Privacy Policy

Last updated: October 13, 2026

The Haunted Atlas (“we,” “our,” or “us”) respects your privacy. This policy explains what information we collect when you visit thehauntedatlas.org and how we use it.

What we collect

When you visit our site, we automatically collect certain information through Google Analytics, including the pages you view, how long you spend on the site, your approximate location (city level), and your device/browser type. We use this to understand what readers enjoy so we can write more of it. Google Analytics uses cookies to do this. You can opt out of Google Analytics entirely with the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.

If you join our email list, we collect your email address (and your first name, if you provide it) through our email provider, Kit. We use it only to send you new investigations. You can unsubscribe at any time with the link at the bottom of every email, and we will stop emailing you.

If you contact us, we receive whatever you send us — your email address and message — and use it only to reply.

Advertising

We use Google AdSense to serve advertisements on this site. Google and its partners use cookies (including the DoubleClick cookie) to serve ads based on your prior visits to this site and other sites across the web. You can opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google’s Ad Settings. You can also learn more about how Google uses data from sites that use its services at Google’s Privacy & Terms page.

Cookies

This site uses cookies for basic site functions, analytics, and advertising as described above. You can control or delete cookies through your browser settings; disabling cookies may affect how the site works.

How we share information

We do not sell your personal information. We share information only with the service providers that operate this site’s analytics, email list, and advertising (described above), and only as needed for them to perform those functions.

Your rights

Depending on where you live, you may have the right to request a copy of the personal information we hold about you, or to ask us to delete it. Contact us at thehauntedatlas.org@gmail.com and we will respond to reasonable requests.

Children

This site is not directed at children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect information from children under 13.

Changes

If we change this policy, we will post the updated version on this page and update the date above.

Contact

Questions about this policy: thehauntedatlas.org@gmail.com