Last updated: 2 October 2026
Watchman Zee respects your privacy and is committed to protecting the personal information you provide when you visit and use this website.
This Privacy Policy explains what information Watchman Zee may collect, why it is collected, how it is used, when it may be shared with service providers, how long it is retained, and the choices available to you.
By using this website, you acknowledge the practices described in this Privacy Policy.
1. Who We Are
This website is operated under the name Watchman Zee and is available at watchmanzee.com.
Watchman Zee is a Catholic publication providing articles, commentary, explanations, and other material concerning the Catholic faith and related subjects.
For privacy-related questions or requests concerning your personal information, you may contact us at:
Email: contact@watchmanzee.com
2. What Personal Data We Collect
We seek to collect only the information reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy.
Depending on how you use the website, we may collect:
- your email address if you voluntarily subscribe to Watchman Zee email updates;
- information you voluntarily provide when contacting us;
- technical information that is ordinarily transmitted when a web browser accesses a website, such as IP address, browser type, device information, referring page, and approximate technical information necessary to deliver and secure the website;
- information relating to your interaction with our email subscription form, including consent and confirmation of your subscription.
You are generally able to browse Watchman Zee without creating an account or providing personal information.
We do not ask visitors to provide sensitive personal information merely to read the website.
3. Email Subscriptions
Watchman Zee offers an optional email subscription service for readers who wish to receive Part II of articles and future Watchman Zee publications.
If you subscribe, we collect your email address for the purpose of sending the communications you have requested.
Our subscription form is provided through Brevo, an external email marketing and contact-management service.
The subscription process uses a double opt-in system. After submitting the form, you must confirm your email address through the confirmation email before your subscription becomes active. Brevo records subscription and consent information as part of this process. Brevo Help
You may unsubscribe from Watchman Zee email communications at any time by using the unsubscribe mechanism provided in our emails.
We do not sell or rent your email address to third parties.
4. Brevo
We use Brevo to collect, manage, store, and send email communications to subscribers who have voluntarily opted in.
When you subscribe through our form, the information you provide is transferred to Brevo for processing on our behalf.
Brevo’s current documentation states that its contact system can store information such as email address, opt-in status, and double-opt-in status. Brevo also states that its databases are hosted within the European Union. Brevo Help
Brevo is therefore a data processor/service provider used by Watchman Zee for email subscription management.
Brevo’s own privacy practices are governed by Brevo’s privacy documentation and applicable data-protection requirements.
5. Google reCAPTCHA
Our email subscription form uses Google reCAPTCHA v3 to help protect the form against spam, automated abuse, and fraudulent activity.
reCAPTCHA v3 evaluates interactions using a risk score rather than requiring visitors to complete a visible CAPTCHA challenge. Google for Developers
Because reCAPTCHA is a Google service, Google may process technical information associated with the interaction with the reCAPTCHA service. Google states that reCAPTCHA uses a necessary cookie for its risk-analysis function. Google for Developers
Use of reCAPTCHA is subject to Google’s applicable privacy practices.
6. How We Use Personal Information
We may use personal information for the following purposes:
- to provide and maintain the website;
- to respond to communications sent to us;
- to send email publications to people who have subscribed;
- to administer and maintain our email subscription list;
- to verify and protect subscription forms against spam and automated abuse;
- to maintain the security and proper functioning of the website;
- to comply with applicable legal obligations;
- to protect the rights, property, and security of Watchman Zee, our readers, and others.
We do not use subscriber email addresses for unrelated purposes without an appropriate legal basis or consent where consent is required.
7. Cookies and Similar Technologies
Like most websites, Watchman Zee and the services used to operate certain features of the website may use cookies or similar technologies.
Cookies are small files or pieces of information stored on or accessed through your device by a website or a service operating on its behalf.
WordPress itself may use cookies for functions such as administration, authentication, security, and other website functionality. Some cookies may only apply to logged-in administrators and are not used to identify ordinary readers.
Our subscription form and its security features may also involve cookies or similar technologies provided by Brevo or Google reCAPTCHA.
In particular, Google states that reCAPTCHA uses a necessary cookie for risk analysis. Google for Developers
You can control or restrict cookies through your browser settings. Disabling certain cookies may affect the operation of some website features.
8. Embedded Content From Other Websites
Articles on Watchman Zee may occasionally contain embedded content from other websites, such as videos, images, articles, social-media content, or other external material.
Embedded content from another website may behave in substantially the same way as if you had visited that external website directly.
The external service may collect information about your interaction with the embedded content, use cookies, or process information according to its own privacy policy.
Watchman Zee does not control the privacy practices of external websites.
9. Comments and User-Submitted Content
Where Watchman Zee enables a commenting or other user-submission feature, information voluntarily submitted by a visitor may be processed for the purpose of displaying, moderating, securing, and administering that feature.
Such information may include the name, email address, website address, comment, IP address, and other technical information supplied or automatically recorded in connection with the submission.
Watchman Zee may use automated spam-detection or security services where necessary to protect such features.
If you submit information publicly in a comment or other public area of the website, remember that the information you choose to publish may be visible to other visitors.
10. Who We Share Data With
Watchman Zee does not sell, rent, or trade personal information.
We may share limited information with service providers where this is necessary to operate, secure, or maintain the website or provide a service that you have requested.
These service providers may include:
- Brevo, for email subscription management and delivery;
- Google reCAPTCHA, for protection of our subscription form against spam and automated abuse;
- our website hosting and technical service providers, where necessary to host, maintain, secure, or operate the website;
- other service providers where reasonably necessary to comply with the law, protect our rights, or address security or technical issues.
We do not authorise service providers to use your personal information for purposes unrelated to the services they provide to Watchman Zee, except where required or permitted by law.
11. How Long We Retain Your Data
We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it was collected, to maintain appropriate records, to provide requested services, or to comply with legal, security, or administrative obligations.
For email subscribers, your email address and subscription information may be retained in our Brevo account while you remain subscribed.
If you unsubscribe, your contact may be removed from active marketing use or otherwise handled according to Brevo’s systems and applicable legal and record-keeping requirements.
Information required for legal, security, fraud-prevention, or technical purposes may need to be retained for a longer period where permitted or required by law.
12. Your Rights Over Your Personal Data
Depending on applicable law and your circumstances, you may have rights concerning the personal information we hold about you.
These may include the right to:
- request access to personal information we hold about you;
- request correction of inaccurate or incomplete information;
- request deletion of personal information where there is no lawful reason for us to retain it;
- object to or request restriction of certain processing;
- withdraw consent where processing is based on consent;
- request portability of certain information where applicable;
- unsubscribe from our email communications at any time.
To exercise a privacy-related right, contact us at:
We may need to verify your identity before fulfilling certain requests in order to protect personal information from unauthorised disclosure.
Nothing in this Privacy Policy limits rights that cannot lawfully be excluded under applicable data-protection law.
13. Email Unsubscription
Every marketing email sent by Watchman Zee should provide an appropriate means of unsubscribing.
If you no longer wish to receive Watchman Zee email communications, you can use the unsubscribe link included in the relevant email.
Brevo states that its email campaigns include list-unsubscribe functionality. Brevo Help
Unsubscribing from email communications does not necessarily remove information that we are required or permitted to retain for legal, security, administrative, or record-keeping purposes.
14. Data Security
We take reasonable measures designed to protect personal information against unauthorised access, loss, misuse, alteration, or disclosure.
These measures include appropriate administrative, technical, and organisational safeguards and the use of established service providers for functions such as website hosting, email delivery, and form security.
However, no method of transmitting or storing information over the internet can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
Accordingly, while we take reasonable precautions, we cannot guarantee absolute security.
15. Where Your Data Is Processed
Personal information may be processed by Watchman Zee and by service providers in locations other than the country in which you live.
For example, Brevo states that its databases are hosted within the European Union. Brevo Help
Third-party services such as Google may process information in accordance with their own global infrastructure and applicable privacy practices.
Where applicable law requires additional safeguards for international transfers of personal information, appropriate measures will be taken in accordance with that law.
16. Third-Party Websites and Links
Watchman Zee may contain links to websites operated by third parties.
These links may include websites, publications, social-media platforms, videos, external resources, or other services.
Once you leave Watchman Zee and visit a third-party website, that website’s own privacy policy and terms apply.
Watchman Zee is not responsible for the privacy practices, security, content, or policies of third-party websites.
We encourage visitors to review the privacy policies of third-party websites before providing them with personal information.
17. Children’s Privacy
Watchman Zee is not directed specifically at children and does not knowingly seek to collect personal information from children.
If you believe that a child has provided personal information to us without appropriate authorization, please contact us so that we can review the matter and take appropriate action where required.
18. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in the website, the services we use, applicable legal requirements, or our privacy practices.
When we make material changes, we will update the “Last updated” date at the beginning of this Privacy Policy.
We encourage visitors to review this page periodically.
19. Contact Us
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, wish to exercise a privacy right, or have a concern about the handling of your personal information, please contact:
Watchman Zee
Email: contact@watchmanzee.com