Here’s what we collect when you visit thebreakupsource.com, what we do with it, and the choices you have. If something doesn’t make sense, contact us — the link is at the bottom.
We are not a medical, mental health, or legal services provider. See our Disclaimer for what that means.
When you give it to us:
Automatically, when you visit:
We don’t knowingly collect anything sensitive beyond this.
We use what we collect to:
We don’t sell your information. Full stop.
Cookies are small text files your browser stores. We use them to:
You can block cookies in your browser settings. Blocking the essential ones may break things. allaboutcookies.org is a clear primer if you want one.
These services may collect data when you visit. Each has its own policy worth reading:
We don’t control what they do with data on their end.
Some links on this site are affiliate links, including Amazon Associates. If you click one and buy something, we may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. Affiliate networks set cookies to track those referrals. The full affiliate disclosure is in the Disclaimer.
If you leave a comment, your name, email, IP address, and the comment itself get stored. Your name and the comment are public; your email isn’t. Anonymized data may go to Gravatar to check whether you have a public avatar — see Gravatar’s Privacy Policy.
Nobody, by default. We share information only when:
We use HTTPS (encryption in transit) and reasonable access controls. The internet is never 100% secure, so we can’t promise absolute safety — but we take it seriously.
Depending on where you live, you may be able to:
To exercise any of these, contact us.
California residents (CCPA/CPRA): You have the right to know what personal information we collect, request deletion, and opt out of the “sale” of personal information. We don’t sell personal information.
EU/UK/EEA residents (GDPR): Our legal basis for processing is your consent (newsletters, optional cookies), legitimate interest (running the site, analytics, security), and legal obligation (where applicable).
This site isn’t for children under 16, and we don’t knowingly collect their information. If you think a child has submitted something, tell us and we’ll remove it.
Only as long as we need to:
If you visit from outside the U.S., your data may be transferred to and stored in the U.S. Data protection laws there may differ from yours.
We may update this as the site, our services, or the law changes. Material changes get flagged on the site for a reasonable period before they take effect.