Policies and practices used (and not used) on this website.
Cookies
Cookies come in two forms as far as I can tell; the edible type I devour and the digital type I’m talking about here.
Online cookies are small text files that are placed on your machine to help provide a better user experience. In general, cookies are used to remember your preferences, store information for things like shopping baskets, and provide anonymised tracking data to improve websites.
How cookies are used on this website
Data privacy matters to me. So I am slowly trying to reduce cookie use on my website.
This is how cookies are used currently:
- Functional: Jetpack and Akismet provide extra features to the site and filter comments for spam. This means their Privacy Policy applies.
- Analytics: I use privacy-focused Matomo for analytics on this site. Jetpack also collects analytics data on site traffic. I use this as a learning tool, to understand how people use the site and make improvements to the website.
Any data collected is anonymised and only ever used for traffic analysis or junk filtering.
I now use Friendly Captcha for forms. This confirms you’re a real human and does not use cookies.
Disclaimer
I share paid and unpaid projects, notes and updates on this website. These feed into or form my creative or professional work, or how I navigate being a person in the world.
This means all views and opinions on this website are my own. They do not represent any past or present organisations I work for, unless stated.
Sharing content
Except where otherwise noted, content published on this website is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
This means all content on leahdas.com remains © copyright of Leah Das (me, hi!) unless stated. However, you can reproduce and feature work elsewhere for non-commercial purposes.
If you do republish anything, you must:
- share it under the same terms
- credit me and/or other makers
- link to this website.
If you have a commercial purpose in mind, or you’re unsure how to credit my work in any way, please get in touch.
How I credit content by others
I try to credit creators whenever I republish work by other people on this website. This means you should find at least a name and, hopefully, a link to the person’s website or online profile.
I’m human though and sometimes get it wrong. If you would prefer your work is not featured on this website or want the credits changed, please get in touch. I’m happy to accommodate requests – creative folks honour.
How this site is made
This is a self-hosted WordPress site, with many plugins. I coded my own sites for many years, but life got busy. So I’m currently running on an out-the-box theme with minimal edits.
Accessibility
Now I know better, I try to follow good practice for accessibility on all content I produce. This includes using:
- image alt text
- semantic headings
- well-structured content
- plainer language, where possible.
I’m still tinkering with the site to make it clearer, quicker and more accessible, so bear with me. Older posts may not have this.
Contact
If you have any queries or concerns about credits, data and privacy on this website, please get in touch.