What the pages themselves do
Each page is a static HTML file with its own fonts and stylesheet, all served from critterfactbook.com. Critter Factbook does not set cookies, does not run any analytics or ad code, and has no share buttons or embedded videos. There is no script that stores anything in local storage, session storage or another part of your browser.
The host sees each request
Our pages are delivered by Cloudflare. To answer a request and filter out attacks, Cloudflare necessarily handles the request data your browser sends: your IP address, the page asked for, the time and the browser identifier. We rely on legitimate interest here, because a website cannot be delivered without it. We do not pull reports on individual visitors out of these records. Retention periods and the places Cloudflare handles data are described in Cloudflare’s own privacy policy.
If you email us
A message to hello@critterfactbook.com reaches us with your email address and the text you wrote. We use them only to reply, for example to fix a quote you found out of date, and delete the exchange once the matter is settled unless you ask us to keep it. The legal basis is again legitimate interest. Nothing is sold, shared with marketers or used for automated decisions.
Following a source link
The source links on each animal page go straight to National Park Service, NOAA Fisheries and university extension pages, with nothing added to the address. When you open one, you are on that organisation’s site and under its privacy notice.
What you can ask of us
If you are in the EU, the UK or another place with similar data protection law, you may ask for a copy of any personal data we have about you, ask us to correct or delete it, or object to how we use it. Send the request to the email above; we answer within one month. You may also complain to your national data protection authority.
Should we ever start counting visits or collecting anything else, this page will be updated first, naming the tool and the reason.