This privacy policy explains what personal information WeightCare Compass collects, why, who we share it with and how you can control it. Reading the site never requires an account.
Who runs this site
WeightCare Compass (weightcarecompass.com) is an independent editorial website written for readers in the United States. For any privacy question or request, email contact@weightcarecompass.com or use our contact page.
What we collect and why
| When | Data | Purpose | How long |
|---|---|---|---|
| You contact us | Name, email, subject, message | Answer you | 12 months after our last exchange |
| You join the newsletter | Email, consent and confirmation dates | Send the newsletter | Until you unsubscribe |
| You make cookie choices | Your choices, their date, a consent ID | Respect and prove your choices | 12 months |
| Audience measurement (unless you opt out) | Pages viewed, device, browser, approximate location (country/city), referrer, a random cookie ID | Understand which pages help readers | Up to 14 months |
| Advertising (only once ads run, unless you opt out) | Cookie or device IDs, pages viewed, approximate location | Show ads that fund the site; personalized ads only with your consent or unless you opt out | As listed in our cookie policy |
| You click an affiliate link (/go/…) | A click count per link and page (no IP address, no cookie set by us) | Measure which links readers use | 24 months |
| Any visit | Server logs (IP address, pages, browser) | Security, preventing abuse, keeping the site running | Per our host’s retention policy |
We don’t ask for health information and we don’t build health profiles: please don’t send us medical details. We never sell your contact details or your newsletter email.
Cookies and similar technologies
We use three kinds of cookies:
- Necessary (always on): keep the site working, remember your cookie choices, keep our editors logged in.
- Statistics: audience measurement with Google Analytics 4. You can opt out at any time, and we respect Global Privacy Control signals for advertising.
- Marketing: advertising cookies from our ad partners, once ads run on the site. You can opt out at any time.
The full, up-to-date list, with each cookie’s provider, purpose and lifetime, is in our cookie policy. You can change your choices at any time with the “Privacy choices” button or the “Your Privacy Choices (Do Not Sell or Share)” link at the bottom of every page.
Affiliate links
Some links earn us a commission (see our affiliate disclosure). When you click one, you leave our site for the partner’s site, which may set its own cookies to credit the referral. Those cookies are covered by the partner’s privacy policy, not ours. On our side we only count the click.
Who receives data
- Hostinger hosts the website and our email (servers in the United States).
- Brevo sends our newsletter and stores subscribers’ emails and consent dates. Every newsletter has a one-click unsubscribe link.
- Google (Google Analytics 4) measures audience, unless you opt out.
- Advertising partners, once ads run: they are named in our cookie policy before any marketing cookie is set.
We don’t share personal information with anyone else, except when the law requires it.
US state privacy rights (California and others)
Over the past 12 months we collected identifiers (such as IP address and cookie IDs), internet activity (pages viewed) and approximate location, from you and your browser, for the purposes listed above. We don’t sell personal information for money. Once ads run, allowing advertising cookies may count as “sharing” for cross-context behavioral advertising under California law. You can opt out at any time with the “Your Privacy Choices (Do Not Sell or Share)” link at the bottom of every page, or by turning on Global Privacy Control (GPC) in your browser, which we treat as an opt-out. Browser “Do Not Track” signals are not a standard, so we rely on GPC and on your banner choices instead.
Depending on your state (for example California, Colorado, Connecticut, Virginia), you also have the right to know, access, correct and delete your personal information. We won’t treat you differently for using these rights.
Readers outside the United States
This site is written for US readers. If you live elsewhere, for example in the EU or the UK, you may have additional rights under your local law, such as objecting to or restricting the use of your data, receiving a copy of it, or withdrawing your consent at any time. Email us to use them.
How to make a request
Email contact@weightcarecompass.com. We may ask you to confirm your identity, and we respond within 45 days.
Children
This site is written for adults. We don’t knowingly collect personal information from children under 13.
Changes
If we change this policy, for example when ads start running, we update this page and the date below, and we ask for your consent again where required.
Last updated: November 14, 2026.