1. Introduction & Overview

Welcome to Starfield Guide (“we”, “our”, or “us”), accessible via https://starfieldguide.xyz. We are committed to safeguarding the privacy and personal data of our global readers. This Privacy Policy details our practices regarding the collection, processing, storage, and protection of information when you interact with our educational guides, astronomy resources, and digital interfaces.

2. Information We Collect

We collect information in two primary manners:

• Information You Voluntarily Provide: When you subscribe to our observational newsletter, submit questions through our contact forms, or communicate with our editorial team, we may collect your name, email address, and message contents.
• Automatically Collected Telemetry Data: When you navigate our website, our servers and analytics partners automatically record standard log files, including your Internet Protocol (IP) address, browser type and version, referring/exit pages, operating system, timestamped access logs, and browsing patterns across our astronomical guides.

3. Cookies, Web Beacons, & Advertising Technologies

Starfield Guide utilizes cookies, local storage, and similar tracking technologies to enhance user navigation and analyze traffic patterns. Third-party vendors, including Google AdSense, use cookies to serve ads based on a user’s prior visits to our website or other websites on the Internet.

Google’s use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve personalized ads to our readers based on their visit to Starfield Guide and/or other sites across the web. Users may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings or through the Network Advertising Initiative.

4. Compliance with Global Privacy Frameworks (GDPR & CCPA/CPRA)

Under the European Union General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), visitors have recognized statutory rights:

• The right to access, rectify, or erase personal data held by us.
• The right to restrict or object to certain processing activities.
• The right to data portability.
• The right to not be discriminated against for exercising consumer privacy rights.

To exercise any of these rights, contact us at privacy@starfieldguide.xyz.

5. Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA)

Starfield Guide does not knowingly collect personal identifiable information from children under the age of 13. If you believe your child has submitted personal information on our site, please contact us immediately, and we will promptly purge such records from our servers.