Version 1.1
Effective Date: July 2026
This Privacy Policy explains how DayStalkers collects, uses, stores, protects, and shares information through its websites, the DayStalkers Bigfoot Atlas, Project Cryptanthropus, research services, account features, subscription services, and related tools collectively referred to as the “Services.”
By accessing or using the Services, you acknowledge the information practices described in this Privacy Policy.
The information collected depends upon how you use the Services.
Information you voluntarily provide may include:
When you browse or use the Services, certain technical information may be collected automatically, including:
Certain Atlas features may request access to your device location.
Your browser or device should request permission before providing precise location information. You may deny location access and use manual location entry where available.
Location information may be used to:
Precise submitted coordinates may be generalized, rounded, delayed, withheld, or replaced with an approximate location before public display.
Location precision may be reduced to protect contributors, private property, environmentally sensitive locations, ongoing investigations, and overall data integrity.
Photographs, video, audio, documents, and other uploaded files may contain embedded metadata, including creation dates, device information, and location information.
DayStalkers may retain, review, analyze, or remove available metadata when necessary for research verification, privacy protection, moderation, security, or database management.
Contributors should avoid uploading material containing personal or confidential information they do not wish to share.
Collected information may be used to:
Approved reports or portions of reports may be displayed within the Atlas or related DayStalkers research resources.
Publicly displayed information may include:
Personal contact information is not intended to be displayed publicly unless you expressly authorize its publication.
Research outputs may combine information from many reports and may not identify individual contributors.
Submitted information may undergo automated processing, manual review, or both.
Processing may include:
Atlas analytical outputs are derived from available reports, geographic information, environmental modeling, and statistical processing. They do not represent verified wildlife tracking or confirmed biological activity.
Payments may be processed through third-party payment providers.
DayStalkers may receive transaction information such as payment status, subscription status, billing period, transaction identifier, and limited customer information needed to manage access.
Payment-card information is generally provided directly to the payment processor and is subject to that provider’s privacy and security practices.
The Services may use cookies, browser storage, session storage, and similar technologies to support:
Disabling cookies or browser storage may prevent certain Services from functioning properly.
DayStalkers does not sell personal information.
Information may be shared with service providers that perform functions necessary to operate the Services, including:
These providers may process information according to their own terms, privacy policies, and contractual obligations.
Information may also be disclosed when reasonably necessary to:
Information may be retained for as long as reasonably necessary to operate the Services, maintain research records, protect database integrity, satisfy legal obligations, resolve disputes, enforce agreements, and support legitimate historical or analytical purposes.
Research submissions may be retained for extended periods because preservation of historical information is part of the purpose of the Atlas.
Account information, technical logs, support communications, and transaction records may be retained for different periods depending upon their purpose.
Information may be deleted, anonymized, generalized, archived, or restricted when it is no longer required in identifiable form.
You may contact DayStalkers to request assistance with:
DayStalkers may need to verify your identity before processing a request.
Deletion of an account does not necessarily require deletion of anonymized research records, aggregated information, legal records, transaction records, security logs, or information that must be retained for legitimate operational purposes.
Requests will be considered in light of applicable law, research integrity, contractual obligations, and the rights of other individuals.
You may:
DayStalkers uses reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational safeguards intended to protect the Services and associated information.
However, no website, online service, transmission method, database, or storage system can be guaranteed completely secure.
Users are responsible for protecting their login credentials and should notify DayStalkers if they believe an account has been accessed without authorization.
If DayStalkers determines that a security incident involving personal information requires notification under applicable law, affected individuals will be notified using available contact information and legally permitted methods.
Security incidents may also require changes to passwords, temporary access restrictions, suspension of affected features, or other protective measures.
The Services are not directed to children under 13.
DayStalkers does not knowingly collect personal information online from children under 13 without appropriate authorization.
If DayStalkers learns that personal information from a child under 13 was collected improperly, reasonable steps will be taken to remove or otherwise address the information.
A parent or legal guardian who believes a child has submitted personal information may contact DayStalkers through the contact page.
The Services may contain links to external websites, archives, mapping providers, payment services, social platforms, publications, or other third-party resources.
DayStalkers is not responsible for the privacy, security, content, or data practices of third-party websites or services.
Users should review the privacy policies of third parties before providing information to them.
The Services are operated from the United States.
If you access the Services from another country, your information may be processed and stored in the United States or other locations used by DayStalkers service providers.
By using the Services, you acknowledge that privacy and data-protection rules may differ from those in your jurisdiction.
DayStalkers may update this Privacy Policy as the Services, technology, laws, research practices, or business operations evolve.
The updated policy will be posted with a revised effective date.
Continued use of the Services after an updated policy becomes effective constitutes acknowledgment of the revised policy.
Questions or requests regarding this Privacy Policy may be submitted through the DayStalkers contact page.