Last updated: July 20, 2026
Overview
This policy explains how information may be handled when you visit Humans Explained. The site is primarily a public educational reading resource. It does not require a reader account and does not intentionally ask visitors to create a personal profile.
Information collected automatically
Web servers and service providers may automatically record technical information such as IP address, browser type, device type, requested pages, date and time, referring page, response codes, and security-related events. These records may be used for operation, troubleshooting, security, abuse prevention, and aggregate measurement.
Cookies and similar technologies
Cookies and similar browser technologies may be used by advertising, measurement, security, or other third-party services. Visitors can usually control cookies through browser settings, privacy tools, and consent choices. Blocking cookies may change how advertising or some site features operate.
Google AdSense and advertising
Humans Explained may display advertising served by Google AdSense. Google and participating advertising partners may use cookies, device identifiers, or similar technologies to select, limit, measure, and report advertisements. Ads may be personalized where consent and applicable rules permit, or non-personalized where required or selected.
For visitors in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, and Switzerland, a Google-certified consent-management message may be used to request and record applicable advertising and cookie choices. Consent choices can generally be revisited through the message or browser controls.
Analytics and measurement
The site may use aggregate traffic or performance measurement. Such services can collect technical and usage information, including pages viewed and general interaction data. The purpose is to understand site operation and improve content, not to create a private reader account.
Contact messages
When a visitor voluntarily uses the linked publisher help desk, the information submitted is handled through that separate contact system. Send only information reasonably necessary for the website matter. Contact messages may be retained long enough to investigate, respond, document a legal or privacy request, prevent abuse, or meet record-keeping obligations.
Third-party links
Pages may link to external websites. Those sites have their own privacy practices, content, and security controls. Humans Explained does not control how an external site handles information.
Children
The content is intended to be family-friendly, but the site is not designed as an account-based service for children and does not knowingly request personal information from children. A parent or guardian may use the contact channel to raise a privacy concern.
Data security and retention
Reasonable operational safeguards may be used, but no internet transmission or storage system can be guaranteed completely secure. Technical logs and messages are retained only as reasonably necessary for operations, security, response, legal obligations, and record keeping.
Your choices and requests
Visitors may manage cookies through browser settings and available consent controls. Privacy, correction, deletion, or access requests connected to information actually held by the publisher may be submitted through the publisher help desk. Identity or authority may need to be verified before a request is completed.
Policy changes
This policy may be updated when the site, advertising services, legal requirements, or operating practices change. The revision date at the top identifies the current version.