Privacy Policy

Glowstice ("we," "us," or "our") is a skincare editorial site at glowstice.com. We take your privacy seriously. This policy describes the limited information we interact with, how third-party services may collect data on our behalf, and your rights regarding that data.

We do not sell personal information to any third party, and we do not require you to create an account or log in to use any part of this site.

Glowstice does not operate user accounts, login systems, comment sections, or any feature that requires you to submit personal information directly to us. We do not collect your name, email address, phone number, or any other personally identifiable information through our site interface.

If you contact us via email at the address listed below, we will receive your email address and any information you include in the message. We use that information solely to respond to your inquiry and do not add it to any marketing list or share it with third parties.

We use Google Analytics to understand how visitors interact with our content. Google Analytics collects information such as your approximate geographic location, browser type, device type, pages visited, and time spent on each page. This data is aggregated and anonymized — we cannot use it to identify you personally.

Google Analytics uses cookies to distinguish visitors and track sessions. You can opt out of Google Analytics across all websites by installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.

Google's privacy policy is available at policies.google.com/privacy.

Glowstice uses a small number of cookies to keep the site functioning properly and to gather anonymous analytics data. We do not use cookies for advertising, retargeting, or any form of cross-site tracking.

Strictly necessary cookies are required for the site to function and cannot be disabled. Analytics cookies (placed by Google Analytics) help us understand traffic patterns and can be disabled through your browser settings or the opt-out tool mentioned above.

For full details on the cookies we use, please see our Cookie Policy.

Glowstice participates in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com. Our affiliate tag is matchaspot-20.

When you click an Amazon affiliate link on our site, Amazon may place cookies on your browser to track purchases made during that session. Any data collected through that click is governed by Amazon's privacy policy, available at amazon.com/privacy. We receive aggregated sales reports from Amazon but do not receive any personal information about individual buyers.

For a full explanation of how our affiliate relationships work, see our Affiliate Disclosure.

Our articles may link to external websites, including academic publications, brand websites, and retail platforms. Glowstice is not responsible for the privacy practices or content of those sites. We encourage you to review the privacy policy of any external site you visit.

Because we do not collect personal data directly, we have no personal records to retain or delete. Analytics data held by Google is subject to Google's own data retention settings. If you have contacted us by email, we may retain that correspondence for operational purposes for up to two years.

We may update this privacy policy from time to time. When we do, we will revise the "Last updated" date at the top of this page. Continued use of glowstice.com after any update constitutes acceptance of the revised policy.

If you have questions or concerns about this privacy policy, please contact us at privacy@glowstice.com.