Privacy Policy
Last updated: August 2026
Welcome to Waking Up Dreaming. I value your privacy as much as I value a good story. This website is meant to be a simple, uncomplicated space to read and share creative writing. Because of that, this policy is written in plain English, without unnecessary legal jargon.
1. Information Gathered Automatically
Like almost every space on the internet, this website uses basic technical information to keep things running smoothly and securely. This may include information such as your IP address, browser type, device information, referring page, and the date and time of your visit.
Some of this information may be processed automatically by the website hosting environment or WordPress itself. It is mainly used for technical operation, security, troubleshooting, and understanding how the website performs.
2. Contact Form
If you choose to contact me through the contact form, I collect the information you provide voluntarily. This includes:
Name
Email address
Reason for contacting me
Your message
The contact form also records whether you agreed to this Privacy Policy before sending your message.
Your information is used only to receive, read, and respond to your message. It is not used for marketing purposes and is not sold, rented, or shared with advertisers.
Messages submitted through the contact form are sent to the email address used to manage Waking Up Dreaming.
For basic spam and abuse protection, the website may temporarily process your IP address to prevent repeated automated submissions. This information is used only for this security purpose and is not used to build a profile about you.
3. Legal Basis for Contact Messages
When you send a message through the contact form, your personal information is processed because it is necessary to respond to the communication you initiated.
By ticking the privacy checkbox before submitting the form, you confirm that you have read and understood how your information will be handled.
4. How Long Contact Information Is Kept
Contact messages may remain in the website’s email inbox for as long as reasonably necessary to answer your message, maintain the conversation, or keep an appropriate record of the correspondence.
Messages that are no longer needed may be deleted.
5. Cookies
This website may use essential, lightweight cookies or similar browser technologies required for technical functionality, security, and basic website preferences.
These may help WordPress function correctly or remember certain browser-side preferences. You can disable or block cookies through your browser settings, although some website functionality may then work differently.
The website does not intentionally use advertising cookies or behavioral advertising trackers.
6. Third-Party Interactions
I do not sell, trade, or rent your personal information.
Some website functionality depends on third parties involved in operating a normal website, such as the hosting provider and email infrastructure used to deliver contact-form messages.
If a story, chapter, or page contains links to external websites or embedded content, those external services may process information according to their own privacy policies. Waking Up Dreaming is not responsible for the privacy practices of external websites.
7. Your Privacy Rights
Depending on the privacy laws that apply to you, including the GDPR if you are located in the European Economic Area, you may have rights concerning your personal information.
These can include the right to ask what personal information is held about you, request a correction, request deletion where applicable, or object to certain processing.
If you have contacted me through this website and would like your correspondence or personal information removed, you can submit a request through the contact form.
8. Children’s Privacy
Waking Up Dreaming is intended for a general audience interested in creative writing, storytelling, and digital art.
I do not knowingly request personal information from children. If I become aware that personal information from a child has been submitted inappropriately, I will take reasonable steps to remove it.
9. Security
Reasonable technical measures are used to protect the contact form against misuse. This includes WordPress security validation, automated spam protection mechanisms, and temporary submission-rate controls.
No method of transmitting or storing information online can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
10. Changes to This Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy may occasionally be updated when the website or its functionality changes.
The latest revision date will always be shown at the top of this page.
11. Contact
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, how your information is handled, or would like to exercise a privacy-related right, you can use the contact form available on Waking Up Dreaming.
Keep on dreaming.