QSO Fieldbook

Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy

Last updated: July 4, 2026

QSO Fieldbook respects your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how the QSO Fieldbook website collects, uses, and protects information when you visit this website.

This policy applies to the QSO Fieldbook website operated by:

QSO Fieldbook / Matthew Archibald, K4EQM

For questions about this Privacy Policy, contact:

qsofieldbook@gmail.com


Information We Collect

The QSO Fieldbook website may collect limited information in the following ways.

Contact Form

This website uses Contact Form 7 for the contact form.

If you use the contact form, we may collect the information you choose to provide, such as your name, email address, subject, and message.

We use this information only to respond to your message, provide support, answer questions, or follow up on your request.

Contact form messages are generally delivered by email. The website may also process basic technical information related to the form submission, such as your IP address, browser information, and the date and time of the submission, for spam prevention, troubleshooting, and security.

Blog Comments

If comments are enabled and you leave a comment on the website, we may collect the information submitted in the comment form, such as your name, email address, website, comment content, IP address, and browser information.

This information may be used to display your comment, reduce spam, and help moderate the website.

Google Analytics

This website may use Google Analytics to understand general website traffic and usage.

Google Analytics may collect information such as pages visited, approximate location, browser type, device type, referral source, and general interaction data. This helps us understand how visitors use the website and improve the site over time.

We do not use Google Analytics to personally identify individual visitors.

Google may use cookies or similar technologies to collect and process analytics information. You can control cookies through your browser settings.

Hosting and Server Logs

This website is hosted by Hostinger.

Like most websites, the hosting provider may automatically collect basic technical information, such as IP address, browser type, device information, pages requested, date and time of access, error logs, and other server log data.

This information is used for website operation, security, troubleshooting, and performance.

Embedded Content

Blog posts or pages may include embedded content from other websites, such as videos, images, social media posts, maps, or other third-party content.

Embedded content from other websites behaves the same way as if you visited those websites directly. Those third-party websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional tracking, or monitor your interaction with their content.


Cookies

This website may use cookies or similar technologies.

Cookies may be used for:

  • Basic WordPress functionality
  • Admin login and security
  • Contact form functionality
  • Comment features
  • Spam prevention
  • Google Analytics, if enabled
  • Embedded third-party content, if included on a page or post

You can control or block cookies through your browser settings. Some website features may not work properly if cookies are disabled.


How We Use Information

We may use collected information to:

  • Respond to contact form messages
  • Moderate and display blog comments
  • Improve website content and usability
  • Understand general website traffic
  • Protect the website from spam, abuse, or security threats
  • Troubleshoot technical issues
  • Maintain and operate the website

We do not sell your personal information.


Donations

The website may eventually include a way to make voluntary donations to support QSO Fieldbook development.

If donations are added, payment information will be handled by a third-party payment provider. QSO Fieldbook does not intend to directly store full payment card information on this website.

This Privacy Policy may be updated if donation features are added.


Third-Party Services

This website may use third-party services, including:

  • Hostinger for website hosting
  • WordPress for website publishing
  • Contact Form 7 for contact form functionality
  • Google Analytics for website traffic analytics
  • Spam prevention or security tools
  • Embedded content providers, if content is embedded in posts or pages
  • Payment or donation providers, if donations are added later

These third-party services may process information according to their own privacy policies.


How Long We Keep Information

Contact form messages may be kept as long as needed to respond to your message, provide support, or maintain records.

Blog comments may remain on the website unless removed by the site owner or requested for deletion.

Server logs and security logs may be kept by the hosting provider or website tools for a limited time for security, troubleshooting, and operational purposes.

Analytics data may be kept according to Google Analytics settings.


Your Choices

You may contact us at
qsofieldbook@gmail.com
to request that we review, correct, or delete personal information you have submitted through the website, such as contact form messages or blog comments.

You can also disable cookies through your browser settings.


Children’s Privacy

This website is not directed to children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13.


Links to Other Websites

This website may include links to other websites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices, content, or security of other websites.


Security

We take reasonable steps to protect the website and the information submitted through it. However, no website or internet transmission is completely secure.


Changes to This Policy

This Privacy Policy may be updated from time to time. The updated version will be posted on this page with a new “Last updated” date.


Contact

For privacy questions or requests, contact:

QSO Fieldbook / Matthew Archibald, K4EQM

qsofieldbook@gmail.com