Privacy policy

Last reviewed: 14 November 2026.

Who is responsible

So What's Behind It? is an independently operated educational website. For privacy enquiries, contact the site owner at sowhatsbehindit@gmail.com.

Browsing and games

We do not offer accounts, comments, advertising, analytics, purchases or newsletter signup. Games do not request personal information or send answers or scores to us. Progress stays in page memory and resets when you reload or leave. Our site code sets no cookies and stores no preferences or game progress in browser storage. Language selection is carried in the page URL.

Technical information and providers

Hosting and security providers may process IP addresses, requested URLs, timestamps, browser information and security events to deliver and protect the site. This information is not used by us to profile children or target advertising. Provider retention and processing locations depend on the service and its settings.

Email is handled using Gmail. Google and external services have their own privacy practices. We do not sell personal information or share it for targeted advertising. We may disclose information when legally required or necessary to protect the service and its users.

Email and retention

We use your email address and message to answer your enquiry. Send only necessary information, without passwords, identity documents or sensitive details. Routine enquiries are deleted within 90 days after resolution. Records needed for legal obligations, unresolved disputes or permission agreements are kept only as long as necessary. Provider backups expire on their own schedules.

Children and parents

Our games are intended for ages 8–12 and do not collect names, ages, contact details or saved scores. Children should ask a parent or guardian before emailing or visiting external services. Adults should make requests on a child's behalf. If a child sends unnecessary personal information, we remove it and use contact details only as needed to handle the safeguarding or deletion request.

External links and optional videos

Reference and social links open independent services. A YouTube player loads only when you explicitly open its video panel. This connects to YouTube, which may process technical information under its own policies even with the privacy-enhanced player. Reading an article does not require loading a video.

Your choices and requests

Email us to ask about information held from your enquiries, request correction or deletion, or raise a privacy concern. Rights provided by applicable law, including withdrawal of consent and complaints to a regulator, remain available. We request only information needed to verify that a request concerns you or your child, respond within applicable legal deadlines, and explain any lawful reason a request cannot be completed.

Security and changes

We limit access to correspondence and use reasonable safeguards, but no internet service is risk-free. We update this notice before introducing new collection features. The review date identifies this version.