Privacy Policy

Our Commitment to Your Privacy

At Metallography.org, we are committed to protecting your privacy. We believe in transparency and want you to understand how we handle information when you visit our website.

Data Collection

Our website is designed to provide free educational resources and guides without requiring any registration or account creation for general browsing. However, we do collect limited personal information when you voluntarily submit it through our contact form.

Specifically, we do not:

• Require user registration or account creation to access our content
• Use cookies to track user behavior or preferences
• Share or sell any user data to third parties
• Collect personal information without your explicit consent

Contact Form Data

When you submit a message through our contact form, we collect the following information:

• Name (required) - To address you personally in our response
• Email address (required) - To respond to your inquiry
• Subject (optional) - To categorize and route your message appropriately
• Message content (required) - The details of your inquiry or feedback

How we use this information:

• To respond to your inquiry or request
• To provide customer support or technical assistance
• To improve our website and services based on feedback

Data retention: We retain contact form submissions only as long as necessary to respond to your inquiry and for a reasonable period thereafter for record-keeping purposes. You may request deletion of your contact information at any time by contacting us.

Data sharing: We do not share, sell, or rent your contact form information to any third parties. Your information is used solely for the purpose of responding to your inquiry.

Website Analytics

We may use basic website analytics to understand general usage patterns (such as page views and traffic sources) to improve our content and user experience. This information is aggregated and anonymous, and does not identify individual users.

Third-Party Links

Our website may contain links to external websites, including our related sites (shop.metallographic.com, metallographic.com). We are not responsible for the privacy practices of these external sites. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of any external websites you visit.

Changes to This Policy

We may update this privacy policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page with an updated "Last updated" date. We encourage you to review this policy periodically to stay informed about how we protect your privacy.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this privacy policy, please contact us through our website or visit our contact page.