Privacy Policy

Effective Date: 1 August 2025

Welcome to Nine Lives Lost. Your privacy is important to us. This policy explains what data we collect, how we use it, and your rights when using our website at https://nineliveslost.com.

Who We Are

Our website address is: https://nineliveslost.com
We are a small independent music project sharing original songs, stories, and creative content with our listeners.

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, as well as the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help with spam detection.

An anonymized string (hash) created from your email address may be shared with the Gravatar service to check if you’re using it. The Gravatar privacy policy is available at: https://automattic.com/privacy/. Once your comment is approved, your profile picture will be visible alongside your comment.

Media

If you upload images to the website, please avoid including embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors to the site may be able to download and extract location data from publicly visible images.

Cookies

If you leave a comment, you may opt-in to saving your name, email address, and website in cookies. These are for your convenience and last for one year.

If you visit our login page (if available), a temporary cookie will be set to check if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is deleted when you close your browser.

If you log in, we will set cookies to save your login info and screen preferences. Login cookies last two days, and screen preference cookies last one year. If you select “Remember Me,” your login will persist for two weeks. Logging out will remove login cookies.

When editing or publishing an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie contains no personal data and expires after one day.

Embedded Content from Other Websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, or articles). Embedded content from other websites behaves as if you visited the other site directly. These sites may collect data about you, use cookies, and track your interaction with their content—especially if you are logged in to their site.

Who We Share Your Data With

If you request a password reset (if applicable), your IP address will be included in the reset email for security purposes.

How Long We Retain Your Data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely so we can recognize and approve follow-up comments automatically.

For users who register on our website (if any), we store the personal information provided in their user profile. All users can view, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except for their username). Website administrators can also access and edit this information.

Your Data Rights

If you have an account or have left comments on this site, you can request an exported file of the personal data we hold about you. You may also request that we erase your personal data. This does not include data we are required to keep for legal, administrative, or security reasons.

Where Your Data Is Sent

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

Contact

If you have questions or concerns about this policy or how your data is handled, please contact us via the contact form on https://nineliveslost.com.