01 Who we are
FishioHub.com is a freshwater aquarium resource covering fish, shrimp, snails, and aquatic plant care. The site is independently run by Anil Satak, a zoologist with a lifelong fishkeeping background. You can read more on our About Anil Satak page.
This policy covers every page on fishiohub.com. If you have any questions after reading it, our contact page reaches a real person, not a ticketing system.
02 Data we collect
We try to collect as little as possible. Here's exactly what does and doesn't happen when you visit:
| Data type | When it's collected | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Pages viewed, approximate location (country/city level), device and browser type | Automatically, on every visit, via server logs and any analytics tool we use | Understand which guides are useful and fix technical problems |
| Name and email address | Only if you submit our contact form | To reply to your message |
| Cookies set by Google AdSense and affiliate partners | While ads or affiliate links are present on the page | Ad delivery, fraud prevention, and commission tracking — see Sections 3 and 5 |
| Payment or financial information | Never | We don't sell anything directly on this site |
We do not require account creation to read any guide, and we do not sell or rent your personal information to anyone.
03 Advertising & Google AdSense
FishioHub may show ads served by Google AdSense, a third-party advertising network. This is how we keep every care guide on this site free to read.
You can opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google's Ad Settings. For users in the EEA, UK, and Switzerland, you can also review choices through aboutads.info or the Network Advertising Initiative opt-out page.
Third-party vendors, including Google, may also use cookies to serve ads based on someone's past visits to FishioHub. Ad networks we may use, now or in the future, include Google AdSense and similar Google-certified ad partners.
05 Affiliate links
Some links on FishioHub are affiliate links — most commonly through the Amazon Associates program. If you click one and make a qualifying purchase, we may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. This never changes the price you pay.
We only recommend products we've genuinely researched or used ourselves. Full details are on our Affiliate Disclaimer page. Affiliate networks set their own tracking cookies when you click through, governed by their own privacy policies (for example, Amazon's Privacy Notice).
06 Analytics
We may use an analytics tool such as Google Analytics to understand, in aggregate, which guides are most useful and where visitors come from. If and when this is active, it works similarly to AdSense: it uses cookies and collects information such as your approximate location, device type, and on-site behavior — but not your name, email, or any way to identify you personally, unless you've separately provided that to us via our contact form.
You can opt out of Google Analytics tracking across all sites using the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.
07 Contact form data
When you use our contact form, we collect your name, email address, the reason you selected, and your message. This is sent directly to our support inbox (support@fishiohub.com) so we can reply to you. We don't add you to a mailing list or share this information with advertisers.
We keep contact form submissions only as long as needed to resolve your inquiry, and generally delete older correspondence on a routine basis unless we have a legitimate reason to retain it (such as an ongoing collaboration).
09 Third parties & embedded content
Some guides may embed content from other sites (for example, a YouTube video on tank setup). Embedded content behaves exactly as if you'd visited that third-party site directly — it may set its own cookies, collect data about your interaction, and is governed by that site's own privacy policy, not ours.
10 How we share data
We share data only in these limited circumstances:
- With Google AdSense and any analytics provider, strictly to serve ads and measure traffic (see Sections 3 and 6)
- With affiliate networks, only the click-tracking data needed to credit a referral (see Section 5)
- With email or hosting service providers strictly to operate this website
- If required by law, such as a valid legal request
We do not sell personal data, and we do not share your contact form submissions with any third party for marketing purposes.
11 Data retention
Server logs are typically retained for a limited period for security and troubleshooting purposes. Contact form messages are kept only as long as reasonably needed to respond to you. Cookies set by Google AdSense, analytics, or affiliate partners follow each provider's own retention periods, which we don't control — see their respective policies linked throughout this page.
12 Your rights
Depending on where you live, you may have rights under laws like the GDPR (EU/UK) or CCPA (California) regarding your personal data, including the right to:
- Know what personal data we hold about you
- Request a copy of that data
- Request correction or deletion of that data
- Object to or restrict certain processing
- Opt out of personalized advertising (see Section 3)
To exercise any of these rights regarding data you've submitted to us directly (such as through our contact form), email support@fishiohub.com. For data held by Google or affiliate networks, you'll need to use their own privacy tools linked in Sections 3 and 6, since we don't have access to their systems.
13 Children's privacy
FishioHub is intended for a general audience interested in aquarium keeping and is not directed at children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you believe a child has provided us personal information, contact us and we will remove it.
14 Data security
We take reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect any data submitted to us, including secure hosting and access controls. However, no method of transmission over the internet is 100% secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.
15 Changes to this policy
We may update this policy as our site, tools, or legal obligations change — for example, if we add a new ad network or analytics tool. The "Last updated" date at the top of this page will always reflect the most recent revision. We encourage you to review this page occasionally.
16 Contact us
Questions about this policy, or want to exercise any of your data rights? Reach us directly:
🌐 fishiohub.com/contact-us
We read every message personally and typically reply within 24–48 hours.
08 Comments (if enabled)
If FishioHub enables comments on any guide, the comment text, your display name, and (if provided) email address are stored to display and moderate the comment. We may use an encrypted (hashed) version of your email to check whether it's associated with a Gravatar profile picture. Comments may be screened by an automated spam filter before publishing.