Privacy Policy

Last updated: August 2026

The short version

We do not ask you to create an account and we do not sell your personal information. Advertising and analytics technologies used on this site do collect information about your visit, and this page explains what and why.

Information collected automatically

Like most websites, this site’s server records standard technical information when you visit: IP address, browser and device type, the pages you view, the time of the visit, and the site or advertisement you arrived from.

Cookies and similar technologies

This site uses cookies and comparable technologies for two purposes:

• Measurement. To understand which pages are read and how people move through the site.
• Advertising. To measure the performance of advertising campaigns that bring visitors here, and to attribute visits to the advertisement they came from.

Some of these technologies are provided by third parties, including advertising platforms. Those third parties may set their own cookies and may combine information about your visit here with information they hold from elsewhere, in accordance with their own privacy policies.

Session recording

We use a third-party analytics service that records how visitors interact with our pages — scrolling, clicks, and how far through an article people read. These recordings are used in aggregate to understand which parts of a page are working and which are not.

We configure this tool to mask what you enter or select on interactive elements, so your individual answers are not captured. Recordings are not linked to your name and we do not use them to identify individual readers.

Links to other sites

This site links to third-party websites, including advertisers’ sites and product checkout pages. Once you follow such a link you are on a different company’s site, governed by their privacy policy, not this one. Any information you enter there — including your name, address, or payment details — is collected by them, not by us. We never receive or store payment information.

Health information

We do not ask you for health information, and we do not want you to send us any. If you write to us about your own health, please share only what is necessary. Nothing on this site should be treated as a confidential medical channel.

Your choices

• Your browser can block or delete cookies. Every major browser offers this in its settings.
• Most advertising platforms provide their own controls for personalised advertising within your account settings on that platform.
• Depending on where you live, you may have rights to request access to, correction of, or deletion of personal information held about you. To make such a request, write to us at the address below.

Children

This site is intended for adults. It is not directed at children, and we do not knowingly collect information from them.

Changes

If this policy changes we will update the date at the top of this page.

Contact

Questions about privacy: editor@themetabolismjournal.com.