Our Promise to You

Hey there! At poetic.ie, we take your privacy incredibly seriously. We believe in collecting only what’s absolutely necessary to keep our poetry community running smoothly. We promise we’ll never sell, trade, or share your personal information with third parties for marketing purposes. This isn’t just legal talk—it’s our commitment to you as fellow web surfers.

Overview

At poetic.ie, we respect your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal data. This privacy policy explains how we collect, use, and safeguard your information when you visit our website.

Comments

When you leave comments on poetic.ie, we collect the data shown in the comments form, including your name and email address. We also collect your IP address and browser user agent string to help with spam detection.

An anonymised 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. 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 poetic.ie, we recommend avoiding uploads containing embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

Cookies

When you leave a comment on poetic.ie, you may opt-in to saving your name, email address, and website in cookies. These cookies are for your convenience so that you don’t 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 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 set up several cookies to save your login information and 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 content on poetic.ie, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the content you just edited. It expires after 1 day.

Embedded Content

Articles on poetic.ie may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves exactly as if you had visited the other website directly.

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

Who We Share Your Data With

We value your privacy and limit data sharing. If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email for security purposes.

How Long We Retain Your Data

If you leave a comment on poetic.ie, the comment and its metadata are retained in our logs. This allows us to recognise and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For users who register on our website, we store the personal information provided 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 poetic.ie 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 data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

To exercise these rights, please contact us at questions@poetic.ie

Where Your Data Is Sent

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service to protect the integrity of our community.

Analytics

We use analytics to understand how visitors interact with poetic.ie, helping us improve the experience we offer. This data is anonymised and used solely to enhance our website and content.

Contact Information

If you have any questions about this privacy policy or our data practices, please contact us at questions@poetic.ie

Last updated: 7th May 2025