Privacy Policy
Last updated: March 2, 2026
StatsPanda LLC (“StatsPanda,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) operates the website statspanda.com. This Privacy Policy describes how we collect, use, store, and share information when you use our services.
1. Information We Collect
a) Information You Provide
- Account information: When you sign in with Google, we receive your name, email address, and profile picture.
- Payment information: Subscription payments are processed by Stripe. We store your Stripe customer ID and subscription status but do not store credit card numbers.
- Contact form submissions: Name, email, and message content when you contact us.
- Newsletter subscriptions: Your email address when you subscribe to our newsletter.
b) Information Collected Automatically
- Browsing data: Pages visited, time spent, scroll depth, and click interactions.
- Device information: Browser type, operating system, screen resolution, and IP address.
- Cookies: First-party cookies for personalization and functionality, plus third-party cookies from analytics and advertising providers. See our Cookie Policy for details.
- Affinity data: We track which content categories you interact with to provide personalized recommendations. This data is stored locally in cookies and, for authenticated users, in your profile.
2. How We Use Your Information
- Provide, operate, and maintain our website and services
- Personalize content recommendations based on your browsing interests
- Process subscriptions and manage your account
- Send newsletters and product updates (with your consent)
- Analyze usage patterns to improve our content and features
- Run A/B tests to optimize the user experience
- Detect and prevent fraud, abuse, and security threats
- Comply with legal obligations
3. Data Sharing
We do not sell your personal information. We share data only with the following categories of service providers:
- Google Analytics / Google Tag Manager: Website analytics and traffic measurement.
- Ezoic: Ad delivery and site analytics optimization.
- Firebase (Google Cloud): Authentication, database, and hosting services.
- Stripe: Payment processing for subscriptions.
- Algolia: Search functionality for research papers.
- Gatekeeper Consent: Cookie consent management (TCF v2 compliant).
4. Data Retention
- Account data: Retained as long as your account is active. Deleted upon request.
- Personalization cookies: Affinity data expires after 90 days; recent page history after 30 days.
- Analytics data: Aggregated analytics data is retained indefinitely; individual session data follows Google Analytics retention policies.
- Newsletter data: Retained until you unsubscribe.
5. Your Rights
Depending on your jurisdiction, you may have the following rights:
- Access: Request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
- Correction: Request correction of inaccurate data.
- Deletion: Request deletion of your personal data.
- Opt-out: Opt out of personalization, analytics, or marketing cookies via Cookie Settings in the footer.
- Portability: Request your data in a machine-readable format.
- Withdraw consent: Withdraw consent for data processing at any time.
To exercise these rights, contact us at our contact page.
6. Data Security
We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your data, including HTTPS encryption, secure cookie attributes (Secure, SameSite), Firebase security rules, rate limiting, and bot detection. However, no method of transmission over the Internet is 100% secure.
7. Children's Privacy
Our services are not directed to children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If you believe we have inadvertently collected data from a child, please contact us and we will delete it promptly.
8. International Data Transfers
Your information may be transferred to and processed in the United States and other countries where our service providers operate. We ensure appropriate safeguards are in place for such transfers.
9. Changes to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of material changes by posting the updated policy on this page with a revised “Last updated” date. Your continued use of the website after changes constitutes acceptance.
10. Contact Us
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, please visit our Contact page.