Effective Date: May 7, 2026
Last Updated: May 18, 2026
Overview
This Privacy Policy describes how Hantavirus.com collects, uses,
stores, and handles information in connection with this website,
related contact email addresses, source-tip submissions, and
public-information features. Hantavirus.com is an informational
news and visualization resource, not an official public-health
authority, medical provider, emergency service, or clinical
decision-making tool. This policy applies only to information
collected by Hantavirus.com and does not apply to external
websites, public-health agencies, hosting providers, advertising
networks, analytics services, or third-party resources that may be
linked from this site.
Information We Collect
Hantavirus.com may collect information you voluntarily provide
and limited technical information that is automatically generated
when you access or interact with the website. Voluntary
information may include your name, email address, message content,
attachments, source links, local-area details, organization or
media affiliation, and any other information you choose to provide
when contacting support, inquiries, or source-tip addresses.
Automatically collected information may include IP address,
browser type, device type, operating system, approximate location
derived from server logs, pages requested, referring URL, date and
time of access, response codes, error logs, file requests,
interaction signals, and security or performance data. The site
may also use cookies, local storage, hosting logs, analytics tools,
or similar technologies to remember basic preferences, maintain
site functionality, understand aggregate usage, and protect the
website from misuse. Hantavirus.com does not request medical
records, private health information, government identification
numbers, payment card details, or emergency medical information
through this website.
How We Use Your Data
Hantavirus.com may use collected information for legitimate site,
editorial, operational, security, compliance, and business
purposes. These purposes may include operating, maintaining, and
improving the website; monitoring technical performance; detecting
and resolving broken pages, server errors, or security issues;
reviewing source tips; responding to messages; routing inquiries;
maintaining editorial review records; preventing spam, abuse,
scraping, malicious traffic, or automated misuse; evaluating which
public-information pages are useful; preserving records needed to
support site integrity; and complying with applicable legal,
regulatory, tax, accounting, or dispute-related obligations.
Information submitted by email may be retained for a reasonable
period for business, editorial, security, compliance, or legal
purposes. Hantavirus.com does not use visitor-submitted
information to provide diagnosis, treatment, emergency medical
advice, official contact tracing, quarantine decisions,
individualized medical recommendations, or public-health
determinations.
Third-Party Links
Hantavirus.com may include links, references, embedded resources,
citations, or buttons that lead to websites and services operated
by third parties, including public-health agencies, government
resources, research databases, official announcements, media
sources, hosting providers, analytics providers, advertising
networks, and other external information resources. These links
are provided for reference and convenience only. Hantavirus.com
does not control, endorse, guarantee, or assume responsibility for
the content, accuracy, availability, security, accessibility,
privacy practices, cookies, tracking technologies, advertising
practices, terms of use, or data-handling rules of any third-party
website or service. If you access a third-party site from
Hantavirus.com, your interaction with that third party is governed
by the third party's own privacy policy, cookie policy, terms, and
legal notices. You should review those policies before providing
information to any external website.
Your Consent
By accessing, browsing, submitting information to, or otherwise
using Hantavirus.com, you acknowledge that you have read and
understand this Privacy Policy and consent to the collection, use,
processing, storage, disclosure, and retention of information as
described in this policy. If you do not agree with this Privacy
Policy, you should not use the website, submit messages, send
source tips, or interact with site features. Hantavirus.com may
update, modify, or replace this Privacy Policy from time to time,
including as the site adds advertising, analytics, contact
workflows, source-review processes, security controls, or
additional public-information tools. The updated policy will be
posted on this page with a revised effective or last-updated date.
Continued use of the website after a policy update constitutes
acceptance of the revised policy to the fullest extent permitted
by applicable law.
Additional Information
Hantavirus.com may take reasonable administrative, technical, and
organizational steps designed to protect information handled by
the website, but no website, email system, server, hosting
provider, or internet transmission can be guaranteed to be
completely secure. Visitors should avoid sending sensitive medical,
financial, legal, or identification information through general
email or website contact channels. This policy is intended to
describe Hantavirus.com's general privacy practices and should be
read together with the site's data disclaimer and informational
notices.
Privacy for Persons under the Age of 13
Hantavirus.com is committed to complying fully with the Children's
Online Privacy Protection Act. You should be aware that this site
is not intended or designed to attract children under the age of
13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from any
person we actually know is a child under the age of 13. If a
parent or guardian believes that a child under 13 has provided
personal information to Hantavirus.com, the parent or guardian may
contact the site so the information can be reviewed and, where
appropriate, removed.