Privacy Policy & Terms of Use

Privacy Policy

Last Updated: February 11, 2025

At Community Science Communications (together with our affiliated companies, “Community Science Communications”, “we”, “our”, and “us”), the protection of the information we collect about you is important to us. This privacy policy (“Privacy Policy”) applies to any websites (including community-science.com, our “Website”) and any related products and services, including any associated interactive features, widgets, plug-ins, applications, content, downloads and other services we may offer to you that posts a link to this Privacy Policy (collectively, the “Services”), regardless of how you access or use them, whether via personal computer, browser, laptop, tablet, mobile phone or other device (each a “Device”). This Privacy Policy covers how Community Science Communications collects, uses, shares, and processes personal and other ‎information and data of users of our Services.

By using or accessing our Services or by submitting information to Community Science Communications, you consent to the terms of this Privacy Policy.

In addition to reading this Privacy Policy, please review our Terms of Use, which governs your use of our Services. If you do not agree to our Terms of Use and the collection, use and sharing of your information as detailed in this Privacy Policy, please do not access or otherwise use our Services or any information or content accessible on our Services.

We reserve the right to change this Privacy Policy at any time, and we will post a notice or inform you of any such ‎changes on our Website. Your use of our Services following the posting of an updated Privacy Policy constitutes your acceptance of such updated Privacy Policy. We reserve the right to apply the amended terms to the information that we have already collected, subject to any legal constraints. We will not, however, use your previously collected Personal Information in a manner materially different than represented at the time of collection. To the extent any provision of this Privacy Policy is found by a competent tribunal to be invalid or unenforceable, such provision shall be severed to the extent necessary for the remainder to be valid and enforceable.

Please note that this Privacy Policy applies only to our information-gathering, use, and ‎dissemination practices in connection with our Services. This Privacy Policy does not apply to ‎any of our information practices conducted separately by Community Science Communications outside of our Services.‎

1. Information Collection.

We collect information from you in several ways, including when you choose to share information with us by entering it through our Services and by using automated processes.

(a) Information You Provide.

We may ask you and you may choose to provide certain “Personal Information” to us, which is information that identifies you personally, such as your first and last name, e-mail address, addresses, and other contact information. We may collect this information in a variety of places, including through our Services, and through our interactions with you.

(b) Information About Third Parties.

By submitting Personal Information about any third party, you represent and warrant to Community Science Communications that you have the consent of the third party to do so, and that the information you submit is factually accurate.

In addition to any information that you choose to submit to us via our Services, we and our third-party service providers may use a variety of technologies that automatically (or passively) store or collect certain information whenever you visit or interact with our Services (“Usage Information”). This Usage Information may be stored or accessed using a variety of technologies that may be downloaded to your Device whenever you visit or interact with our Services. To the extent we associate Usage Information with your Personal Information we collect directly from you through our Services, we will treat it as Personal Information.

This Usage Information may include:

your IP address, UDID or other unique identifier (“Device Identifier”). A Device Identifier is a number that is automatically assigned to your Device used to access our Services, and our computers identify your Device by its Device Identifier;
your Internet Service Provider (ISP);
your Device functionality (including browser, operating system, hardware, mobile network information);
the URL that referred you to our Services;
the areas within our Services that you visit and your activities there, including remembering you and your preferences;
your Device location;
your Device characteristics; and
certain other Device data, including the time of day, among other information.

Tracking Technologies. We may use various methods and technologies to store or collect Usage Information (“Tracking Technologies”). Tracking Technologies may set, change, alter or modify settings or configurations on your Device. A few of the Tracking Technologies include, without limitation, the following (and subsequent technology and methods later developed):

Cookies. A cookie is a data file placed on a Device when it is used to visit our Services. HTML5 cookies can be programmed through HTML5 local storage.
Web Beacons. Small graphic images or other web programming code called web beacons (also known as “1×1 GIFs” or “clear GIFs”) may be included in our the pages and messages of our Services. Web beacons may be invisible to you, but any electronic image or other web programming code inserted into a page or e-mail can act as a web beacon. Web beacons or similar technologies may be used for a number of purposes, including, without limitation, to count visitors to our Services, to monitor how users navigate our Services, to count how many e-mails that were sent were actually opened or to count how many particular articles or links were actually viewed.
Embedded Scripts. An embedded script is programming code that is designed to collect information about your interactions with our Services, such as the links you click on. The code is temporarily downloaded onto your Device from our web server or a third-party service provider, is active only while you are connected to our Services and is deactivated or deleted thereafter.
Browser Fingerprinting. Collection and analysis of information from your Device, such as, without limitation, your operating system, plug-ins, system fonts and other data, for purposes of identification.
ETag, or Entity Tag. A feature of the cache in browsers. It is an opaque identifier assigned by a web server to a specific version of a resource found at a URL. If the resource content at that URL ever changes, a new and different ETag is assigned. Used in this manner ETags are a form of Device Identifier. ETag tracking may generate unique tracking values even where the consumer blocks HTTP, and/or HTML5 cookies.
Recognition Technologies. Technologies, including application of statistical probability to data sets, which attempt to recognize or make assumptions about users and devices (e.g., that a user of multiple devices in the same user)

Tracking Technologies Usage. We may use Tracking Technologies for a variety of purposes, including:

Strictly Necessary. We may use cookies or other Tracking Technologies that we consider are strictly necessary to allow you to use and access our Services, including cookies required to prevent fraudulent activity and improve security.
Performance‑Related. We may use cookies or other Tracking Technologies that are useful in order to assess the performance of our Services, including as part of our analytic practices or otherwise to improve the content, products or services offered through our Services.
Functionality‑Related. We may use cookies or other Tracking Technologies that are required to offer you enhanced functionality when accessing our Services, including identifying you when you sign‑in to our Services or keeping track of our specified preferences, including in terms of the presentation of content on our Services.
Targeting‑Related. We may use Tracking Technologies to deliver content relevant to your interests on our Services and third-party sites based on how you interact with our content. This includes using Tracking Technologies to understand the usefulness to you of the content that has been delivered to you.

2. Use of Collected Information.

We may use the information that we collect from you to provide our services and information to you. We may use your information to support our services, to contact you, and to provide you with information that may be of interest to you. We may anonymize or aggregate your information for marketing and actuarial purposes. We may also use your information to enable you to use certain features of our Services. We may also use the information that we collect to evaluate or conduct a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or all of our assets, whether as a going concern or as part of bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar proceeding, in which personal information held by us is among the assets transferred. We may also use the information that we collect to customize your experience on our Services, to better tailor our Service offerings, to improve our Services and the content provided on and through our Services, to provide customer support, to enforce our Terms of Use, to meet our legal obligations or to inform a legal proceeding, and to provide you with content or advertisements that may be of interest to you. We may also use the information we collect from you for additional purposes with your consent.

3. Information Sharing.

We may share the information that we collect from you, including Personal Information, with third parties for a variety of purposes. For example, we may share information with service providers who assist us in our business operations. We may also share information where required by law or to satisfy any applicable law, regulation, subpoena, government request, or other legal process. We may also share information with third parties, including law enforcement, to protect our Services and to enforce our Terms of Use. We also reserve the right to share the information that we collect with our subsidiaries and affiliates for marketing and other business purposes and with any subsequent owner in the event of a merger, consolidation, sale of our assets, or other change in our business, including during the course of any due diligence process.

(a) Co-Branded Areas.

We may provide certain parts of our Services in association with third parties, such as promotional partners or affiliates. These “co-branded areas” will identify the third party. If you choose to use these co-branded areas, we may share your information with the identified third party, and that third party may also collect information from you, in addition to the information that we collect, as described above. You should review the privacy policies of those identified third parties to understand how they collect and use information.

(b) Links to Third-Party Websites.

Our Services may include links to third-party websites or other online services. We are not responsible for these other sites and services, and they may collect and use information about you. You should review the privacy policies for such third parties before using their sites or services to understand how they collect and use information.

Third parties may use tracking technologies in connection with our Services, which may include the collection of information about your online activities over time and across third-party websites. This Privacy Policy does not apply to these third-party technologies because we may not control them and we are not responsible for them. Do Not Track is a technology that enables users to opt out of tracking by websites they do not visit. Currently, we do not monitor or take any action with respect to Do Not Track technology.

(d) Analytic Services and Targeted Ads.

We use third-party analytics services, like Google Analytics, to collect, monitor and analyze data we collect through our Services to better understand how our Services are used and to improve its functionality. These services may track details about your online activities over time and across different websites. These services may also allow us and others to provide you with targeted advertisements or other content that you may be interested in based on your online activities.

The Google Analytics service tracks and reports Website traffic and provides us insight into behavior information relating to visitor age, gender and interests. Google Analytics Demographics and Interest Reporting give us insight into behavior to help us understand browsing behavior and give you a better experience when you visit our Website. You can opt-out of Google Analytics for Display Advertising and customize Google Display Network ads using the Ads Settings.

These third-party services have their own privacy policies addressing how they use such information. We recommend you review their privacy policies. If you want to prevent your data from being used by Google Analytics, you may wish to take advantage of Google Analytics’ currently available opt-outs for the web.

If you would like to learn more about targeted ads that may be based on your online activities, and the choices that you may exercise for certain sites and advertisers, you may wish to visit the Network Advertising Initiative or the Digital Advertising Alliance.

4. Information Protection.

We use commercially reasonable and industry standard security technologies and safeguards to protect the information that we collect and use. We also expect our service providers to protect information in the same manner. However, no data transmission over the Internet, mobile networks, wireless transmission or electronic storage of information can be guaranteed 100% secure. Please note that we cannot guarantee the security of any information you transmit to us.

5. Users Outside of the United States.

If you are from a non-U.S. country, please be aware that the personal information you submit, including information provided through our Services, is being sent to a location in the United States. The data protection laws in the United States are likely different from those of the country in which you are located, and your personal information may be subject to access requests from governments, courts, or law enforcement in the United States according to laws of the United States. By providing such personal information through the Services, you are consenting to (and represent that you have authority to consent to), the transfer of such information to the United States for the uses and purposes described in this Privacy Policy. Without limiting the above, for the avoidance of doubt we do not have an establishment or target ‎people in the EEA or UK.

6. Children’s Privacy.

Our sites and applications are intended for general audiences, and we do not knowingly seek or collect personal information from children under the age of eighteen (18). In accordance with the Child Online Privacy Protection Act, in the event that we learn that we have collected personal information from a child under age thirteen (13) without verification of parental consent, we will delete that information as quickly as possible. If you believe that we might have any personal information from or about a minor, please contact us at [email protected]

7. Privacy Rights

Residents of California may also, under §1798.83, known as the “Shine The Light” law, request ‎‎‎and obtain from us, once a year and free of charge, information about categories of personal ‎‎‎‎information (if any) we disclosed to third parties for direct marketing purposes and the names ‎‎‎and ‎addresses of all third parties with which we shared personal information in the immediately ‎‎‎preceding ‎calendar year. If you are a California resident and would like to make such a request, ‎‎‎please submit your ‎request clearly in writing to us using the contact information provided below.‎

8. Contact Us.

If you have any questions about our privacy policy or comments on our Services or become aware of misuse of our Services by any person, please contact us at:

[email protected]

Terms of Use

Effective Date: February 11, 2025

These Services (as defined below) are owned and operated by ‎Community Science Communications on behalf of itself and its affiliated companies (collectively, ‎‎“Community Science Communications,” “we,” “our,” and “us”).‎

These terms of use (“Terms of Use”) govern the use by any user residing in or accessing any Web sites or online services that we own and control (“Users,” “you,” “your”), including any website or mobile application, that posts a link to these Terms of Use, and any interactive features, widgets, plug-ins, applications, content, downloads and other services that we may own and control and make available to Users through any Web sites that we own and control and to which we post a link to these Terms of Use, including any services or any self-service platform we offer (collectively, the “Services”), regardless of how you access or use them, whether via personal computers, mobile devices or otherwise ‎(each a “Device”)‎. To the extent that we provide you notice on the Services of different or additional terms of use those additional terms shall govern your use of any Services.

Your use of the Services constitutes your agreement to these Terms of Use.

In addition to reading these Terms of Use, please review our Web site Privacy Pol[1] icy, which applies to our collection, use and sharing of your information on the Services. If you do not agree to the terms of our Privacy Policy or these Terms of Use, please do not access or otherwise use this website or any information or content contained on the Services.

These Terms of Use may be revised by us periodically at any time. It is your responsibility to visit the Services frequently to review carefully the current terms and conditions of use that govern Users’ continued use of the Services and access to Site Content (as defined below). When we modify these Terms of Use we will update the effective date above. Your use of the Services following the posting of an updated Terms of Use constitutes your irrevocable acceptance of such new Terms of Use. Each and every time you access and use the Services you shall be deemed to have agreed to the then current applicable Terms of Use. As a condition of your use of the Services and access to Site Content, you warrant to us that you will not use the Services for any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by these Terms of Use or applicable law or reproduce or distribute any portions of the Services or Site Content for any commercial use, except as expressly authorized herein.

Intellectual Property.

The design of the Services and their content, including the text, information, data, software, scripts, graphics, photos, sounds, videos, music, interactive features, products, materials, services and the like and any trademarks, service marks and logos contained therein (“Site Content”), are the exclusive property of or are licensed to Community Science Communications or one of its affiliates and are protected by applicable copyright and other intellectual property laws. Community Science Communications hereby grants you a limited, non-exclusive, revocable, non-sublicensable, and non-transferrable license to view and download the Site Content only for your personal use, provided that you retain all copyright and other proprietary notices on any permitted copies of the materials. You may not copy, reproduce, modify, adapt, display, perform, publish, create derivative works from, store, translate, sell, rent, or otherwise exploit these Services or any of the Site Content. Community Science Communications reserves all rights not expressly granted to you in and to the Services and the Site Content under these Terms of Use. You agree not to engage in any use, copying, or distribution of any of the Site Content, whether manually or by using robot, scraper, crawler or any other automated device or process, other than as expressly permitted herein or as reasonably necessary for you to use the Services for its intended purpose, including any use, copying, or distribution of any Site Content for any commercial purposes. You in no way will obtain any ownership interest or other right in any of the Site Content.

The display of any trade names, trademarks, service marks, logos, or domain names on these Services or Site Content does not imply that a license of any kind has been granted to you with respect to such trade names, trademarks, service marks, logos, or domain names, except as explicitly stated herein. Any unauthorized downloading, re-transmission or other copying or modification of trade names, trademarks, service marks, logos or domain names may be a violation of trademark laws and could subject you to legal action.

Services Use and Restrictions.

Any unauthorized use by you of these Services for any purpose is prohibited. We may suspend or terminate the availability or your use of the Services (and any elements or features of it), in whole or in part, for any reason, and at any time, in our sole discretion, and without advance notice or liability to you.

You agree that you will not: (i) use our Services for any political or commercial purpose, aside from the purchase of goods or services if offered for sale through the Services by Community Science Communications; (ii) engage in any activities through or in connection with our Services that attempt to or actually do harm to any individuals or entities or are unlawful, offensive or abusive, or that violate any right of any third party, or are otherwise objectionable to Community Science Communications in its sole discretion; (iii) reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble, reverse assemble or modify any Services source or object code or any software or other products, services or processes accessible through any portion of our Services; (iv) engage in any activity that interferes with another user’s access to our Services or the proper operation of our Services, or otherwise causes harm to our Services, Community Science Communications or other users; (v) use Site Content in a manner that suggests an unauthorized association with any of our products, services or brands; (vi) interfere with or circumvent any security or access feature of our Services; or (vii) otherwise violate these Terms of Use or applicable law.

‎Security and Communications.

You should be aware that the Internet is not secure. If you choose to send any electronic communications by means of these Services, you do so solely at your own risk, and in doing so you consent to receive communications from us electronically. Community Science Communications does not guarantee that electronic communications will not be intercepted or changed or that they will reach the intended recipient securely. Further, please note that we are not obligated to respond to inquiries that we receive. You agree that all agreements, notices, disclosures, and other communications that we provide to you electronically satisfy any applicable legal requirement that such communications be in writing.

Links to Third Party Websites.

These Services may contain hyperlinks to Web sites operated by persons or entities other than Community Science Communications. Such hyperlinks are provided for your reference and convenience only. Please be aware that Community Science Communications does not monitor, endorse or accept responsibility for the content on such Web sites or the operator or operations of such Web sites. You are solely responsible for determining the extent to which you may use any content or services provided at any other Web sites that you might link to from these Services. You agree not to hold Community Science Communications responsible or liable for the content or operation at any other Web site to which you might link from these Services. Selected content on Community Science Communications’s Services is provided by a third party. Community Science Communications has no control over, and takes no responsibility for supplementing, correcting or updating that information. Furthermore, Community Science Communications makes no warranties or representations to you of any kind whether with respect to such third-party content’s accuracy, completeness, timeliness or otherwise. Community Science Communications has no obligation to correct or update that information and shall not be liable to you for damages of any kind arising out of your access, inability to access or reliance upon any information contained or services offered in these other Web sites.

Disclaimers.

Your access to and use of these Services is at your sole risk. You are entirely liable for your activities. Community Science Communications does not warrant to you the accuracy, completeness, timeliness, availability, usefulness or other characteristics of the Services or any Site Content. These Services and the information on it are provided solely on an “as is” and “as available” basis. Community Science Communications makes no representation or warranty to you of any kind, express or implied, and hereby disclaims all warranties, including any warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement. Community Science Communications does not warrant to you that these Services are free of viruses, worms, trojan horses or other harmful components.

Community Science Communications shall not be responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, to you for any loss or damage, including any lost profits, lost revenue lost savings or any direct, incidental, punitive or consequential damages, caused by your use of, or reliance on, or inability to use or access, or delays in, or inaccuracies or errors or defects or omissions in, the Services, whether resulting from impaired or lost data, software or computer failure or any other cause, regardless of the claim as to the nature of the cause of action, and even if Community Science Communications has been advised of the possibility of such damage or loss.

You hereby expressly and irrevocably release Community Science Communications and its direct and indirect affiliates from any and all liability or responsibility for any damage caused, directly or indirectly, to you or any third party as a result of use of these Services or the Site Content, including any content or file downloaded or accessed. You specifically acknowledge that Community Science Communications and its direct and indirect affiliates shall not be liable for your User Submissions, any claim content or the defamatory, offensive, harmful or illegal conduct of any third party, and that the risk of harm or damage from the foregoing rests entirely with you.

You agree that any cause of action or claim you may have against Community Science Communications or any of its direct and indirect affiliates arising out of or relating to these Terms of Use or the Services must be commenced within one (1) year after the cause of action accrues, otherwise, such cause of action or claim is permanently barred.

Indemnification.

You agree to defend, indemnify and hold Community Science Communications, its direct and indirect affiliates and their respective employees, agents, officers, directors, contractors, suppliers, successors, assigns and other representatives harmless from and against all liabilities, damages, demands, settlements, claims, actions, costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses) in connection with or arising from: (i) your use of these Services, the Site Content, and/or your uploading of any content, if available, as it may change from time to time; or (ii) your violation of these Terms of Use. Community Science Communications may, if necessary, participate in the defense of any claim or action at your sole expense and any negotiations for settlement. Community Science Communications reserves the right, on notice to you, to assume exclusive defense and control of any claim or action subject to indemnification by you, without relieving you of your indemnification obligations hereunder. Upon learning of a third-party claim that your use violates or allegedly violates a third party’s rights, you agree promptly to notify Community Science Communications. You agree to cooperate in good faith with us as reasonably required in the defense of any such claims, and you shall not in any event settle any such claim or matter without the prior written consent of Community Science Communications.

No Waiver.

Except as expressly set forth in these Terms of Use, (a) no failure or delay by you or Community Science Communications in exercising any of rights, powers or remedies under these Terms of Use will operate as a waiver of that or any other right, power or remedy, and (b) no waiver or modification of any term of these Terms of Use will be effective unless in writing and signed by the party against whom the waiver or modification is sought to be enforced.

Severability and Interpretation.

If any provision of these Terms of Use is for any reason deemed invalid, unlawful, void or unenforceable by a court or arbitrator of competent jurisdiction, then that provision will be deemed severable from these Terms of Use, and the invalidity of the provision will not affect the validity or enforceability of the remainder of these Terms of Use (which will remain in full force and effect). Any waiver of any provision of these Terms of Use must be in writing signed by an authorized representative of Community Science Communications to be valid. A waiver of any provision hereunder shall not operate as a waiver of any other provision, or a continuing waiver of the same provision in the future. To the extent permitted by applicable law, you agree to waive, and you hereby irrevocably waive, any applicable statutory and common law that may permit a contract to be construed against its drafter. Wherever the word “including” is used in these Terms of Use, the word will be deemed to mean “including, without limitation.”

Ability to Accept Terms of Use.

You affirm that you are the age of majority in your jurisdiction and are fully able and ‎competent to enter into the terms, conditions, obligations, affirmations, representations, ‎and warranties set forth in these Terms of Use, and to abide by and comply with these Terms of Use. The Services not intended for children under the age of eighteen (18). If you are under 18 years of ‎age, then please exit now and do not use the Services.‎

Applicable Law.

These Terms of Use will be governed by, construed and enforced solely in accordance with the laws of the Delaware without giving effect to its principles of conflicts of law or the application of any law of any other jurisdiction. Subject to the dispute resolution and arbitration provisions set forth below, you hereby irrevocably consent and submit to the person jurisdiction of the state and federal courts located in Delaware

User Submissions

You acknowledge and agree that any questions, comments, suggestions, ideas, feedback or other information that you provide to Community Science Communications (“User Submissions”) are not confidential and you grant Community Science Communications a worldwide, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, sublicensable, transferable license to distribute, publish, modify, edit, create derivative works or otherwise use your User Submissions. Community Science Communications shall be entitled to the unrestricted use and dissemination of these User Submissions for any purpose, commercial or otherwise without any acknowledgement of or compensation to you.

If you have any questions regarding our Terms of Use, practices, or your use of our Services, please contact us at:

[email protected]

All other feedback, comments, requests for technical support and other communications relating to the Services should be directed to [email protected].