Website Privacy Notice

Who operates this website

The Other Ledger is operated by Jesse Tervooren, Founder, The Other Ledger. For business or privacy questions, email theotherledger@gmail.com.

Last revised: November 10, 2026.

What this notice covers

This notice covers our informational website and ordinary business correspondence. Newsletter signup is not currently open. The Exit Interviews is open for research participation. Our Research Privacy Notice explains what the survey collects, how we use and retain responses, and how we protect them.

Hosting and website statistics

WordPress.com, operated by Automattic, hosts this website. Automattic documents collecting technical information such as IP address, browser and device information, language, referring website and visit time to operate and secure its services. Its visitor notice describes keeping web-server logs for approximately 30 days, and generally discarding visitor information when no longer needed unless legally required to retain it.

We use Jetpack Stats to understand visits and traffic sources. WordPress.com documents that Stats processes information such as IP addresses, browser information, pages visited, referring websites, visit times, language and country, and WordPress.com account identifiers for signed-in visitors. WordPress.com states that Stats logs are retained for 28 days. This period applies to Stats logs.

WordPress.com may also make requests to measure site performance when a page loads. These requests can include the page address and timing information.

Cookies and other website features

Automattic’s Cookie Policy describes cookies and similar technologies used for sign-in, preferences, comments, subscriptions and other services. Which apply depends on the features used and whether you are signed in to WordPress.com. A visit can set a first-party cookie named _hcc. Browser settings can control cookies. Blocking cookies may affect some features and may still allow requests made as a page loads.

Site Accelerator is enabled to load images and website files faster. Jetpack documents no visitor activity tracking by that feature itself; hosting-related processing still applies. Gravatar profile features and enhanced comments, comment Likes and image-gallery comments are also enabled. Where used, Gravatar can receive a coded version of an email address to retrieve a profile image, and commenting or subscription preferences can involve functional cookies.

The homepage, About and Exit Interviews pages currently display no comment or signup forms, videos or third-party media embeds in their main content. Enabled platform features do not necessarily mean they are used on those pages.

Service providers

Automattic’s Privacy Notice for Visitors to Our Users’ Sites explains its handling of visitor information, including disclosures to service providers and personnel, for legal and safety reasons, and in business transfers. Its policies describe its services broadly; they are not a verified inventory of technologies used on this website.

The Exit Interviews page currently loads a typeface from Google Fonts. When your browser requests those files, it connects to Google. See Google Fonts privacy information.

Business correspondence

If you email us, we receive your email address, message and any other information you include. We use Gmail to manage correspondence and use this information to respond, conduct business, maintain records and meet legal or administrative obligations. Emailing us does not enroll you in a newsletter or research study.

When you use the contact form, Jetpack collects your name, email address, subject, and message. Submissions are stored in the WordPress dashboard and sent to our Gmail inbox so we can respond and manage correspondence. The form uses Akismet to screen for spam. Automattic may process submission details, your IP address, and browser information for that purpose.

We retain business correspondence as needed for communication, recordkeeping, and legitimate business purposes, subject to applicable legal requirements.

This retention statement applies to ordinary business correspondence, not research-participant data or newsletter subscriptions.

Your privacy rights

Depending on your location and applicable law, you may have rights to access, copy, correct, delete or transfer your personal information, or restrict or object to its use. Where applicable, you may also withdraw consent, opt out of sale, sharing or targeted advertising, appeal a privacy-request decision, or complain to a privacy regulator. These rights have legal conditions and exceptions.

To make a request, email theotherledger@gmail.com. We may ask for information reasonably needed to verify your identity or an authorized representative’s authority. We will respond within applicable legal deadlines and explain any refusal and available appeal process where required. We will not unlawfully discriminate against you for exercising your rights.

We handle requests about information within our control. For information handled by Automattic, we may coordinate with it or direct you to the contacts in its visitor privacy notice. We cannot promise access to or deletion of records we cannot identify or control, and legal requirements may require some records to be retained.

Changes to this notice

We may update this notice as the website and our practices develop. The revision date above identifies the latest version.