Last Updated: April 6, 2025
Welcome to OSINTsights.com (“we,” “our,” or “us”). Your privacy is important to us, and this Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website.
1. Who We Are
Our website address is: https://osintsights.com
2. Information We Collect
a. Personal Information
We collect personal information when you voluntarily register for an account or leave a comment. This may include:
- Name
- Email address
- Username
b. Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, along with the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
An anonymized string (hash) created from your email address may be provided to the Gravatar service to check if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval, your profile picture is visible in the context of your comment.
c. Automatically Collected Information
When you visit OSINTsights.com, certain standard traffic information is collected automatically:
- IP address
- Browser type
- Operating system
- Referral URLs
- Pages viewed
- Date/time of visit
We use Google Analytics and Microsoft Clarity to track and analyze visitor trends to improve the site experience.
3. Media Uploads
If you upload images to the website, avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS), as visitors can download and extract this data.
4. Use of AI-Generated Content
Our website uses AI tools, such as OpenAI and DALL·E, among others, to generate article summaries and editorial content. AI-generated content is based on publicly available news sources and does not process user-submitted data.
5. Cookies and Tracking Technologies
We use cookies and tracking technologies, including:
- Google Analytics and Microsoft Clarity cookies for tracking website traffic.
- Advertising cookies through Google AdSense and other providers to serve relevant ads.
a. Comment Cookies
If you leave a comment, you may opt-in to saving your name, email, and website in cookies for convenience. These cookies last for one year.
b. Login Cookies
If you visit our login page, a temporary cookie is set to check if your browser accepts cookies. When you log in, we set cookies to save login details and screen preferences.
- Login cookies last two days.
- Screen preferences cookies last a year.
- “Remember Me” login persists for two weeks.
- Logout removes login cookies.
c. Article Editing Cookies
Editing or publishing an article sets a cookie containing no personal data, which expires after one day.
6. Embedded Content from Other Websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, articles). Embedded content from other sites behaves as if the visitor has visited the external site, which may collect data, use cookies, and track interactions.
7. Who We Share Your Data With
- Google AdSense for targeted advertising.
- Google Analytics for site analytics.
- Hosting providers for website operation.
- If you request a password reset, your IP address is included in the reset email.
We do not sell or rent personal data.
8. Data Retention
- Comments and their metadata are retained indefinitely.
- Registered users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except usernames).
- Website administrators can see and edit user information.
9. Your Privacy Rights
Depending on your location, you may have rights under privacy laws such as GDPR (EU) and CCPA (California). These rights may include:
- Requesting access to or deletion of your personal data.
- Opting out of personalized advertising.
- Managing cookie preferences.
To exercise your rights, please submit an Opt-Out request. If you have any problems or questions, please contact us at [email protected].
10. Data Security
OSINTsights.com is protected with Cloudflare WAF (Web Application Firewall) and an SSL encryption certificate to safeguard user data from unauthorized access, disclosure, or modification.
11. Where Your Data is Sent
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
12. Changes to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Changes will be posted on this page with the “Last Updated” date.
13. Contact Us
For any questions or concerns regarding this policy, please email [email protected].