Last updated: October 29, 2026
Wild Earth Journal (“we,” “us” or “our”) runs the website https://wildearthjournal.com (the “Site”). This Privacy Policy explains what information we collect when you visit the Site, how we use it, who we share it with and the choices you have. By using the Site, you agree to the practices described here.
Information We Collect
Information you give us
- Contact messages. If you email us or use a contact form, we receive your name, email address and whatever you include in your message.
- Newsletter sign-ups. If you subscribe to our newsletter, we collect your email address and any name you provide.
- Comments. If you leave a comment, we collect the name, email address and website you enter, along with the comment itself.
Information collected automatically
When you visit the Site, our servers and the services we use may automatically collect certain information. This includes your IP address, browser type, device type, operating system, referring website, pages viewed, the date and time of your visit and general location (such as city or country). When you submit a form or comment, your IP address and browser user agent are also recorded to help prevent spam.
How We Use Your Information
We use the information we collect to:
- Run, maintain and improve the Site and its content.
- Reply to your messages and questions.
- Send newsletters you’ve signed up for. You can unsubscribe at any time.
- Display and moderate comments.
- Understand how visitors use the Site, through analytics.
- Show advertising that helps keep our content free to read.
- Protect the Site against spam, fraud and abuse, and comply with legal obligations.
Cookies and Similar Technologies
Cookies are small text files stored on your device by your web browser. We and our partners use cookies, web beacons and similar technologies to make the Site work, remember your preferences, measure traffic and serve ads. For example:
- Essential and preference cookies. If you leave a comment, you can choose to save your name, email and website in cookies so you don’t have to enter them again. These cookies last for one year.
- Analytics cookies. These are set by Google Analytics to help us understand how visitors find and use the Site.
- Advertising cookies. These are set by Google and other advertising partners to serve and measure ads, as described below.
Most browsers let you block or delete cookies in their settings. If you block cookies, some parts of the Site may not work as intended.
Advertising and Google AdSense
We use Google AdSense to display advertisements on the Site. Google and other third-party vendors use cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to this website or 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 personalized advertising by visiting Google’s Ads Settings.
- You can also opt out of some third-party vendors’ use of cookies for personalized advertising by visiting www.aboutads.info. If you are in the European Economic Area or the UK, you can visit www.youronlinechoices.eu.
- If you opt out, you will still see ads, but they will not be personalized based on your browsing history.
To learn more, see How Google uses information from sites or apps that use its services and Google’s advertising policies.
Where the law requires it, such as for visitors in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom and Switzerland, we will ask for your consent before personalized ads or non-essential cookies are used. You can change or withdraw your choice at any time.
Analytics
We use Google Analytics to measure and understand how visitors use the Site, such as which pages are popular and how people arrive here. Google Analytics collects information through cookies and reports it to us in aggregate form. You can learn more in Google’s explanation of how it uses data. You can also prevent Google Analytics from using your data by installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.
Comments and Gravatar
If you leave a comment, an anonymized string created from your email address (called a hash) may be sent to the Gravatar service to check whether you have a profile picture. The Gravatar privacy policy is available at automattic.com/privacy. Once your comment is approved, your name, profile picture and comment are visible to the public. Your email address is never shown publicly.
Embedded Content From Other Websites
Articles on the Site may include embedded content such as videos, maps or images from other websites. Embedded content behaves exactly as if you had visited the other website. Those websites may collect data about you, use cookies and track your interaction with the embedded content.
How We Share Information
We do not sell your personal information for money. We share information only in these situations:
- Service providers. We work with companies that help us run the Site, such as web hosting, analytics (Google Analytics), advertising (Google AdSense), email and spam protection providers.
- Advertising partners. These partners collect information through cookies as described above.
- Legal reasons. We may share information when required by law, or to protect our rights, our visitors or the public.
- Business changes. If the Site is sold or transferred, the information may go to the new owner.
How Long We Keep Information
We keep contact messages for as long as needed to respond and follow up. We keep newsletter details until you unsubscribe. Comments and their metadata are kept indefinitely so that follow-up comments can be approved automatically. Analytics and advertising data is kept according to the retention settings of Google’s services.
Your Privacy Rights
Depending on where you live, you may have the right to:
- Access the personal information we hold about you, and receive a copy of it.
- Ask us to correct or delete your personal information.
- Object to or restrict certain uses of your information, or withdraw consent you previously gave.
- Opt out of personalized (targeted) advertising, including the “sharing” of personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising under California and other US state privacy laws.
- File a complaint with your local data protection authority.
To exercise any of these rights, email us at hello@wildearthjournal.com. We will respond within the time required by applicable law. We will not treat you differently for exercising your rights. To opt out of personalized ads right away, use the Google Ads Settings and industry opt-out links in the Advertising section above.
Children’s Privacy
The Site is a general-audience website and is not directed at children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you believe a child has given us personal information, please contact us and we will delete it.
Links to Other Websites
The Site links to other websites that we don’t control. We are not responsible for their content or privacy practices, so please review the privacy policy of any site you visit.
Security
We use reasonable measures to protect your information, including encrypted (HTTPS) connections. However, no method of sending or storing data online is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.
Changes to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. When we do, we’ll change the “Last updated” date at the top of this page. Please check back occasionally to stay informed.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or how we handle your information, please email us at hello@wildearthjournal.com or visit our Contact page.