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Get to Mars is a content site, not a data business. We collect as little as possible, we do not sell your data, and we do not run advertising trackers. This page explains what that means in practice.

Updated: July 13, 2026 · Your privacy

Mars seen from orbit with the Valles Marineris canyon stretching across the disk
Get to Mars is a content site about Mars — not a data business. NASA/JPL/USGS
Contents
  1. What we collect
  2. Cookies
  3. Service providers
  4. Your rights & retention
  5. Contact & changes

01What we collect

You can read the whole site without an account, and we do not ask you to log in or hand over personal details to do so. We do not build advertising profiles or track you across other websites.

  • Aggregate analytics — page views and general traffic patterns, measured in a privacy-respecting way that does not identify you individually.
  • Server and CDN logs — our host and content-delivery network record standard technical data such as IP address, browser type and the page requested, for security and reliability.
  • Messages you send us — if you email us, we keep your message and address to reply and to handle any correction or request.

02Cookies

We do not use advertising or cross-site tracking cookies. The only cookie the site needs is a session cookie for our own staff when they sign in to the content system at /admin — it is never set for ordinary readers. Any analytics we use is configured to work without identifying you.

03Service providers

We rely on a small number of infrastructure providers to deliver the site. They process technical data only as needed to run their service, under their own privacy terms:

  • Cloudflare — content delivery, security and DNS.
  • DigitalOcean — server hosting and image storage (Spaces).

04Your rights & retention

Depending on where you live, you may have the right to access, correct or delete the personal data we hold about you, or to object to its processing. Because we collect so little, this usually just means any email correspondence. To make a request, contact us at the address below and we will respond.

We keep technical logs only for as long as they are useful for security and troubleshooting, and email correspondence for as long as needed to handle the matter it concerns.

05Contact & changes

For any privacy question or request, email [email protected]. If we change this policy, we will update the date at the top of the page; material changes will be noted here.