🔐 Privacy Policy
Effective Date: 18/10/2026
Website: hydrayong.com
Author: Hydra Yong
Last updated: 18 October 2026
Welcome to Hydra Yong’s official website.
Your privacy is important. This policy explains what personal information may be collected when you visit this website, subscribe to the newsletter or get in touch, and how that information is used.
1. Who operates this website?
This website, hydrayong.com, is operated by Hydra Yong, an independent author.
For questions about this Privacy Policy or your personal information, please contact:
hydra.yong.34@gmail.com
2. What information is collected?
Depending on how you use this website, the following information may be collected:
Newsletter subscriptions
When you subscribe to the newsletter, your email address is collected so that you can receive updates about Hydra Yong’s books, upcoming releases and other author-related news.
Contact enquiries
If you contact Hydra Yong by email, your email address and any information you choose to include in your message will be used to respond to your enquiry.
Correspondence will be retained only for as long as reasonably necessary to handle your enquiry.
Website usage information
The website’s hosting provider may collect technical information, such as IP addresses, browser information and website activity, to operate, secure and maintain the website.
3. How is your information used?
Personal information is used only for appropriate purposes, including:
- Sending newsletters and book-related announcements that you have requested.
- Responding to enquiries.
- Maintaining the security and functionality of the website.
- Understanding website performance, where applicable.
Newsletter emails are sent on the basis of your consent. Information submitted through the contact page is used to handle your enquiry.
Your email address will not be sold or used to send unrelated third-party advertising.
4. Newsletter subscriptions
By subscribing to the Hydra Yong newsletter, you agree to receive occasional emails about books, publication news, upcoming releases and related author updates.
You can unsubscribe at any time using the unsubscribe option provided in newsletter emails.
After unsubscribing, your address will no longer be used for newsletter marketing. Limited information may be retained where necessary to respect your unsubscribe request or meet legal obligations.
5. Third-party services
This website is hosted by WordPress.com, which also provides its built-in newsletter subscription functionality.
When you subscribe, your email address and relevant subscription information are processed through WordPress.com to manage your subscription and deliver author updates.
WordPress.com may also process technical information necessary to operate, secure and maintain the website.
For further information, please consult the WordPress.com Privacy Policy.
6. Cookies
This website may use cookies and similar technologies for essential website functions, security and, where enabled, website statistics.
Further information is available in the Cookie Policy.
7. How long is information kept?
Newsletter information is retained while you remain subscribed, subject to any limited records needed to honour unsubscribe requests or meet legal requirements.
Contact enquiries are retained only for as long as reasonably necessary to respond and manage related correspondence.
Technical information may be retained according to the policies of the relevant service providers.
8. Your rights
Under applicable data protection law, you may have the right to:
- Request access to your personal information.
- Ask for inaccurate information to be corrected.
- Request deletion of your information in certain circumstances.
- Withdraw consent to newsletter communications.
- Object to certain uses of your information.
- Raise concerns with the relevant data protection authority.
To make a request, please contact Hydra Yong using the email address provided above.
9. External websites
This website may contain links to external websites, including social media platforms and booksellers.
Hydra Yong is not responsible for the privacy practices of those websites. Please review their policies when visiting them.
10. Changes to this policy
This Privacy Policy may be updated when website features or data-handling practices change.
The latest version will always be available on this page.