Privacy Policy

Last Updated: October 13, 2026

Welcome to Dragonfly Facts (https://www.dragonflyfacts.com/).

At Dragonfly Facts, we respect your privacy and are committed to being transparent about how information is collected, used, and protected when you visit our website.

Dragonfly Facts is an educational resource dedicated to dragonfly biology, species identification, behavior, habitats, life cycles, and related nature topics.

This Privacy Policy explains what information we may collect, why we collect it, how cookies and third-party services may be used, and what choices you have regarding your personal information.

By visiting our website, you acknowledge this Privacy Policy. Where consent is legally required, we will request it separately.

1. Information We Collect

We may collect limited information when you visit or interact with Dragonfly Facts.

Information You Provide Voluntarily

When you contact us, submit feedback, or leave a comment where commenting is available, you may provide information such as:

• Your name or display name
• Your email address
• The content of your message or comment
• Any other information you choose to share

We use this information to respond to inquiries, manage comments, address corrections, and improve our educational content.

Information Collected Automatically

When you browse our website, certain technical information may be collected automatically by our hosting infrastructure, security systems, analytics tools, or other services we use.

This may include:

• IP address
• Browser type and version
• Device and operating system information
• Pages visited and referring URLs
• Approximate geographic location derived from an IP address
• Date, time, and duration of visits
• Cookie identifiers and other technical information, where applicable

We use this information to maintain website functionality, understand general usage patterns, protect against abuse, and improve the visitor experience.

2. How We Use Your Information

Information collected through Dragonfly Facts may be used to:

• Operate and maintain the website
• Respond to visitor questions, comments, and feedback
• Improve our articles, navigation, and user experience
• Understand website traffic and content performance
• Detect spam, fraud, and unauthorized activity
• Maintain website security and technical reliability
• Support advertising and measure advertising performance when advertising services are enabled
• Comply with applicable legal obligations

Where required by applicable law, we rely on your consent for non-essential cookies and certain advertising or analytics activities. Other processing may be based on legitimate interests, the performance of a requested service, or legal obligations, as appropriate.

3. Cookies and Similar Technologies

Dragonfly Facts uses or may use cookies and similar technologies to support website functionality and improve the browsing experience.

Cookies are small text files stored on your device by your browser.

Depending on the services enabled on our website, cookies may include:

Essential Cookies: Help the website function properly, maintain security, remember necessary settings, and support basic features.

Preference Cookies: Remember choices such as cookie preferences or other website settings.

Analytics Cookies: Help us understand website traffic, page visits, and general usage patterns so we can improve our content and website performance.

Advertising Cookies: When advertising services are enabled, these may support ad delivery, measurement, frequency management, fraud prevention, and, where permitted, personalized advertising.

Some cookies may be placed by third-party services rather than directly by Dragonfly Facts.

You can manage cookies using your browser settings. You may also use the Cookie preferences control available on our website to manage applicable consent choices.

Disabling certain cookies may affect some website features.

4. Google AdSense and Advertising

Dragonfly Facts may participate in the Google AdSense advertising program to help support the maintenance and continued development of our free educational content.

If and when Google AdSense advertising services are enabled on our website, the following practices may apply:

• Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve advertisements based on a visitor’s previous visits to Dragonfly Facts or other websites.
• Google’s advertising cookies enable Google and its advertising partners to display advertisements based on visits to our website and other websites on the Internet.
• Third-party advertising providers may place or read cookies in your browser or use technologies such as web beacons, IP addresses, and other identifiers to collect information in connection with advertising.
• Advertising information may be used to deliver ads, measure performance, limit repeated advertisements, and help prevent invalid traffic and fraud.

Depending on your location, preferences, applicable law, and advertising settings, you may see personalized or non-personalized advertisements.

Managing Personalized Advertising

You can learn more about Google advertising and manage your advertising preferences through the following resources:

• Google Ads Settings: https://myadcenter.google.com/
• How Google Uses Information from Partner Sites: https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites
• Digital Advertising Alliance Opt-Out: https://www.aboutads.info/choices/

Opting out of personalized advertising does not necessarily prevent advertisements from appearing. You may continue to see contextual or non-personalized ads.

If additional advertising networks or technology partners are enabled, we will provide the relevant disclosures and available choices, including through our consent management interface where applicable.

5. Website Analytics

We may use website analytics services to understand how visitors find and use Dragonfly Facts.

Analytics information may include general traffic patterns, frequently visited pages, referral sources, device categories, and aggregated visitor behavior.

This information helps us identify useful content, improve navigation, and understand which educational resources are most helpful.

Analytics providers may process technical identifiers and other usage information according to their own privacy policies.

Where required by law, analytics cookies or similar non-essential technologies will be subject to appropriate consent controls.

6. Comments and User Contributions

Where commenting is enabled, Dragonfly Facts may collect information submitted through the comment form, together with technical information such as an IP address and browser user agent for spam prevention and moderation.

Approved comments and associated display names may be visible publicly.

If the Gravatar service is enabled, an anonymized identifier derived from your email address may be used to check whether a profile image is associated with your account.

You can review Automattic’s privacy policy here:

Please avoid including sensitive personal information in public comments.

7. Third-Party Links and Embedded Content

Our educational articles may include links to external websites, scientific publications, biodiversity resources, universities, conservation organizations, and other reference materials.

Some pages may also contain embedded content, such as videos or images hosted by third-party platforms.

Embedded content may behave as though you visited the external website directly. These providers may collect technical information, use cookies, or process interactions according to their own privacy policies.

Dragonfly Facts does not control the privacy practices of independent third-party websites.

We encourage readers to review the privacy policies of external services before sharing personal information.

8. How We Share Information

We may disclose limited information to service providers that help us operate, secure, analyze, or support Dragonfly Facts.

These may include:

• Website hosting and infrastructure providers
• Website security and anti-spam services
• Analytics providers
• Advertising technology providers, when advertising is enabled
• Other technical service providers necessary for website operation

We may also disclose information when required by applicable law or when reasonably necessary to protect our website, visitors, or legal rights.

We do not publish private contact messages as public content without an appropriate basis.

Certain advertising-related disclosures may be treated as a sale or sharing of personal information under applicable privacy laws. Where such laws apply, we will provide the required notices and opt-out mechanisms.

9. Data Retention

We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, subject to applicable legal obligations.

For example:

• Contact messages may be retained while we address an inquiry or related follow-up.
• Comments and associated metadata may be retained to maintain discussion history and support moderation.
• Technical logs may be retained for security, troubleshooting, and operational purposes.
• Cookie retention periods depend on the particular cookie or service involved.

We may delete, anonymize, or otherwise limit retained information when it is no longer necessary.

10. International Data Processing

Dragonfly Facts is accessible to visitors in different countries.

Our website hosting, security, analytics, advertising, and other service providers may process information in countries other than the one in which you live.

Privacy laws and data protection standards may vary between jurisdictions.

Where required by applicable law, we will take appropriate measures to protect personal information transferred internationally.

11. Your Privacy Rights and Choices

Depending on where you live, you may have certain rights concerning your personal information.

These rights may include:

• Requesting access to personal information we hold about you
• Requesting correction of inaccurate information
• Requesting deletion of eligible personal information
• Objecting to or restricting certain processing activities
• Requesting data portability, where applicable
• Withdrawing consent for processing based on consent
• Opting out of certain targeted advertising or data-sharing activities, where required by law

You may manage applicable cookie preferences through the controls provided on our website.

You can also contact us to submit a privacy-related request. We may need to verify your request before responding.

Some rights are subject to legal exceptions and may vary according to your jurisdiction.

12. Children’s Privacy

Dragonfly Facts provides general educational information about nature and dragonflies for a broad audience, including educators, parents, students, and wildlife enthusiasts.

Our website is not specifically directed toward children under the age of 13.

We do not knowingly solicit personal information directly from children under 13.

If you are a parent or guardian and believe that a child has provided personal information to us, please contact us so we can review the matter and take appropriate action.

When advertising services are enabled, we will apply relevant requirements concerning children’s privacy and advertising.

13. Information Security

We take reasonable measures to help protect information processed through our website against unauthorized access, misuse, loss, or alteration.

These measures may include encrypted website connections, access controls, security monitoring, and routine website maintenance.

However, no online service or transmission method can guarantee absolute security.

14. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy to reflect changes in website features, service providers, advertising practices, legal requirements, or privacy standards.

When material changes are made, we will update the date shown at the top of this page and provide additional notice where required.

We encourage visitors to review this page periodically.

15. Contact Us

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, how Dragonfly Facts handles information, or your privacy rights, please contact us through our official website.

Website: https://www.dragonflyfacts.com/

Contact Page: https://www.dragonflyfacts.com/contact/

We welcome privacy-related questions and will make reasonable efforts to respond to legitimate requests.

Thank you for visiting Dragonfly Facts and supporting accessible, responsible nature education.