Privacy Policy

Last updated: August 21, 2026

This Privacy Policy explains how DeepSpaceJournal.com (“DeepSpaceJournal,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) collects, uses, stores, and protects personal information when you visit or interact with our website.

We are committed to respecting your privacy and handling personal information responsibly and transparently.

1. Who We Are

DeepSpaceJournal.com is operated by:

DeepSpaceJournal
Csalitos Utca 15
8096 Sukoró
Hungary

Email: info@deepspacejournal.com

For privacy-related questions or requests, please contact us using the email address above.

2. Information We Collect

The information we collect depends on how you use our website.

2.1 Information You Provide

You may voluntarily provide personal information when you:

contact us by email;
submit information through our contact form;
subscribe to a newsletter or mailing list, if available;
send us feedback, questions, or other communications; or
otherwise choose to provide information to us.

This information may include your name, email address, and the contents of your message.

Please do not submit sensitive personal information through our contact form or by email unless it is necessary for your request.

2.2 Information Collected Automatically

When you visit DeepSpaceJournal.com, certain technical information may be collected automatically by our website, hosting provider, or other services used to operate the website.

Depending on the services in use, this may include:

IP address;
browser type and version;
device type;
operating system;
approximate geographic location derived from an IP address;
pages viewed;
links or elements interacted with;
date and time of access;
referring website or URL;
technical information about your visit; and
information necessary for website security and functionality.

This information is generally used in aggregated or technical form to operate, secure, maintain, and improve the website.

3. How We Use Personal Information

We may use personal information for the following purposes:

to operate and maintain DeepSpaceJournal.com;
to respond to questions, feedback, and other communications;
to provide services or information you request;
to maintain website security and prevent abuse;
to understand how visitors use and interact with the website;
to improve website content, functionality, and user experience;
to manage subscriptions or communications where you have requested them;
to comply with applicable legal and regulatory obligations; and
to establish, exercise, or defend legal rights where necessary.

We do not use personal information for purposes incompatible with those described in this Privacy Policy unless permitted or required by applicable law.

4. Legal Bases for Processing

Where applicable, including under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), we process personal information on the basis of one or more of the following legal grounds:

Consent

Where required, we process information based on your consent. You may withdraw consent at any time.

Legitimate Interests

We may process information where it is necessary for our legitimate interests, such as maintaining website security, preventing abuse, improving our services, or operating and developing DeepSpaceJournal.com, provided those interests do not override your rights and freedoms.

Contract

Where applicable, processing may be necessary to provide a service or respond to a request you have made.

Legal Obligation

We may process personal information where necessary to comply with a legal obligation.

5. Cookies and Similar Technologies

DeepSpaceJournal.com may use cookies and similar technologies.

Cookies are small text files that websites may store on your device. They can be used for essential website functionality, preferences, security, analytics, and advertising.

Essential Cookies

Some cookies may be necessary for the website to function properly. These cookies may not require consent where permitted by applicable law.

Analytics Cookies

Where analytics services are used, non-essential analytics cookies or similar technologies will be used only in accordance with applicable law and, where required, after obtaining your consent.

Advertising Cookies

If advertising services such as Google AdSense are used on DeepSpaceJournal.com, advertising providers and their partners may use cookies or similar technologies to:

deliver and measure advertisements;
limit the frequency with which advertisements are shown;
provide more relevant advertising;
measure advertising performance; and
detect and prevent fraud or abuse.

Where required by applicable law, we will request your consent before using non-essential advertising cookies or similar technologies.

You can manage or withdraw applicable cookie consent through the consent mechanism provided on the website. You may also manage cookies through your browser settings.

Disabling certain cookies may affect some website functionality.

6. Google Advertising and Google AdSense

DeepSpaceJournal.com may use Google AdSense or other Google advertising services to display advertisements.

If Google AdSense is enabled, Google and its advertising partners may use cookies, web beacons, or similar technologies to collect information about visits to this and other websites in order to provide, personalize, measure, and improve advertising.

Depending on your location and applicable law, advertising may be personalized based on information such as your browsing activity, or advertising may be shown without personalization.

Where legally required, we will obtain the appropriate consent before allowing non-essential advertising technologies to operate.

You can learn more about how Google uses information in connection with advertising by reviewing Google's relevant privacy information and advertising settings.

7. Third-Party Services

DeepSpaceJournal.com may use third-party providers to operate, maintain, secure, analyze, or improve the website.

Depending on the services active on the website, these providers may include:

website hosting and infrastructure providers;
website analytics providers;
advertising providers;
security and anti-abuse services;
email or newsletter providers; and
other technical service providers necessary to operate the website.

These providers may process information on our behalf or independently as described in their own privacy policies.

We do not claim that every third-party service listed above is necessarily active at all times. This Privacy Policy describes the categories of services that may be used as DeepSpaceJournal.com develops.

8. Third-Party Websites and External Links

Our website contains links to external websites, including websites operated by organizations, scientific institutions, media organizations, and other third parties.

When you follow an external link, you leave DeepSpaceJournal.com and become subject to the privacy practices and policies of the third-party website.

We are not responsible for the privacy practices, security, or content of external websites.

We encourage you to review the privacy policy of any third-party website you visit.

9. Contact Forms and Email

If you contact us through the website's contact form or by email, we may receive information such as your name, email address, and the contents of your message.

We use this information solely for purposes reasonably related to responding to your communication, handling your request, maintaining records where appropriate, and protecting our legitimate interests.

We do not sell contact-form submissions or email addresses.

10. Newsletter and Marketing Communications

If DeepSpaceJournal.com offers a newsletter or other email subscription in the future, we will process the information necessary to provide that service.

This may include your email address and, where voluntarily provided, your name.

Marketing communications will be sent where permitted by applicable law and, where required, based on your consent.

You may unsubscribe at any time using the unsubscribe mechanism included in the relevant communication.

11. Sharing of Personal Information

We do not sell your personal information.

We may disclose personal information where reasonably necessary to:

service providers that help operate our website;
hosting and infrastructure providers;
analytics providers;
advertising providers;
email or newsletter providers;
security and fraud-prevention providers;
professional advisers;
courts, regulators, law-enforcement authorities, or other government bodies where legally required; or
parties involved in a merger, acquisition, restructuring, or sale of assets.

We take reasonable steps to ensure that service providers handling personal information on our behalf process that information appropriately and maintain suitable security measures.

12. International Data Transfers

Some third-party service providers may process personal information outside the European Economic Area (EEA), the United Kingdom, or your country of residence.

Where applicable law requires safeguards for international transfers, we will use legally recognized mechanisms, which may include:

an adequacy decision;
Standard Contractual Clauses;
other appropriate contractual safeguards; or
another legally recognized transfer mechanism.

13. Data Retention

We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, unless a longer period is required or permitted by law.

Retention periods may vary depending on:

the type of information;
the purpose for which it was collected;
legal or regulatory requirements; and
the need to establish, exercise, or defend legal claims.

When personal information is no longer required, we will delete it or anonymize it where reasonably practicable.

14. Data Security

We take reasonable technical and organizational measures designed to protect personal information against unauthorized access, loss, misuse, alteration, or disclosure.

However, no website, internet transmission, or electronic storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure.

15. Your Privacy Rights

Depending on your location and applicable law, you may have rights concerning your personal information.

These may include the right to:

request access to personal information we hold about you;
request correction of inaccurate or incomplete information;
request deletion of your personal information;
request restriction of certain processing;
object to certain processing;
request portability of information you have provided;
withdraw consent where processing is based on consent; and
lodge a complaint with a relevant data protection authority.

To exercise applicable rights, please contact:

info@deepspacejournal.com

We may need to verify your identity before responding to certain requests.

16. Children's Privacy

DeepSpaceJournal.com is a general-interest website about space, astronomy, science, and related subjects.

We do not knowingly collect personal information from children where doing so would violate applicable law.

If you believe that a child has provided personal information to us without appropriate consent, please contact us at info@deepspacejournal.com so that we can review the situation and take appropriate action.

17. Do Not Track

Some web browsers offer a “Do Not Track” setting.

Because there is currently no universally accepted technical standard for responding to Do Not Track signals, DeepSpaceJournal.com may not respond to such signals unless required by applicable law.

18. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes to:

our website;
the services we use;
applicable laws or regulations;
advertising or analytics technologies; or
our privacy practices.

When we make changes, we will update the “Last updated” date at the top of this page.

We encourage visitors to review this Privacy Policy periodically.

19. Contact Us

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or how DeepSpaceJournal.com handles personal information, please contact us:

DeepSpaceJournal
Csalitos Utca 15
8096 Sukoró
Hungary

Email: info@deepspacejournal.com

We will make reasonable efforts to respond to privacy-related requests within the timeframe required by applicable law.