Privacy Policy

The Theatre Times

This Privacy Policy applies to The Theatre Times (https://thetheatretimes.com/) and explains how we handle information from visitors and contributors to our website.

Visitor Privacy

The Theatre Times is an independent, nonprofit cultural publication dedicated to global theatre and performance. We respect the privacy of our readers and do not collect personal information beyond what is voluntarily provided or automatically processed through the normal operation of our website.

We do not use visitors’ personal information for advertising, marketing, profiling, data mining, or market research, and we do not sell or rent personal information to third parties.

Information Voluntarily Provided

Visitors may choose to provide information through the following activities:

• Correspondence and editorial submissions: When you contact us by email, submit an article, or inquire about participating in our editorial activities, we receive the information you choose to provide. We use this information only to respond to inquiries, review submissions, and carry out related editorial activities.
• Newsletter subscriptions: If you subscribe to our newsletter, your email address is used to deliver the newsletter and manage your subscription. You may unsubscribe at any time.
• Comments: If you leave a comment on an article, the website may collect your name, email address, comment, and any additional information you voluntarily provide. Approved comments and display names may appear publicly. Email addresses are not published.
• Contributor accounts: Authors and editors with website accounts may provide information necessary to manage their accounts and published contributions.

We do not use this information for unrelated commercial purposes.

Website Services and Cookies

The Theatre Times operates on WordPress and relies on website hosting, security, caching, email, and other technical services.

These services may automatically process or retain certain technical information, including IP addresses, browser information, cookies, and security logs, as part of normal website operations.

Cookies may be used to support essential website functions, user accounts, commenting, security, and other technical features. The Theatre Times does not use this information to create advertising profiles of individual visitors. We don’t have or share any ads.

Service providers may process information as necessary to operate the website, subject to their own privacy and security practices.

Embedded Content and External Websites

The Theatre Times may include embedded videos, social media content, and links to external websites.

External platforms may collect technical information, use cookies, or record interactions according to their own privacy policies. The Theatre Times does not control the privacy practices of these external services.

Information Retention and Privacy Requests

Information voluntarily provided through correspondence, subscriptions, comments, or editorial activities may be retained as necessary to fulfill those purposes.

Editorial correspondence and published contributions may remain in our records as part of the publication’s ongoing activities and historical archive. Technical information may be retained by website service providers according to their operational policies.

You may request access to, correction of, or deletion of personal information you have provided, subject to applicable legal, editorial, and recordkeeping requirements.

For privacy-related inquiries, please contact newsroom@thetheatretimes.com.

Updates

We may update this Privacy Policy to reflect changes in our website, services, or practices. Any revisions will be published on this page with an updated revision date.

Last updated: October 28, 2026