Effective Date: March 12, 2025
Last Updated: October 28, 2026
Welcome to Thought Mending. We respect your privacy. This policy explains what information we collect when you visit our website, how we use it, and what choices you have.
Please read it carefully. If you have any questions, email us at contact@thoughtmending.com.
1. Who We Are
Thought Mending is a psychology and mental health blog written by Hina Asghar (MS Clinical Psychology) and contributors, based in Lahore, Pakistan. Our website address is https://thoughtmending.com.
We share educational content only. We do not provide medical care, diagnosis or treatment through this website.
2. What Information We Collect
a. Information you give us
- Contact form: your first name, last name, email address, subject and message.
- Email: your email address and anything you write to us at contact@thoughtmending.com.
- Comments: if you leave a comment on a post, we collect the name and email address you enter, your website (if you add one), your comment, and your IP address.
b. Information collected automatically
When you visit, some information is collected automatically:
- Your browser type and device (mobile or desktop)
- Your IP address
- The pages you visit and how long you stay
- Your general location (country or city level, not your exact address)
- How you found our website (for example, Google or social media)
We use this to understand how people use our content, so we can improve it. We do not use it to identify you by name. In some countries, IP addresses and cookie IDs are still treated as personal data, so we handle them carefully.
3. Please Do Not Share Sensitive Health Information
Please do not share private medical or mental health details through our contact form, email or post comments. We cannot give personal advice or treatment. If you need help, please contact a qualified professional or your local emergency number.
4. Cookies and Consent
We use cookies for site analytics and to show ads. Visitors in the UK and European Economic Area are asked for consent through a cookie banner, and you can change or withdraw your choice at any time. Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on your visits to this and other websites. You can opt out of personalised advertising at Google Ads Settings (adssettings.google.com) or aboutads.info, and you can also block or delete cookies in your browser settings.
Your choices:
- You can block or delete cookies in your browser settings. Some parts of the site may then work less well.
- You can stop Google Analytics from tracking you by installing the opt-out add-on at https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
5. Advertising (Google AdSense)
This website uses Google AdSense. Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to show ads based on your earlier visits to this website and other websites. Google’s advertising cookies allow it and its partners to show you ads based on your visits to this site and other sites on the internet.
You can opt out of personalized advertising here:
- Google Ads Settings: https://adssettings.google.com
- Digital Advertising Alliance: https://www.aboutads.info
To learn how Google uses data from partner sites, visit https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites.
6. Third-Party Services We Use
- Google Analytics: shows us website traffic and reader behavior. Learn more in Google’s privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy.
- Google AdSense: shows ads, as described above.
- WordPress: our website runs on WordPress, which handles basic technical data as part of normal operation.
We do not sell your contact-form details or email address to anyone. Our advertising partners collect data through cookies as described in Section 5. Some privacy laws call this “sharing” or “selling” data for advertising, so please use the opt-out links above if you prefer not to have it.
7. How We Use Your Information
We use your information to:
- Reply to your messages and questions
- Display and manage comments on our posts
- Improve the quality of our content
- Understand how visitors use our website
- Show ads that help keep this website free
- Keep our website secure and working properly
We will never use your information in a way that this policy does not describe.
8. Our Legal Reasons for Using Your Information (UK and EU Visitors)
If you are in the UK or EU, we use your information because:
- You gave consent: for analytics and advertising cookies.
- It is in our legitimate interest: to reply to your messages, keep the site secure and improve our content.
9. How Long We Keep Your Information
Contact form messages and emails: up to 12 months after our last reply, then deleted.
Analytics data: kept for 14 months.
Comments: stay on the post until you ask us to remove them, or until we delete them.
10. Where Your Information Is Processed
We are based in Pakistan. Our website host and services such as Google may process data in other countries, including the United States. By using our website, you understand your information may be handled outside your own country.
11. Data Security
We take reasonable steps to keep your information safe. No website or internet transmission is completely secure, so please do not share more personal information than necessary.
12. Children’s Privacy
Our website is not meant for children under 13. We do not knowingly collect information from children. If you think a child has sent us personal information, email us and we will delete it.
13. Your Rights
You can ask us to:
- Tell you what information we hold about you
- Correct or update it
- Delete it
- Limit or stop how we use it
- Give you a copy of it (UK and EU visitors)
- Withdraw your consent at any time
To make a request, email contact@thoughtmending.com. We will reply within 30 days. If you are in the UK or EU and are unhappy with our reply, you can complain to your local data protection authority (for example, the Information Commissioner’s Office in the UK).
Your name and comment are visible to everyone on the post. If you want your comment removed, email us and we will delete it.
14. California Privacy Rights
If you live in California, you can ask what personal information we collect, ask us to delete it, and opt out of the “sharing” of your information for advertising. We do not knowingly sell personal information in exchange for money. To opt out of personalized ads, use the links in Section 5 or email us.
15. External Links
Our articles may link to other websites. This policy does not apply once you leave our site. Please read the privacy policy of any site you visit.
16. Changes to This Policy
We may update this policy from time to time. When we do, we will change the “Last Updated” date at the top. Please check back now and then. If you keep using the website after a change, it means you accept the updated policy.
17. Contact Us
If you have questions or requests about this policy, please contact us:
Email: contact@thoughtmending.com
Address: Gulberg Town, Lahore, Pakistan
You can also read our Terms of Service and Disclaimer.