PRIVACY POLICY

Effective Date: [November 30, 2025]

This Privacy Policy explains how AnsweringBuddhism.com collects, uses, and protects your information when you visit this website. By accessing and using this website, you consent to the terms described below.

Information may be collected in two ways. First, personal information may be voluntarily provided by you when you contact the website owner, submit a message, or communicate through any available contact form. This information may include your name, email address, or any details you choose to provide. Second, non-personal information may be collected automatically when you access the site. This may include your IP address, browser type, device type, operating system, pages visited, time and date of access, and referring website. This information is collected through standard server logs, analytics services, and hosting infrastructure.

This website may use cookies and similar technologies to support normal website operation, improve performance, and enhance user experience. Cookies may be used to collect analytics data, allow embedded videos to function properly, improve site security, and remember user preferences where applicable. You can disable cookies through your browser settings. However, some features may not function correctly if cookies are disabled.

This website may use Google Analytics or similar services to better understand how visitors interact with the site. These analytics services may track information such as anonymized IP address, browser type, pages viewed, time spent on pages, and referral sources. Cookies may be used to enable this tracking. You may opt out of analytics tracking through browser settings or third-party opt-out tools where available.

Pages on this website may contain embedded content, including YouTube videos, images, and external articles. Embedded content behaves the same way as if you visited the third-party website directly. Those websites may collect data, use cookies, and track your interactions in accordance with their own privacy policies. AnsweringBuddhism.com has no control over external website content or their data practices.

Information collected may be used to respond to inquiries, improve content quality, monitor security, understand general visitor behavior, and comply with applicable legal obligations. This website does not sell, rent, or trade personal information to third parties.

Information may be disclosed if required by law, legal process, or government request. It may also be disclosed if necessary to protect legal rights or prevent harm, or when third-party service providers require limited access for hosting or analytics functionality.

Reasonable steps are taken to safeguard personal information; however, no method of data storage or transmission over the internet is completely secure. Absolute security of data cannot be guaranteed.

Depending on applicable laws, you may have rights regarding your personal data including requesting access, correction, or deletion of your information, as well as withdrawing consent. Requests may be submitted through the contact email listed below.

This website is not intended for use by individuals under the age of 13 and does not knowingly collect personal data from children. If you believe a child has provided personal information, you may contact the site owner to request removal.

This Privacy Policy may be updated at any time. Continued use of this website constitutes acceptance of any revisions. The effective date at the top of this policy reflects the most recent update.

If you have questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or wish to submit a data request, you may contact:

Email: [Answering.Buddhism@gmail.com]