Privacy Policy

Effective Date: July 5, 2026

This Privacy Policy describes how Light Reference (https://www.lightreference.com) collects, uses, and shares information when you use our website and tools.

1) What We Collect

We do not require user accounts to use Light Reference. Depending on how you interact with the website, we and our service providers may process the following information:

  • Usage and device data such as pages visited, interactions, time on page, referrer, IP address, browser, operating system, and screen size.
  • Cookies and similar identifiers used for analytics, site performance, and advertising.
  • Server and event logs used for debugging, security, fraud prevention, and abuse prevention.
  • Information you voluntarily provide, if available through a contact form, email signup, feedback form, or another feature on the site.

2) Cookies & Similar Technologies

We use cookies, local storage, pixels, and similar technologies to remember preferences, understand how the site is used, measure performance, and support advertising where enabled.

You can control cookies through your browser settings and, where available, through the consent choices shown on the website.

3) Analytics

We use analytics services, such as Google Analytics, to measure traffic and usage. These services may collect IP address, device information, cookie identifiers, and usage data to help us understand how visitors use the site and improve features and content.

You can use browser settings to block cookies. For Google Analytics, you may also use the Google Analytics Opt-out Add-on.

4) Advertising (Google AdSense)

We may display advertisements through Google AdSense. Third-party vendors, including Google, may use cookies or similar technologies to serve ads based on visits to this website and/or other websites.

Google may use advertising cookies to provide personalized or non-personalized ads, depending on your location, consent choices, browser settings, and Google account settings.

You can manage ad personalization in Google Ads Settings and learn more at Google’s advertising technologies page.

In regions where consent is required, such as the EEA, United Kingdom, and certain United States jurisdictions, we provide consent controls for applicable analytics and advertising technologies.

5) User-Provided Data for Google Measurement and Advertising

If you voluntarily provide contact information to us through a form, newsletter signup, email interaction, or another website feature, we may use that information in connection with Google measurement or advertising features where enabled.

This may include Google Analytics user-provided data collection, enhanced conversions, conversion measurement, reporting, audience creation, and advertising personalization.

Before eligible identifying information such as an email address, phone number, name, or street address is sent to Google through these features, it is hashed using the SHA-256 algorithm. Hashing is a one-way process intended to help protect the original information.

We use only first-party information that you provide directly to us. We do not intentionally send unhashed email addresses, phone numbers, names, or street addresses to Google through these user-provided data features.

Where required by applicable law, we obtain consent before collecting, sharing, or using user-provided information for measurement, advertising, audience, personalization, reporting, or cross-session and cross-device association purposes.

Consent for user-provided data features may be separate from your choices regarding analytics and advertising cookies.

6) How We Use Information

  • Provide, operate, maintain, and secure the website and tools.
  • Measure, debug, and improve features, content, and performance.
  • Understand visitor interactions and site usage trends.
  • Show advertising where enabled and prevent fraud or abuse.
  • Comply with legal obligations and enforce our rights.

7) Sharing

We may share information with service providers that help operate the website, such as hosting providers, analytics providers, security providers, and advertising partners.

We may also disclose information when required by law, to respond to valid legal requests, protect the rights and safety of Light Reference, users, or the public, or investigate fraud, abuse, or security incidents.

We do not sell personal information for money. However, depending on applicable law and how advertising technologies operate, certain disclosures to advertising or analytics providers may be considered “sharing” for cross-context behavioral advertising purposes.

8) Data Retention

We retain analytics, cookie, event, and server-log data for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this Policy, subject to provider settings, legal requirements, security needs, and operational needs.

We may delete, aggregate, anonymize, or otherwise de-identify data when it is no longer needed.

9) Your Choices & Regional Rights

Consent controls: Where required, you may accept, reject, or adjust analytics and advertising preferences through a consent banner or similar controls on the website.

Browser controls: You can block, delete, or limit cookies through your browser settings.

Google controls: You may manage Google ad personalization through Google Ads Settings and opt out of certain Google Analytics tracking through the Google Analytics Opt-out Add-on.

GDPR/UK rights: Where applicable, you may request access, correction, deletion, restriction, portability, or object to certain processing of your personal information.

California privacy rights: California residents may have rights to request access to, correction of, or deletion of certain personal information, and may have the right to opt out of certain sharing for cross-context behavioral advertising.

To exercise applicable rights or withdraw consent, contact us at support@queuedevelop.com. We may need to verify your request before completing it.

10) International Transfers

Our service providers may process information in countries outside your own. Where required, we rely on appropriate safeguards, such as standard contractual clauses or similar legal transfer mechanisms provided by those vendors.

11) Children’s Privacy

Light Reference is not directed to children under 13, or the minimum age required by applicable local law. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children.

12) Security

We use reasonable technical and organizational safeguards designed to protect information. However, no transmission or storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure.

13) Do Not Track

Some browsers offer a “Do Not Track” setting. Because there is no universally accepted industry standard for responding to these signals, the website does not currently respond to Do Not Track signals.

14) Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy to reflect changes to our practices, services, legal obligations, or operational needs. When we make changes, we will update the effective date at the top of this page.

15) Contact

Questions, privacy requests, or concerns may be sent to support@queuedevelop.com.

This Privacy Policy is provided for transparency and general informational purposes. It is not legal advice.