Last Updated: November 14, 2026
Who We Are
Our website address is: https://trendydarling.com (“Trendy Darling”, “we”, “us”, or “our”). We are an entertainment publication providing movie and television show recaps, reviews, ending explanations, and industry news.
For any privacy-related questions or requests, you can contact us at: contact@trendydarling.com (or replace with your preferred public contact email).
Information We Collect
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, as well as the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help with 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 at: 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 & Newsletter Subscriptions
If you contact us directly via email or subscribe to our updates, we collect your name, email address, and any message content you voluntarily provide so we can respond to your inquiry or send requested updates.
Cookies and Tracking Technologies
Cookies are small text files stored on your browser to improve your browsing experience:
- Comment Cookies: 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 when you leave another comment. These cookies last for one year.
- Login & Session 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. When you log in, we set up cookies to save your login information (lasting two days, or two weeks if “Remember Me” is selected) and screen display choices (lasting one year).
- Editor Cookies: If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie is saved in your browser indicating the post ID of the article edited. It contains no personal data and expires after 1 day.
You can disable or clear cookies at any time through your individual browser settings.
Advertising & Third-Party Partners (Google AdSense)
We use third-party advertising companies, including Google AdSense, to serve ads when you visit our website.
- Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies (such as the DoubleClick DART cookie) to serve ads based on a user’s prior visits to this website or other websites on the internet.
- Google’s use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to our users based on their visit to
[https://trendydarling.com](https://trendydarling.com)and/or other sites on the Internet. - Users may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings (https://adssettings.google.com) or by visiting www.aboutads.info.
Analytics (Google Site Kit / Google Analytics)
We use Google Analytics (integrated via Google Site Kit) to understand how visitors interact with our website, including pages visited, time spent on pages, and general geographic region. Google Analytics collects this data anonymously using cookies and does not identify individual visitors personally. You can opt out of Google Analytics tracking by installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.
Embedded Content from Other Websites
Articles on this site frequently include embedded content (such as YouTube videos, trailers, social media posts, images, and articles). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website directly.
These external websites (such as YouTube/Google, X/Twitter, or Instagram) may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction if you have an account and are logged in to those platforms.
Who We Share Your Data With
We do not sell, trade, or rent your personal identification information to others. We only share data with trusted third-party service providers necessary to operate our website, ensure security, analyze traffic (Google), serve advertisements (Google AdSense), and filter automated spam. If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
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 (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
What Rights You Have Over Your Data
Depending on your location (including under GDPR and CCPA regulations), you have the right to:
- Request an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us.
- Request that we correct or 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.
- Opt out of personalized advertising cookies at any time.
Where Your Data Is Sent
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service. Additionally, analytical and advertising data is processed on servers operated by Google and our web hosting provider (Hostinger) in accordance with international data protection standards.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
We reserve the right to update or modify this Privacy Policy at any time. Any changes will be posted immediately on this page with an updated “Last Updated” date at the top.