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Privacy Policy – Daily Drama Watch

Privacy Policy

Legal & Transparency

Effective: 22 March 2026 · Last updated: May 2026 · GDPR & UK GDPR Compliant
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Who We Are

Daily Drama Watch (www.dailydramawatch.com) is an independent reality television commentary website operated by Nancy Bouchard, publishing under the editorial name Ava Witt, based on the Côte d'Azur, France.

This Privacy Policy explains how Daily Drama Watch collects, uses, and protects any information obtained when you use this website. We are committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the UK GDPR, and the Australian Privacy Act 1988.

For any privacy-related enquiries, contact us via our Contact page.

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Data We Collect

Daily Drama Watch collects minimal personal data. The following outlines what is collected and why.

Data Type How Collected Purpose
IP address Automatically on site visit Security, spam prevention, analytics
Browser & device type Automatically on site visit Analytics, site optimisation
Pages visited & time on site Google Analytics Audience insights, content improvement
Comment data (name, email) Voluntarily submitted via comment form Comment moderation & display
Cookie identifiers Third-party services (Google, Amazon, Meta) Advertising, affiliate tracking, functionality

Daily Drama Watch does not collect sensitive personal data (health, financial, biometric) and does not require account registration to access content.

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Google AdSense & Advertising

Required Disclosure — Google AdSense

Third-Party Advertising

Daily Drama Watch uses Google AdSense to display advertisements. Google AdSense is an advertising service provided by Google LLC. As a third-party vendor, Google uses cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to this website and other websites on the internet.

Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to visitors of Daily Drama Watch based on their visit to this site and/or other sites on the internet. Visitors may opt out of personalised advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings.

Alternatively, you can opt out of a third-party vendor's use of cookies for personalised advertising by visiting www.aboutads.info.

Google AdSense may use the following technologies on this site:

  • Cookies — to track ad impressions, clicks, and conversions across websites.
  • Web beacons — small invisible images used to track user interaction with ads.
  • Interest-based advertising — ads may be targeted based on your inferred interests derived from browsing behaviour across the web.
  • Remarketing — Google may show DDW ads to previous visitors on other websites.

Google's privacy practices are governed by the Google Privacy Policy. Daily Drama Watch has no access to or control over the cookies used by Google AdSense.

How to Opt Out

You can control personalised ads from Google at any time by visiting adssettings.google.com. You can also install the Google Analytics Opt-Out Browser Add-on to prevent your data from being used by Google Analytics.

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Google Analytics

Daily Drama Watch uses Google Analytics (provided by Google LLC) to analyse website traffic and understand how visitors interact with our content. Google Analytics collects data such as pages visited, time spent on site, geographic location (country/region level), device type, and referral source.

This data is aggregated and anonymised — we cannot identify individual users through Google Analytics. IP anonymisation is enabled on this website, meaning your full IP address is never stored by Google Analytics.

Google Analytics data is retained for 14 months. For more information, see the Google Privacy Policy.

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Amazon Associates

Daily Drama Watch participates in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program (Store ID: dailydramawatch-20), an affiliate advertising programme that allows sites to earn fees by linking to Amazon products and services.

When you click an Amazon affiliate link on DDW — including links to Hayu and Amazon Prime Video — Amazon may place cookies on your device to track your referral and any subsequent purchase or subscription. This allows DDW to receive a small commission at no additional cost to you.

Amazon's data practices are governed by the Amazon Privacy Notice.

Affiliate Disclosure

Daily Drama Watch is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program. As an Amazon Associate, DDW earns from qualifying purchases. This does not affect the price you pay, and it does not influence our editorial content.

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Facebook / Meta

Daily Drama Watch maintains an active Facebook presence and may embed Facebook social plugins, share buttons, or posts within articles. When these elements load, Meta Platforms Inc. may set cookies on your device and collect data about your interaction with the content, regardless of whether you are logged into Facebook.

Meta may use this data to build a profile of your interests and show you targeted advertising on the Facebook platform. DDW has no access to the data collected by Meta through these interactions.

To manage Facebook's use of your data, visit the Meta Cookie Policy and your Facebook Privacy Settings.

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Cookies

Daily Drama Watch uses cookies to improve your browsing experience and to enable advertising and analytics functionality. Cookies are small text files stored on your device when you visit the site.

Cookie Source Type Purpose
WordPress Strictly necessary Site functionality, login, comment sessions
Google AdSense Advertising Personalised ad delivery & tracking
Google Analytics Analytics Traffic measurement & audience insights
Amazon Associates Functional Affiliate referral tracking
Meta (Facebook) Social / Functional Social sharing & embedded content

For full details on the cookies used by DDW and how to manage your preferences, please see our Cookie Policy.

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Data Sharing

Daily Drama Watch does not sell, trade, or rent your personal data to third parties. Data may be shared with the following parties solely for the purposes described in this policy:

  • Google LLC — for AdSense advertising and Analytics services.
  • Amazon Services LLC — for affiliate referral tracking via the Associates Program.
  • Meta Platforms Inc. — via embedded social content and share buttons.
  • Automattic Inc. — for WordPress platform functionality including spam protection (Akismet).

Each of these parties operates under their own privacy policies and data practices, linked throughout this document.

DDW may disclose personal data if required to do so by law, or if we believe that such action is necessary to comply with a legal obligation or to protect our rights.

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Data Retention

We retain personal data only for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes for which it was collected, or as required by law.

  • Comments — retained indefinitely to enable moderation of follow-up comments. You may request deletion at any time.
  • Analytics data — retained for 14 months by Google Analytics, after which it is automatically deleted.
  • Cookies — duration varies by cookie type. See our Cookie Policy for details.
  • Contact enquiries — retained for as long as necessary to respond to and resolve the enquiry.
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Your Rights

Under the GDPR, UK GDPR, and applicable privacy laws, you have the following rights regarding your personal data:

  • Right of access — you may request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
  • Right to rectification — you may request correction of inaccurate personal data.
  • Right to erasure — you may request deletion of your personal data, subject to legal obligations.
  • Right to restrict processing — you may ask us to limit how we use your data.
  • Right to object — you may object to processing for direct marketing purposes or profiling.
  • Right to withdraw consent — where processing is based on consent, you may withdraw it at any time.
  • Right to data portability — you may request your data in a portable, machine-readable format.

Australian Visitors

Visitors from Australia are also protected under the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) and have the right to access and seek correction of personal information held about them. Given that approximately 47% of DDW's audience is Australia-based, we take these obligations seriously.

UK Visitors

UK visitors may also lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) at ico.org.uk/make-a-complaint.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us via our Contact page. We will respond within 30 days.

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Children's Privacy

Daily Drama Watch is not directed at children under the age of 16. We do not knowingly collect personal data from children. If you believe that a child has provided us with personal data, please contact us immediately and we will take steps to delete such information.

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Updates & Contact

This Privacy Policy was last updated in May 2026. We may revise it periodically to reflect changes in our practices, technology, or legal requirements. The "Last updated" date at the top of this page will be amended accordingly. Continued use of Daily Drama Watch following any update constitutes acceptance of the revised policy.

Privacy Enquiries

For any questions about this Privacy Policy or to exercise your data rights, please get in touch.

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