Last updated: July 28, 2026
Open the Atlas respects the privacy of its readers. This policy explains what information the site collects, why it is used, and what choices visitors have.
Information You Provide
When you use the Contact form, you may provide:
- your name
- your email address
- an optional subject
- your message
This information is used to read and respond to your message.
Contact-form submissions are stored within the website through Fluent Forms. An email notification is also sent to the site administrator.
Please do not send passwords, financial account numbers, government identification numbers, or other sensitive information through the Contact form or ordinary email.
Information Collected Automatically
The website and the services used to host, secure, and operate it may automatically receive basic technical information when you visit.
This may include:
- your IP address
- browser and device type
- operating system
- referring page
- pages requested
- the date and time of your visit
This information may be used to operate the website, maintain security, prevent abuse, troubleshoot problems, and improve performance.
Cookies
Open the Atlas may use cookies that are necessary for WordPress and other website features to function properly.
Additional cookies may be introduced if the site later adds analytics, advertising, email services, embedded content, or other third-party tools.
This policy will be updated when those services are added.
How Information Is Used
Information may be used to:
- operate and maintain the website
- respond to messages
- protect the site from spam, misuse, and security threats
- diagnose technical problems
- understand and improve website performance
- meet legal obligations when required
Information submitted through the Contact form will not be added to a marketing email list unless you separately choose to join one.
Service Providers
Open the Atlas relies on outside service providers to host, secure, maintain, and operate the website.
These providers may process limited information when necessary to perform their services. Their handling of information is governed by their own privacy policies and agreements.
Open the Atlas does not sell Contact-form information to data brokers.
Affiliate Links and External Websites
Some pages may contain affiliate links or links to websites operated by other organizations.
When you follow an external link, the other website may collect information or use cookies according to its own privacy policy.
Open the Atlas does not control the privacy practices of outside websites.
How Long Information Is Kept
Contact-form submissions may be kept for as long as reasonably needed to:
- respond to messages
- maintain appropriate records
- resolve problems
- protect the website
- meet legal or administrative requirements
Information may be deleted when it is no longer needed.
Your Choices and Privacy Requests
Depending on where you live, you may have rights concerning personal information held about you, including the right to request access, correction, or deletion.
To ask a privacy question or make a request, use the Contact page.
We may need to confirm that the request relates to your own information before acting on it.
WordPress includes administrative tools that can help export or erase personal data stored by WordPress and participating plugins. These tools do not necessarily include information held separately by outside services.
Security
Reasonable steps are taken to protect information connected with the website.
However, no website, email message, internet transmission, or storage system can be guaranteed completely secure.
Children’s Privacy
Open the Atlas is intended for a general audience and is not designed to knowingly collect personal information from children.
Anyone who believes that a child has submitted personal information may use the Contact page to ask that it be reviewed and, when appropriate, deleted.
Changes to This Policy
This policy may be updated as Open the Atlas adds or changes website tools and services.
The date at the top of this page will be revised when meaningful changes are made.