Privacy and cookies

Reading the site

You can read every published article without signing in and without giving us anything. We don't ask for an account to read, and we don't run any analytics or tracking product of our own.

Information we collect

If you choose to sign in with Google, we receive and store:

• your name, email address and profile picture from your Google account;
• the Google account id, so we can recognise you next time;
• anything you write on the site — drafts, submitted articles and uploaded images.

We never see and never receive your Google password. Sign-in is handled by Google Identity Services; we only receive the profile fields listed above.

How this information is used

• to show your name and picture as the author of anything you publish;
• to keep your drafts attached to your account;
• to let an editor contact you about a submission;
• to grant the editor account access to the admin dashboard.

We do not sell your data, and we do not send marketing email.

Cookies

Signing in sets one cookie holding a signed session token, so you stay signed in between visits. It expires after 30 days. Your theme choice (light or dark) is stored in your browser's local storage and never leaves your device.

Advertising

This site shows ads from Google AdSense. Google and its partners may use cookies to serve ads based on your visits to this and other sites. You can opt out of personalised advertising in Google Ads Settings, and review how Google uses data from sites that use its services at policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites. Third-party vendors that serve ads here are also listed at aboutads.info.

Third parties we use

• Google Identity Services — sign-in.
• Google AdSense — advertising.
• Google Gemini — research and drafting for AI-assisted articles. Topics typed by the editor are sent to Google; reader data never is.
• MongoDB Atlas — the database holding articles and accounts.
• Vercel — hosting, and storage for uploaded and generated images.

AI-assisted articles

Some articles are researched and drafted with AI and then checked and edited by a person before publication. Those articles say so in the byline and list their sources at the foot of the page.

Deleting your data

Email email.pijush@gmail.com from the address you signed in with and we will delete your account and your unpublished drafts. Published articles can be removed or made anonymous on request.

Children

This site is written for a general audience and is not directed at children under 13. We do not knowingly collect information from children.

Changes to this policy

If this policy changes, the date at the top of this page changes with it. Significant changes will be noted on the home page.

Contact

Questions about any of this: email.pijush@gmail.com.