Last updated: August 4, 2026
This Privacy Policy explains what information Health and Fitness (https://blog.creamytales.com/, “we”, “us”) collects when you visit this website, why we collect it, and the choices you have. By using this website you agree to the practices described below.
1. Information We Collect
Information you give us
- Contact form: your name, email address and the content of your message.
- Comments: your name, email address, website (optional), comment text, IP address and browser user-agent string. Anonymised strings created from your email address may be sent to the Gravatar service to check whether you have a profile picture.
- Newsletter: your email address, if you choose to subscribe.
Information collected automatically
- Log data: IP address, browser type and version, operating system, referring page, pages viewed, and date and time of your visit.
- Cookies and similar technologies: see our Cookies Policy for full detail.
Media
If you upload images to this website you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
2. How We Use Your Information
- To reply to your enquiries and provide the content you request.
- To operate, maintain and secure the website and prevent spam and abuse.
- To understand which articles are read and how the site performs, so we can improve it.
- To display advertising, including personalised advertising where you have consented.
- To comply with legal obligations.
3. Google AdSense and Third-Party Advertising
We use Google AdSense to display advertisements on this website. Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to this and other websites.
- Google’s use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to you based on your visit to this site and/or other sites on the Internet.
- You may opt out of personalised advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings.
- You can opt out of some third-party vendors’ use of cookies for personalised advertising at aboutads.info and youronlinechoices.com.
- Third-party ad networks may also place cookies. We do not control cookies set by third parties; their use is governed by their own privacy policies.
More information is available in Google’s policy on how it uses information from sites that use its services.
4. Analytics
We may use Google Analytics to understand how visitors use this website. Google Analytics collects information such as pages visited, time spent, approximate location and device type. This data is aggregated and is not used to identify you personally. You can prevent Google Analytics from collecting your data using the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.
5. Legal Basis for Processing (EEA / UK Visitors)
Where the GDPR applies, we process personal data on the basis of: your consent (for non-essential cookies, personalised ads and newsletter emails); our legitimate interests (site security, spam prevention, basic analytics); and legal obligation where the law requires it. You may withdraw consent at any time.
6. Your Rights
Depending on where you live, you may have the right to:
- Request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
- Ask us to correct inaccurate data.
- Ask us to erase your data (“right to be forgotten”).
- Object to or restrict certain processing, including direct marketing.
- Withdraw consent for cookies and personalised advertising.
California residents have additional rights under the CCPA/CPRA, including the right to know what personal information is collected and the right to opt out of the “sale” or “sharing” of personal information. We do not sell personal information for money.
To exercise any right, email contact@creamytales.com. We respond within the timeframe required by law.
7. Data Retention
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely so that follow-up comments can be recognised and approved automatically. Contact form messages are retained for as long as needed to handle your enquiry. Registered users can see, edit or delete their personal information at any time (except their username); site administrators can also see and edit that information.
8. Data Security
This website is served over HTTPS and we apply reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect the information we hold. No method of transmission or storage over the Internet is completely secure, however, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.
9. Children’s Privacy
This website is not directed at children under the age of 13 (or 16 in the EEA), and we do not knowingly collect personal information from them. If you believe a child has provided us with personal data, contact us and we will delete it.
10. International Transfers
Our hosting providers and service partners may store or process data in countries other than your own. Where data is transferred internationally, we rely on appropriate safeguards as required by applicable law.
11. Changes to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The “last updated” date at the top will always reflect the current version. Material changes will be highlighted on this page.
12. Contact
Questions about this policy or about your data? Email contact@creamytales.com or use our contact page.