Privacy Policy for nonhumanminds.com
Last Updated: August 8, 2026
nonhumanminds.com (“we,” “us,” “our,” or “the Site”) is owned and operated by Marc Hanson (“Operator”). The Site features personal memoirs, creative works, and analytical reflections. We respect your privacy and are committed to keeping our data practices transparent and minimal.
This Privacy Policy explains how information is collected, used, and safeguarded when you visit the Site. By accessing or using nonhumanminds.com, you agree to the practices described in this policy.
1. Information We Collect
We collect minimal personal data necessary to operate and secure the Site.
Automatically Collected Data: Server logs automatically capture standard technical connection details, such as your IP address, browser type, operating system, referring URLs, and access timestamps. This data is used exclusively for site performance, security monitoring, and server administration within our hosting environment (e.g., Elementor/standard WordPress server logs). We do not run intrusive third-party analytics trackers or cross-site tracking scripts.
Comments and Interactions: If comments are enabled and you choose to leave a comment, we collect the data entered in the comment form (such as your name, email address, and message text). Your IP address and browser user-agent string may also be processed by server-level filters strictly for automated spam detection.
Direct Communications: If you contact us via a contact form or email link, we collect the information you explicitly provide (e.g., your name, email address, and message content) to respond to your inquiry.
Functional Cookies and Session State: We use basic functional and technical cookies required for site performance. This includes essential cookies to maintain secure sessions, manage comment submission forms, and record your interaction with our Content Advisory prompts.
No Sensitive Data Collection: We do not collect financial details, payment card data, government identification numbers, or biometric information.
2. How We Use Your Information
Information collected is used solely to:
Maintain, protect, and optimize the operational integrity and security of the Site.
Prevent automated spam, security breaches, and unauthorized access to the system.
Respond directly to your inquiries, comment submissions, or support requests.
Comply with legal obligations and enforce our Terms of Use.
We do not use your personal information for commercial advertising, targeted marketing, automated profiling, or behavioral analytics.
3. Data Sharing and Disclosure
We do not sell, rent, trade, or monetize your personal information to third parties.
Information may only be disclosed under the following limited circumstances:
Service Providers: Technical data (such as IP addresses in server logs) is hosted on secure infrastructure provided by our web host (Bluehost) and essential technical service providers under strict confidentiality protocols.
Legal Compliance: If required to do so by applicable law, court order, subpoena, or governmental request.
Rights Protection: When necessary to enforce our Terms of Use, investigate security violations, or protect the rights, property, or physical safety of the Operator, visitors, or the public.
4. Data Sovereignty, AI Scraping, and Technical Indexing Controls
nonhumanminds.com maintains strict digital sovereignty over its original text, visual assets, and data streams.
Prohibition on AI Ingestion: We expressly prohibit the use of automated scrapers, web crawlers, AI bots, or data-harvesting software to aggregate, harvest, or extract content from this Site for training Large Language Models (LLMs), machine learning algorithms, or generative AI models.
Technical Protocols: We use noindex, nofollow, and related directives (including robots.txt rules and HTTP headers) to indicate that public commercial search engines or automated data harvesters should not index this private content. Bypassing or overriding these technical safeguards constitutes a direct breach of this Privacy Policy and our Terms of Use.
5. Content Advisory and Session Interaction Data
To preserve user agency and psychological safety, certain content streams are gated behind a System Notice: Content Advisory.
Functional Storage: When you interact with a Content Advisory prompt and select “Proceed,” a temporary technical flag (a functional session cookie or local storage item) is set in your browser.
Purpose: This flag exists solely to remember your voluntary acknowledgment during your active browsing session, suppressing repetitive warnings across sequential pages.
Privacy: This flag contains no personally identifiable information, is not linked to your identity, and is never shared with third parties or used to track you across other websites.
User Control: You may clear this session preference at any time by clearing your web browser cookies or ending your browsing session.
6. Embedded Content from Third-Party Websites
Articles on this Site may occasionally include embedded content (such as videos, audio players, or images). Embedded content from third-party platforms behaves in the same manner as if you visited the third-party website directly.
These external websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content. We have no control over external third-party data collection practices and encourage you to review their respective privacy policies.
7. Data Security and Retention
We implement standard administrative and technical safeguards—including secure web hosting, SSL encryption, and WordPress core security protocols—to protect data against unauthorized access, loss, or alteration.
However, no digital transmission over the internet or electronic storage system is guaranteed to be 100% secure. You acknowledge that you provide any direct communication at your own risk.
Personal data collected via direct inquiries or comments is retained only for as long as necessary to fulfill the operational purpose for which it was collected or to satisfy legal requirements.
8. Your Rights and Choices
Depending on your physical location, you may hold rights under regional data protection laws (such as the EU/UK General Data Protection Regulation [GDPR] or the California Consumer Privacy Act [CCPA/CPRA]):
Access and Correction: You may contact us to request details regarding what personal data (if any) we hold about you, or to request corrections.
Erasure: You may request the deletion of your personal data or user-submitted comments at any time.
Opt-Out: We do not send promotional email lists or marketing newsletters. If subscription services are introduced in the future, explicit opt-in consent will be required.
9. Children’s Privacy
This Site is intended exclusively for mature, adult audiences and is not directed to children. We do not knowingly collect personal information from individuals under 18 years of age (or the legal age of majority in your jurisdiction). If you believe a minor has submitted personal information through the Site, please get in touch with us immediately so we can remove the data.
10. Third-Party External Links
The Site may contain outbound links to external third-party websites or platforms (e.g., social media pages). We are not responsible for the privacy practices, security, or content of those external sites. Browsing external links is subject to the policies of those third parties.
11. Author’s Note, Context, and Legal Disclaimer
Certain content published on this Site represents personal memoirs, reflective essays, and subjective recollections recorded by the author over extended periods.
Memoir Format: Material is presented as personal narrative and subjective interpretation—not as verified news, investigative journalism, or official legal testimony. Memories are inherently subjective; events are presented as recalled by the author.
Sensitive Themes: Content may touch on sensitive interpersonal dynamics, trauma, mental health, and non-traditional philosophies. Material is published without malice toward any entity or individual, living or deceased.
Disclaimers: Statements published within personal entries should not be construed as definitive factual findings regarding any individual’s character or actions. The Operator makes no warranties regarding the complete factual verification of subjective memories and disclaims liability for claims arising from reading the text.
Protected Speech: Content is published as creative and reflective expression under applicable constitutional and legal protections for personal speech and memoirs.
12. Data Protection Responsibility
The Site Operator serves as the primary point of contact for all site administration and data management queries. Requests regarding personal data access or deletion, or technical concerns, will be addressed within 30 days of verified receipt.
13. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We reserve the right to update this Privacy Policy periodically to reflect changes in site operations, technical protocols, or legal requirements. Updated versions will be posted directly to this page with an updated “Last Updated” revision date. Continuous use of the Site following an update constitutes acceptance of the revised practices.
14. Contact Information
If you have questions, data requests, or inquiries about this Privacy Policy, please contact the site administrator via the dedicated communication portal on our Contact Page.