Privacy Policy

Effective Date: July 20, 2026
Last Updated: July 21, 2026

Our Commitment

Your privacy is a fundamental part of your relationship with us. We believe privacy is more than legal compliance. It is about trust, transparency, informed consent, and giving you meaningful control over your personal information.

We also believe media literacy matters. Our goal is to help you understand not only what data we collect, but why it is collected and how it may affect your online experience.

This Privacy Policy applies to personal information collected through our website, video-submission features, online services, communications, and content that link to or reference this Privacy Policy. It does not apply to third-party websites, applications, or services that we do not own or control.

By visiting our website or otherwise using our online services, you acknowledge that personal information may be collected, used, and shared as described in this Privacy Policy.

Information We May Collect

Depending on how you use our website, we may collect:

Information You Provide

This may include:

  • Your name
  • Email address
  • Geographic region
  • Messages you send us
  • Information submitted through forms

If you submit a video, question, message, or other content through our website or related online services, we may collect the information included in that submission, including your image, voice, first name or nickname, question, and any other information you choose to provide.

Please do not include personal information that you do not want collected, used, or shared.

Please do not submit sensitive personal information through our website unless we specifically request it. This includes information such as government identification numbers, financial account information, health information, precise location information, or information about other people.

You choose whether to provide this information.

Information Collected Automatically

Like most websites, we may automatically collect:

  • IP address
  • Browser type
  • Device information
  • Operating system
  • Pages visited
  • Time spent on pages
  • Referring website
  • Date and time of visits

This information helps us improve website performance, security, and user experience.

Why We Collect Information

We collect information to:

  • Respond to inquiries
  • Improve our website
  • Maintain security
  • Understand website usage trends
  • Prevent fraud or abuse
  • Comply with legal obligations

We do not collect information that is unnecessary for these purposes.

Where applicable law requires us to identify a legal basis for processing personal information, we rely on one or more of the following bases: your consent, our legitimate interests in operating and improving our website and services, the need to respond to your requests, compliance with legal obligations, and protection of our rights, users, and services.

Cookies and Similar Technologies

Our website may use cookies and similar technologies to:

  • Remember your preferences
  • Improve functionality
  • Measure website performance
  • Understand aggregate visitor behavior

You can control or disable cookies through your browser settings.

Please note that disabling cookies may affect some website features.

Media Literacy and Digital Transparency

We believe users deserve to understand how digital systems shape online experiences.

When using this website:

  • Analytics show patterns, not complete stories.
  • Numbers alone cannot fully explain human behavior.
  • Personalized content is influenced by technology and user choices.
  • Algorithms may prioritize certain information while limiting visibility of other information.
  • Digital platforms are designed differently and may present information in different ways.

We encourage visitors to:

  • Verify extraordinary claims before accepting them as fact. Here and everywhere.
  • Engage in lateral reading to evaluate multiple credible sources.
  • Consider context before sharing information.
  • Distinguish between opinion, advertising, sponsored content, and evidence-based information.
  • Recognize that online popularity does not necessarily indicate accuracy.

Our goal is to support informed, critical engagement rather than passive consumption.

How We Use Analytics

We may use privacy-conscious analytics tools to understand:

  • Which pages are helpful
  • Website performance
  • Accessibility improvements
  • General visitor trends

Whenever possible, we prefer aggregated or anonymized data rather than information that directly identifies individuals.

Analytics help us improve services, not profile individuals.

Third-Party Services

Our website may use trusted third-party services such as:

  • Website hosting
  • Email services
  • Analytics providers
  • Embedded media

These providers maintain their own privacy practices and may collect, use, store, or process information according to their own privacy policies and contractual arrangements with us.

We encourage you to review the privacy policies of any and all third-party services you choose to use.

Data Sharing

We do not sell your personal information.

We may share information only when necessary to:

  • Provide requested services
  • Comply with legal obligations
  • Protect our rights
  • Protect other users
  • Protect the security of our services
  • Prevent or investigate fraud or misuse
  • Work with service providers acting on our behalf under appropriate confidentiality obligations

Data Retention

We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, including responding to inquiries, operating and improving our website, maintaining security, complying with legal obligations, and resolving disputes.

When personal information is no longer needed, we will delete it or take reasonable steps to de-identify it, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law.

Data Security

We use reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational safeguards to protect personal information.

No online system can guarantee absolute security, but we continuously strive to reduce risks and improve protection.

Your Choices

Depending on your location, you may have the right to:

  • Access your personal information
  • Correct inaccurate information
  • Request deletion
  • Withdraw consent where applicable
  • Request a copy of your data
  • Object to certain processing activities

To exercise these rights, contact us:

Mediatrics, Inc.
258 Harvard St., Box 366
Brookline, MA 02446
hello@mediatrics.com

We may request information reasonably necessary to verify your identity before processing a privacy request. We will respond to requests within the time required by applicable law.

Children’s Privacy

Our website and the online services provided through our website are not directed to children under 13 years of age.

We do not knowingly collect, use, or disclose personal information from children under the age of 13.

If you are under 13 years of age, please do not access, use, register for, or submit information through our website or the online services provided thereon.

If we learn that we have inadvertently collected personal information from a child under 13, we will promptly delete that information from our records, unless retention is required by law.

Accessibility

We believe privacy information should be understandable.

If you need this Privacy Policy in an alternative format or require accommodations to access it, please contact us:

Mediatrics, Inc.
258 Harvard St., Box 366
Brookline, MA 02446
hello@mediatrics.com

Changes to This Policy

Technology, laws, and our services may change over time.

When we make significant updates to this Privacy Policy, we will update the “Last Updated” date and, where appropriate, provide additional notice.

By continuing to use our services, you are deemed to have consented to such updates unless applicable law requires your affirmative consent.

Contact Us

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or your personal information collected through our website, please contact us:

Mediatrics, Inc.
258 Harvard St., Box 366
Brookline, MA 02446
hello@mediatrics.com

Our Privacy Principles

We strive to follow these principles in everything we build:

  • Privacy by design
  • Transparency over complexity
  • Meaningful consent
  • Data minimization
  • User agency
  • Accessibility
  • Security
  • Accountability
  • Media literacy
  • Respect for human dignity and informed decision-making

This policy is intended to help you understand not only what information we collect, but also how digital technologies influence information, privacy, and online experiences.

We believe informed users make stronger decisions, and transparency is an essential part of earning and maintaining your trust.