Introduction
Welcome to the Groundhog Scroll Privacy Policy. This policy explains how we collect, use, and protect your personal information when you visit our website.
At Groundhog Scroll, we respect your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal data. We believe in transparency about how we use your information to create a unique psychological web experience.
The loop remembers, but respects your privacy.
Information We Collect
When you visit Groundhog Scroll, we may collect the following types of information:
Automatically Collected Information
- Usage Data: Information about how you interact with our website, including pages visited, time spent, interactions with challenges and features, and scroll patterns.
- Device Information: Browser type, operating system, device type, and screen resolution.
- IP Address: Your IP address is collected but anonymized for analytics purposes.
- Cookies and Local Storage: See our Cookie Policy for detailed information.
Voluntarily Provided Information
- Contact Information: If you use our contact form, we collect your name and email address.
- Social Sharing: If you share the experience, we may receive information about your social media profiles.
How We Use Your Information
We use the information we collect for the following purposes:
- To Provide the Experience: Your data helps us create and maintain the time loop experience, including saving your progress, challenges completed, and customizing content variations.
- To Improve the Website: We analyze visitor behavior to enhance the psychological experiment and fix technical issues.
- To Communicate With You: If you contact us, we use your information to respond to your inquiries.
- For Research Purposes: Anonymized behavioral data may be used for psychological research on digital perception and user engagement.
We do not use your data for targeted advertising or sell your information to third parties.
Data Retention
We retain your data for different periods depending on its purpose:
- Experience Data: Information about your progress and interactions with the loop is stored in your browser's localStorage and retained for up to 1 year.
- Analytics Data: We keep usage data for 14 months to understand long-term patterns in visitor behavior.
- Contact Information: If you contact us, we retain your information for up to 1 year after our last communication.
You can request deletion of your data at any time by contacting us.
Data Sharing and Third Parties
We may share your data with the following third parties:
- Analytics Providers: We use Google Analytics to understand user behavior. Google's privacy policy can be found here.
- Hosting Services: Our website is hosted on secure servers provided by reputable hosting companies.
- Research Partners: Anonymized behavioral data may be shared with academic research partners studying digital psychology.
We have agreements with these third parties to ensure they protect your data in accordance with applicable laws.
Your Rights
Depending on your location, you may have the following rights regarding your personal data:
- Right to Access: You can request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
- Right to Rectification: You can ask us to correct inaccurate data or complete incomplete data.
- Right to Erasure: You can ask us to delete your personal data in certain circumstances.
- Right to Restrict Processing: You can ask us to limit how we use your data.
- Right to Data Portability: You can ask for your data in a machine-readable format.
- Right to Object: You can object to our processing of your data in certain circumstances.
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the information provided at the end of this policy.
Children's Privacy
Groundhog Scroll is not intended for children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you are a parent or guardian and believe your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us, and we will delete such information.
Security
We take reasonable measures to protect your personal information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. However, no method of transmission over the internet or electronic storage is 100% secure, so we cannot guarantee absolute security.
Changes to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or for legal, operational, or regulatory reasons. When we do, we will update the "Last Updated" date at the bottom of this page.
We encourage you to review this policy periodically to stay informed about how we protect your personal information.
Last Updated: March 12, 2025
Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact us at:
Email: privacy@groundhogscroll.com
Or visit our Contact Page
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