Privacy Policy



Who We Are

Welcome to MangaWitch Studios, the personal website for Emma(Heart), owner of MangaWitch Studios, LLC. This is portfolio website, offering information on Emma(Heart) and her creative works. All images on the website are copyright to Emma(Heart) and MangaWitch Studios, LLC. All creative works are copyright to Emma(Heart) and MangaWitch Studios, LLC.

In accordance with international laws, this Privacy Policy page describes what data this website collects, why we collect it, what we do with it, and how to request that data. This website is self-hosted using WordPress.org, WordPress.com, and Bluehost, and directly managed by the site administrator and editor. All rights are reserved.

What Personal Data We Collect And Why We Collect It

Comments

When visitors interact with the website, use the contact form, leave comments on the posts or etc, we collect certain pieces of data, such 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.

Contact Forms

Any information sent through a contact form is viewed by the site administrators or editors, and any third-party service used to power the contact form plugin. The contact form uses Google Services reCaptcha software. The policy for google can be found on https://policies.google.com/privacy.

Cookies

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

You can always clear cookies using your internet browser’s 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 has 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.

There are also links to Etsy and other social media platforms, which have their own privacy policies.

Analytics

This website uses certain analytics from third-party services to track site traffic and communicate with search engines.

Who We Share Your Data With

Magical Girl Studies does our best to ensure that your data is only shared with the minimum required parties that absolutely must handle the data, such as third-party services that provide essential services such as analytics. Please do not provide any highly sensitive information, such as birthdays or telephone numbers.

How Long 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 that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide 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. If you are uncomfortable with using your full name in your profile, you may opt to use a nickname or alias. The site administrators and editors will only use any information provided to us during the operation of this website.

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 We Send Your Data

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service. Comments you leave can be read and shared by others.

Your Contact Information

Your contact information, such as email address and name, are only accessible to the site administrator and editor, who will not use that information for any reason outside of moderating comments and managing user profiles. You can request for any data to be deleted by using the contact form found in the website.

Additional Information

How We Protect Your Data

MangaWitch Studios is committed to protecting your data. The website is password protected and updated with the latest security features.

What Data Breach Procedures We Have In Place

In the event of a data breach, MangaWitch Studios will work with BlueHost and WordPress.com to recover any lost data.

What Third Parties We Receive Data From

This website uses services such as Google Analytics to monitor site traffic.

What Automated Decision Making And/Or Profiling We Do With User Data

Certain comments will automatically be rejected if they contain common English swearwords.

Industry Regulatory Disclosure Requirements

MangaWitch Studios holds no liability for any loss of information, data breach, or identity theft. While we work to ensure maximum information safety, you provide any information to this website at your own risk. By using this website, registering for a profile and leaving comments, you assume all risk associated with giving away any personal or sensitive information. We ask that you be aware of what type of information you give out.

MangaWitch Studios will NEVER ask for any sensitive information such as birthdays, bank accounts or passwords for other websites. If you receive solicitation for any sensitive information, ignore it or report to your local law enforcement agencies.