Privacy, cookies and disclosures
Cookies and information.
This website and its associated blog Endymion is ad-free and does not handle e.commerce or sales. It does not collect comments and does not contain any sign-up forms or subscriptions to newsletters. It does not therefore collect or store personal details from those who visit.
It also refrains from storing information concerning visitors' browsing activities, other than to monitor the website’s general performance through the gathering of a very small quantity of statistics.
This is achieved through what are called 'cookies' - items of text common to the majority of websites on today's internet. These may interact with your browser (as cookies do) and help us to design and present our material more effectively and to optimise the reading experience of those who visit.
The cookies come from the long-standing and reputable firm StatCounter - which typically deals only with impersonal things such as frequency of website usage, page hits and so on. They do not, in our case, record any information that can identify you as an individual. They can also be erased or turned off anytime by modifying your browser's privacy settings. If you still have concerns, however, here is a link to the StatCounter cookies information page.
Share Buttons
The share buttons located at the foot of the pages are provided by the company 'Sharethis'. These buttons will also present cookies to your browser in order for the service to functiion properly and to allow visitors to share material they find here with their followers or friends on Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest. Use of these buttons does not involve the collection of any personally identifiable information. If you have concerns, however, and would like more details, here is a link to the Sharethis privacy page.
We are not responsible for, nor do we have any control over the content or cookie policies of those sites reached through the share buttons - or for the activities of those who use them. Similarly, we are not responsible for any content on other websites that might be copied illegally, adapted or linked to from this website without permission.
3rd party cookies.
When you visit a page on this site with content embedded from external sites such as Youtube or Amazon, your browser might be presented with cookies from those websites - especially if you are already logged in to them, and these might show up on your browser’s list of installed cookies. We are not responsible for these sites, nor do we have any control over their privacy policies. The embedded content we link to comes only from mainsteam and trusted vendors such as YouTube and Amazon. But if you still have concerns, it is suggested that you review the privacy or cookie policies of these vendors prior to visiting or interacting with them from this web site.
Alternatively, as mentioned previously, you can always turn off cookies altogether in your browser settings. A word of caution: this action might limit the functionality of some features of this website, such as the ability to contol embedded videos or to share blogposts or images from this site on social media.
Disclosures
As mentioned, this site is ad-free and is not designed to generate revenue in any direct sense. There is, however, the inclusion of a PayPal Donation Button on a page in the Endymion Blog. This allows users, if they choose, to make a donation of their choice to contribute to the costs of running the web service.
We have no control over any cookies or information gathered by PayPal - but it is a well-established company with very robust security measures. If you have concerns, however, we suggest you read through the privacy policies of PayPal in advance of visiting it from this site.
Media
Blogging entails the use of images and video clips - and these are sourced from all over the web. Every care is taken to ensure that these are free of copyright restrictions and are in the public domain. If you feel any of these infringe upon your copyright, however, please let us know, and we will remove them (email: srochscommunique at outlook dot com).
This privacy policy is subject to change without notice and by using this website, you hereby consent to this policy and agree to its terms.