Last updated: 8 August 2026
Thomas Edison Biography is an independent educational website about the life, work and legacy of Thomas Alva Edison. This policy explains what information the website may collect, why it is used, and the choices available to visitors.
The website is operated by the Thomas Edison Biography editorial team. Privacy questions and requests can be sent through our Contact page.
Information we collect
Information you provide
If you use the contact form, we receive the name, email address, subject and message that you submit. We use this information only to read and respond to the enquiry, keep an appropriate record of correspondence, prevent abuse and meet legal obligations. Contact-form messages are not published.
Technical information
Like most websites, our hosting provider may record technical information in server logs. This can include an IP address, browser and device type, requested page, referring page, date and time, and diagnostic information. These records help deliver the website securely, investigate errors and prevent malicious activity.
Analytics
We may use privacy-controlled audience measurement, including Google Analytics through MonsterInsights, to understand which pages are useful and how the site performs. Where consent is required, optional analytics storage is not enabled until the visitor makes the appropriate choice. Analytics reports are used in aggregate and are not intended to identify individual readers.
Advertising
If advertising is enabled, this site may use Google AdSense. Third-party vendors, including Google, may use cookies or similar technologies to serve and measure ads. Advertising cookies may support ads based on a visitor’s previous visits to this website or other websites. Visitors can learn about and manage personalised advertising through Google’s My Ad Center and can review how Google uses information from sites that use its services in Google’s partner-sites policy.
Where required in the United Kingdom, European Economic Area or Switzerland, we use a Google-compliant consent mechanism before requesting consent-dependent advertising or analytics storage. Rejecting optional cookies does not prevent access to the site’s historical articles.
Cookies and similar technologies
Cookies are small files stored by a browser. Essential cookies may be used for security, administration, consent records and core website functions. Optional analytics or advertising cookies are used only in accordance with the choices presented to the visitor. More detail is available in our Cookie Policy.
Why we use information
Depending on the information and applicable law, processing may be based on consent, the need to respond to a request, our legitimate interests in operating a secure and useful educational publication, or a legal obligation. Our legitimate interests include maintaining security, diagnosing technical problems, measuring aggregate site performance and improving editorial usefulness without overriding visitors’ rights.
Sharing and service providers
We do not sell contact-form information. Information may be processed by companies that provide hosting, security, analytics, consent management, email delivery or advertising services. These providers process information for their stated purposes or on our instructions and may operate in other countries. We may also disclose information when reasonably necessary to comply with law, protect the website or investigate abuse.
Retention
Server logs are retained according to the hosting provider’s security and operational schedule. Contact messages are kept only as long as reasonably necessary to deal with the enquiry, maintain an appropriate correspondence record or meet legal requirements. Consent choices and analytics data follow the retention settings of the relevant service. We periodically review information that is no longer needed.
Your choices and rights
You can accept, reject or adjust optional cookie choices through the site’s consent controls and can change those choices later. Browser controls can also delete or block cookies, although blocking essential cookies may affect some site functions.
Depending on where you live, you may have rights to request access, correction, deletion, restriction, portability or objection, and to withdraw consent. To make a request, use the Contact page and provide enough detail for us to understand the request. We may need to verify that the request relates to you. You may also have the right to complain to your local data-protection authority.
Children
The site is a general historical resource and is not designed to collect personal information from children. If you believe a child has submitted personal information through the contact form, please contact us so it can be reviewed and removed where appropriate.
External links
Articles link to museums, archives, libraries and other independent websites. Their privacy practices are governed by their own policies, not this one.
Changes to this policy
We may update this policy when the website, its service providers or legal requirements change. The latest version and revision date will remain available on this page.