Last Updated: March 29, 2026
Welcome to Maayne (accessible from https://maayne.com). Your privacy is of extreme importance to us. This Privacy Policy document outlines the types of personal information that is received and collected by Maayne and how it is used.
1. Who We Are
Our website address is: https://maayne.com. We are a digital news and media organization dedicated to providing accurate and timely information to our global audience. Contact Email: [email protected]
2. Personal Data Collection
We collect information to provide better services to all our users.
- Comments: When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, along with the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to assist in spam detection.
- Media: If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
- Contact Forms: Information submitted through our contact forms is kept for customer service purposes for a period of six months, but we do not use the information submitted through them for marketing purposes unless explicitly consented.
3. Cookies and Web Beacons
- User Experience: If you leave a comment on our site, you may opt-in to saving your name, email address, and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again. These cookies will last for one year.
- Technical Cookies: If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
- Caching & Optimization: This site utilizes caching (via LiteSpeed and Cloudflare) to facilitate a faster response time. Caching potentially stores a duplicate copy of every web page on this site. We may use QUIC.cloud services to process and cache your data temporarily.
4. Embedded Content from Other Websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, tweets, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website. These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content.
5. Third-Party Analytics
We use third-party service providers like Google Analytics and Google Search Console to monitor and analyze the use of our service. These services track website traffic and usage patterns. This data is used to improve our content strategy and user experience.
6. Data Retention
- If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This allows us to recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically.
- For users that register on our website (if any), we store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time.
7. Your Rights Over Your Data
If you have an account on this site or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
8. Data Security & Transfers
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service. We implement a variety of security measures to maintain the safety of your personal information, including SSL encryption.
9. Contact Information
For any privacy-specific concerns or data requests, please contact us at: Email: [email protected]