Privacy Policy

Last updated: June 2026

Welcome to Orbitly (accessible at orbitly.top). We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting any personal information you share with us. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your data when you visit our blog, which publishes articles about Competition Preparation (including academic contests, olympiads, scholarship exams, and similar competitive events).

By using Orbitly, you agree to the practices described in this policy. If you do not agree, please discontinue use of our website.

1. Information We Collect

We only collect information that you voluntarily provide or that is automatically generated when you interact with our blog. We do not collect payment card details, billing addresses, or any data related to online purchases — Orbitly is a content-only blog.

1.1 Personal Information You Provide

• Contact form submissions: When you use our contact form, we collect your name, email address, and the message you submit. We use this solely to respond to your inquiry.
• Comments: If you leave a comment on an article, we collect your name (or pseudonym), email address, and the comment text. Your email is kept private and not displayed publicly.

1.2 Automatically Collected Information

• Cookies and similar technologies: We use minimal cookies to enhance your browsing experience and understand basic usage patterns. These are not used for advertising or tracking across other websites.
• Analytics data: We use a privacy-respecting analytics service (e.g., Matomo or a self-hosted solution) to collect anonymized data such as pages visited, time spent on site, browser type, and approximate geographic location (country/city level). This data cannot identify you personally.
• Server logs: Our hosting provider automatically records standard log data including IP address, browser user agent, referring URLs, and timestamps. We retain this data temporarily for security and troubleshooting purposes.

2. How We Use Your Information

We use the collected information only for the following legitimate purposes:

• To respond to your messages submitted via the contact form.
• To display and manage comments on our blog posts.
• To improve our content and user experience based on aggregated analytics.
• To detect and prevent abuse, spam, or security threats.
• To comply with legal obligations if required by law.

We will never sell, rent, or share your personal data with third parties for marketing or advertising purposes.

3. Cookies

Orbitly uses a minimal number of cookies. These are small text files stored on your device by your web browser. We use:

• Essential cookies: Required for the basic functionality of the blog (e.g., remembering your comment preferences).
• Analytics cookies: Used to collect anonymized statistics about how visitors interact with our site (e.g., which articles are most popular). These do not contain personal information.

You can control or delete cookies through your browser settings. Disabling cookies may affect some features of the site, but you will still be able to read all content.

4. Comments

When you leave a comment on Orbitly, we collect the data shown in the comment form (name, email, comment body) and your IP address to help with spam detection. Your email address is never published or shared. We may use a third-party service (e.g., Akismet) to automatically filter spam comments. An anonymized string created from your email address (hash) may be provided to the service to check if you are a known spammer.

We reserve the right to moderate, edit, or delete comments that violate our commenting guidelines (e.g., hate speech, spam, off-topic promotion).

5. Embedded Content from Other Websites

Articles on Orbitly may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, articles, or social media posts). Embedded content from other websites behaves in exactly the same way as if you visited that 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 if you have an account and are logged in to that website. We do not control these third-party data practices.

6. Data Retention

• Contact form submissions: We retain your message and email address for up to 12 months after the last correspondence, after which it is securely deleted.
• Comments: A comment and its metadata (name, email) are retained indefinitely so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically.
• Analytics data: Anonymized data is retained for up to 26 months, after which it is aggregated or deleted.
• Server logs: Raw logs are retained for 30 days, then automatically purged.

7. Your Rights

Depending on your location, you may have the following rights regarding your personal data:

• Access: Request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
• Rectification: Request correction of inaccurate or incomplete data.
• Erasure: Request deletion of your personal data (subject to legal obligations).
• Objection: Object to our processing of your data (e.g., analytics).
• Data portability: Request transfer of your data to another service.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the details below. We will respond within 30 days.

8. Third-Party Services

We use the following third-party services that may process your data:

• Hosting provider: Our website is hosted on servers that maintain standard logs. The provider has its own privacy policy and data processing agreement.
• Analytics service: We use a privacy-focused analytics tool that anonymizes IP addresses and does not share data with advertising networks.
• Spam detection: We may use Akismet or a similar service to filter comment spam. These services receive the comment content and metadata.

We ensure that all third-party providers we work with are GDPR-compliant or equivalent.

9. Security

We implement reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect your personal data against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. These include SSL/TLS encryption (HTTPS), regular software updates, and restricted access to personal data. However, no method of transmission over the Internet is 100% secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

10. Children's Privacy

Orbitly is not directed at children under the age of 13 (or 16 in certain jurisdictions). We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If you believe a child has provided us with personal data, please contact us immediately so we can delete it.

11. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or legal requirements. We will notify you of any material changes by posting the new policy on this page and updating the "Last updated" date at the top. We encourage you to review this page periodically.

12. Contact Us

If you have any questions, concerns, or requests regarding this Privacy Policy or your personal data, please contact us:

We aim to acknowledge your inquiry within 48 hours and resolve it within 30 days.

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This Privacy Policy was created with a people-first approach, prioritizing transparency and user trust. It is compliant with GDPR, CCPA, and other major privacy frameworks as of June 2026.