Privacy policy

Dinopedia is a palaeontology encyclopedia, available on the website and in the Android app "Dinopedia". There is no user account, no advertising and no analytics tool: we do not try to find out who you are.

Android app

The app does not collect any personal data and only requests two permissions: Internet access and network state.

Your favourites and language choice are stored on your device only; they are never sent to our servers. They are deleted when you uninstall the app.

To display content, the app queries our server (dinosciencecenter.com). It also loads images from Wikimedia Commons and map tiles from CARTO servers (OpenStreetMap data). Like any website, these services receive the device IP address and the type of application.

Website

Like any host, our hosting provider records the IP address, date and requested pages in its technical logs. We do not use these logs to identify you.

A strictly necessary session cookie remembers your language and limits the number of reports per visitor. It is removed when you close your browser. No advertising or tracking cookie is used.

To display pages, your browser loads resources hosted by third parties: Google Fonts (fonts), Tailwind CSS and unpkg (styles and map library), CARTO (map tiles) and Wikimedia Commons (images). Your browser sends them your IP address, as with any external resource.

Reports

The error report form is anonymous: only the text you enter (category and comment) is saved, with the date. Please do not include personal data.

Sources and licences

Palaeontological data comes from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0 licence). Images come from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence, shown with its author on the relevant page.

Contact

For any question about this policy or to report a problem: jcc12fr@gmail.com

This policy may change; the update date is shown at the top of this page.