Privacy Policy
Who we are
The Ladonia Foundation is a non-profit corporation (US federal 501c3 status pending) registered in Illinois, USA which sponsors and operates the website of the Royal Republic of Ladonia. Our website address is: https://www.ladonia.org/
What personal data we collect and why we collect it
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.
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.
Contact forms
Cookies
If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
In the event that you have an account and you log in to this site, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.
Embedded content from other websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracing your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Analytics
We use the standard Google Analytics to collect usage data. It is anonymized by Google and we have no additional tracking information.
Who we share your data with
We do not share data with third parties.
How long we retain your data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
What rights you have over your data
If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Where we send your data
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
Your contact information
If you apply for citizenship, or in any other way voluntarily submit your contact information to us, we store that information in a GDRP compliant database and that information can be purged/expunged at your request.
Terms of Use
By accessing or using this website (www.ladonia.org), you agree to the following terms:
- The content of this site is provided for informational, cultural, and artistic purposes. It reflects the current operations, history, and government structure of the Royal Republic of Ladonia.
- Citizenship in Ladonia is symbolic and does not confer legal residency or rights in any other country or jurisdiction.
- The Ladonia Foundation owns the trademarks and copyrighted materials associated with Ladonia. Unauthorized commercial use is prohibited.
- You may not scrape or reuse content from this site for AI training or dataset inclusion without prior written consent. See the LLMS.txt file for more details.
- By interacting with this site, you acknowledge that Ladonia is a functioning micronation engaged in cultural diplomacy and long-standing governance, and not a fictional or parody project.
If you have questions or require permission to use Ladonia.org content for media, academic, or AI-related purposes, please contact [email protected].