Privacy Policy

Who we are

This is a space and astronomy news website called Universe Today, published by Fraser Cain

Website address: https://www.universetoday.com.

Mailing address: #3400-333 Hunt Road, Courtenay, BC, V9N 3R6 Canada

Phone: 250-650-5096

What personal data we collect and why we collect it

Membership Login

If you create an account on the website to become a member or make a comment, the website will collect your username, and email address. It will also store cookies as noted below. None of these data are used for any other purpose, apart from allowing you to log in as a member, make comments, and perform administrative tasks like resetting your password.

Email Newsletter

We maintain a weekly email newsletter using Sendy. If you subscribe to this newsletter, we store your email address and name only for the purpose of sending you the newsletter. You can unsubscribe any time.

Media

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

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, advertisements, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

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

Analytics

Who we share your data with

We don’t share your data with any one else.

Our email newsletter is stored and managed through Sendy. If you subscribe to that, the information is stored separately with Sendy, and no data is shared with our website.

How long we retain your data

For users that register on our website (if any), we store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time. Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

What rights you have over your data

If you have an account on this site, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Our contact information

If you have any privacy concerns, please email us at [email protected]

Additional information

How we protect your data

This website doesn’t store any personal information beyond the username and email address you signed up with.

What data breach procedures we have in place
If there is a data breach, we will inform you by email within 72 hours and provide recommendations.

What third parties we receive data from

This website receives no data from external third parties.