# – LeXman's Puzzles

Privacy Policy

LexMan’s note:

I have created this web site as a free resource only. As such, I will never have any place on this site to create a user account, log in, make comments, enter personal information, or upload media. Because of this, none of the fine print below applies. WordPress, however, requires that I include this information in the site. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

In a passive aggressive gesture, I have decided to make the fine print really really really fine. Trust me: this stuff is about as interesting as the disclaimer pages that come with prescription medication.

Who we are

Our website address is: http://lexmanpuzzles.com.

The Cryptic Toolkit represents a labor of love and hundreds of hours of work. I offer it as a free resource on the Internet to encourage more people to adopt cryptic crosswords and to generally give back to the hobby that has given me so much. Please spread word about this resource and even download your own copies of the lists. Beyond that, the Toolkit remains my intellectual property; not meant for publication or resale without permission

WHAT PERSONAL DATA WE COLLECT AND WHY WE COLLECT IT

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.

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

There are no contact forms on the web site. Instead, feel free to email me directly at cryptsnpl@gmail.com.

Cookies

If you want to leave a comment on our site, you can’t, because I haven’t programmed any comment sections on any of these pages. Because of this (as far as I know), WordPress will not be uploading any tracking cookies onto your machine.

If you have an account and you log in to this site, I have no idea how you managed it, because there’s no place on the site to do so..

When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Of course, there is nowhere to log in, so…. You get the general idea.

If you edit or publish an article, do it on your own damn web site. For any material that other people present to me for publication on this site, the author will retain all the rights thereto (and receive no financial compensation). Larger pieces, such as informational articles or someone else’s cryptic crosswords, will always be credited to the author.

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Actually, it won’t, because I haven’t figured out how to do that yet. If I could, though, embedded content from other websites would behave 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.

If you link to someone else’s web site through a link on one of my pages, you’re their problem from that point on, not mine.

ANALYTICS

Who we share your data with

Nobody.

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.

For users that register on our website, again my hat’s off to you, because that’s a function I haven’t programmed into the site. If you want to hack my WordPress account, add a registration page to this site, and then register, you go right ahead — but first I’d recommend. you think if there might be other, better ways for you to spend your time..

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.

It is understood that any additions you offer for the indicator lists on this web site are provided freely for public distribution and the benefit of all. You will receive no compensation or credit for these submissions.

Where we send your data

Uh, we don’t.

Your contact information

Is of no interest to me.

Additional information

The Albigensian Crusade or the Cathar Crusade (1209–1229) was a 20-year military campaign initiated by Pope Innocent III to eliminate Catharism in Languedoc, in southern France. The Crusade was prosecuted primarily by the French crown and promptly took on a political aspect, resulting in not only a significant reduction in the number of practicing Cathars, but also a realignment of the County of Toulouse in Languedoc, bringing it into the sphere of the French crown, and diminishing both Languedoc’s distinct regional culture and the influence of the counts of Barcelona.

How we protect your data

By not collecting it.

What data breach procedures we have in place

The Copyright Law of the United States grants monopoly protection for “original works of authorship”. With the stated purpose to promote art and culture, copyright law assigns a set of exclusive rights to authors: to make and sell copies of their works, to create derivative works, and to perform or display their works publicly. These exclusive rights are subject to a time limit, and generally expire 70 years after the author’s death or 95 years after publication. So be good for goodness’ sake.

What third parties we receive data from

Visitors to the site are invited to submit their own material for publication. Like I said, this site is a public repository for information on all things cryptic.

What automated decision making and/or profiling we do with user data

Anyone’s whose read this far can email me saying so, and I’ll send along a copy of an exclusive puzzle that doesn’t yet appear on the site.

Industry regulatory disclosure requirements

WordPress provided no suggested text here, so obviously these “requirements” are not actually required, I guess. Damnit, Jim, I’m a crossword puzzle enthusiast, not a lawyer!