Privacy Policy

1. Introduction

Welcome to SpaceNote (“we,” “our,” or “us”), accessible at http://spacenote.space. Protecting your privacy and ensuring the security of your personal information is paramount to us. This Privacy Policy outlines the types of personal data we collect, how it is used, stored, and safeguarded, and your rights regarding your personal information when you visit or interact with our website.

2. Who We Are

Our website address is: http://spacenote.space. SpaceNote provides digital content, guides, and resources. If you have any questions or concerns regarding this Privacy Policy or our data practices, you can contact us at contact@spacenote.space.

3. Information We Collect and How We Collect It

A. Comments and Interactive Forms

When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, along with the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to assist in automated spam detection.

An anonymized string generated from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to verify if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available at https://automattic.com/privacy/. Upon approval of your comment, your profile picture becomes publicly visible alongside your comment.

B. Media Uploads

If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading files with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data embedded in public images stored on the site.

C. User Accounts & Registration

For users who register on our website (if applicable), we store the personal information provided in their user profile. All registered users can view, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (with the exception of their username). Site administrators can also access and edit that information.

4. Cookies and Tracking Technologies

We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to enhance your browsing experience, analyze site traffic, and serve relevant content and advertisements.

  • Comment Cookies: If you leave a comment, you may opt-in to saving your name, email address, and website in cookies. These exist for your convenience so you do not have to fill in your details again for future comments. These cookies expire after one year.
  • Session & Login Cookies: When visiting our login page, a temporary cookie is set to determine if your browser accepts cookies; it contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser. Logging in sets up cookies to store login details and display preferences. Login cookies persist for two days, screen options cookies persist for one year, and selecting “Remember Me” keeps your login active for two weeks. Logging out removes login cookies.
  • Publishing Cookies: Editing or publishing an article stores an additional cookie in your browser. This contains no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article edited. It expires after 24 hours.

5. Google AdSense & Third-Party Advertising

SpaceNote uses Google AdSense and other third-party ad networks to serve advertisements when you visit our website. These third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to our website or other websites on the Internet.

  • Google’s use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to users based on their visit to SpaceNote and/or other sites on the Internet.
  • Users may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings.
  • Alternatively, you can opt out of third-party vendor use of cookies for personalized advertising by visiting www.aboutads.info.

If you have not opted out of third-party ad serving, cookies from other third-party networks or ad servers may also be used to serve advertisements on our site.

6. Web Analytics

We may use third-party service providers, such as Google Analytics, to monitor and analyze the use of our website. These services track website usage patterns, visitor demographics, and traffic sources. This information is collected anonymously and is used solely to evaluate content performance and optimize site user experience.

7. Embedded Content from External Websites

Articles on SpaceNote may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, interactive graphics, articles, etc.). Embedded content from external websites behaves in the exact same manner as if the visitor visited the third-party website directly.

These external websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking interactions if you hold an account and are logged in to that third-party platform.

8. Data Retention Policies

When you leave a comment, the comment and its associated metadata are retained indefinitely. This enables us to automatically recognize and approve follow-up comments rather than holding them in a moderation queue.

For registered users, personal information stored in user profiles is retained as long as the account remains active or as needed to provide services, comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, or enforce agreements.

9. What Rights You Have Over Your Data

If you have an account on SpaceNote or have left comments, you have the right to request an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any information provided directly to us. You may also request that we erase any personal data held about you.

This request does not include any data we are obligated to retain for administrative, legal, compliance, or security purposes.

10. Where Your Data Is Sent

Visitor comments may be analyzed through automated spam detection services. In addition, if you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email for security verification.

11. California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) Privacy Rights

Under the CCPA, California consumers have the right to request that a business collecting personal data disclose the categories and specific pieces of personal data collected, request deletion of personal data, and request that personal data not be sold. If you submit a request, we have one month to respond. To exercise these rights, please contact us.

12. GDPR Data Protection Rights

We want to ensure you are fully aware of all of your data protection rights. Every user is entitled to the following:

  • The right to access: You have the right to request copies of your personal data.
  • The right to rectification: You have the right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate or incomplete.
  • The right to erasure: You have the right to request that we erase your personal data, under certain conditions.
  • The right to restrict processing: You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
  • The right to object to processing: You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
  • The right to data portability: You have the right to request that we transfer the data we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.

13. Children’s Privacy Information

Protecting children’s privacy online is another priority for us. SpaceNote does not knowingly collect any Personal Identifiable Information from children under the age of 13. If you believe your child provided this kind of information on our website, we strongly encourage you to contact us immediately, and we will make our best efforts to promptly remove such information from our records.

14. Updates to This Privacy Policy

We reserve the right to update or modify this Privacy Policy at any time without prior notice. Any changes will be posted immediately on this page with an updated revision date. We encourage visitors to frequently check this page for any changes.

15. Contact Information

If you have additional questions or require more information about our Privacy Policy, do not hesitate to contact us by email at contact@spacenote.space.