Privacy Policy

American Weight Journal ("we," "us") is operated by HADLAMAN Inc. This policy explains what information is collected when you visit americanweightjournal.com and how it's used.

Information we collect

Information you give us. If you use our contact form, we receive the name, email address, and message you submit, and we use them only to respond to you.

Information collected automatically. Like most websites, our hosting and analytics services may collect standard technical data: IP address, browser type, device type, pages visited, and referring pages. We use this in aggregate to understand what content is useful and to keep the site working.

Our tools. Interactive tools such as the Healthy Weight Planner run entirely in your browser. The numbers you enter (age, height, weight, and so on) are never transmitted to us or stored by us.

Advertising and cookies

We use Google AdSense to display advertising, which supports the free content on this site. Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to this website and other websites. Google's use of advertising cookies (such as the DoubleClick cookie) enables it and its partners to serve ads to you based on your visits to this site and/or other sites on the Internet.

You may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings. You can also opt out of some third-party vendors' use of cookies for personalized advertising at www.aboutads.info. For more on how Google uses data from sites that use its services, see Google's policy page.

Cookies generally

Cookies are small files stored by your browser. Beyond advertising cookies described above, the site may use functional cookies for basic operation and analytics. You can block or delete cookies in your browser settings; the site's articles and tools will still work.

Third-party links

Articles may link to external sites (research papers, institutions, resources). We aren't responsible for the privacy practices of other websites, and we encourage you to read their policies.

Children's privacy

This site is intended for adults and is not directed at children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children.

Data retention and your rights

Contact-form messages are kept only as long as needed to handle your inquiry. Depending on where you live, you may have rights to access, correct, or delete personal information we hold about you, contact us and we'll help.

Changes and contact

We may update this policy from time to time; the date above reflects the latest revision. Questions about privacy can be sent through our contact page.