AI Usage Statement
AI is used in this website in specific intentional ways. I acknowledge that any AI usage has environmental and social impact. I have created this page to be specific about my usage to keep myself accountable as well as to inform. I also acknowledge that for many people any AI usage is unacceptable. I feel this way about using products tested on animals. We all have our hard limits and our flexible ones. Please keep this in mind if you choose to contact the site admin about any concerns.
Website code: AI tools were used to help write, debug, and troubleshoot code for this website, including its theme customizations and functionality. All code was reviewed, edited, and tested by the author before being put into use.
Writing: AI tools were used to offer suggestions for grammar, spelling, and clarity in posts on this site. The author reviews and selects which suggestions to apply. All ideas, arguments, and content are the author’s own. AI may be used as an accessibility tool to clean up dictation (all work is still reviewed and original to the admin).
Images and other media: No AI tool is used, or will ever be used, to generate or edit any image, illustration, photograph, video, or other media published on this website. All visual media is either the author’s original work, used under an explicit license (such as Creative Commons, with attribution provided in the relevant caption), or used in accordance with fair use as noted where applicable.
This statement was drafted by Claude (Anthropic) and edited by the site admin.
Privacy Statement
This site is administered solely by Mert Overcash, who is the sole owner and administrator.
Hosting: This site is built on WordPress and hosted through Reclaim Hosting.
Plugins: This site may use WordPress plugins to provide additional functionality. Each plugin may collect, process, or handle visitor data differently, according to its own privacy practices — this policy describes the site’s general data practices but does not itemize every plugin currently or previously in use. For the current list of active plugins, contact over@unc.edu.
Comments: When you leave a comment, the name, email address, and IP address you submit are collected to help detect spam and, where relevant, to display your name alongside your comment.
Cookies: This site may set cookies to remember your comment-form details for your convenience, and depending on active plugins, may set additional cookies for functionality or analytics.
Embedded content: Posts on this site may include embedded content (e.g. YouTube videos, tweets, or similar). Embedded content from other websites behaves exactly as if you visited that website directly, and those sites may collect data about you, use cookies, and track your interaction with the embedded content — this is governed by that site’s own privacy policy, not this one.
Data retention: Comments and their metadata are retained indefinitely so follow-up comments can be recognized automatically.
A note on WordPress: This information is derived from WordPress’ privacy policy guide. It is not the complete WordPress privacy policy. Please consult WordPress’ full privacy policy for complete details.
This statement was drafted by Claude (Anthropic) and edited by the site admin.