Last updated: June 12, 2025
This page explains what information Stars Fact (starsfact.com) collects when you visit, why we collect it, and what control you have over it. We are a small, independent content site. We collect only what we need to run the site.
The Short Version
- We do not sell your personal data.
- We do not ask you to create an account to read anything on this site.
- Our web server records basic technical details about each visit, as almost every website does.
- We and any analytics or advertising partners we work with may use cookies.
- Videos and social media posts embedded from other platforms are governed by those platforms’ own privacy rules.
- You can ask what we hold about you and ask us to delete it.
The sections below explain each point in more detail.
Who “We” Are
“We,” “us,” and “this site” refer to Stars Fact, the independent website at starsfact.com. We publish celebrity facts, including age, height, family, career and net worth, along with celebrity news. We are responsible for the information described in this policy.
Information We Collect
Information collected automatically
When you load a page, your browser sends certain information to our web server. This is standard for any website. These server logs typically include:
- Your IP address
- The date and time of your visit
- The pages you requested
- The page that referred you to us, if any
- Your browser type and version
- Your device type and operating system
We use this information to keep the site running, fix errors, understand overall traffic, and protect the site against abuse such as spam, scraping and attacks. We do not use server logs to build profiles of individual readers.
Information you choose to give us
If you contact us, for example to report an error in an article or to send a privacy request, we receive whatever you include in your message. That is usually your name, your email address and the content of your message. We use it only to reply to you and to deal with your request.
Information we do not collect
We do not knowingly collect sensitive information such as health details, financial account numbers or government ID numbers. Please don’t send it to us.
Cookies
Cookies are small text files that a website stores in your browser. Similar technologies, such as local storage and tracking pixels, work in comparable ways. We use “cookies” in this policy to cover all of them.
Cookies on this site fall into four broad groups:
| Type | What it does | Who sets it |
|---|---|---|
| Essential | Keeps the site working and secure, and remembers your cookie choices | This site |
| Preferences | Remembers settings such as display options | This site |
| Analytics | Counts visits and shows which pages are popular, usually in aggregated form | Analytics partners we may use |
| Advertising | Shows ads, limits how often you see the same one, and measures ad performance. Some ads may be personalised | Advertising partners we may use |
Controlling cookies
You can control cookies in several ways:
- Consent tools. Where the law requires it, we will ask for your consent before setting non-essential cookies, and you can change your choice later.
- Browser settings. Every major browser lets you block or delete cookies. Blocking all cookies may cause some parts of the site to work less smoothly.
- Ad personalisation settings. Large advertising platforms let you turn off personalised ads through your account settings. Industry opt-out programmes also exist for many ad networks.
Analytics and Advertising Partners
We may use third-party analytics services to understand how readers use the site, such as which articles get read and how people find us. We may also show ads from third-party advertising networks. Ads help keep the site free to read.
These partners may set their own cookies and collect information such as your IP address, device details, and the pages you view on this site and on other sites. They process this information under their own privacy policies, and we do not control what they do with it. Where we can, we choose settings that limit data collection. Examples include IP anonymisation in analytics and respecting your consent choices for personalised ads.
If we add or change analytics or advertising partners in a way that affects how your data is handled, we will update this page.
Embedded Content From Other Sites
Some articles include content embedded from other platforms, such as YouTube videos or posts from Instagram, X, TikTok and similar services. Embedded content behaves exactly as if you had visited the other site directly.
That means the platform hosting the content may:
- Set cookies in your browser
- Collect information about your device and IP address
- Track your interaction with the embedded content
- Link that activity to your account if you are logged in to their service
We don’t control this data collection. If it concerns you, you can log out of those services before visiting, use your browser’s privacy features, or avoid playing embedded media.
Tools That Run in Your Browser
Where a page on this site offers an interactive tool, such as a calculator or converter, and states that it runs in your browser, the processing happens on your own device. Whatever you type into the tool is not sent to our server or stored by us. Close or refresh the page and it is gone.
How We Use Information
We use the information described above to:
- Deliver pages to you and keep the site working properly
- Diagnose technical problems and improve performance
- Understand which content readers find useful
- Protect the site, our readers and ourselves from fraud, abuse and security threats
- Respond to messages and requests you send us
- Show ads that help fund the site
- Meet legal obligations
Depending on where you live, data protection law may require us to have a legal basis for this processing. Our bases include your consent (for non-essential cookies, where consent is required), our legitimate interest in running and protecting a website, and compliance with legal obligations.
We Do Not Sell Your Personal Data
We do not sell, rent or trade your personal information.
Some privacy laws define “sale” or “sharing” broadly enough to include the use of advertising cookies by third parties. Where those laws apply to you, you can opt out of that activity through your cookie choices on this site, your browser settings, or browser-level signals such as Global Privacy Control where supported.
When Information Is Shared
We share information only in these limited situations:
- Service providers. Companies that help us run the site, such as web hosting, security and content delivery services, may process data on our behalf. They may use it only to provide their service.
- Analytics and advertising partners. As described above, these partners may collect data directly through cookies in your browser.
- Legal reasons. We may disclose information if required by law, or if we believe it is necessary to protect our rights, our readers’ safety, or to investigate fraud or security problems.
- Change of ownership. If this site is ever sold or transferred, reader data would pass to the new owner under the same protections described here.
How Long We Keep Information
We keep information only as long as we need it:
- Server logs are kept for a short period, usually a few weeks, before being deleted or overwritten. Logs connected to a security incident may be kept longer while we investigate it.
- Messages you send us are kept as long as needed to deal with your request, and then for a reasonable period in case of follow-up questions.
- Cookies last for different periods. Some expire when you close your browser, while others remain until a set expiry date or until you delete them.
- Data held by third parties such as analytics and advertising partners is kept according to their own retention policies.
Keeping Information Secure
We use reasonable technical measures to protect the information we hold, including encrypted connections (HTTPS) across the site. No website can guarantee perfect security, but we keep the data we collect to a minimum, which reduces what could ever be exposed.
Your Rights
Depending on where you live, you may have the right to:
- Ask whether we hold personal information about you
- Get a copy of that information
- Ask us to correct anything inaccurate
- Ask us to delete your information
- Object to or restrict certain uses of your information
- Withdraw consent you have previously given, such as for cookies
- Opt out of targeted advertising or the “sale” or “sharing” of personal data, as those terms are defined in some laws
- Complain to your local data protection authority
To make a request, contact us through the contact page on this site. We may need to ask for some details to confirm the request is genuine. We will respond within the time limits set by the law that applies to you. We will not treat you differently for exercising your rights.
Keep in mind that we usually hold very little that identifies you directly. For data collected by analytics, advertising or social media platforms, contacting those companies directly is often the quickest route.
Children’s Privacy
This site is intended for a general audience and is not directed at children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If you believe a child has sent us personal information, contact us and we will delete it.
International Visitors
This site can be read from anywhere, and the services we rely on, such as hosting and analytics providers, may process data in countries other than your own. Where data moves across borders, we rely on our providers to use appropriate safeguards required by law.
Other Websites
Our articles may mention or reference other websites and platforms. We are not responsible for their privacy practices. Check the privacy policy of any site you visit.
Changes to This Policy
We may update this policy as the site grows, as we add or change partners, or as laws change. When we do, we will revise the “Last updated” date at the top of this page. Significant changes will be made clear on this page.
Contact Us
For questions about this policy or requests about your data, use the contact page on this site. We read every message and will get back to you.