# Privacy Notice

Susam.Net (this website) is a personal website maintained by Susam Pal. This privacy notice explains how this website uses the data it collects from you when you use this website.

## Data Items

This website collects the following data:

1. The text submitted by you if you submit a new comment to this website. This text submitted by you may contain your name, a URL to your profile on the world wide web and a comment. This text is written by you, so you are in complete control of what you submit in the text. You must not submit sensitive personal data to this website.

2. Your email address submitted by you if you submit a subscribe or unsubscribe request to this website.

3. Your Internet Protocol (IP) address used to visit this website.

4. HTTP referrer URL sent by your web browser or client software while connecting to this website. A web browser or a client software typically, but not necessarily, sends the URL of the web page or website where you clicked on a link to visit this website as the HTTP referrer value. If this website is visited directly without clicking on any link, then a web browser or client does not typically send any HTTP referrer data.

5. User agent string sent by your web browser or client software while visiting this website. A web browser or a client software typically, but not necessarily, includes the names and versions of your device and operating system as well as the name and version of your web browser or client software in the user agent string.

## Data Collection

When you visit this website, your IP address, referrer data and user agent string are automatically recorded in web server log files.

When you submit a new comment to this website successfully, your text is written to a file on the web server. If the comment submission fails due to errors, then your text is neither saved nor published. If the comment submission succeeds, the text submitted by you is reviewed within 30 days. If your comment is found to be suitable for this website, then the text you have submitted is published on the website. If the comment is found to be unsuitable for this website, then the text file containing your submitted text is deleted.

When you submit a new subscribe or unsubscribe request to this website successfully, your email address is written to a file on the web server. If the request submission fails due to errors, then your email address is not saved. If the subscribe or unsubscribe request succeeds, the email address submitted by you is added to a Google Groups mailing list that is used to send email newsletters. The use of your email address by Google Groups is covered by Google's privacy policy.

## Data Usage

The IP address, referrer data and user agent string is used to monitor abuse of this website such as submitting spam comments, sending too many requests to reduce the availability of this website, etc. This data is also used to mitigate abuse of this website by blocking certain combinations of IP address, referrer data and/or user agent from accessing this website or by limiting the number of requests such a combination may send to this website.

If you submit a comment to this website successfully and if the comment is found to be suitable for this website during review, the comment text is published at a comments page on this website. Whether a comment is published or not is at the discretion of the maintainer of this website. When your comment text is published on this website, it becomes available publicly to anyone who visits the comments page. You must not submit sensitive personal data to this website.

If you submit a subscribe request to this website successfully, then at the discretion of the maintainer of this website, your email address may be added to the email newsletter recipient list. The recipient list is maintained in Google Groups, a third-party service provided by Google LLC. This website uses Google Groups mailing list to send email newsletters. The mailing list is configured to not expose your email address to other subscribers. The use of your email address by Google Groups is covered by Google's privacy policy.

If you submit an unsubscribe request to this website successfully, then your email address is removed from the Google Groups mailing list within 30 days if the email address exists in the mailing list. You can remove your email address immediately from the Google Groups mailing list by sending an email to `susampal+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com`.

## Data Storage

The IP address, referrer data and user agent string are stored in web server log files. This data is retained for 15 days. After 15 days, this data is deleted automatically.

A successfully submitted comment text is first stored in a text file on the web server. The comment text is reviewed within 30 days. If the comment is found to be suitable for this website, the comment text is copied to a comments page where the comment becomes available publicly on the world wide web. If the comment is found to be unsuitable for this website, then the text file containing your submitted text is deleted from the web server. You must never submit sensitive personal data to this website.

A successfully submitted email address in a subscribe or unsubscribe request is first stored in a text file on the web server. The email address is reviewed within 30 days. At the discretion of the maintainer of this website, a successfully submitted subscription request is either accepted or rejected. When a subscription request is accepted, the email address is added to a Google Groups mailing list that is used to send email newsletters. After adding your email address to the mailing list, the text file containing your email address is deleted from the web server. The mailing list is configured to not expose your email address to other subscribers. When a subscription request is rejected, the text file containing your email address is deleted from the web server. A successfully submitted unsubscribe request is always accepted within 30 days. The email address submitted in an unsubscribe request is removed from the Google Groups mailing list within 30 days if it exists in the mailing list. Then the text file containing the email address is deleted. The use of your email address by Google Groups is covered by Google's privacy policy.

## Third-Party Services

If and only if you successfully submit a request to subscribe to the email newsletters of this website and your subscription requested is accepted, your email address is added to a Google Groups mailing list used to send email newsletters. Google Groups is a third-party service provided by Google LLC. The use of your email address by Google Groups is covered by Google's privacy policy. Google's privacy policy is available at policies.google.com/privacy.

## Third-Party Analytics

This website does not use third-party analytics.

## Cookies

This website does not use cookies.

## Marketing

This website does not use your data for marketing purpose.