Privacy Policy

Effective Date: February 17, 2026
Last Updated: February 17, 2026

HowToAtlas (“we,” “us,” or “our”) operates the website howtoatlas.com (the “Site”). This Privacy Policy explains what information we collect from you when you visit our Site, how we use that information, and what choices you have about it.

By using our Site, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy. If you do not agree with any part of this policy, please do not use our Site.

Information We Collect

Information You Provide Directly

We may collect personal information that you voluntarily provide when you interact with our Site, including:

  • Email address — if you subscribe to our newsletter or contact us through a form
  • Name — if you provide it when submitting a contact form or comment
  • Any other information you choose to include in a message to us

Information Collected Automatically

When you visit our Site, certain information is collected automatically through cookies, log files, and similar technologies. This may include:

  • IP address
  • Browser type and version
  • Operating system
  • Referring URL (the page that led you to our Site)
  • Pages visited on our Site and the time spent on each page
  • Date and time of your visit
  • Device information, including screen size and device type
  • General geographic location based on your IP address

How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect for the following purposes:

  • To provide, maintain, and improve our Site and its content
  • To send you newsletters and updates if you have subscribed (you can unsubscribe at any time)
  • To respond to your comments, questions, or requests
  • To analyze how visitors use our Site so we can improve the user experience
  • To serve relevant advertisements through third-party advertising partners
  • To detect, prevent, and address technical issues or security threats

Cookies and Tracking Technologies

Cookies are small text files placed on your device by websites you visit. They are widely used to make websites work efficiently and to provide information to site owners. Our Site uses cookies for the following purposes:

Essential Cookies

These cookies are necessary for the Site to function properly. They enable core features such as page navigation and access to secure areas of the Site. The Site cannot function properly without these cookies.

Analytics Cookies

We use Google Analytics to understand how visitors interact with our Site. Google Analytics uses cookies to collect information such as how often users visit the Site, what pages they visit, and what other sites they used prior to coming to our Site. We use this information to improve our Site and content. Google Analytics collects the IP address assigned to you on the date you visit the Site, but does not collect your name or other personally identifying information.

You can learn more about how Google uses your data at google.com/policies/privacy/partners. You can opt out of Google Analytics by installing the Google Analytics Opt-Out Browser Add-on.

Advertising Cookies

We use Google AdSense to display advertisements on our Site. Google AdSense uses cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to our Site and other websites on the Internet. Specifically:

  • Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to this website and other websites.
  • Google’s use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to you based on your visits to this Site and other sites on the Internet.
  • These cookies may collect information such as your browsing activity across websites, your general geographic location, and your device information in order to display ads that are more relevant to you.
  • Third-party ad networks participating in advertising on our Site may also place and read cookies on your browser, or use web beacons to collect information in the course of ads being served on our Site.

You may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings. Alternatively, you can opt out of third-party vendors’ use of cookies for personalized advertising by visiting www.aboutads.info/choices or optout.networkadvertising.org.

Managing Cookies

Most web browsers allow you to manage your cookie preferences. You can set your browser to refuse cookies or to alert you when cookies are being sent. However, please note that if you disable cookies, some parts of our Site may not function properly.

You can typically manage cookie settings through your browser’s “Settings,” “Preferences,” or “Privacy” menu. The following links provide instructions for common browsers:

Third-Party Services

Our Site uses third-party services that may collect information about you. These services have their own privacy policies governing their use of your data:

We do not control and are not responsible for the privacy practices of these third parties. We encourage you to review their privacy policies.

Affiliate Disclosure

Some of the links on our Site may be affiliate links. This means that if you click on the link and purchase an item, we may receive a small commission at no additional cost to you. We only recommend products or services that we believe will add value to our readers. Our content is not influenced by affiliate partnerships. For full details, see our Disclosure page.

Data Sharing and Disclosure

We do not sell, trade, or rent your personal information to third parties. We may share your information in the following limited circumstances:

  • Service providers — we may share information with third-party companies that perform services on our behalf, such as email delivery, analytics, and advertising (as described above).
  • Legal requirements — we may disclose your information if required to do so by law or in response to valid legal requests by public authorities.
  • Protection of rights — we may disclose information when we believe it is necessary to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding potential violations of our policies, suspected fraud, or situations involving potential threats to the safety of any person.

Data Retention

We retain your personal information only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected, including to comply with legal, accounting, or reporting requirements. When personal information is no longer needed, we will delete it or anonymize it.

If you subscribe to our newsletter, your email address will be retained until you unsubscribe. You can unsubscribe at any time by clicking the “unsubscribe” link in any email we send.

Your Rights Under GDPR (European Users)

If you are located in the European Economic Area (EEA) or the United Kingdom, you have certain rights under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), including:

  • Right of access — you can request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
  • Right to rectification — you can ask us to correct inaccurate or incomplete personal data.
  • Right to erasure — you can ask us to delete your personal data in certain circumstances.
  • Right to restrict processing — you can ask us to limit how we use your personal data.
  • Right to data portability — you can request your personal data in a structured, machine-readable format.
  • Right to object — you can object to the processing of your personal data for certain purposes, including direct marketing.
  • Right to withdraw consent — where we rely on your consent to process your data, you can withdraw that consent at any time.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at the email address provided below. We will respond to your request within 30 days.

Your Rights Under CCPA (California Users)

If you are a resident of California, the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) provide you with certain rights regarding your personal information, including:

  • Right to know — you can request that we disclose what personal information we have collected about you, the sources, the purposes, and the third parties with whom we share it.
  • Right to delete — you can request that we delete your personal information, subject to certain exceptions.
  • Right to opt out of sale — we do not sell your personal information. If this changes, we will provide a “Do Not Sell My Personal Information” link on our Site.
  • Right to non-discrimination — we will not discriminate against you for exercising any of your CCPA rights.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at the email address provided below.

Children’s Privacy

Our Site is not directed to children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If we become aware that a child under 13 has provided us with personal information, we will take steps to delete that information. If you believe we may have collected information from a child under 13, please contact us immediately.

Links to Other Websites

Our Site may contain links to other websites that are not operated by us. If you click a third-party link, you will be directed to that third party’s site. We have no control over, and assume no responsibility for, the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites or services. We encourage you to review the privacy policy of every site you visit.

Security

We take reasonable measures to protect the personal information we collect from loss, misuse, unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, and destruction. However, no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. When we do, we will revise the “Last Updated” date at the top of this page. We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically to stay informed about how we are protecting your information. Your continued use of our Site after any changes to this Privacy Policy constitutes your acceptance of those changes.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, your personal data, or would like to exercise any of your rights, please contact us at:

HowToAtlas
Email: privacy@howtoatlas.com
Website: howtoatlas.com/contact