Privacy policy
What this website stores, what our advertising partner may collect, and the choices you have.
Who we are
Planet Earth Journal is an independent online nature magazine at planetearthjournal.com. This policy explains how the site handles information when you visit it.
No accounts, no forms
You can read every story and play every game without creating an account. The site has no sign-up, comment or contact forms, and we do not ask for your name or email address.
What is stored on your own device
Some features remember things in your browser’s local storage, on your own device only: the stories and facts you save, your Daily Challenge progress and streak, your best Wild Numbers score and whether sound is switched on in the games. This information is not sent to us. You can remove it at any time by clearing this site’s data in your browser settings.
Advertising
To keep the journal free, we show advertising through Google AdSense. 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 you based on your visit to this site and/or other sites on the internet.
You may opt out of personalised advertising by visiting Google’s Ads Settings. You can also opt out of some third-party vendors’ use of cookies for personalised advertising by visiting www.aboutads.info. To learn more, read how Google uses information from sites or apps that use its services.
Where the law requires it — for example for visitors in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom and Switzerland — you will be asked for your consent before advertising cookies are used, and you can change your choice at any time.
Analytics
We do not use analytics or tracking tools of our own.
Links to other websites
Our stories link to the sources we used, such as scientific institutions and government agencies. Those websites have their own privacy policies.
Children
Our stories and games are suitable for curious readers of all ages. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children, and the site has no features for submitting personal information.
Changes to this policy
If we change how the site handles information, we will update this page and the date at the top.