Privacy Policy

Updated November 6, 2026

This notice describes information collected through Art of the Times. For privacy questions, contact cy@artofthetimes.com. The website currently provides editorial information and does not sell products or subscriptions online.

Contact Forms and Newsletter Signups

When you contact us, you may provide your name, email address, inquiry topic, and message. These details are used to respond to your inquiry. Form submissions may be sent by email and, depending on the form, stored in the website’s submission records.

The newsletter form collects your name and email address, records your signup, and sends a confirmation email. Signup details are used for Art of the Times updates. To ask to stop receiving updates or to remove your signup, email cy@artofthetimes.com.

Website Activity and Cookies

The site uses Google Analytics through MonsterInsights to understand visits and interactions, such as page views, scrolling, and outbound link clicks. Analytics and other website features may use cookies or similar technologies. Hosting and security services may also process technical information, such as IP addresses, browser details, and request logs, to operate and protect the site.

You can manage cookies in your browser. Google provides information about data from sites that use Google services and the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on.

Comments, Embedded Content, and External Links

Where comments are enabled, the information entered in the comment form and technical details may be processed for publishing, moderation, and spam detection. Information you include in a published comment can be visible to others.

Articles may contain embedded media, maps, externally hosted images, or links to other websites. Those services may process information under their own privacy policies when you view or use that content. Review the policies of the services you visit.

Website Services and Backups

Information may be processed by the services used to host, maintain, analyze, secure, and back up the website or deliver its emails. Website database and content backups are stored in a private Google Drive location through UpdraftPlus. Earlier information may remain in backup copies until those copies are removed.

Privacy Requests

To ask about information associated with your email address, request a correction or removal, or ask about retention of a form submission or newsletter signup, contact cy@artofthetimes.com. Please identify the form or communication involved and avoid sending sensitive identification documents in your initial email.