Privacy Policy

This policy explains what information Scientist in Progress collects from visitors, how it is used, and your rights regarding that information.

Information collected automatically

This site is hosted on Cloudflare Pages. Cloudflare collects standard server log data when you visit — including your IP address, browser type, referring URL, and pages visited. This data is processed by Cloudflare to serve pages and protect against abuse. Cloudflare's privacy practices are described in the Cloudflare Privacy Policy.

This site also uses Cloudflare Web Analytics to understand general traffic patterns (pageviews, referrers, top pages). Cloudflare Web Analytics is privacy-first: it does not use cookies, does not track individuals across sites, and does not collect personally identifiable information.

Cookies

This site does not set first-party cookies directly. Cloudflare may set cookies for security and performance purposes (e.g., bot protection). Google AdSense sets cookies to serve and measure ads, as described below. If you click an affiliate link to Amazon, Amazon will set their own cookies on the Amazon domain in accordance with Amazon's Privacy Notice.

Advertising (Google AdSense)

This site displays ads served by Google AdSense. Google and its advertising partners use cookies and similar technologies to serve ads based on your prior visits to this and other websites. Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads based on your visit to this site and/or other sites on the Internet.

You can opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings, or opt out of third-party vendor use of cookies for personalized advertising by visiting www.aboutads.info. For more detail on how Google uses data when you use partner sites or apps, see How Google uses information from sites that use our services.

Affiliate links

This site participates in the Amazon Associates Program. When you click an Amazon affiliate link and make a purchase, Amazon may share data about that transaction with this site (e.g., whether a purchase was made and its value) for the purposes of calculating affiliate commissions. No personally identifiable information about you is shared with this site. See the Affiliate Disclosure for more detail on how affiliate relationships work.

No personal data collected directly

This site has no user accounts, no comment system, no forms that collect personal information, and no email newsletter at this time. The only way your personal information would reach this site is if you email directly at thescientistinprogress@gmail.com. That correspondence is handled through standard email and is not shared with third parties.

Third-party links

Posts on this site link to third-party websites (Amazon, publishers, tool vendors, etc.). This site is not responsible for the privacy practices of those sites. Please review their respective privacy policies before providing any personal information.

Your rights

If you are located in the European Economic Area (EEA) or United Kingdom, you have rights under the GDPR, including the right to access, correct, or delete personal data held about you. Because this site collects no personal data directly, there is generally nothing to access or delete. For data held by Cloudflare or Amazon, please contact those services directly using the links above.

If you are a California resident, the CCPA grants you similar rights regarding personal information. Again, because this site does not collect or sell personal information, those provisions have limited application here.

Changes to this policy

This policy may be updated as the site adds new features or services (e.g., a newsletter or comment system). The "Last updated" date at the top of this page reflects when changes were last made. Continued use of the site after changes constitutes acceptance of the updated policy.

Contact

Questions about this policy can be sent to thescientistinprogress@gmail.com.