Last updated: October 29, 2026
I’m Derek Murphy, and I run Creativindie. You can reach me at [email protected] or through my contact page.
What I collect and why
My site uses information in different ways depending on what you do. For example, you may give your email address when you sign up for free books or templates, or leave your name and a comment on a post. The sections below explain what happens in each case.
SiteGround hosts my site, and Cloudflare provides a content delivery network and security. Google Fonts also loads on WordPress pages, so your browser requests font files from Google.
There are no visitor accounts on the WordPress site. Creativindie.com itself does not collect payment card details.
Analytics and ads
I use Google Analytics 4 to measure visits to WordPress pages, the rhyming dictionary pages, and the apps. It sets Google Analytics cookies. You can use the Google Analytics opt-out.
Jetpack, by Automattic, provides site stats and share buttons. The share buttons are plain links and do not load Facebook or Twitter scripts.
Google AdSense loads on WordPress pages. Google and its partners may use cookies to show ads, including ads based on your past visits to this and other sites. You can turn off personalized ads in Google My Ad Center, read more about how Google uses information for ads, and visit Your Ad Choices for choices about other vendors.
Comments
When you leave a WordPress comment, the site collects your name, email address, comment, IP address, and browser user agent. You can also provide a website. Akismet, by Automattic, checks comments for spam.
Comment avatars come from Gravatar. An anonymized hash of your email address is sent to Gravatar.
Email sign-ups
My sign-up forms for free books and templates are MailerLite landing pages. MailerLite stores your email address and your first name if you give it, and sends the emails.
Every email has an unsubscribe link. You can use it if you no longer want those emails.
Courses and purchases
I sell courses on courses.creativindie.com, which runs on Teachable. Teachable handles checkout and payment by card or PayPal. You can read Teachable’s privacy policy for details about its practices.
The free AI tools and the word tracker
My free AI writing tools include a humanizer, paraphraser, essay typer, story ideas tool, AI checker, and others. When you use one of these tools, the text you type is sent through a server function hosted by Supabase to an AI model provider. Depending on the tool, that provider is OpenAI, Google Gemini, or DeepSeek. The provider produces the answer.
Please do not paste private or sensitive information into these tools.
The word tracker works differently. It saves your word counts only in your own browser using localStorage. Nothing is uploaded.
Embedded videos and other sites
Some posts embed YouTube videos. YouTube may set cookies when you play a video.
My site also links to other sites, including diybookcovers.com, diybookformats.com, bookbutchers.com, and creativindiecovers.com. Those sites have their own privacy policies.
Affiliate links
Some links on my site are affiliate links. These include links to services such as Sudowrite, QuillBot, ProWritingAid, and K-lytics. If you buy through an affiliate link, my site may earn a commission at no extra cost to you.
Security
Cloudflare provides security in front of my site. I also use the Wordfence firewall plugin, which logs visitor IP addresses and requests to block attacks.
Your choices
You can unsubscribe from my emails using the link in any email. You can also use the Google Analytics opt-out and the ad choices linked above.
You can ask me what I hold about you, or ask me to correct or delete it, by emailing [email protected].
This site is for writers and authors and is not aimed at children under 13.
Contact
If you have a question about this policy, email me at [email protected] or use my contact page.