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Privacy policy

Last updated: November 14, 2026

This privacy policy explains how whid ("we", "us"), available at https://whid.net, collects and uses information when you visit the website. The website is operated by İpek Yılmaz, Türkiye. For any privacy question, contact support@whid.net.

1. Information we collect

  • Information you send us. When you use the contact form or submit a reader story, we collect the name, e-mail address (contact form only), optional location and the message you write.
  • Technical data. Like most websites, our server automatically records basic technical information such as your IP address, browser type, the pages you visit and the time of your visit. We use it for security, spam prevention and to keep the site running.
  • Cookies and similar technologies. See section 4 and our cookie policy.

2. How we use information

  • to reply to your messages and publish reader stories you choose to share;
  • to operate, secure and improve the website;
  • to show advertising that funds the website (see section 4);
  • to comply with legal obligations.

Where the GDPR or UK GDPR applies, our legal bases are your consent (for non-essential cookies and personalised advertising), our legitimate interests (security, improving the site, responding to enquiries) and legal obligations.

3. Reader stories

If you submit a story, we may publish it with the first name and location you provide. We do not publish e-mail addresses or IP addresses. You can ask us to remove your story at any time.

4. Advertising — Google AdSense

We use Google AdSense to display ads. Google and its partners are third-party vendors that use cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to this website and other websites.

Visitors in the European Economic Area, the UK and Switzerland are asked for consent through a consent message before personalised ads are shown. You can change your choice at any time using the "Cookie settings" link in the footer.

5. Analytics

We may use privacy-friendly analytics or Google Analytics to understand how the site is used (for example, which articles are read most). These tools may set cookies and process your IP address in shortened or pseudonymised form.

6. Sharing

We do not sell your personal information. We share data only with service providers that help us run the site (hosting, e-mail, advertising and analytics providers), or when required by law.

7. Data retention

Contact messages are kept for up to 24 months and then deleted. Technical logs are kept for a limited period for security purposes. Published reader stories stay online until you ask us to remove them.

8. Your rights

Depending on where you live, you may have the right to access, correct, delete or export your personal data, to object to or restrict processing, and to withdraw consent at any time. Residents of California have the right to know, delete and correct personal information and to opt out of the "sale" or "sharing" of personal information for cross-context behavioural advertising. To exercise any right, e-mail support@whid.net. You also have the right to complain to your local data-protection authority.

9. Children

This website is not directed at children under 13 (or under 16 in the EEA), and we do not knowingly collect personal information from them.

10. International transfers

Our service providers, including Google, may process data in countries other than your own. Where required, such transfers rely on appropriate safeguards such as standard contractual clauses.

11. Changes

We may update this policy from time to time. The "last updated" date at the top shows when it was last changed.