Revised: January 19, 2026

  1. WHAT INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT?

Personally Identifiable Information (“PII”) you disclose to us .

The personally identifiable information (“ PII ” or “ personal information ”), which may specifically identify an individual or business, that we collect depends on the context of your interactions with us and the Services, the choices you make, and the products and features you use. The personal information we collect may include the following:

  • names;
  • addresses
  • phone numbers;
  • email addresses;
  • mailing addresses;
  • contact preferences;
  • company name;
  • comment content (display name, website URL when you post a comment or sign up);
  • your preference to save your name, email, and website for future comments (stored via a cookie on your device); and
  • any other identifiers that you voluntarily provide in connection with accessing or using the Websites and/or Services.

Non-Personally Identifying Information (“Non-PII”) automatically collected .

Notice at Collection (California and similar laws) .

For information regarding what cookies are and how they are used, please refer to our Cookie Notice .

  1. HOW DO WE PROCESS YOUR INFORMATION?

We process your personal information for a variety of reasons, depending on how you interact with our Services, including:

  • to deliver and facilitate delivery of the Services. We may process your personal information to operate, maintain, and improve the efficiency and functioning of the Website.

  • to respond to user inquiries/offer support. We may process your personal information to respond to your inquiries and solve any potential issues you might have with the requested service. This includes troubleshooting errors or service issues.

  • to send administrative information. We may process your personal information to send you notifications about updates or changes to the Website.

  • to request feedback. We may process your personal information when necessary to request feedback and to contact you about your use of our Services.

  • to send you marketing and promotional communications. We may process the personal information you send to us for our marketing purposes, if this is in accordance with your marketing preferences. Our newsletters may include tracking pixels that tell us if you opened an email or clicked a link, which we use to analyze and improve our communications. You can opt out of our marketing emails or pixel tracking at any time. We do not share newsletter pixel analytics with third parties. For more information, see Section 8. These communications may include newsletters, coupons, promotions, and offers, and may introduce new products or services and personalized recommendations.

  • to deliver targeted advertising. We may process your personal information to develop and display personalized content and advertising tailored to your interests, location, and more. This may constitute “sharing” under California law and “targeted advertising” under other U.S. state privacy laws.

  • to evaluate and improve our Website and your experience. We may process your personal information when we believe it is necessary to identify usage trends, determine the effectiveness of our promotional campaigns, and to evaluate and improve our Website and your experience.

  • to determine the effectiveness of our marketing and promotional campaigns. We may process your personal information to better understand how to provide marketing and promotional campaigns that are most relevant to you.

  • to administer promotions. We may process your personal information to administer sweepstakes, promotions, contests, and surveys, including winner selection and prize fulfillment.

  • to allow comments and manage user-generated content. We may process your personal information to enable comments or similar interactive features on the Website and to moderate, manage, and display such content.

  • to provide push notifications. We may process your personal information to send you push notifications about updates to our Website, account or activity alerts, and promotional messages consistent with your preferences.

  • to compile de-identified or aggregated statistics. We may process your personal information to compile anonymous, de-identified, or aggregated statistical data and analysis for internal use or for sharing with third parties, provided no individual is identified.

  • to resolve disputes and troubleshoot problems. We may process your personal information to investigate and resolve disputes, address complaints, and troubleshoot technical or service issues.

  • to comply with our legal obligations and rights. We may process your personal information to comply with our legal obligations, respond to legal requests, and exercise, establish, or defend our legal rights.

  • to fulfill other purposes. We may process your personal information to fulfill any other purpose as otherwise described to you at the point of collection, including other internal business activities as needed.

If you are located in Canada, this section applies to you .

We may process your information if you have given us specific permission ( i.e ., express consent) to use your personal information for a specific purpose, or in situations where your permission can be inferred ( i.e ., implied consent). You can withdraw your consent at any time. In some exceptional cases, we may be legally permitted under applicable law to process your information without your consent.

Sensitive Personal Information .

Profiling and Automated Decision-Making .

We do not use automated decision-making that produces legal or similarly significant effects without human involvement. Where we use profiling for targeted advertising or marketing optimization, you may opt out as described in Sections 8–10.

  1. WHEN AND WITH WHOM DO WE SHARE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION?

Vendors, Consultants, and Other Third-Party Service Providers. We may share your data with third-party vendors, service providers, contractors, or agents (“ third parties ”) who perform services for us or on our behalf and require access to such information to do that work. The categories of third parties we may share personal information with are as follows:

  • ad networks;

  • communication & collaboration tools;

  • sales, marketing, and trend analysis tools;

  • customer support and ticketing tools;

  • website hosting service providers;

  • data analytics services;

  • data storage service providers;

  • email delivery providers;

  • social networks; and

  • retargeting platforms.

We also may need to share your personal information with third parties in the following situations:

  • service providers and advertising partners . We may disclose personal information to vendors, service providers, contractors, processors, and advertising partners that perform services for us or on our behalf and require access to such information to do that work.
  • marketing communications. With your consent, or with an opportunity for you to withdraw consent, we may share your personal information with third parties for marketing purposes, as permitted by law.
  • online postings. When you post comments, contributions, or other content on the Website, your posts may be viewed by all users and may be publicly distributed outside the Website in perpetuity.
  • business partners. We may share your information with our business partners to offer you certain products, services, or promotions you may enjoy.
  • business transfers. We may share or transfer your personal information in connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business to another company, or in the event of reorganization or bankruptcy, in which case your information may be transferred to a successor or acquiring entity. You acknowledge that such transfers may occur and that the transferee may decline to honor commitments we made in this Privacy Policy.
  • legal obligations. We may disclose information you provide, including your PII, if required to do so by law or if we believe, in our sole discretion, that disclosure is reasonably necessary to: (a) comply with federal, state, or local law, requests or orders from law enforcement, or any legal process (whether or not such disclosure is required by applicable law); (b) protect or defend us or a third party’s rights or property; (c) protect someone’s health or safety, such as when harm or violence against any person (including you) is threatened; and/or (d) prevent fraud.
  • aggregate information. We may share aggregate information that does not include PII, and we may otherwise disclose Non-PII with third parties for industry analysis, demographic profiling, and other purposes. Any aggregate information shared in these contexts will not contain your PII.
  • other third parties. We may share information with advertisers and investors for purposes of conducting general business analysis, and we may also share such non-PII for marketing purposes as permitted by law.

We are not responsible for the content or privacy practices of third-party advertisers or for communications they send. If you no longer wish to receive communications from a third party, please contact that third party directly.

Sale/Share/Targeted Advertising Disclosures . We do not sell personal information for money. We may “sell” or “share” personal information as those terms are defined by certain U.S. state privacy laws by allowing advertising, social media, and analytics partners to collect personal information via cookies, pixels, software development kits (SDKs), or similar technologies in our Services for cross-context behavioral advertising and measurement. You may opt out of such “sale,” “sharing,” and “targeted advertising” at any time as described in Sections 8–10 and via the “Do not sell or share my personal information” link in the footer of the Websites.

  1. THIRD PARTY WEBSITES

THE WEBSITES AND/OR SERVICES MAY CONTAIN LINKS TO THIRD PARTY OWNED AND/OR OPERATED WEBSITES. WE ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PRIVACY PRACTICES OR THE CONTENT OF ANY THIRD-PARTY WEBSITE . We suggest that you contact these third parties directly for information regarding their privacy, security, and data collection and distribution policies prior to providing them with any information. We are not responsible for managing third-party communications; to stop receiving communications from a third party, please contact that third party directly.

The Websites currently uses the following third-party service providers who, to our knowledge, may collect personal information as follows:

  • Google Analytics : Tracks Website usage and provides information such as referring websites and user actions on the Website. Google Analytics may capture your IP address and use cookies to measure engagement. You can learn more in Google’s Privacy Policy . You can opt out of Google Analytics by installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on. For more on Google’s data practices, see “ How Google uses information from websites or apps that use our services .” By accessing the Website, you consent to the collection and use of your information by Google Analytics as described in its policies and tools. We do not transfer your personal information directly to Google Analytics.
  • CMI Marketing, Inc., d/b/a Raptive : Provides ad placement for the Services. Raptive may collect and use certain data for advertising purposes, including via cookies/pixels. For example, when you subscribe to our newsletter, Raptive may collect limited information such as your email (in hashed form), IP address, and browser/OS details to help deliver and measure advertising. See Raptive’s Creator Advertising Privacy Statement for details.
  • Akismet : Provides automated spam detection for comments. For this purpose, Akimset receives the comment content you submit, your name and email (as provided in the comment form), IP address, user agent, referrer, and other technical metadata to help identify and block spam. Akismet may retain data for a period consistent with spam-detection and security practices. See Akismet’s Privacy Policy for more information.

This list is illustrative and may change over time. Our Cookie Notice provides additional information about cookies and similar technologies used by us and our partners. Advertising partners may collect personal information directly from your browser or device via cookies, pixels, and similar technologies for ad delivery, measurement, and analytics. You can control these practices via our “Do not sell or share my personal information” link and through browser settings as described in Section 8 and our Cookie Notice .

  1. HOW LONG DO WE KEEP YOUR INFORMATION?

Category-Level Retention (California and similar laws) : We apply the following retention periods or criteria to the categories collected:

  • Identifiers (e.g., name, email) : retained for the duration of your relationship with us and up to 3 years thereafter for recordkeeping, compliance, and anti-fraud, unless a longer period is required by law.
  • Internet/Network Activity and Device Data : retained for up to 24 months from collection for security, analytics, and service improvement.
  • General Geolocation : retained in log files for up to 24 months for security and analytics.
  • Inferences : retained for up to 24 months for personalization and marketing optimization or until you opt out or delete your data, whichever occurs first.
  • Comments and comment metadata : retained for as long as needed to display the comment, manage the community, and prevent spam/abuse, consistent with our legitimate interests and legal obligations.

We may retain data for longer where required to comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, or enforce our agreements.

  1. HOW DO WE KEEP YOUR INFORMATION SAFE?

We have implemented appropriate and reasonable technical and organizational security measures designed to protect the security of any personal information we process. However, despite our safeguards and efforts to secure your information, no electronic transmission over the Internet or information storage technology can be guaranteed to be 100% secure, so we cannot promise or guarantee that hackers, cybercriminals, or other unauthorized third parties will not be able to defeat our security and improperly collect, access, steal, or modify your information. Although we will do our best to protect your personal information, transmission of personal information to and from our Services is at your own risk. In the event of a data breach involving personal information, we will provide notifications as required by applicable law.

The information you share in public areas may be viewed by any user of the Websites and/or Services. Content you post publicly may also be indexed by search engines, cached, archived, or redistributed by others and may persist even after deletion from the Services.

  1. DO WE COLLECT INFORMATION FROM MINORS?

This Website and the Services are intended for a general audience 13 years of age or older. Children under 13 are not permitted to use the Services. We do not direct the Services to children under the age of 13 and do not knowingly solicit information from, market to, or collect personal information from children under 13. If we learn we have collected personal information from a child under 13, we will promptly delete that information. If you believe we might have any information from or about a child under the age of 13, please contact us by visiting https://www.sciencefacts.net/contact-us or emailing us at publisher@sciencefacts.net with “ Minor Data Collected Notification ” in the subject line.

Teens 13–15 (U.S.) . If we engage in activities that constitute a “sale,” “sharing,” or “targeted advertising” under applicable U.S. state privacy laws, we will not do so for users we know are under 16 without the required opt‑in (affirmative authorization). We honor a user’s opt-out or opt-in preferences at any time.

  1. WHAT ARE YOUR PRIVACY RIGHTS?

The types of personal data we collect are listed in Section 1 above. If we are relying on your consent to process your personal information, which may be express and/or implied consent depending on the applicable law, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time. You can withdraw your consent at any time by contacting us by using the contact details provided in Section 15 below. Please refer to our contact information below. However, please note that this will not affect the lawfulness of the processing of your personal information before its withdrawal nor, when applicable law allows, will it affect the processing of your personal information conducted in reliance on lawful processing grounds other than consent.

By accessing the Website, you consent to the collection and use of your information by certain third-party analytics and advertising partners as described in their respective policies and tools. We do not directly transfer your personal information to these vendors; however, they may collect information automatically via their tags and technologies when you use the Services.

Your Privacy Choices (U.S.). You may have the right to: (a) know/access specific pieces and categories of personal information; (b) correct inaccuracies; (c) delete personal information; (d) opt out of the sale or sharing of personal information and of targeted advertising; (e) opt out of certain profiling; and (f) limit the use and disclosure of sensitive personal information. You may exercise these rights via: (1) our webform linked in the “Do not sell or share my personal information” link located at the footer of the Websites; and (2) by visiting https://www.sciencefacts.net/contact-us . We will respond to your request within 45 days of receipt, and we may extend by an additional 45 days where reasonably necessary, in which case we will inform you of the extension and the reason. We will not discriminate against you for exercising your rights.

Appeals . If we deny your request, you may appeal within 45 days by visiting https://www.sciencefacts.net/contact-us or emailing publisher@sciencefacts.net and referencing our decision. We will respond to appeals within 45 days (or as otherwise required by law). If your appeal is denied, you may contact your state Attorney General.

  1. YOUR STATE PRIVACY RIGHTS

Residents of certain states – including California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Oregon, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, and Virginia – may have additional rights regarding their Personal Information under state privacy laws. These rights may include the ability to:

  • Confirm whether we process your personal information and access it (including the categories, and in some states, specific pieces of personal information);
  • Access the categories of personal information we collect, use, disclose, or share (and, where applicable, the specific pieces of personal information);
  • Correct inaccuracies in your personal information;
  • Delete personal information we collected from you (and, in some states, personal information we obtained from other sources);
  • Obtain a portable copy of certain personal information you provided to us; and
  • Opt-out of:
  • Targeted advertising (cross-context behavioral advertising);
  • The “sale” or “sharing” of personal information (as defined by applicable law); and
  • Certain forms of automated decision-making or profiling (where applicable) that produce legal or similarly significant effects.

Please note, we do not collect or process sensitive personal information as defined by many state laws. If this changes, we will provide required notice and honor applicable rights.

These rights are not absolute and may be subject to statutory exceptions. We will honor your privacy rights as required by the laws of your state of residence.

Exercising Your Rights . You may submit requests by: using our webform linked in the “Do not sell or share my personal information” link in the footer of the Website; or by visiting https://www.sciencefacts.net/contact-us . We may need to verify your identity before processing your request.

Verification and Authorized Agents . We will verify your request using information associated with your account or interactions with us and may request additional information only as reasonably necessary to confirm your identity or authority, as permitted by law. We will not require you to create an account to submit a request. If you submit a request through an authorized agent, we may require proof of authorization (for example, a signed permission from you or a valid power of attorney). For requests to know/access, delete, or correct, we may also require you to verify your identity directly with us. For requests to opt out of “sale,” “sharing,” or “targeted advertising,” we will accept authorized agent requests upon sufficient proof of authority and will not require you to verify your identity directly as a condition of processing. We will not collect or use personal information beyond what is reasonably necessary to verify and process your request, and we will honor valid opt out preference signals (such as Global Privacy Control) without additional steps.

Response Timelines and Frequency . We will respond to your request within the timeframe required by applicable law (generally within 45 days, with a single 45-day extension where reasonably necessary and permitted). In some states, consumers may be limited to a certain number of requests within a 12-month period.

Non-Discrimination . We will not discriminate against you for exercising your privacy rights.

Opt-out Preference Signals . Where required by law, we recognize and honor valid opt-out preference signals (such as Global Privacy Control) for “sale,” “sharing,” and targeted advertising. When we detect a valid signal, we will treat it as a request to opt out for the browser or device and, if reasonably possible and you are authenticated, for your account more broadly. You may also use the “Do not sell or share my personal information” link to manage your choices.

Appeals . We may deny a request where an exception applies (e.g., security, fraud prevention, legal compliance) and will explain our reasons where required. If we deny your request, you may submit an appeal by visiting us at https://www.sciencefacts.net/contact-us or emailing us at publisher@sciencefacts.net within the timeframe required by applicable law (up to 60 days in some states) and referencing your original request. We will respond within the timeframe required by applicable law.

California Privacy Rights . California residents have the additional right to:

  • Know the categories of personal information we have collected, the categories of sources, the business or commercial purposes for collection or sharing, the categories of third parties to whom we disclose personal information, and the specific pieces of personal information we maintain about you;
  • Opt-out of the “sale” or “sharing” of personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising;
  • Limit the use and disclosure of Sensitive Personal information to what is necessary to provide requested services (if applicable);
  • Have us honor Global Privacy Control (GPC) signals as a valid opt-out request;
  • Receive information about financial incentives, if offered (we do not offer financial incentives at this time; if this changes, we will provide a Financial Incentive Notice describing the material terms and how to opt in).

“Shine the Light .” California Civil Code § 1798.83 permits California residents to request, once per year and free of charge, information about the categories of personal information (if any) we disclosed to third parties for their direct marketing purposes in the prior calendar year and the names and addresses of those third parties. To submit such a request, contact us using the information in Section 15.

Financial Incentives . We do not offer financial incentives, price or service differences, or loyalty programs in exchange for personal information. If this changes, we will provide a Financial Incentive Notice describing the material terms, categories of personal information implicated, and how to opt in.

  1. CONTROLS FOR DO-NOT-TRACK FEATURES

Most web browsers and some mobile operating systems and mobile applications include a Do-Not-Track (“ DNT ”) feature or setting you can activate to signal your privacy preference not to have data about your online browsing activities monitored and collected. At this stage no uniform technology standard for recognizing and implementing DNT signals has been finalized. As such, we do not currently respond to DNT browser signals or any other mechanism that automatically communicates your choice not to be tracked online. However, where required by law, we recognize and honor opt-out preference signals for sale/sharing and targeted advertising (such as Global Privacy Control “ GPC ”). When we detect a valid signal, we will treat it as a request to opt out of sale/sharing and targeted advertising for the browser or device and, if reasonably possible and you are authenticated, for your account more broadly.

  1. HOW TO REVIEW, UPDATE, OR DELETE THE DATA WE COLLECT FROM YOU?

Under applicable law, you or someone legally authorized to act on your behalf (your “ Authorized Agent ”), may make a request to access, correct or delete your PII. You may, under applicable law, also make a request to know or delete PII on behalf of your child (however, please note, we do not knowingly collect any PII of anyone under the age of 13). Requests or exercise of your right(s) can be made by visiting us at https://www.sciencefacts.net/contact-us or by emailing us at publisher@sciencefacts.net.

A request or exercise of your right(s) must provide sufficient information that allows us to reasonably verify you are the person about whom we collected personal information or an authorized agent, and should include: (i) the state of which you are a resident; (ii) a description of your request/exercise of your right, with sufficient detail that allows us to properly understand, evaluate, and respond; and (iii) identifying personal information.

We will verify your request using information associated with your account or interactions with us and may request additional information to verify your identity or authority, as permitted by law. We may not accommodate a request to change information if we believe the change would violate any law or legal requirement or cause the information to be incorrect.

  1. GOVERNING LAW

  2. INTERNATIONAL USERS

  • performance of a contract : to provide and operate the Services you request, including account-related features and responding to your inquiries.
  • legitimate interest: to operate, secure, and improve the Services; understand audience engagement with content; prevent fraud and misuse; and promote our content and offerings, in each case balanced against your rights and interests.
  • legal obligation: to comply with applicable legal requirements and respond to lawful requests.
  • with consent: where required by law, including for certain marketing communications or the use of non-essential cookies or similar technologies. You may withdraw consent at any time using the methods described in this Privacy Policy.

Categories of Data, Purposes, and Legal Bases . Depending on how you use the Services, and only to the extent applicable law requires, we may process:

  • Identifiers and contact information (e.g., name, email) to provide the Services and communicate with you (contract; legitimate interests); with your consent where required for marketing.
  • Internet/network activity and device data (e.g., IP address, device type, usage data) to operate, secure, and improve the Services, including basic analytics (legitimate interests); with consent where required for non-essential cookies or similar technologies.
  • Approximate location derived from IP address to tailor content and for security (legitimate interests). We do not collect precise geolocation unless you consent and your device settings allow it.
  • Inferences about content preferences to personalize recipe and site content (legitimate interests); with consent where required for non-essential cookies or similar technologies.

Cookies (EEA/UK) . We use cookies and similar technologies to operate our site and understand content engagement. Where required by law, we will obtain your consent before setting non-essential cookies (for example, certain analytics or advertising cookies). If you do not provide consent, we will use only cookies that are necessary to provide the Services.

  1. DO WE MAKE UPDATES TO THIS NOTICE?

  2. HOW CAN YOU CONTACT US ABOUT THIS NOTICE?

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