Privacy Policy

Effective Date: 1st December 2025
Our website address is: https://www.hypnosacademy.com

Company: Bates Luminary Studios LLC, 75E 3rd Sheridan, Wyoming 82801
Contact: hypnos.academy.llc@gmail.com

1. Information We Collect

  • Comments & form submissions. When visitors leave comments or use any contact/registration forms on the site, we collect the data entered in the form (e.g. name, email address, message), as well as the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string.
  • Media uploads. If you upload images or other media to the site, be cautious: avoid uploading files with embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors may download media and extract such metadata.
  • Automatically collected data. We and/or our third-party services may collect usage information such as IP address, device type, browser type, pages visited, time and duration of visit, and other analytics or log data.
  • Cookies and similar technologies. We may use cookies for various purposes — for remembering user information, login sessions, site preferences, and improving user experience.

2. How We Use Your Information

We use collected data for the following purposes:

  • To enable and manage comments, user registrations, and any interactive features.
  • To provide, maintain, and improve our website and user experience (e.g., analytics, performance monitoring, security).
  • To communicate with you — for example, when responding to inquiries, sending newsletters or updates (if you consent), or carrying out requested services (e.g. password resets).
  • To detect and prevent spam, abuse, or other unauthorized or harmful activity.

3. Cookies & Similar Technologies

  • If you leave a comment, you may optionally allow saving your name, email address, and website in cookies for convenience (so you don’t need to re-enter them). These cookies will last for one year.
  • On login pages, we place a temporary cookie to check whether your browser accepts cookies; this cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
  • If you log in, we also set login/session cookies (lasting two days) and screen-display preference cookies (lasting one year). If you choose “Remember Me,” login persists for two weeks. Logging out clears these cookies.
  • When you edit or publish an article, we may store a cookie (no personal data) indicating the post ID — this expires after one day.
  • Some site functionality (or parts of the site) may only be fully usable if cookies are enabled.

4. Embedded Content from Other Websites

Our site may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, articles) from third-party websites. When you interact with embedded content, you may be subject to those third-party sites’ data collection, tracking, and privacy practices. We do not control those third-party practices — we recommend you review their privacy policies.

5. Sharing Your Data

We will not sell your personal data. We may share your personal information:

  • With third-party service providers (e.g,. hosting providers, email services, analytics providers) solely to the extent necessary to operate the site. These providers are obligated to keep your data confidential.
  • To comply with legal obligations (e.g., court orders), enforce our Terms & Conditions, or protect the rights, property, or safety of our users or others.
  • If we merge with or are acquired by another company, in which case personal data may be transferred to the successor entity.
  • With your explicit consent (if requested).

6. Data Retention

  • Comments and their metadata are retained indefinitely so we can recognize and approve follow-up comments without re-moderation.
  • For registered users (if any), we store the personal information provided in the user profile. Users may view, edit, or delete this information at any time (except username). Administrators may also view and edit this information.
  • For other data (e.g., cookies, session data, logs), retention depends on purpose and may expire automatically (e.g. cookies expire after specified duration; logs may be purged periodically).

7. Your Rights

If you have an account on the site or have left comments, you may request:

  • A copy of the personal data we hold about you (exported in a common format), including any data you submitted.
  • That we erase any personal data about you (to the extent permitted by law).
  • That we correct or update your personal data.

If you want to exercise these rights, please contact us at [contact email].

8. Data Security

We implement reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect personal data from loss, misuse, or unauthorized access. Only authorized personnel or third-party vendors (under confidentiality obligation) have access to personal data. However, no method of transmission over the Internet or electronic storage is completely secure — we cannot guarantee absolute security.

9. Children’s Privacy

We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of 13. If you believe we have collected data from a child under 13, please contact us immediately so we can delete the data.

10. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy occasionally to reflect changes in practices or applicable laws. When we update the policy, we will post the revised policy on this page and update the “Effective Date.” We encourage you to review this policy periodically.