Privacy Policy

This policy explains what openFDA Explorer ("we", "us") collects when you visit our website. We run an independent tool for browsing FDA public data — we are not part of the U.S. government.

What we collect

• Contact form: Your name, email, subject, and message when you write to us.
• Usage data: Standard web logs and analytics — pages viewed, browser type, approximate location from IP, referring site.
• API searches: Terms you type in the Explorer are forwarded to openFDA. We do not store your search history on our servers, and we never ask for health information.

How we use it

• Keep the site running and fix bugs
• Reply to messages you send through the contact form
• Understand which pages people find useful
• Show ads through partners such as Google AdSense
• Meet legal requirements when they apply

Cookies

We use cookies for basic site function and analytics. Advertising partners (including Google) may set cookies to serve ads based on your visits here and elsewhere on the web. You can turn off personalized ads at Google Ads Settings or aboutads.info.

Google AdSense

Google, as a third-party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads on this site. Google's use of advertising cookies lets it and its partners serve ads to you based on your visit here and/or other sites. See How Google uses data in advertising. Ads are not medical advice; see our Disclaimer.

Third-party data

Search results come from the public openFDA service operated by the FDA. Their privacy practices are separate from ours.

Security

We take reasonable steps to protect data we hold, but no website can guarantee perfect security.

Children

This site is not aimed at children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect their personal information.

Your choices

Depending on where you live, you may ask us to access, correct, or delete contact information we hold. Email us through the contact page.

Changes

We will post updates on this page and change the date above when we do.

Questions

Get in touch if anything here is unclear.