Privacy Policy - TeenHealthInsight

Last Updated: September 2026

This Privacy Policy describes the policies and procedures of TeenHealthInsight on the collection, use and disclosure of Your information when You use the website and tells You about Your privacy rights and how the law protects You.

The website is provided by TeenHealthInsight. By using this website, you acknowledge the privacy policy and agree to be bound by the terms of use, both set forth below. If you do not accept the privacy policy or terms of use, please do not use this Service.

TeenHealthInsight does not warrant that this website will operate error-free or that the website or its server are free of computer viruses or other harmful material.

Interpretation and Definitions

Interpretation

The words of which the initial letter is capitalized have meanings defined under the following conditions. The following definitions shall have the same meaning regardless of whether they appear in singular or in plural.

Definitions

For the purposes of this Privacy Policy:

Affiliate means an entity that controls, is controlled by or is under common control with TeenHealthInsight, where “control” means ownership of 50% or more of the shares, equity interest or other securities entitled to vote for election of directors or other managing authority. TeenHealthInsight currently has no affiliates; this term is defined only in case any are established in the future.

TeenHealthInsight (referred to as “TeenHealthInsight” or “the website”, and, where a person is meant, as “I”, “me” or “my”) is operated by an individual, Maria Ditter, who is the person responsible for the website and the data controller for the limited personal data described in this Policy.

Cookies are small files that are placed on Your computer, mobile device or any other device by a website, containing the details of Your browsing history on that website among its many uses.

Country refers to: California, United States

Device means any device that can access the website such as a computer, a cellphone or a digital tablet.

Personal Data is any information that relates to an identified or identifiable individual.

Service Provider means any natural or legal person who processes the data on behalf of TeenHealthInsight. It refers to third-party companies or individuals employed by TeenHealthInsight to facilitate the Service, to provide the Service on its behalf, to perform services related to the Service or to assist TeenHealthInsight in analyzing how the Service is used.

Usage Data refers to data collected automatically, either generated by the use of the Service or from the website infrastructure itself (for example, the duration of a page visit).

You means the individual accessing or using the website, or the company, or other legal entity on behalf of which such individual is accessing or using the website, as applicable.

Collecting and Using Your Personal Data

Types of Data Collected

Personal Data

TeenHealthInsight does not ask visitors to provide personal data in order to read articles, browse the website, or use the interactive tools. There are no contact forms, no comment sections, and no user accounts on this website.

There is one optional exception, and it is limited to the parent and caregiver section of the site. Adults may choose to subscribe to a monthly newsletter (see “The Newsletter” below). Subscribing is entirely voluntary, is offered only on the For Parents pages, and is intended for adults. Teens and tweens are not asked to sign up for anything, anywhere on the site, and reading articles or using the interactive tools never requires an email address or any sign-up.

Apart from newsletter subscription, the only situation in which TeenHealthInsight receives personal data is when a visitor voluntarily makes contact by email. In that case, TeenHealthInsight receives the email address and the contents of the message that the visitor has chosen to send. TeenHealthInsight does not derive personal data from any other source, and does not combine email correspondence with information from any third party.

The Newsletter

TeenHealthInsight offers an optional monthly newsletter for adults. It is a separate email service from the website, and it is the only feature on TeenHealthInsight that involves signing up.

Who it is for. The newsletter is intended for adults: parents, caregivers, educators, clinicians, and anyone else who supports teens with chronic conditions. The sign-up form appears only in the For Parents section of the site, and is never shown alongside the teen and tween articles or the interactive tools.

What is collected. When you subscribe, TeenHealthInsight collects your email address. It does not require your name or any other information, and it never asks for information about any child.

How subscribing works (confirmed opt-in). After you enter your email address, a confirmation email is sent to you. You are added to the list only after you click the confirmation link. If you never confirm, your address is not added.

Legal basis. The newsletter is sent only to people who have asked to receive it. Wherever you live, your subscription is based on your consent, given when you confirm your email address, and you can withdraw it at any time by unsubscribing, using the link at the bottom of every newsletter email. Unsubscribing takes effect immediately. For subscribers in the European Economic Area and the United Kingdom, that consent is the legal basis under Article 6(1)(a) GDPR.

Who sends it. The newsletter is managed and delivered on behalf of TeenHealthInsight by Buttondown (Buttondown, LLC, United States), acting as a data processor under a data processing agreement. Your email address is stored and processed on Buttondown systems in the United States. For subscribers in the EEA and the UK, TeenHealthInsight relies on the appropriate safeguards for that transfer, such as standard contractual clauses where applicable.

Email tracking (off). TeenHealthInsight has chosen not to track whether newsletter emails are opened or which links inside them are clicked. Sending the newsletter does not place any tracking pixel or cookie on your device.

What is never done with it. Your email address is not used for anything other than sending you the newsletter you asked for. Subscriber addresses are never sold, rented, traded, or shared with advertisers, data brokers, or any other third party, and are never combined with any information about a child.

Leaving and deletion. Every newsletter email includes a one-click unsubscribe link. You can also email contact@teenhealthinsight.com to have your address removed entirely.

Usage Data

TeenHealthInsight uses Koko Analytics, a self-hosted, privacy-friendly analytics tool, to understand aggregate site usage. Specifically, it records which pages are viewed, the total number of visits and unique daily visitors per page, and, when available, the referring website that sent a visitor to the site (for example, a search engine or a link from another site). It does not record who you are, what device you used, how long you stayed, where you scrolled or clicked, or anything you did after leaving the site. No third-party analytics services such as Google Analytics are used. Koko Analytics does not set cookies, does not build profiles of individual visitors, and does not track you across sites. Your IP address is processed only briefly to count unique daily visitors and is never stored. No analytics data is shared with any third party.

As is technically unavoidable for any website, the hosting provider and the security plugin (Jetpack) may briefly process information such as your IP address, browser type, and the time of your request, strictly to deliver the page to your browser, keep the server running, and block malicious traffic such as brute-force login attempts. This information is processed for technical and security purposes only, is not used to build profiles of visitors, and is not shared with advertisers or analytics providers.

Tracking Technologies and Cookies

TeenHealthInsight does not use tracking technologies for advertising, marketing, or profiling. The only analytics used is Koko Analytics, a cookieless, self-hosted tool described in the Usage Data section above. Specifically, this website does not deploy:

Third-party analytics services such as Google Analytics, Matomo, or similar (only the self-hosted, cookieless Koko Analytics, described above, is used);
Advertising or marketing cookies;
Retargeting, remarketing, or behavioral advertising pixels (such as the Meta/Facebook Pixel, Google Ads, or TikTok Pixel);
Web beacons, clear gifs, pixel tags, or single-pixel gifs used to track reading behavior or email opens;
Cross-site tracking scripts or third-party tag managers;
Browser fingerprinting, device fingerprinting, or other persistent identifiers used for tracking;
Social media tracking widgets that report your visit back to social networks.

TeenHealthInsight does not build profiles of visitors, does not track your activity across pages or sessions for marketing purposes, does not follow you to other websites, and does not sell, rent, or share visitor information with advertisers, data brokers, or any other third parties.

The statements in this section describe the public website. The optional newsletter is a separate email service for adults who have chosen to subscribe, and it is described above under “The Newsletter.”

Strictly Necessary Cookies and Local Storage

A very small number of strictly necessary cookies or local-storage entries may be set on your device while you visit, but only to make the website function correctly and securely. These fall into the following categories:

WordPress session and security cookies: used by the WordPress platform itself to keep the website running smoothly and to protect against common web attacks (for example, CSRF protection on forms used internally by the site).
Jetpack security cookies: used to detect and block brute-force login attempts and spam. These help keep the site secure and are not used for analytics, advertising, or visitor profiling.
Real Cookie Banner preference storage: if you interact with the cookie notice, a small entry may be stored on your device to remember that you have already seen it, so you are not asked again on every page.
Tool state in your browser only: the interactive tools (quizzes, checklists, calculators, trackers) may temporarily hold the values you enter in your browser memory while you use them. This information stays on your device, is never transmitted to TeenHealthInsight, and is cleared when you close or refresh the page.

All of the above are considered strictly necessary under Article 5(3) of the ePrivacy Directive and corresponding national rules, and under recital 32 and Article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR. They do not require user consent because the website cannot reasonably function without them, and they are not used for any purpose other than what is described above.

Your Choices

Because TeenHealthInsight does not use advertising, marketing, or analytics cookies, there is no consent choice for you to make about non-essential tracking, because there simply is not any. You may still, at any time, configure your browser to refuse all cookies or to alert you when cookies are being sent. Detailed instructions are usually available in your browser help section. If you choose to block cookies entirely, some technical features of the website may not function as expected, but no advertising or analytics functionality will be affected (because none exists).

You can also delete any cookies that have already been stored on your device through your browser settings.

Third-Party Embedded Content

Some pages may embed videos hosted on third-party platforms (for example, YouTube). Wherever videos are used, they are linked to or embedded through privacy-enhanced options where available (such as youtube-nocookie.com) so that no tracking cookies are placed on your device unless you actively choose to play the video. If you do play a third-party video, that platform own privacy policy applies to the playback. TeenHealthInsight does not receive analytics, identifiers, or any visitor data from those platforms.

A Privacy-First Approach

TeenHealthInsight is intentionally designed to collect as little information as possible, especially because the audience includes teens, tweens, and adults who support them. This website does not ask you to create an account, sign in, or provide your name to read articles or use the interactive tools. It does not use advertising cookies, analytics platforms (such as Google Analytics), marketing pixels, behavioral tracking, profiling, or fingerprinting. It does not build user profiles and does not sell, rent, or share visitor information with third parties.

Client-side processing of interactive tools. All quizzes, checklists, calculators, trackers, and similar tools on this website run entirely inside your own browser (this is called “client-side” processing). Whatever you click, type, or select stays on your device. The information is not transmitted to TeenHealthInsight, is not stored on its servers, and is not shared with anyone. When you close or refresh the page, the data is gone. Some tools, such as the Relaxation Practice Tracker, are simply printable worksheets you fill in on paper. Nothing is sent online at all.

Personal data collection is kept to a minimum. The only personal information TeenHealthInsight ever receives is the email address of an adult who chooses to subscribe to the newsletter, and whatever you voluntarily send by email if you make contact. There are no contact forms, comment sections, or account systems on this website, and reading the site or using the tools never requires signing up for anything.

Essential technical services. To keep the website running, only a small number of strictly necessary technical services are loaded:

WordPress: the platform that powers this website.
Jetpack (security only): protects the site from brute-force login attempts and spam.
WordPress Emojis, WordPress.com CDN, and WordPress.org CDN: deliver standard fonts, icons, and emojis so pages display correctly.

These services may briefly process your IP address for purely technical and security reasons, such as serving the page to your browser or blocking malicious traffic. They are not used for advertising, profiling, or analytics. Because they are strictly necessary for the website to function, no consent is required for them under GDPR. However, they are listed here so you always know exactly what is happening behind the scenes.

If you ever have a question about privacy on TeenHealthInsight, you can make contact anytime at contact@teenhealthinsight.com.

Use of Your Personal Data

Because the only personal data TeenHealthInsight ever receives is the email address and message content of someone who voluntarily writes in, and the email address of an adult who subscribes to the newsletter, the use of personal data is extremely limited. This information is used only:

To respond to your message. If you write in with a question, comment, or request, your email address and message content are used to read your message and reply.
To send the newsletter. If you have subscribed, your email address is used to send you the monthly newsletter you asked for, and for nothing else.
To address legitimate concerns or requests. For example, to act on a request to delete previous correspondence, to answer a privacy-related question, or to consider feedback you have shared.
To comply with legal obligations. Where legally required to retain or produce specific correspondence, TeenHealthInsight will do so to the minimum extent necessary.

Apart from the newsletter that subscribers have expressly asked to receive, personal data is not used for advertising, profiling, behavioral analysis, or automated decision-making. TeenHealthInsight does not sell, rent, or trade personal data, and does not share it with advertisers, data brokers, or analytics providers.

Retention of Your Personal Data

TeenHealthInsight retains personal data only for as long as is necessary for the purpose for which it was provided.

Email correspondence: Messages you send in, and the replies to them, are retained in the email inbox for as long as is reasonably useful for ongoing communication or follow-up. You may ask at any time to have previous correspondence deleted (see the “Delete Your Personal Data” section below).
Newsletter subscribers: Your email address is kept for as long as you remain subscribed. If you unsubscribe, your address is removed from active sending. You may also ask to have it deleted entirely at any time.
Technical and security logs: Logs created by the hosting provider and by the Jetpack security plugin (such as IP addresses associated with login attempts) are retained only for as long as needed to operate the site safely (typically a short period), after which they are automatically rotated or deleted.
Interactive tool entries: Anything you type into a quiz, checklist, calculator, or tracker on the site is held only in your own browser and is not stored on any server. It disappears when you close or refresh the page.

Usage Data is not collected for analytics beyond the aggregate counts described above, so there is no analytics retention period to describe. Where required by law to retain specific information for a longer period, TeenHealthInsight will do so to the minimum extent necessary and only for that legal purpose.

Transfer of Your Personal Data

TeenHealthInsight is hosted on servers operated by its web-hosting provider, Bluehost, which is based in the United States. As a result, the website itself, and any technical or security logs generated by the hosting infrastructure or by the Jetpack security plugin, are processed in the United States.

If you subscribe to the newsletter, your email address is also processed by Buttondown (Buttondown, LLC) on servers in the United States, for the sole purpose of managing your subscription and delivering the newsletter. For subscribers in the EEA and the UK, TeenHealthInsight relies on appropriate safeguards for that transfer, such as standard contractual clauses where applicable.

If you live in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, or another jurisdiction with stricter data-protection laws, this means that the limited technical information described in the “Usage Data” section above may be processed outside your country. TeenHealthInsight relies on the appropriate safeguards offered by its service providers (such as standard contractual clauses where applicable) and on the fact that the processing is strictly necessary for the operation and security of the website.

If you choose to send an email, it is delivered through the email provider, which may also store and process the message on servers located in the United States or another country. By sending an email, you understand that your message will be transmitted and stored on those systems for the purpose of receiving and responding to your communication.

TeenHealthInsight does not transfer personal data to advertisers, data brokers, or analytics providers, and there is no international transfer of visitor profiles, because no such profiles exist.

Delete Your Personal Data

Because the only personal data held is email correspondence that you yourself have initiated, and the email address of anyone who has subscribed to the newsletter, deleting your personal data is straightforward. You may make contact at any time and ask to have the email messages you have sent, along with the replies, deleted, or to have your newsletter subscription removed. This will be done as soon as reasonably possible, unless there is a legal requirement to retain specific information.

You also have the right to request access to, correction of, or deletion of any personal data held about you. To make such a request, please use the contact details in the “Contact Us” section below.

Disclosure of Your Personal Data

Business Transactions

TeenHealthInsight does not maintain a database of visitor personal data beyond the newsletter subscriber list, so in the unlikely event of a merger, acquisition, or transfer of the website, there would be very little personal data to transfer. The only personal data potentially involved would be saved email correspondence and newsletter subscriber email addresses. If such a transfer were ever to take place, the affected individuals would be notified in advance, with an explanation of how their information would be handled under any new privacy policy.

Law Enforcement

Under certain circumstances, TeenHealthInsight may be required to disclose Your Personal Data if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g. a court or a government agency).

Other Legal Requirements

TeenHealthInsight may disclose Your Personal Data in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to:

Comply with a legal obligation
Protect and defend the rights or property of TeenHealthInsight
Prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the website
Protect the personal safety of Users of the website or the public
Protect against legal liability

Security of Your Personal Data

The security of personal data is important to TeenHealthInsight. The strongest privacy protection on offer is also the simplest one: almost no personal data is collected in the first place, so there is very little personal data that could ever be exposed.

In addition, the following technical measures are applied:

The website is served over an encrypted HTTPS connection so that information transmitted between your browser and the website is protected in transit.
The Jetpack security plugin protects the site against brute-force login attempts and helps detect spam and malicious activity.
The WordPress platform and all installed plugins are kept up to date with the latest security releases.
Administrative access to the website is limited and protected by strong authentication.

No method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While commercially acceptable means are used to protect personal data, its absolute security cannot be guaranteed.

GDPR Compliance Statement

TeenHealthInsight is committed to protecting the privacy of its visitors and to handling any personal data it receives in a manner consistent with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and equivalent national rules in the United Kingdom.

In practice, GDPR compliance for TeenHealthInsight is straightforward, because the website is intentionally designed to minimize the collection of personal data. It does not run analytics, advertising, marketing, or profiling services. The only personal data ever processed is the email addresses of adults who subscribe to the newsletter, email correspondence that visitors voluntarily send, and the strictly necessary technical and security information described elsewhere in this Privacy Policy.

This limited information is processed on the legal bases set out in Article 6 of the GDPR: the legitimate interest in operating and securing the website (Article 6(1)(f)), the necessity of replying to messages you have sent (Article 6(1)(b)/(f)), your consent where you have subscribed to the newsletter (Article 6(1)(a), which you may withdraw at any time by unsubscribing), and where applicable, legal obligations (Article 6(1)(c)).

GDPR Principles

TeenHealthInsight takes the privacy and security of individuals and their personal information seriously, and applies the following principles when handling any personal data it receives:

Lawfulness, fairness, and transparency: Personal data is processed fairly, lawfully, and openly, and this Privacy Policy explains exactly what is and is not done.
Purpose limitation: Personal data is used only for the specific, limited purposes described in this Privacy Policy.
Data minimization: As little personal data as possible is collected. In most cases, none at all.
Accuracy: Where practical, any personal data held (such as email correspondence) is kept accurate and up to date.
Storage limitation: Personal data is retained only for as long as is necessary for the purpose for which it was provided.
Integrity and confidentiality: Appropriate technical and organizational measures are applied to protect personal data against unauthorized access, loss, or disclosure.
Accountability: TeenHealthInsight is responsible for its handling of personal data and for being able to demonstrate compliance with these principles.

Data Subject Rights under GDPR

Under the GDPR, individuals located in the European Economic Area or the United Kingdom have the following rights with respect to any personal data TeenHealthInsight holds about them:

Right of access: to ask what personal data is held about you and to receive a copy.
Right to rectification: to ask for inaccurate or incomplete personal data to be corrected.
Right to erasure (“right to be forgotten”): to ask for personal data held about you to be deleted.
Right to restriction of processing: to ask for processing of your personal data to be limited in certain circumstances.
Right to data portability: to receive personal data you have provided in a structured, commonly used format.
Right to object: to object to processing of your personal data based on legitimate interests.
Right to withdraw consent: if you have subscribed to the newsletter, to withdraw your consent at any time by unsubscribing.
Right to lodge a complaint: with your local data protection authority if you believe your rights have been violated.

In practice, since the only personal data held is newsletter subscriptions and email correspondence that you yourself have initiated, exercising most of these rights simply means making contact by email and asking. To make any such request, please use the details in the “Contact Us” section below.

Health-Related Information and Interactive Tools

TeenHealthInsight is an educational platform. The website includes interactive tools such as condition explorers, checklists, quizzes, calculators, and self-reflection activities. These tools run entirely in your own browser, on your own device. Anything you click, type, or select is processed locally and is never transmitted to TeenHealthInsight, stored on any server, or shared with any third party. Closing the page or refreshing erases your responses. The Relaxation Practice Tracker is a printable worksheet you fill in on paper.

TeenHealthInsight does not ask you to provide, and does not store, any personal health information, medical records, diagnoses, or identifying health data. If you choose to send an email with a question that includes health information, that email is treated as you would treat any private email: confidentially, and only for the purpose of responding to you. Please remember that email is not a secure method of communication for sensitive information.

Important: TeenHealthInsight is an educational resource only. Nothing on the website is medical advice, and no information you provide or record through the website establishes a doctor-patient relationship. For medical concerns, always consult a qualified healthcare provider.

Children Privacy

TeenHealthInsight is an educational website directed at tweens, teens, and adolescents. The website has been designed with children privacy as a foundational principle: the simplest way to protect young users data is not to collect it in the first place.

How young users are protected by design

No accounts, no sign-ups, no profiles. Users do not need to register, log in, or provide a name, email address, age, school, or any other identifying information to read articles or use any feature of the website.
The newsletter is for adults only. It is offered only in the For Parents section of the site, is intended for adults, and is never presented to teen or tween readers. No one under 18 is knowingly enrolled in the newsletter.
Interactive tools stay on the user device. Quizzes, checklists, calculators, and self-reflection activities run entirely in the browser. Selections and answers are never transmitted to TeenHealthInsight, stored on any server, or shared with any third party. Closing or refreshing the page erases responses.
No advertising and no behavioral tracking. TeenHealthInsight does not use third-party analytics services (such as Google Analytics or Jetpack Stats), advertising pixels, social media trackers, or any tools designed to follow users across the web. It does not sell, rent, or share information with advertisers or data brokers.
Standard server logs only. Like most websites, the hosting infrastructure may automatically record basic technical information (such as IP address, browser type, and pages visited) for security and basic site operation. This information is not used to identify individual users, build profiles, or target content.
The contact email is for inquiries only. The email address (contact@teenhealthinsight.com) is provided so that users, parents, guardians, or educators can make contact with questions. TeenHealthInsight does not solicit personal or health information by email.

Children under 13 (COPPA, United States)

TeenHealthInsight does not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. The website is designed to function fully without ever asking for a name, email address, age, location, photograph, voice recording, or any other identifier from any user, regardless of age. Because no personal information is collected from children under 13, verifiable parental consent under the Children Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) is not required for general use of the website.

If a parent or guardian believes that their child under 13 has somehow provided personal information, for example, by sending an email or subscribing to the newsletter, please make contact at contact@teenhealthinsight.com. Any such information will be promptly deleted from the records.

Children under 16 (GDPR, European Union / UK)

Under the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and equivalent UK rules, processing the personal data of children under 16 (or the age set by the relevant Member State, which can be as low as 13) generally requires parental consent. Because TeenHealthInsight does not ask for or collect personal data from any user as a condition of using the website, and because interactive tool data never leaves the user device, parental consent is not relied on as a legal basis for ordinary use of the site. The newsletter is intended for adults and is not offered to minors.

If a child voluntarily sends an email, the only personal data received is what they choose to include in that email, and it is used solely to reply to their question. Parents and guardians can request review or deletion of any such correspondence, or of any newsletter subscription, at any time by contacting contact@teenhealthinsight.com.

Rights of parents and guardians

Parents and legal guardians have the right to:

Ask what information, if any, is held that is associated with their child;
Request that any such information be corrected or deleted;
Refuse further contact between TeenHealthInsight and their child;
Ask any other question about practices regarding minors.

All such requests can be sent to contact@teenhealthinsight.com and will be handled promptly.

Parents and guardians are strongly encouraged to take an active role in their children online experiences and to discuss safe internet use, healthy media habits, and when to consult a trusted adult or healthcare provider about health questions.

Links to Other Websites

The website may contain links to other websites that are not operated by TeenHealthInsight. If You click on a third party link, You will be directed to that third party site. TeenHealthInsight strongly advises You to review the Privacy Policy of every site You visit.

TeenHealthInsight has no control over and assumes no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third party sites or services.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

TeenHealthInsight may update its Privacy Policy from time to time. TeenHealthInsight will notify You of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page.

You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, You can contact TeenHealthInsight by email: contact@teenhealthinsight.com

Our Privacy Promise to You

The plain-language version, for tweens, teens, and anyone who wants the short story.

The page above is the official Privacy Policy. It uses some grown-up words because it has to. This part says the same thing in everyday language, so you know exactly what is going on when you use TeenHealthInsight.

What I ask you for

Almost nothing. You do not need to make an account, sign in, or tell me your name to read articles or use the tools. The one thing I offer is an optional newsletter for adults: if an adult signs up, I ask for their email address so I can send it, and that is all. If you ever choose to email me, I will see your email address, but only because you wrote to me first.

What happens with the interactive tools

All the quizzes, checklists, calculators, and trackers on the site work right inside your own browser. Whatever you click or type stays on your device: it never gets sent to me, and I never see it. Close the page or refresh, and your answers are gone. The Relaxation Practice Tracker is even simpler: it is a worksheet you print and fill in on paper.

Are you tracking me?

I count page visits, and that is it. I use a small tool called Koko Analytics that tells me things like: which articles people read most, roughly how many people visited each page, and, if your browser tells me, which website you came from (for example, Google, or a link someone shared on social media). It runs on my own server, sets no cookies, does not store your IP address, and cannot identify you or follow you across the internet. I do not use Google Analytics, advertising trackers, or marketing pixels. I do not build a profile of you, and I do not sell or share information about you.

The only information I ever see is the email address of an adult who signs up for the newsletter, and the email address and message of anyone who chooses to email me, because they wrote to me first. There are no accounts and no comments on the site, and there is nothing to sign up for anywhere in the teen articles or tools: the newsletter lives only in the parent section and is meant for adults.

The interactive tools (quizzes, checklists, trackers, calculators) all run inside your own browser. Whatever you type or click stays on your device and disappears when you close the page. Nothing gets sent to me.

A few small technical things still need to load so the page works properly, like WordPress itself, basic security to block hackers, and the standard fonts and emojis. They might briefly see your IP address (every website does) only to deliver the page to you and keep the site safe. They are not used for advertising or tracking.

What if I have a question?

You (or a parent) can email me anytime at contact@teenhealthinsight.com. I do not keep any info about you on my side unless you have subscribed to the newsletter, in which case I have your email address until you unsubscribe. And if you have sent me an email in the past and want me to delete it from my inbox, just ask and I will take care of it.

My promise

TeenHealthInsight is here to help you learn about your health, not to collect your data, track you, or sell anything about you to anyone. The interactive tools on every page are built to work without me ever seeing what you do with them, and that is on purpose. I will always try to keep this page honest, simple, and up to date, and if I ever change how any of this works, I will update this page first. If something here ever feels confusing or does not match what you are seeing on the site, please tell me. I want to do better.