What personal data we collect and why we collect it
The following may be collected at STEMtropolis.com: Cookies; Usage Data;
For email subscribers and commenters: first name; last name; email address, comments
Contact forms & Email
If you elect to subscribe to our email services, we may use your email to send you information about our website and let you know when we have exclusive offers or post new content. When you send an email, your email message along with email address and responses are saved for communication purposes with you. We respect your privacy and do not share your email address with third parties.
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
Cookies
As with most websites, STEMtropolis.com may make the use of cookies. If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
Amazon, a third party affiliate marketing network, uses cookies to for the affiliate links on the STEMtropolis.com website. These links help us earn a commission at no additional cost to our users. For more information, you can read Amazon’s Privacy Policy.
If you wish to disable cookies, you may do so via your web browser options.
Embedded content from other websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, 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 tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Analytics & Usage Data
Google Analytics is an analysis service provided by Google LLC. Google uses the data collected to track and examine the use of STEMtropolis.com, prepare reports on its activities and share them with other Google services. Google reports website trends using cookies without identifying individual visitors. You can read more in detail about Google Analytics Privacy Policy.
We partner with Microsoft Clarity to capture how users interact with our website through behavioral metrics, heatmaps, and session replay to improve our website, services and site optimization. Website usage data is captured using first and third-party cookies and other tracking technologies to determine the popularity of products/services and online activity. For more information about how Microsoft collects and uses your data, visit the Microsoft Privacy Statement.
Children’s Privacy
We respect the privacy of children (defined as individuals under the age of 13.) This policy is in accordance with the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (“COPPA”). This website is not intended for children under the age of 13 without express parental or guardian consent. We do not knowingly collect, use, or disclose personal information from children under the age of 13. If you believe that personal information was collected without parental or guardian consent from a child under the age of 13, please contact us to have that information deleted.
Payments
We accept payments through PayPal or Stripe which require information to process the transaction. STEMtropolis does not retain billing information. Please refer to the PayPal Privacy Policy and the Stripe Privacy Policy for more details.
Removing Your Data
If you would like to be removed from the email newsletter, you can click the “unsubscribe” link at the bottom our emails. You will be removed from our list and not receive any future emails.
