Last updated: May 28th, 2026
Who We Are
Our website address is: https://dwarfastro.com.
DwarfAstro.com is a personal astrophotography website featuring astronomy images, observing notes, equipment experiences, tutorials, and related content.
Information We Collect
We may collect information that you voluntarily provide, such as your email address when you subscribe to the blog, or your name, email address, website, and comment text if you leave a comment.
We may also collect limited technical information automatically, such as your IP address, browser type, device type, referring page, pages visited, and interactions with the website. This information may be collected through WordPress, security tools, spam prevention tools, analytics services, cookies, or advertising services if enabled.
Blog Subscriptions
If you subscribe to DwarfAstro.com, we collect the email address you provide so we can send you new-post notifications or related blog updates.
We do not sell subscriber email addresses. Subscriber email addresses are used for blog subscription purposes and may be processed by WordPress.com, Jetpack, Automattic, or another service provider used to deliver subscription emails.
You can unsubscribe at any time by using the unsubscribe link included in subscription emails or by contacting us.
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 with 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 at: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture may be visible to the public in the context of your comment.
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
Media
DwarfAstro.com does not currently allow general visitors to upload images to the website.
If image uploads are enabled in the future, users 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 uploaded images.
Cookies
If you leave a comment on our site, you may be able to opt in to saving your name, email address, and website in cookies. These cookies are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies may last for up to one year.
The website may also use cookies or similar technologies to operate the site, remember preferences, measure traffic, prevent spam, support subscriptions, and display or measure advertising if advertising is enabled.
You can control cookies through your browser settings. Some features of the website may not work properly if cookies are disabled.
Accounts and Logins
DwarfAstro.com does not currently offer public user accounts or public login access.
If public accounts, membership features, or contributor logins are added in the future, this Privacy Policy may be updated to explain what account information is collected, how login cookies are used, and how users can access, edit, or delete their account information.
Embedded Content From Other Websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content, such as videos, images, social media posts, or articles.
Embedded content from other websites behaves in the same way as if the visitor has visited the other website directly. These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including if you have an account and are logged in to that third-party website.
Analytics
DwarfAstro.com may use analytics tools, such as Google Analytics, Google Site Kit, WordPress.com statistics, Jetpack, or similar services, to understand how visitors use the site.
These tools may collect information such as pages viewed, approximate location, device type, browser type, referral source, and interactions with the website. This information helps us understand site traffic, improve content, and maintain the website.
Advertising
DwarfAstro.com may display advertising through third-party advertising partners, including Google AdSense, Mediavine Journey, Grow by Mediavine, or other advertising services.
Advertising partners may use cookies, pixels, or similar technologies to serve ads, measure ad performance, prevent fraud, and personalize advertising where permitted by law. These partners may collect information about visits to this and other websites.
If Google AdSense is used, third-party vendors, including Google, may use cookies to serve ads based on a user’s prior visits to this website or other websites.
If Mediavine Journey or another Mediavine advertising service is used, additional required privacy policy language may be inserted or provided by Mediavine.
Who We Share Data With
We do not sell subscriber email addresses.
We may share limited information with service providers that help operate the website, deliver blog subscription emails, prevent spam, analyze traffic, host content, secure the site, or provide advertising if advertising is enabled. These providers may include WordPress.com, Automattic, Jetpack, Google, Mediavine, or other services used by the website.
How Long We Retain Your Data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata may be retained indefinitely. This helps us recognize and approve follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
Subscriber information is retained for as long as you remain subscribed. You can unsubscribe at any time using the unsubscribe link in subscription emails.
Analytics data may be retained according to the settings of the analytics provider.
What Rights You Have Over Your Data
If you have left comments or subscribed to the blog, you may request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, where applicable. You may also request that we erase personal data we hold about you.
This does not include data we are required to keep for administrative, legal, security, or operational purposes.
Where Your Data Is Sent
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
Subscription, analytics, security, spam prevention, embedded content, and advertising features may involve third-party services that process data according to their own privacy policies.
Contact
For privacy-related questions or requests, please contact us at:
https://dwarfastro.com/contact-us/
If you contact us through a form, we collect the information you provide, such as your name, email address, subject, and message, so we can respond to your inquiry. We do not sell contact form submissions.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Any updates will be posted on this page with a revised “Last updated” date.
