Privacy Policy

GoEarthstone is an informational website. We do not sell anything, we do not require accounts, and we collect as little as the web allows. This page explains, in plain language, what does and does not happen with your data here.

What We Collect

Nothing you don't send us. Reading this site requires no registration, login or personal information. The only personal data we ever receive is what you choose to type into the contact form - your name, email address and message - which we use solely to respond to you.

Server Logs

Like virtually every website, our hosting infrastructure records standard technical logs: the IP address a request came from, the page requested, the time, and the browser's user-agent string. These logs exist for security and reliability - detecting abuse, diagnosing errors - and are not used to build profiles of visitors.

Cookies and Tracking

This site does not set advertising cookies, does not run third-party ad networks, and does not use cross-site tracking pixels. Fonts and styling libraries are loaded from public content-delivery networks (CDNs); those providers may log requests as part of operating their service, as described in their own policies.

Outbound Links

Our guides link to external resources - government agencies, standards bodies, archives. Once you follow a link away from this site, the destination's privacy practices apply, not ours. We link to authoritative sources in good faith but do not control their content or data handling. For a sense of what good practice looks like, the FTC privacy guidance is the U.S. reference point.

Children

This site is general-audience reference material and does not knowingly collect information from children under 13. The contact form should not be used by children without a parent or guardian.

Changes to This Policy

If our practices change - for instance, if analytics are ever added - this page will be updated before the change takes effect, with the revision noted here.

Questions

Privacy questions are welcome through the contact form. To understand the site's purpose and editorial approach more broadly, see about this site.