Privacy Policy for TheSurvivalNexus

First-Party Event Analytics:

We operate a lightweight first-party analytics system that records specific anonymous article and content interaction events, such as article views, internal article clicks, CTA clicks, affiliate product link clicks, and PDF link activations directly to our own database. Each event record contains only the event type and controlled content identifiers (such as an article slug, a product identifier, or a placement label). Affiliate product and PDF link activations also use a random per-activation identifier solely to deduplicate bounded delivery retries. That delivery identifier is not stored in browser storage or used to identify a person. Records may also contain a random anonymous session identifier when browser storage is available. We keep this identifier in browser sessionStorage for the current tab session, including reloads, to correlate ordered events in session funnels. It is not linked to accounts or third-party identities and is not used to create a persistent user profile, fingerprint you, or reconnect returning visitors across sessions. Browser tab duplication or session restoration may preserve sessionStorage; this is not a unique-person count or a fixed-time expiry. No IP address, email, account identifier, persistent browser identifier, fingerprint, query string, form content, or referrer URL is stored in these records. The authoritative event timestamp is set by our backend server. Raw event records are retained until a retention policy is configured; no automatic deletion is in place at this time.

Reader Polls:

If you participate, we store your selected answer or optional comment and display name in our database. No email is required. Voting uses a poll-specific functional cookie to discourage repeat votes. It expires 30 days after the poll closes. Your tab also keeps a poll-specific request ID and selected answer in session storage so a failed response can be retried safely. This storage normally ends when the tab closes, but browser restoration or tab duplication can preserve it. We use keyed, one-way network tokens for abuse prevention, not raw IP addresses in poll records. These measures do not verify your identity. Comments remain private until approved; approved text and your chosen name become public. Do not submit sensitive personal information. Poll participation is separate from analytics.