Privacy policy

Last updated: 18 July 2026

This Privacy Policy explains how Flash Science ("we", "us"), available at https://flashscience.org, handles information when you visit our website. We keep things simple: we exist to publish educational content, not to collect your personal information.

Information we collect

We do not require you to create an account, and we do not ask for personal information to read our content. Information may reach us in two ways:

• Information you send us. If you email us at contact@flashscience.org, we receive your email address and the contents of your message. We use this only to reply and handle your request.
• Technical information. Like nearly all websites, our hosting server automatically records basic technical logs (such as IP address, browser type, pages visited and access times) for security and performance purposes.

Cookies

Cookies are small files stored by your browser. Flash Science itself does not set tracking cookies. However, third-party services used on this site (described below) may set cookies to function.

Advertising and Google AdSense

We may display advertising served by Google AdSense to support the cost of running this website. Google and its partners use advertising cookies to serve ads based on your visits to this and other websites.

• Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on a user's prior visits to this website or other websites.
• Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to users based on their visits to this site and/or other sites on the Internet.
• You may opt out of personalised advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings, or opt out of some third-party vendors' cookies at www.aboutads.info.

Analytics

We may use privacy-respecting analytics or Google Analytics to understand which articles readers find useful. Such tools collect aggregated, non-identifying usage statistics.

Embedded content and media

Our pages load fonts from Google Fonts and media (images and video clips) from a content delivery network. These providers may receive standard technical data (such as your IP address) when your browser fetches those files.

Children's privacy

Flash Science is a general-audience educational site. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you believe a child has sent us personal information, contact us and we will delete it.

Your rights

Depending on where you live (for example, under the GDPR in Europe or the CCPA in California), you may have rights to access, correct or delete personal data. Since we hold almost no personal data — typically only emails you have sent us — a simple request to contact@flashscience.org is all that is needed to exercise these rights.

Data security and retention

Our site is served over HTTPS. Emails are kept only as long as needed to handle your request or as required by law.

Changes to this policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The date at the top shows when it was last revised. Continued use of the site after changes means you accept the updated policy.

Contact

Questions about this policy: contact@flashscience.org.