’s Privacy
This website is not intended to knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of 13.
If you believe a child has provided personal information through this site, please contact us so the information can be reviewed and removed if appropriate.
Changes to This Policy
This Privacy Policy may be updated from time to time as the website changes, new tools are added, or legal and operational needs evolve.
The “Last updated” date at the top of this page will reflect the most recent version.
Contact
For privacy-related questions or requests, please use the contact page on this website.