Privacy Policy

1. Information We Collect

When you visit our website, we collect minimal information necessary to provide you with a better experience. Specifically:

Session Data: Basic information stored in cookies for managing your session and remembering your preferred theme settings (dark/light mode).
Post Views: When you read articles, we track which posts have been viewed to improve content recommendations and analytics.
Contact Form Data: If you choose to contact us, we collect the information you provide in the form.

We do not collect personal information unless you explicitly provide it, such as when using the contact form.

2. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect to:

Provide, operate, and maintain our website
Improve and personalize your browsing experience
Understand and analyze how you use our website
Develop new products, services, features, and functionality
Send you emails when you contact us through our contact form

3. Third-Party Services

Google Analytics

We use Google Analytics to help us understand how visitors use our website. Google Analytics uses cookies to collect information about your visit to our website. You can learn more about how Google uses your data by visiting Google's Privacy Policy.

Google AdSense

We use Google AdSense to display advertisements on our website. Google AdSense uses cookies to personalize ads based on your interests and past visits to our and other websites. You can learn more about how Google uses information from sites or apps that use their services by visiting Google's Privacy & Terms.

Disqus

We use Disqus for our comment system. When you use the Disqus comment functionality, Disqus may collect personal information such as your name, email address, and IP address. For more information, please review Disqus's Privacy Policy.

Buy Me a Coffee

We use Buy Me a Coffee to accept donations. When you make a donation, Buy Me a Coffee may collect personal and payment information. For more information, please review Buy Me a Coffee's Privacy Policy.

4. Cookies

Cookies are small data files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. We use cookies for the following purposes:

To enable certain functions of the website
To provide analytics
To store your preferences
To enable advertisement delivery, including behavioral advertising

You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our website.

5. Data Retention

We will retain your information for as long as needed to provide you with our services or as necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our policies.

6. Security

We take reasonable measures to help protect your personal information from loss, theft, misuse, unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, and destruction.

7. Your Data Protection Rights

Depending on your location, you may have the following rights regarding your personal data:

The right to access your personal data
The right to rectify or update your personal data
The right to erase your personal data
The right to restrict processing of your personal data
The right to object to the processing of your personal data
The right to data portability
The right to withdraw consent

8. Children's Privacy

Our website is not intended for children under 13 years of age. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13.

9. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page.

10. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us through the contact form on our website.