Privacy Policy
Privacy Policy
This page explains how this blog handles your information. It is written plainly, not in legal jargon, because the intent is clarity - not confusion.
Who Runs This Blog
This is a personal blog operated by Ritik Pratap Singh Patel under the handle @patelritiq. The blog is hosted on Blogger, a platform owned by Google. It covers topics including technology, artificial intelligence, cinema, football, literature, cricket, and other crafts.
This blog is not a commercial entity. It does not sell products, run paid services, or collect any information from visitors for business purposes.
What This Blog Collects
This blog itself does not collect any personal information from visitors. There are no:
- Registration forms or user accounts
- Email subscription lists or newsletters
- Comment systems that require a login
- Contact forms that store submissions
- Tracking pixels or custom analytics scripts
If you leave a comment on a post, that comment is handled by Blogger's native comment system, which is managed by Google. Refer to Google's Privacy Policy for how comment data is handled.
Blogger, Google & Cookies
This blog is hosted on Blogger, which is a Google service. As a result, Google may automatically set cookies on your device when you visit this blog. This happens at the platform level and is outside the direct control of this blog's author.
In simple terms: visiting any Blogger-hosted site means you are also interacting with Google's infrastructure. The same applies to most major blogging and website hosting platforms.
Google uses these cookies for purposes that may include measuring traffic, showing relevant advertising (if enabled), and maintaining platform security. You can review how Google handles this data at policies.google.com.
This blog does not currently use Google Analytics or Google AdSense. If that changes in the future, this policy will be updated accordingly before those services go live.
Links to Other Sites
Posts on this blog may contain links to external websites including YouTube, Twitter/X, Letterboxd, Trakt, GitHub, and others. Clicking those links takes you off this blog entirely.
This blog has no control over the content or privacy practices of those external sites. Each site operates under its own privacy policy. You are encouraged to review the privacy policies of any external site you visit.
Embedded Videos & Media
Some posts may embed content from third-party platforms such as YouTube. Embedded content behaves in the same way as if you visited those platforms directly - they may collect data, set cookies, and track your interaction with that content.
This is standard behaviour for embedded media across the web. If you prefer not to have YouTube or similar platforms tracking your visit, consider using a browser extension that blocks embedded trackers.
If This Policy Changes
This blog may in the future add services such as Google Analytics for traffic insights, or Google AdSense for monetisation. If and when that happens, this Privacy Policy will be updated before those services are activated - not after.
The "Last Updated" date at the top of this page will reflect any changes. Continuing to use this blog after an update constitutes your acceptance of the revised policy.
No changes to this policy will retroactively affect how past data was handled, since no personal data is currently being collected.
Contact
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or how this blog handles data, you can reach out directly. The About page has full contact details.
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