The short version
Drama Mamas is a free podcast and website for theatre parents in Lakeland, Florida. In this policy, “we” means Angela Shanks, Cathi Champino and Kristen Gillett, the hosts of the Drama Mamas podcast. We do not sell anything, run ads, have accounts, or keep an email list. The site counts visits so we can see which episodes people care about, and it has a box where you can send us a question.
Who this site is for
This site is for grown-ups, mostly parents. It is not made for children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect information from them. If you are under 13, please ask a parent or guardian to send any question for you. If a question comes in that sounds like it was written by a child, or a parent tells us one was, we will delete it.
Ask the Mamas questions
When you send a question, we save three things: the question you typed, the page you were on, and whether our search found an answer. We do not ask for your name or email. Please leave out names, school names, personal details and health information.
Questions are stored privately in Google Cloud Firestore to help us plan episodes and blog posts. The public website can add a question but cannot read, change or delete one. The three of us read new questions in a private Discord channel, so a copy also lives there and on the computer that sends it. We may quote your question on the show or blog without identifying details, and may shorten it or reword it.
We keep questions until they are used or for two years, whichever comes first, then delete the stored copies. To request deletion sooner, message us on Instagram @dramamamasshow or Facebook with roughly what your question said and when you sent it. We will remove it from Firestore, Discord and our local copy. Deleting a stored question does not remove a quotation already included in a published episode or post; tell us if you also have a concern about published material.
Visitor statistics
We use Google Analytics to count visits. It tells us things like which pages are read, which episodes get played, which links people tap, how people found us, what kind of device they use, and roughly where in the world they are. Google Analytics may use cookies in your browser.
The words you search for are not sent to Analytics. When a search has no match, we send only that it had no match, whether it came from a search or a submitted question, and a short, medium or long length category. Your actual question goes to us only when you submit the question form.
We skip Google Analytics when your browser sends Global Privacy Control or Do Not Track. You can also block analytics in your browser or use Google’s opt-out add-on. The site works the same either way.
Spam protection
When you focus or type in the question box, we load Google reCAPTCHA through Firebase App Check to help keep automated spam out. It checks how your browser behaves and may set a cookie or store a token in your browser. Google’s Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply to that check.
Fonts, audio and links
The site's fonts are served from our own hosting. Episode audio plays from our podcast host, which is Spotify (the service that used to be called Anchor). When you press play, your browser connects to them, and their privacy policy applies. We also link to Spotify, Apple Podcasts, YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, X and a lot of college theatre programs. Once you click one of those, you are on their site, and their privacy policy applies, not ours.
Our hosting
Google Firebase Hosting delivers this site. Like nearly every website, it processes technical details such as your IP address, browser type and the pages you request, so it can deliver and protect the service. Google's terms and retention practices cover those server logs.
Cookies
Google Analytics and reCAPTCHA may set cookies or use your browser’s storage, as described above. Your browser also remembers a short timer after a submission attempt, so you cannot send two questions in the same half minute. You can clear this in your browser settings.
Who handles data for this site
- Google Firebase Hosting serves the pages.
- Google Cloud Firestore stores Ask the Mamas questions.
- Google Analytics counts visits.
- Google reCAPTCHA and Firebase App Check screen out spam.
- Discord carries new questions to the three of us.
- Spotify hosts the episode audio.
We never sell your information or share it for advertising.
Visitors outside the United States
We are in Florida and this site is made for an American audience, but anyone can visit it. For visitors in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom and Switzerland, our Google consent settings default to denied for analytics storage. Google may still receive cookieless measurement pings. Elsewhere, analytics storage is allowed unless your browser sends Global Privacy Control or Do Not Track.
Your choices
You can ask us to delete a question through Instagram or Facebook, as described above. You can also ask what we have or ask us to correct something. Because we do not collect your name, we will need roughly what the question said and when you sent it to find it.
Use the Ask the Mamas box on the home page or message us on Instagram @dramamamasshow or Facebook.
Changes
If we change how the site handles information, we will update this page and the date at the top.