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Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy governs the manner in which Nyanovels collects, uses, maintains and discloses information collected from users (each, a “User”) of the https://nyanovels.com website (“Site”). 

Personal data collection and use

We will not use or share your information with anyone except as described in this Privacy Policy.

By using the Site, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy. Unless otherwise defined in this Privacy Policy, terms used in this Privacy Policy have the same meanings as in our Terms and Conditions, accessible at https://nyanovels.com/terms-of-use/

While using our Site, we may ask you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify you. Personally identifiable information (“Personal Information”) may include, but is not limited to:

  • Your name
  • Email address
  • WordPress username
  • Website address

However, some Users may visit our Site anonymously. We will collect personal identification information from Users only if they voluntarily submit such information to us. Users can always refuse to supply personally identification information, except that it may prevent them from engaging in certain Site-related activities. 

Nyanovels may collect and use Users personal information for the following purposes:

  • To run and operate our Site
  • We may need your information to display content on the Site correctly.
  • To personalize user experience
  • We may use information in the aggregate to understand how our Users as a group use the services and resources provided on our Site
  • To improve our Site
  • We may use feedback you provide to improve our products and services
  • To send periodic emails – especially if you receive email notifications for new posts.
  • We may use the User’s email address to respond to their inquiries, questions and/or other requests.

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Akismet

Visitor comments may be checked through Askimet, an automated spam detection service. Learn more about how they use your information.

Akismet collects data about visitors who comment on Sites that use our Akismet anti-spam service, such as https://nyanovels.com. The information we collect depends on how the User sets up Akismet for the Site, but typically includes the commenter’s IP address, user agent, referrer, and Site URL (along with other information directly provided by the commenter such as their name, username, email address, and the comment itself).

Contact forms

When you submit a contact form, we collect your name, email, and website address. We keep contact form submissions for customer service purposes, do not use the information submitted through them for marketing purposes.

Electronic newsletters

If the User decides to opt-in to our mailing list, they will receive emails that may include company news, updates, related product or service information, etc. If at any time the User would like to unsubscribe from receiving future emails, we include detailed unsubscribe instructions at the bottom of each email or User may contact us via our Site using the contact form here.

Log data

We collect information that your browser sends whenever you visit our Site (“Log Data”). This Log Data may include information such as your computer’s Internet Protocol (“IP”) address, browser type, browser version, the pages of our Service that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages and other statistics.

PayPal

Should you wish to make a donation to our Site, https://nyanovels.com, PayPal, a third-party service provider, may collect some of your personal information to facilitate the transaction. Please review their privacy policy: https://www.paypal.com/ca/webapps/mpp/ua/privacy-full

Web browser cookies

Our Site uses “cookies” to enhance User experience. The User’s web browser places cookies on their hard drive for record-keeping purposes and sometimes to track information about them. The User may choose to set their web browser to refuse cookies, or to alert you when cookies are being sent. If they do so, note that some parts of the Site may not function properly.

If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

For cookie consent, https://nyanovels.com uses the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. Please review their privacy policy: https://www.webtoffee.com/privacy-policy/

Advertising

Ads appearing on our site may be delivered to Users by advertising partners, who may set cookies. These cookies allow the ad server to recognize your computer each time they send you an online advertisement to compile non-personal identification information about you or others who use your computer. This information allows ad networks to, among other things, deliver targeted advertisements that they believe will be of most interest to you. This privacy policy does not cover the use of cookies by any advertisers.

Google AdSense & DoubleClick DART cookie

Google, as a third-party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads on our Site. It uses the Google Doubleclick cookie, and in some cases, a unique device identifier, to show you ads based on your visit to https://nyanovels.com and other sites on the Internet. DART uses “non-personally identifiable information” and does NOT track personal information about you, such as your name, email address, physical address, etc. You may opt-out of the use of the Google Doubleclick cookie by visiting the Google ad and content network privacy policy.

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Analytics

Nyanovels uses the following plugins which contain analytics features: Jetpack by WordPress, YAMAHAN Add-ons, YOAST SEO. Please visit their site pages for more information on how they use and collect your data. https://nyanovels.com uses the basic versions of these plugins to improve your site experience and to help analyze Site traffic. Here are links to their privacy policies for your convenience:

Jetpack by WordPress Privacy Policy: https://automattic.com/privacy/

YAMAHAN Add-ons Privacy Policy: https://back2nature.jp/privacy-policy

YOAST SEO Privacy Policy: https://yoast.com/privacy-policy/

Who we share your data with

We do not sell, trade, or rent Users personal identification information to others. We may share generic aggregated demographic information not linked to any personal identification information regarding visitors and users with our business partners, trusted affiliates and advertisers for the purposes outlined above.

How long we retain your data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For Users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All Users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

What rights you have over your data

If you have an account on this Site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Where we send your data

Third-Party Websites

We may employ third party companies and individuals to facilitate our Site, to provide the Service on our behalf, to perform Service-related services or to assist us in analyzing how our Service is used. Some of the services and advertisements included in the https://nyanovels.com Services, including on https://nyanovels.com within WordPress mobile apps, are delivered or served by third-party companies, which may collect information about your use of the https://nyanovels.com Services.

These third parties have access to your Personal Information only to perform these tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose. However, we do not have access to, nor control over, these third parties’ use of cookies or other tracking technologies or how they may be used.

These companies may place or recognize cookies, Web beacons or other technology to track certain non-personal information about our website users. For example, in the course of serving certain advertisements, an advertiser may place or recognize a unique cookie on your browser in order to collect certain information about your use of the https://nyanovels.com For another example, an advertiser or ad server may also be able to collect your device’s unique identifier in the course of serving an ad. In many cases, this information could be used to show you ads on other websites based on your interests.

Your access to our websites should not be affected if you do not accept cookies served by third parties.

Security

The security of your Personal Information is important to us, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your Personal Information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

Nyanovels uses the Jetpack by WordPress and Wordfence plugins to protect the site, and subsequently, your personal information, against malicious brute-force attacks and unauthorized logins. 

Jetpack by WordPress’ Privacy Policy: https://automattic.com/privacy/

Wordfence’s Privacy Policy: https://www.wordfence.com/privacy-policy/

Links to other sites

Our Service may contain links to other sites that are not operated by us. If you click on a third party link, you will be directed to that third party’s site. We strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of every site you visit.

We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third party sites or services.

Children’s privacy

Our Service does not address anyone under the age of 18 (“Children”).

We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under 18. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with Personal Information, please contact us. If we discover that a child under 18 has provided us with Personal Information, we will delete such information from our servers immediately.

Compliance with laws

We will disclose your Personal Information where required to do so by law or subpoena.

Changes to this privacy policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting a notification on the main page of our Site.

You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes to stay informed about how we are helping to protect the personal information we collect. You acknowledge and agree that it is your responsibility to review this privacy policy periodically and become aware of modifications.

Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

Contact us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us.

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