Last updated: 11 August 2026
This Privacy Policy explains how Shari Creates (https://sharicreates.com) handles information when you visit or interact with this website.
Who we are
Shari Creates is a personal website operated by Shari. The site contains personal writing, book reviews, language-learning posts and independent creative projects.
Comments
When visitors leave comments, the site may collect the information entered in the comment form together with technical information such as the visitor’s IP address and browser user-agent string for security and spam-detection purposes.
If you use an email address associated with Gravatar, an anonymised version of that address (a hash) may be sent to the Gravatar service to check whether you use it. After a comment is approved, your Gravatar profile image may be visible publicly alongside your comment. Gravatar is operated by Automattic; its privacy policy is available at https://automattic.com/privacy/.
Cookies
Shari Creates may use cookies or similar technologies for basic website functions, preferences, security, analytics and, if advertising is enabled, advertising purposes.
If you leave a comment, you may choose to save your name, email address and website in cookies so that you do not have to enter those details again when leaving another comment.
Google AdSense and advertising
Shari Creates has applied to use Google AdSense. If Google AdSense advertising is activated on this site, third-party vendors, including Google, may use cookies to serve ads based on a visitor’s prior visits to Shari Creates or other websites.
Google’s use of advertising cookies enables Google and its partners to serve ads based on visits to this site and/or other sites on the Internet. Visitors can manage or opt out of personalised advertising through Google Ads Settings at https://adssettings.google.com/. Visitors can also find information about opting out of some third-party vendors’ personalised advertising at https://www.aboutads.info/.
If other third-party advertising vendors or ad networks are used in the future, this policy will be updated to identify them and provide relevant privacy and opt-out information.
Visitors in the EEA, UK and Switzerland
If Google AdSense advertising is enabled, Shari Creates will use an appropriate Google-certified consent management platform where required for visitors in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom and Switzerland. The consent mechanism will allow visitors to make choices about cookies, local storage and the collection, sharing and use of personal data for advertising purposes where consent is required.
Embedded content from other websites
Posts on Shari Creates may contain embedded content such as videos, images or other material from third-party websites. Embedded content behaves in much the same way as if you visited the third-party website directly. Those websites may collect data about you, use cookies, or track your interaction with the embedded content according to their own privacy practices.
How long information is retained
If you leave a comment, the comment and its associated metadata may be retained so that the site can recognise and manage follow-up comments and maintain the discussion record. Information may also be retained where necessary for security, administrative or legal purposes.
Your privacy rights
Depending on where you live, you may have rights relating to personal information held about you, including rights to request access, correction or deletion, and in some circumstances to object to or restrict certain processing. These rights are subject to applicable law and any information that must be retained for legal, security or administrative purposes.
To exercise these rights or ask questions about this Privacy Policy, contact Shari at shari@sharicreates.com.
Changes to this policy
This Privacy Policy may be updated when the site’s services, advertising, analytics, third-party tools or legal obligations change. The date at the top of this page shows when it was last updated.