This is the personal website of Pestilence. It hosts the author's own novels for a small, private readership. This page explains what information the site keeps and why.
Readers
Reading password. When you enter the reader password, the site stores a cookie in your browser so you stay unlocked for up to 30 days. The cookie holds no personal information.
Comments. If you post a comment, the site stores the username you chose, your comment, and the date. To limit spam, it also stores a scrambled (one-way hashed) form of your internet address, which cannot be turned back into the address itself. Comments are visible to other readers of the site.
Reading progress and settings. Your reading progress, reading settings (such as text size) and the username you comment with are saved only in your own browser, on your own device. They are never sent to or stored on the site.
Failed password attempts. To stop password guessing, the site briefly records a scrambled form of your internet address after a wrong password. These records expire after 15 minutes.
The site has no advertising, no tracking or analytics tools, and does not sell or share reader information with anyone.
The author's email and Google account
The site includes a private, password-protected area that only the author can use. With the author's permission, it connects to the author's own Gmail account through Google's official services, in order to read, send and organise email for the author's own domain addresses. This access is used only to show that email to the author on this site and to send messages the author writes. The information is not shared with anyone, not used for advertising, and not used for any other purpose.
The site's use and transfer of information received from Google APIs adheres to the Google API Services User Data Policy, including the Limited Use requirements.
The author can disconnect Google access at any time from the site, or from their Google Account's security settings.
Where information is kept
The site runs on Cloudflare's servers, which store the novels, comments and the settings described above. Email stays in the author's Gmail account and is not copied to the site.
Your choices
You can clear the site's cookie and saved reading data at any time through your browser settings. To have a comment removed, or to ask any question about this policy, email author@sufferer.dev.
Changes
If this policy changes, the date at the top of this page will be updated.