California Privacy Notice

Last updated: May 7, 2026  ·  Effective for California residents under CCPA/CPRA

This California Privacy Notice supplements our Privacy Policy and applies to California residents under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA). Capitalized terms not defined here have the meanings in our Privacy Policy.

We do not sell or share your personal information with third parties for cross-context behavioral advertising. This Notice describes your rights and our data practices.

Categories of Personal Information We Collect

Category Examples Collected? Purpose
Identifiers Email address, name, IP address Yes Subscriptions, advertiser accounts, release submissions
Commercial information Ad credit purchases, transaction history Yes (advertisers only) Payment processing, account management
Internet/network activity Browsing behavior, pages visited (via Google Analytics/AdSense) Yes Site analytics, ad serving
Professional/employment info Organization name, job title Yes (optional) Subscriber personalization, release contact block
Sensitive personal information None collected No
Geolocation data City/region (inferred from IP by Google services) Via third parties only Ad targeting (Google AdSense)

How We Use Personal Information

Disclosure of Personal Information

We disclose personal information to the following categories of service providers for business purposes only:

We do not sell personal information. We do not share personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising.

Your California Privacy Rights

Right to Know

You may request that we disclose: the categories and specific pieces of personal information we have collected about you; the categories of sources; the business or commercial purposes for collection; and the categories of third parties with whom we share it.

Right to Delete

You may request deletion of personal information we have collected, subject to certain exceptions (such as information we are required to retain for legal or financial compliance purposes, or information that has been published as part of the public record of a press release).

Right to Correct

You may request correction of inaccurate personal information we maintain about you.

Right to Opt Out of Sale or Sharing

We do not sell or share personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising. No opt-out is required, but you may limit interest-based advertising through Google's ad settings at adssettings.google.com.

Right to Limit Use of Sensitive Personal Information

We do not collect sensitive personal information as defined by the CPRA.

Right to Non-Discrimination

We will not discriminate against you for exercising any of your CCPA/CPRA rights.

How to Submit a Request

To exercise any of the rights above, contact us at:

We will respond within 45 days of receiving a verifiable request. We may need to verify your identity before processing the request.

Shine the Light (California Civil Code § 1798.83)

California residents may request information about disclosures of personal information to third parties for their direct marketing purposes. We do not disclose personal information to third parties for direct marketing purposes and therefore no such disclosure report applies.

Contact

wire@dismalfreedom.press
Dismal Freedom Press | Stockton, CA 95202