Privacy Policy

Information we collect

We collect information you voluntarily provide to us, such as your email address when subscribing to the newsletter, and any information you share through comments, forms, or other interactions with the site.

How we use it

We use this information to provide content, improve the reading experience, send relevant updates, and maintain a respectful, useful conversation with our community.

Cookies and consent

Blue Regions uses a small number of essential first-party cookies to keep the site secure and functional. These include session cookies that support core features such as book ratings and form protection.

We also give you control over optional categories: functional, analytics, advertising, and third-party embeds. These categories allow you to choose whether to enable enhanced functionality, analytics, advertising, and embedded content.

When you enable third-party embeds, services such as YouTube, Vimeo, Spotify, or Google Maps may set their own cookies. We do not control those cookies.

You can review the full details in our Cookie Policy and manage your preferences at any time using Cookie Settings in the footer.

Newsletter subscriptions

When you subscribe to the Blue Regions newsletter, we store your email address locally in our database. We only send emails to subscribers who have explicitly opted in. You can unsubscribe at any time by contacting us directly.

Book ratings and feedback

Book ratings are stored locally and linked to an anonymous session identifier. Purchase feedback is stored locally and may include optional contact details if you choose to provide them. This information is used solely to improve our content and services.

Amazon outbound links

When you click a link to Amazon, we may record a small amount of information about the click in our own database. This includes the page where the click originated and general device information. We do not add any tracking technology to Amazon's website. You remain in control of whether this tracking occurs, via your cookie preferences.

Third-party content

Some articles may include embedded content from third-party services such as YouTube, Vimeo, Spotify, or Google Maps. These embeds are loaded only with your consent and are subject to the privacy policies of those providers.

Your choices

You can choose not to subscribe, unsubscribe from email updates, change your cookie preferences, or request more information about your stored data by contacting us directly.