Privacy Policy

Last updated: June 18, 2026

This Privacy Policy describes how electerm ("we", "us", or "our") collects, uses, and shares information when you visit electerm.org (the "Website").

1. Information We Collect

1.1 Automatically Collected Information

When you visit our Website, we automatically collect certain information through cookies and similar technologies, including:

IP address
Browser type and version
Operating system
Pages visited and time spent on pages
Referring website addresses
Device identifiers

1.2 Cookies and Similar Technologies

We use the following types of cookies:

Type	Purpose	Duration
Essential Cookies	Required for the Website to function properly	Session
Analytics Cookies (Google Analytics)	To understand how visitors use our Website	Up to 2 years
Advertising Cookies (Google AdSense)	To serve relevant advertisements	Up to 2 years

2. How We Use Your Information

We use the collected information to:

Operate and maintain the Website
Analyze Website traffic and usage patterns
Serve relevant advertisements through Google AdSense
Improve user experience
Comply with legal obligations

3. Google Services

3.1 Google Analytics

We use Google Analytics to analyze the use of our Website. Google Analytics gathers information about Website use by means of cookies. The information gathered is used to create reports about the use of our Website.

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

3.2 Google AdSense

We use Google AdSense to serve advertisements on our Website. Google AdSense uses cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to our Website or other websites.

Google uses advertising technologies (such as cookies) to serve ads on our Website. Google may use your IP address and other identifiers to:

Serve personalized or non-personalized ads
Measure ad effectiveness
Prevent fraud and abuse

Starting August 3, 2026, Google will use IP addresses for ad measurement and personalization in the European Economic Area (EEA), United Kingdom, and Switzerland, utilizing privacy-enhancing technologies (PETs) such as on-device processing, trusted execution environments, and secure multi-party computation.

For more information about how Google uses data when you use our Website, visit: https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites

4. Your Rights (EEA, UK, and Switzerland)

If you are located in the EEA, UK, or Switzerland, you have the following rights under applicable data protection laws:

Right to Access: You can request a copy of your personal data
Right to Rectification: You can request correction of inaccurate data
Right to Erasure: You can request deletion of your personal data
Right to Restrict Processing: You can request that we limit how we use your data
Right to Data Portability: You can request a copy of your data in a machine-readable format
Right to Object: You can object to the processing of your personal data
Right to Withdraw Consent: You can withdraw your consent at any time

5. Consent and Cookie Choices

When you first visit our Website, you will be presented with a cookie consent banner. You can:

Accept all cookies: Enable all cookies including analytics and advertising
Reject non-essential cookies: Only essential cookies will be used; personalized ads will be disabled

You can change your preferences at any time by clearing your browser cookies and revisiting the Website.

6. Legal Basis for Processing (EEA, UK, and Switzerland)

We process your personal data based on:

Consent: For analytics and advertising cookies (you can withdraw consent at any time)
Legitimate Interests: For operating and securing our Website

7. Data Retention

Analytics data collected by Google Analytics is retained for 26 months. Cookie consent preferences are stored locally in your browser.

8. Third-Party Links

Our Website contains links to third-party websites (e.g., GitHub, SourceForge). We are not responsible for the privacy practices of these websites.

9. Children's Privacy

Our Website is not directed to children under 16. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children.

10. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the "Last updated" date.

11. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us: