Privacy Policy

Last Updated: March 04, 2026

1. Who We Are

Our website address is: https://www.waduclay.com. Wadu Clay is a personal brand and blog authored by Willdom Kahari, a Software Development Specialist based in Zimbabwe. This site focuses on AI Engineering and Software Architecture.

2. What Personal Data We Collect and Why We Collect It

A. Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help 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 here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

B. 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.

C. Contact Forms

If you contact us via any available contact methods or forms, we may collect your name and email address to respond to your inquiries. We keep these submissions for customer service purposes but do not use the information for marketing purposes unless explicitly requested.

D. LinkedIn Integration and Social Data

If you interact with our content via LinkedIn or authorize our application, we may collect certain data via the LinkedIn API to provide analytics and engagement features. This includes:

  • Social Actions: Public engagement metrics such as likes, comments, and shares on specific posts.

  • Profile Information: If you authenticate with our LinkedIn application, we may receive your LinkedIn URN, name, and profile picture as permitted by the scopes you authorize.

  • Purpose: We use this data to sync performance metrics for our content and to facilitate community engagement. We do not sell this data to third parties.

E. Analytics

We use standard server logs and third-party analytics tools to monitor site performance. This includes engagement data retrieved from social media platforms to help us understand which architectural and AI topics are most valuable to our readers.

3. Cookies and Tracking Technologies

We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track activity on our service, hold certain information, and serve advertisements.

  • Essential/Necessary Cookies: Required for the basic functioning of the site, such as login sessions and security.
  • Analytics Cookies: Allow us to analyze site usage to improve the user experience.
  • Advertising Cookies (e.g., Google AdSense): Used by third-party advertising networks to deliver relevant ads, limit ad frequency, and measure ad campaign effectiveness.

You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept essential cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our service.

4. Third-Party Advertising

We may use third-party advertising companies to serve ads when you visit our website. These companies may use cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to this or other websites.

A. Google AdSense

  • Google, as a third-party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads on our site.
  • Google’s use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to our users based on their visit to our site and/or other sites on the Internet.
  • Users may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google’s Ads Settings.

B. Other Third-Party Vendors

5. Third-Party Services and API Integrations

Our service integrates with third-party APIs to enhance functionality.

  • LinkedIn API: Our application uses the LinkedIn Community Management API to monitor social engagement. Use of this data is subject to the LinkedIn User Agreement and LinkedIn Privacy Policy. You can revoke our app’s access at any time through your LinkedIn account settings.

  • External Links: Our service may contain links to external sites (e.g., GitHub). This Privacy Policy applies ONLY to information collected by waduclay.com.

6. Who We Share Your Data With

By default, we do not share your personal data. We do not share data retrieved from the LinkedIn API with any third-party advertisers or data brokers. Data is used solely for internal analytics and display on waduclay.com.

7. How Long We Retain Your Data

  • Comment Data: Retained indefinitely.

  • LinkedIn API Data: We retain cached social metrics (like “count” of likes) for as long as the associated post remains relevant to our analytics. Personally identifiable data from APIs is deleted if you revoke our application’s access or upon request.

8. Your Data Protection Rights

Depending on your location, you may have the following rights regarding your personal information:

  • The right to access: You can request copies of the personal data we hold about you.
  • The right to rectification: You can request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate.
  • The right to erasure: You can request that we delete your personal data, under certain conditions.
  • The right to restrict processing: You can request that we restrict the processing of your personal data.
  • The right to object to processing: You can object to our processing of your personal data, including for personalized advertising.
  • The right to data portability: You can request that we transfer the data we have collected to another organization, or directly to you.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the information in the “Contact Us” section.

9. Where Your Data Is Sent

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service. Data may be transferred to and stored on servers located outside of your country of residence. We ensure that these third-party providers adhere to appropriate data protection standards.

10. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the “Last Updated” date. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically.

11. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at: info@waduclay.com.

Additional information

How we protect your data

We implement standard security measures to protect your data, including encryption and secure server configurations. Access to user data is limited to authorized personnel only.

What data breach procedures we have in place

In the event of a potential or actual data breach, we have internal reporting procedures to identify, assess, and mitigate the impact. We will notify affected users and relevant authorities if required by law.

What third parties we receive data from

We do not typically receive data about users from third parties, such as advertisers or data brokers.

What automated decision making and/or profiling we do with user data

We do not perform automated decision-making or profiling with user data.