Last updated: 10 November 2026
Richard’s Diary (https://richardsdiary.com) is a personal blog about hiking, camping, fishing, coffee and gardening, run by Sudhan Richardson. This page explains what information is collected when you visit the site, how it is used, and the choices you have.
Information we collect
Comments. If you leave a comment, we store the name, email address and website you enter, plus your IP address and browser details to help catch spam. Your email address is never shown publicly. An anonymized string made from your email may be sent to the Gravatar service to check whether you have a profile picture there.
Contact. If you email us, we keep your message and email address only to reply to you.
Server logs. Like every website, our host records basic technical data such as IP address, browser type and pages visited, for security and to keep the site running.
We do not sell your personal information.
Cookies
Cookies are small files stored in your browser. This site uses them to remember comment details if you ask it to, to measure visits, and to show ads. You can block or delete cookies in your browser settings. Some parts of the site may not work as well without them.
Analytics
We use Google Analytics through Google Site Kit to understand which pages are read and how visitors find the site. Google Analytics uses cookies and collects data such as pages viewed, time on page and general location. You can opt out with the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on at https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
Advertising (Google AdSense)
This site shows ads served by Google AdSense. Google and its partners use cookies to show ads based on your visits to this site and other sites on the internet. You can turn off personalized ads at https://adssettings.google.com, and learn more about how Google uses data at https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads. You can also opt out of some third party vendors’ cookies at https://www.aboutads.info.
Visitors in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom and Switzerland are asked for consent before personalized ads are shown.
Affiliate links (Amazon Associates)
Richard’s Diary is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com. As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases. When you click a product link, Amazon may set cookies to track the referral. This costs you nothing extra. Amazon’s privacy notice is at https://www.amazon.com/privacy.
We share our articles on Pinterest at https://www.pinterest.com/richardsdiary10. Pages on this site may include Pinterest “Save” buttons, which load content from Pinterest and are covered by Pinterest’s privacy policy at https://policy.pinterest.com/privacy-policy.
We also use a private Pinterest app, “RichardsDiary Agent”, to manage our own Pinterest account. It is used only by the site owner, on the site owner’s own account. It publishes pins that link to this website, organizes our boards, and reads the analytics for our own pins. It does not access, collect or store information about any other Pinterest user. The access token for our account is stored encrypted and is never shared. We do not sell, rent or share any data obtained through the Pinterest API.
Embedded content
Articles may include embedded videos, images or posts from other websites. Embedded content behaves as if you had visited that other website, which may collect data about you and use cookies.
How long we keep data
Comments and their details are kept as long as the comment is on the site. Emails are kept until the conversation is finished. Analytics data is kept for 14 months.
Your rights
Depending on where you live, including the European Union, the United Kingdom and California, you may have the right to see the personal data we hold about you, ask us to correct or delete it, or object to how it is used. To make a request, email YOUR-EMAIL. We will reply within 30 days.
Children
This site is not directed at children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children.
Changes
We may update this policy from time to time. The date at the top shows when it was last changed.
Contact
Questions about this policy: sudhanrichardson99@gmail.com