Privacy Policy

Last updated: June 2026

At Sidewalk English, I respect your privacy and aim to be transparent about how information is collected and used on this website.

This website is intended for educational and informational purposes. While reasonable efforts are made to keep information accurate and up to date, no guarantees are made regarding the completeness, accuracy, or suitability of any content provided on this site.

My website address is: https://www.sidewalkenglish.com

Information Collected

This website may collect limited information when you:

  • Browse the site
  • Download resources
  • Submit a contact form
  • Interact with advertisements

Information collected may include your IP address, browser type, device information, referring website, and pages visited.

Analytics

Sidewalk English uses Google Analytics to better understand how visitors use the site. Analytics data helps improve website content, navigation, and user experience.

Google Analytics may collect information such as pages visited, time spent on the site, device type, and general geographic region. This information is collected in aggregate and is not used to personally identify visitors.

Advertising

This website may display advertisements provided by Google AdSense and other advertising partners.

Advertising providers may use cookies and similar technologies to deliver and measure advertisements. These technologies may be used to personalize advertising based on your interests and browsing activity.

For more information about how Google uses information from sites and apps that use its services, please visit Google’s privacy resources.

Contact Forms

If you contact Sidewalk English through a contact form, the information you provide (such as your name, email address, and message) will be used solely to respond to your inquiry.

Your information will not be sold or shared with third parties except when required by law or necessary to provide website services.

Cookies

This website may use cookies and similar technologies to:

  • Remember user preferences
  • Analyze site traffic and performance
  • Support advertising and analytics services

You can control or disable cookies through your browser settings.

Third-Party Services

Sidewalk English may use third-party services including:

  • Google Analytics
  • Google AdSense
  • Website hosting providers
  • Contact form services

These services may collect information in accordance with their own privacy policies.

Data Security

Reasonable measures are taken to protect information collected through this website. However, no method of transmission or storage is completely secure, and absolute security cannot be guaranteed.

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, 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, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

How long we retain your data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

What rights you have 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, including any data you have provided to us. 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.

Where your data is sent

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

Changes to This Policy

This Privacy Policy may be updated from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page with an updated revision date.

Contact

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, please use the Contact page to get in touch.