Privacy Policy

EmpiresDiary ("we," "our," or "us") is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website empiresdiary.com (the "Site"). Please read this privacy policy carefully.

Information We Collect

Information You Provide

• Email addresses when you subscribe to our newsletter
• Comments and feedback you submit on our articles
• Information you provide when contacting us

Information Automatically Collected

• Browser type and version
• Operating system
• IP address (anonymized)
• Pages visited and time spent on pages
• Referring website addresses
• Device information (mobile, desktop, tablet)

Cookies and Tracking Technologies

We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track activity on our Site and hold certain information. Cookies are files with a small amount of data which may include an anonymous unique identifier.

Types of Cookies We Use

• Essential Cookies: Required for the website to function properly
• Analytics Cookies: Help us understand how visitors interact with our website
• Advertising Cookies: Used to deliver relevant advertisements
• Preference Cookies: Remember your settings and preferences

You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our Site.

Advertising and Google AdSense

We use Google AdSense to display advertisements on our Site. Google AdSense uses cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to our website or other websites. Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads based on your visit to our sites and/or other sites on the Internet.

How Google uses information: Google may use the information collected to:

• Show you personalized ads based on your interests
• Measure ad performance
• Report on ad campaigns
• Prevent fraudulent activity

You may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings. Alternatively, you can opt out of third-party vendor's use of cookies by visiting aboutads.info.

Third-Party Services

We use the following third-party services:

• Google Analytics: To analyze website traffic and usage patterns
• Google AdSense: To display advertisements
• Amazon Web Services: For hosting and content delivery
• CloudFront CDN: For fast content delivery worldwide

These third-party services have their own privacy policies addressing how they use such information.

How We Use Your Information

• Provide, operate, and maintain our website
• Improve, personalize, and expand our website
• Understand and analyze how you use our website
• Develop new products, services, features, and functionality
• Send you newsletters and updates (with your consent)
• Display relevant advertisements
• Find and prevent fraud

Your Privacy Rights (GDPR/CCPA)

Depending on your location, you may have the following rights:

• Right to Access: Request a copy of your personal data
• Right to Rectification: Request correction of inaccurate personal data
• Right to Erasure: Request deletion of your personal data ("right to be forgotten")
• Right to Restrict Processing: Request limitation of how we use your data
• Right to Data Portability: Receive your data in a structured, machine-readable format
• Right to Object: Object to processing of your personal data
• Right to Withdraw Consent: Withdraw consent at any time where we rely on consent

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at privacy@empiresdiary.com.

Data Retention

We will retain your personal data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use your data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our policies. Generally, we retain personal data for no longer than 2 years unless required by law.

Children's Privacy

Our Service is intended for users who are 13 years of age or older. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under 13. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with personal data, please contact us.

Data Security

The security of your data is important to us. We use commercially acceptable means to protect your personal data, including HTTPS encryption, secure servers, and regular security audits. However, no method of transmission over the Internet or electronic storage is 100% secure.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the "Last updated" date. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes.

Contact Us

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