Privacy Policy for Trusted Data Hub

Last Updated: January 26, 2026

At Trusted Data Hub, accessible from https://trusteddatahub.com/, the privacy of our visitors and contributors is a top priority. This document outlines the types of information we collect and how we use it.

1. Google AdSense and Advertising Disclosures

This website uses Google AdSense to serve advertisements. To comply with Google’s 2026 program policies, we disclose the following:

  • Third-Party Cookies: Google and other third-party vendors use cookies to serve ads based on a user’s prior visits to this website or other websites on the Internet.
  • Personalized Advertising: Google’s use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to you based on your visit to this site and/or other sites.
  • Opt-Out: You may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings. You can also opt out of third-party cookies for personalized advertising by visiting www.aboutads.info.
  • Transparency: For more details, please review How Google uses information from sites or apps that use our services.

2. Information Collected from Authors and Contributors

As a knowledge-sharing platform with contributing authors, we collect specific data to manage our content:

  • Account Information: When an author contributes an article, we collect their name, bio, and any social media or professional links they choose to display.
  • Public Profile: Author names and bios are displayed publicly alongside their contributed articles.
  • Direct Communication: We retain records of correspondence sent to anna@trusteddatahub.com to facilitate article edits and publishing.

3. Visitor Data and Comments

  • Comments: When visitors leave comments, we collect the data shown in the comments form, the visitor’s IP address, and browser user agent string to help with spam detection.
  • Gravatar: An anonymized string (hash) created from your email address may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it (Policy: https://automattic.com/privacy/).
  • Media: If you upload images to the site (as an author or commenter), you should avoid images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS), as others can download and extract this.

4. Cookies and Tracking

We use cookies to:

  • Maintain Sessions: Keeping you logged in if you are a contributor.
  • Save Preferences: Remembering your display settings and “About” section interactions.
  • Analyze Traffic: Using Google Analytics to understand which knowledge articles are most helpful to our community.

5. Your Data Rights (GDPR & CCPA 2026)

Regardless of your location, we honor the following rights:

  • The Right to Access/Delete: You can request a copy of the personal data we hold about you or ask us to delete it.
  • Opt-Out Signal: We honor Global Privacy Control (GPC) signals and provide a “Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information” mechanism via our consent banner.
  • Correction: Authors may request updates to their published bios or articles at any time.

6. Children’s Information

Trusted Data Hub does not knowingly collect any Personal Identifiable Information from children under the age of 13. If you think your child provided this kind of information, please contact us immediately, and we will remove it.

7. Contact Us

If you have additional questions or require more information about our Privacy Policy, do not hesitate to contact us:

Email: anna@trusteddatahub.com

Website: https://trusteddatahub.com/