Privacy Policy
Last Updated: 09 September 2025
1. Introduction
Welcome to Science Codons (accessible from https://sciencecodons.com/). One of our main priorities is the privacy of our visitors. This Privacy Policy outlines the types of information we collect and record, how we use it, and the steps we take to protect your personal data in compliance with the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018.
By using our website, you hereby consent to our Privacy Policy and agree to its terms. For the purpose of the UK GDPR, the data controller is Science Codons. If you have additional questions or require more information about our Privacy Policy, please contact us via email at: [email protected].
2. Information We Collect
We collect several types of information for various purposes to provide and improve our service to you.
- Personal Data You Provide:
- Comments: When you leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, your IP address, and browser user agent string to help with spam detection. An anonymized string created from your email address (a “hash”) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. After approval of your comment, your profile picture may be visible to the public in the context of your comment.
- Subscriptions & Contact Forms: When you voluntarily subscribe to our newsletter or fill out a contact form, you provide us with personal information such as your Name and Email address. This information is used to send you information, respond to inquiries, and, if you opt-in, for marketing purposes.
- Information Collected Automatically:
- Log Files: Science Codons follows a standard procedure of using log files. This information includes your Internet Protocol (IP) address, browser type, Internet Service Provider (ISP), date and time stamp, referring/exit pages, and possibly the number of clicks. This data is not linked to any personally identifiable information and is used for analyzing trends, administering the site, and tracking user movement.
- Cookies and Tracking Data: We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track activity on our website. This includes cookies for comments, login sessions, and affiliate marketing. For more details, please see Section 5.
- Media: If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
Types of cookies we use
Necessary
Necessary cookies are required to enable the basic features of this site, such as providing secure log-in or adjusting your consent preferences. These cookies do not store any personally identifiable data.
| Cookie | Duration | Description |
|---|---|---|
| cookieyes-consent | 1 year | CookieYes sets this cookie to remember users’ consent preferences so that their preferences are respected on subsequent visits to this site. It does not collect or store any personal information about the site visitors. |
| euconsent | 1 year | CookieYes sets this cookie to store data when IAB TCF is enabled. |
| rc::h | Never Expires | This cookie is set by the Google recaptcha service to identify bots to protect the website against malicious spam attacks. |
| wpEmojiSettingsSupports | session | WordPress sets this cookie when a user interacts with emojis on a WordPress site. It helps determine if the user’s browser can display emojis properly. |
| rc::e | session | This cookie is set by the Google recaptcha service to identify bots to protect the website against malicious spam attacks. |
| __cf_bm | 1 hour | This cookie, set by Cloudflare, is used to support Cloudflare Bot Management. |
| VISITOR_PRIVACY_METADATA | 6 months | YouTube sets this cookie to store the user’s cookie consent state for the current domain. |
| __Secure-ENID | 1 year 1 month | The __Secure-ENID cookie is a type of secure cookie used for authentication and to ensure the security of user sessions. |
Functional
Functional cookies help perform certain functionalities like sharing the content of the website on social media platforms, collecting feedback, and other third-party features.
| Cookie | Duration | Description |
|---|---|---|
| VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE | 6 months | A cookie set by YouTube to measure bandwidth that determines whether the user gets the new or old player interface. |
| yt-remote-connected-devices | Never Expires | YouTube sets this cookie to store the user’s video preferences using embedded YouTube videos. |
| ytidb::LAST_RESULT_ENTRY_KEY | Never Expires | The cookie ytidb::LAST_RESULT_ENTRY_KEY is used by YouTube to store the last search result entry that was clicked by the user. This information is used to improve the user experience by providing more relevant search results in the future. |
| yt-remote-device-id | Never Expires | YouTube sets this cookie to store the user’s video preferences using embedded YouTube videos. |
| yt-remote-session-name | session | The yt-remote-session-name cookie is used by YouTube to store the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video. |
| yt-remote-fast-check-period | session | The yt-remote-fast-check-period cookie is used by YouTube to store the user’s video player preferences for embedded YouTube videos. |
| yt-remote-session-app | session | The yt-remote-session-app cookie is used by YouTube to store user preferences and information about the interface of the embedded YouTube video player. |
| yt-remote-cast-available | session | The yt-remote-cast-available cookie is used to store the user’s preferences regarding whether casting is available on their YouTube video player. |
| yt-remote-cast-installed | session | The yt-remote-cast-installed cookie is used to store the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video. |
Analytics
Analytical cookies are used to understand how visitors interact with the website. These cookies help provide information on metrics such as the number of visitors, bounce rate, traffic source, etc.
| Cookie | Duration | Description |
|---|---|---|
| _ga | 1 year 1 month 4 days | Google Analytics sets this cookie to calculate visitor, session and campaign data and track site usage for the site’s analytics report. The cookie stores information anonymously and assigns a randomly generated number to recognise unique visitors. |
| _ga_* | 1 year 1 month 4 days | Google Analytics sets this cookie to store and count page views. |
| YSC | session | YSC cookie is set by Youtube and is used to track the views of embedded videos on Youtube pages. |
| AEC | 6 months | AEC cookies are used to ensure user data remains consistent during an Analytics session. |
Advertisement
Advertisement cookies are used to provide visitors with customised advertisements based on the pages you visited previously and to analyse the effectiveness of the ad campaigns.
| Cookie | Duration | Description |
|---|---|---|
| test_cookie | 15 minutes | doubleclick.net sets this cookie to determine if the user’s browser supports cookies. |
| yt.innertube::nextId | Never Expires | YouTube sets this cookie to register a unique ID to store data on what videos from YouTube the user has seen. |
| yt.innertube::requests | Never Expires | YouTube sets this cookie to register a unique ID to store data on what videos from YouTube the user has seen. |
Uncategorised
Other uncategorised cookies are those that are being analysed and have not been classified into a category as yet.
| Cookie | Duration | Description |
|---|---|---|
| __Secure-YNID | 6 months | Description is currently not available. |
| __Secure-ROLLOUT_TOKEN | 6 months | Description is currently not available. |
| __Secure-YEC | past | Description is currently not available. |
| TESTCOOKIESENABLED | 1 minute | Description is currently not available. |
| _cfms_willow | session | Description is currently not available. |
Manage cookie preferences
You can modify your cookie settings anytime by clicking the ‘Consent Preferences’ button above. This will allow you to revisit the cookie consent banner and update your preferences or withdraw your consent immediately.
Additionally, different browsers offer various methods to block and delete cookies used by websites. You can adjust your browser settings to block or delete cookies. Below are links to support documents on how to manage and delete cookies in major web browsers.
- Chrome: https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/32050
- Safari: https://support.apple.com/en-in/guide/safari/sfri11471/mac
- Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/clear-cookies-and-site-data-firefox?redirectslug=delete-cookies-remove-info-websites-stored&redirectlocale=en-US
- Internet Explorer: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/how-to-delete-cookie-files-in-internet-explorer-bca9446f-d873-78de-77ba-d42645fa52fc
If you are using a different web browser, please refer to its official support documentation.
3. How We Use Your Information
We use the collected data for various purposes:
- To provide, operate, and maintain our website.
- To improve, personalize, and expand our website’s content and user experience.
- To understand and analyze how you use our website.
- To communicate with you for customer service, updates, and marketing purposes (if you have opted-in).
- To display relevant advertisements and measure their effectiveness.
- To find and prevent fraud and ensure the security of our website.
- To comply with our legal obligations.
4. Legal Basis for Processing Personal Data under UK GDPR
Our legal basis for collecting and using the personal information described in this Privacy Policy depends on the specific context. We process your Personal Data because:
- You have given us your explicit consent to do so.
- The processing is in our legitimate interests (e.g., for analytics and security), and it is not overridden by your rights.
- To comply with the law.
5. Cookies, Web Beacons, and Tracking
Our website uses ‘cookies’—small text files stored on your device—to enhance your experience.
- How We Use Cookies: We use cookies to remember your settings, manage login sessions, and store preferences (e.g., if you opt-in to save your name in a comment form). If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie indicating the post ID will be saved in your browser.
- Affiliate Marketing: The website may engage in affiliate marketing, which uses tracking links. If you click on an affiliate link, a cookie will be placed on your browser to track any sales for commission purposes.
- Managing Cookies: You can change your browser’s settings to block or delete cookies. To learn more about managing cookies, visit www.allaboutcookies.org. Please note that disabling cookies may affect your experience on our site.
6. Google AdSense and Third-Party Advertising
This website uses Google AdSense, an advertising service provided by Google Inc. (“Google”).
- Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies (such as the DoubleClick DART cookie) to serve ads based on your prior visits to our website and other sites on the internet.
- This enables Google and its partners to serve personalized, interest-based advertisements. This process uses “non-personally identifiable information” and does NOT track personal information like your name, physical address, or bank account numbers.
- You may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google’s Ad Settings: https://www.google.com/settings/ads.
- Alternatively, you can opt out of other third-party vendors’ use of cookies for personalized advertising by visiting www.aboutads.info/choices.
7. Data Security and Retention
- How We Protect Your Data: We use regular malware scanning and other security measures to maintain the safety of your personal information. We implement a variety of security features to prevent unauthorized access.
- How Long We Retain Your Data: If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This allows us to recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically. For registered users (if any), we store the personal information they provide in their user profile, which they can edit at any time.
8. Your Data Protection Rights under UK GDPR
Under UK data protection law, you have the following rights over your personal data:
- The right to access: You have the right to request copies of your personal data.
- The right to rectification: You have the right to request that we correct or complete any information you believe is inaccurate or incomplete.
- The right to erasure: You have the right to request that we erase your personal data, under certain conditions.
- The right to restrict processing: You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
- The right to object to processing: You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
- The right to data portability: You have the right to request that we transfer the data we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at [email protected]. We will respond to your request within one month.
9. Additional Information
- Embedded Content: Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, articles). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if you have visited the other website, which may collect data about you or use cookies.
- Third-Party Links: Our website may contain links to other sites. We are not responsible for the content or privacy practices of these external sites.
- Children’s Information: Our website is not intended for children under the age of 16. We do not knowingly collect personal data from children under 16. If you believe your child has provided such information, please contact us for its immediate removal.
10. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new policy on this page. You are advised to review this page periodically for any changes.
11. Contact Us
If you have any questions or suggestions about our Privacy Policy, do not hesitate to contact us.
- Email: [email protected]