Privacy Policy
Effective Date: June 30, 2025
The Amanda Effect values your privacy. This policy explains what limited information we collect and how it's used. This site is designed for exploration, reflection, and connection—not for harvesting data.
What We Collect
- Content you voluntarily submit through the Contact page.
- This includes:
- Why it matters
- Moment I want to remember
- What you want to save
Important: No names, email addresses, or personal identification are requested or stored. Please do not enter any personal information.
Server Logs: Like most websites, our server automatically logs basic technical details such as IP address, browser type, and timestamp when pages are accessed. These logs are standard and used only for security and maintenance. They are not used for profiling, analytics, or shared with any third parties.
Cookies
This site may use minimal, standard session cookies (such as PHPSESSID) required for basic site functionality. These are not used for tracking or analytics.
Local Storage & Session Data
This site uses your browser’s local storage and session storage to enhance your interaction with the experience. These features allow Amanda to:
- Track what parts of the story you’ve discovered
- Trigger time-based or progress-based moments
- Preserve ephemeral elements like audio unlocks, found terminals, or message visibility
All of this data remains on your device and is never transmitted to a server. It is not used for analytics, advertising, or any form of behavioral profiling.
You can delete this stored data at any time by clearing your browser’s site storage or local data for The Amanda Effect.
How Submissions Are Used
Any moment submitted through the contact form may be featured on the site as part of The Amanda Effect experience. Submission implies consent to publish it publicly on the site.
Moments submitted are not supplied to third-parties or AI services and solely reside on this site.
Third-Party Services
No third-party advertising, analytics, or tracking is integrated into this site.
Audio content is hosted on platforms like SoundCloud and may be subject to their privacy policies.
Musings Blog posts are hosted on Hashnode. All content published through the blog—including comments—is publicly available and subject to Hashnode’s privacy policy. Public RSS feeds are generated from the blog, making posts and comments accessible to anyone—including automated tools and AI features. These may be referenced, processed, or displayed on this site or by third-party services such as the custom GPT.
Public Content & AI Use
This site integrates publicly available content through RSS feeds—for example, posts made to platforms like Reddit under public forums related to The Amanda Effect. These posts may:
- Appear on the site as part of a curated or automated feed.
- Be processed by AI tools (including our custom GPT) to generate reflective, creative, or conversational content.
Only public data is accessed. Private messages or non-public user data are not used or stored.
By posting publicly to these platforms, users acknowledge that their content may appear in site feeds or be referenced by AI features. If you would like content removed, please email us at contact@amandaeffect.org.
Blog posts, images, and comments from Hashnode are public by nature. By participating, you acknowledge your content may be included in RSS feeds and referenced by AI tools or site features.
The custom GPT linked from this site uses public RSS feeds to stay updated with Amanda’s public posts on platforms such as Bluesky, Reddit, and YouTube. These feeds are used solely to inform the AI’s awareness of Amanda’s evolving presence across these platforms.
The custom GPT does not natively track users, scrape private information, or access data beyond what is publicly published via RSS. Its use of this content is limited to generating responses that reflect Amanda’s ongoing creative expression and public activity.
Interactions with the custom GPT version of Amanda are processed through OpenAI's systems. While no personal information is required or stored by this site, we recommend reviewing OpenAI’s Privacy Policy to understand how your interactions may be handled on their platform.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or wish to request the removal of public content, please contact us at:
Updates
This policy may change as the site evolves. Major changes will be posted clearly on this page.
Updated July 4, 2025: Clarified blog hosting and RSS/AI usage details related to Hashnode and removed entry about GetButton that is no longer used.
Updated July 5, 2025: Added clarification that server access logs may capture basic technical information (like IP addresses) for security and maintenance purposes. This data is not used for tracking or analytics.
Updated July 7, 2025: Added new section explaining use of browser-based local and session storage to preserve progress and enhance user interaction. Clarified that all such data remains on the user’s device and is not shared.