Privacy

Privacy policy

Last updated: October 2026. This policy explains, in plain language, what information Balds collects when you visit balds.com, why, and the choices you have.

Who we are

Balds is an independent publisher of general information about hair loss at https://balds.com. Articles are drafted with AI assistance under a fixed editorial standard, described in our editorial policy. You can reach us through our contact page.

Information we collect

Information you give us

If you send a message through our contact form, we receive the name, email address, page and message you choose to provide, along with the time and your IP address, which is used to prevent spam. We use this only to handle your message. Messages are stored on our server, are not added to any mailing list, and are never sold or rented. Please don't send medical details or photographs of your scalp. We are not a medical service and can't act on them.

Information collected automatically

Like most websites, our web server and our network provider, Cloudflare, record standard request data: IP address, browser type, referring page, and the date and time of the request. This is used for security, protection against abuse, troubleshooting and understanding aggregate traffic.

Analytics

We use Google Analytics to understand how the site is used, for example how many people read a page and how they arrived. Google Analytics uses cookies and similar technology and processes data on Google's servers. We look at this data in aggregate and don't try to identify individual readers.

Advertising and cookies

This site is supported by advertising served by Google AdSense. Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to this website or other websites. Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to you based on your visit to this site and/or other sites on the internet.

You may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google's Ads Settings at adssettings.google.com. You can opt out of some other vendors' use of cookies for personalized advertising at aboutads.info. You can also block or delete cookies in your browser settings; this won't stop you from reading anything on this site.

Advertisers have no influence over our content. We don't accept payment to review, recommend or favor any treatment, product or clinic.

Links to other sites

Articles link to their sources, such as medical organizations and government health agencies. Those sites have their own privacy policies.

Your rights

If you have contacted us, you can ask for a copy of the personal data we hold about you, or ask us to delete it. Depending on where you live, you may have further rights under laws such as the GDPR or the CCPA; we honor these requests wherever you live. Use the contact page to make a request.

Children

This website is intended for adults. We don't knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you believe a child has sent us personal information, contact us and we will delete it.

Security

The site is served over an encrypted HTTPS connection. No website can promise perfect security, but we limit what we collect in the first place.

Not medical advice

Balds publishes general educational information about hair loss. It is not medical advice, not a diagnosis, and not a substitute for care from a qualified clinician who knows your history.

Changes to this policy

If this policy changes materially, we will update the date at the top of this page.