Last updated: November 17, 2025
Introduction
Welcome to PsyPost. This Privacy Policy explains how PsyPost Media Inc. (“Company”, “We”, “Us”, “Our”) collects, uses, and discloses your information when you use our website, PsyPost (the “Service”). It also informs you of your privacy rights and how the law protects you.
By using the Service, you acknowledge that you have read and understood the collection and use of information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
Summary of How We Use Your Data
| Purpose | Data We Use | Legal Basis (for GDPR) |
| To provide and manage the Service | Name, Email, Password, Usage Data, Cookies | Performance of a contract, Legitimate interest |
| To communicate with you | Name, Email address | Legitimate interest, Consent |
| For email marketing & newsletters | Name, Email address | Consent |
| For analytics and improvement | Usage Data, Cookie data, Approximate Geolocation | Legitimate interest, Consent |
| For advertising | Usage Data, Cookie data, Approximate Geolocation | Legitimate interest, Consent |
| To process transactions | Name, Email, Billing Address, Purchase History | Performance of a contract |
| To comply with legal obligations | As required by law | Legal obligation |
1. Definitions
- Account: A unique account created for You to access our Service (e.g., for our newsletter or WordPress).
- Company: PsyPost Media Inc., 3017 Douglas Blvd, STE 300, Roseville, CA 95661.
- Cookies: Small files placed on Your device by a website that track your browsing history and other information.
- Personal Data: Any information that relates to an identified or identifiable individual.
- Service: The PsyPost website, accessible from https://www.psypost.org/
- Service Provider: A third-party company that processes data on Our behalf.
- Usage Data: Data collected automatically from Your use of the Service (e.g., IP address, pages visited).
- You: The individual using our Service.
2. What Data We Collect and How
a. Information You Provide Directly to Us
When you create an account, subscribe to our newsletter, or make a purchase, we collect:
- Identifiers: Your name and email address.
- Account Credentials: Your password for your user account.
- Commercial Information: Your billing address and purchase history.
b. Information from Third-Party Social Media Services
You can create an account and log in using third-party services like Google or Facebook. If you do, we may collect Personal Data already associated with that account, such as your name and email address.
c. Information Collected Automatically (Usage Data)
We and our Service Providers automatically collect certain information when you visit our Service:
- Device and Connection Information: Your IP address, browser type and version, and operating system.
- Usage Information: The pages you visit on our Service, the time and date of your visit, and time spent on those pages.
- Approximate Geolocation Data: Your general physical location, derived from your IP address, is collected by our analytics and advertising partners.
d. Tracking Technologies and Cookies
We use Cookies and similar technologies to track activity on our Service, improve your experience, and deliver personalized advertising. You can manage your cookie preferences through the privacy settings tool on our website.
3. How We Use Your Personal Data
- To Provide and Maintain our Service: Including managing your account.
- To Contact You: For updates or informational communications related to the Service.
- For Marketing: To send you newsletters via Aweber, unless you have opted out.
- For Analytics: To understand usage trends and improve our Service using Google Analytics.
- For Advertising: To display personalized ads to you via Mediavine, which helps support our Service.
- To Process Transactions: To fulfill any purchases you make, using Stripe as our payment processor.
- For Business Transfers: In the event of a merger, sale, or transfer of our assets.
- For Legal Reasons: To comply with legal obligations.
4. Who We Share Your Personal Data With
- Service Providers: We share information with third parties that help us operate:
- Analytics: Google Analytics. See their Privacy Policy.
- Advertising: Mediavine. This involves sharing data for personalized advertising, which may be considered a “sale” or “sharing” under California law. See their Privacy Policy.
- Email Marketing: Aweber. See their Privacy Policy.
- Payment Processing: Stripe. We do not store your credit card details. See their Privacy Policy.
- For Business Transfers: If we are involved in a merger or asset sale.
- With Public Authorities: If required by law.
5. Data Retention, Transfer, and Security
- Retention: We retain Your Personal Data only for as long as necessary for the purposes set out in this policy and to comply with our legal obligations.
- Transfer: Your information may be transferred to and maintained on computers located outside of your jurisdiction. We will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure your data is treated securely.
- Security: We use commercially acceptable means to protect your Personal Data, but no method of transmission over the Internet is 100% secure.
6. Your Privacy Rights
a. Rights for All Users
- Access, Update, or Delete: You may access, update, or request deletion of your information by logging into your account or contacting us.
- Opt-out of Marketing: You can unsubscribe from our marketing emails at any time by clicking the “unsubscribe” link.
b. Your Rights under GDPR (for users in the European Economic Area)
If you are in the EEA, you have the right to request access, correction, erasure, restriction of processing, and data portability. To exercise these rights, please contact us. You also have the right to complain to a data protection authority.
c. Your Rights under CCPA/CPRA (for California Residents)
If you are a California resident, you have the following rights:
- The Right to Know: To request details about the personal information we have collected.
- The Right to Delete: To request that we delete your personal information.
- The Right to Correct: To request that we correct inaccurate personal information.
- The Right to Opt-Out of Sale/Sharing: To direct us not to “sell” or “share” your personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising. Our use of advertising partners like Mediavine falls under this definition.
- The Right to Limit Use of Sensitive Personal Information: To limit our use of your sensitive personal information (your account password) to only what is necessary to provide the Service.
How to Exercise Your California Privacy Rights:
You can exercise your right to opt-out of the sale/sharing of your data and manage your privacy choices via the link in our website’s footer. This is typically labeled “Privacy Preferences” or “Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information.” To exercise your other rights, please contact us.
7. Children’s Privacy
Our Service is not intended for anyone under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under 13.
8. Links to Other Websites
Our Service may contain links to other websites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of other sites.
9. Changes to this Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new policy on this page and updating the “Last updated” date.
12. Mediavine Programmatic Advertising (Ver 1.1)
The Website works with Mediavine to manage third-party interest-based advertising appearing on the Website. Mediavine serves content and advertisements when you visit the Website, which may use first and third-party cookies. A cookie is a small text file which is sent to your computer or mobile device (referred to in this policy as a “device”) by the web server so that a website can remember some information about your browsing activity on the Website.
First party cookies are created by the website that you are visiting. A third-party cookie is frequently used in behavioral advertising and analytics and is created by a domain other than the website you are visiting. Third-party cookies, tags, pixels, beacons and other similar technologies (collectively, “Tags”) may be placed on the Website to monitor interaction with advertising content and to target and optimize advertising. Each internet browser has functionality so that you can block both first and third-party cookies and clear your browser’s cache. The “help” feature of the menu bar on most browsers will tell you how to stop accepting new cookies, how to receive notification of new cookies, how to disable existing cookies and how to clear your browser’s cache. For more information about cookies and how to disable them, you can consult the information at All About Cookies.
Without cookies you may not be able to take full advantage of the Website content and features. Please note that rejecting cookies does not mean that you will no longer see ads when you visit our Site. In the event you opt-out, you will still see non-personalized advertisements on the Website.
The Website collects the following data using a cookie when serving personalized ads:
- IP Address
- Operating System type
- Operating System version
- Device Type
- Language of the website
- Web browser type
- Email (in hashed form)
Mediavine Partners (companies listed below with whom Mediavine shares data) may also use this data to link to other end user information the partner has independently collected to deliver targeted advertisements. Mediavine Partners may also separately collect data about end users from other sources, such as advertising IDs or pixels, and link that data to data collected from Mediavine publishers in order to provide interest-based advertising across your online experience, including devices, browsers and apps. This data includes usage data, cookie information, device information, information about interactions between users and advertisements and websites, geolocation data, traffic data, and information about a visitor’s referral source to a particular website. Mediavine Partners may also create unique IDs to create audience segments, which are used to provide targeted advertising.
If you would like more information about this practice and to know your choices to opt-in or opt-out of this data collection, please visit National Advertising Initiative opt out page. You may also visit Digital Advertising Alliance website and Network Advertising Initiative website to learn more information about interest-based advertising. You may download the AppChoices app at Digital Advertising Alliance’s AppChoices app to opt out in connection with mobile apps, or use the platform controls on your mobile device to opt out.
For specific information about Mediavine Partners, the data each collects and their data collection and privacy policies, please visit Mediavine Partners.
11. Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, you can contact us:
- By visiting this page on our website: https://www.psypost.org/contact-us/