Last Updated: October 2, 2026
At Definebly, accessible from https://definebly.com, we respect your privacy and are committed to handling information responsibly. This Privacy Policy explains what information may be collected when you visit or use our website, how that information may be used or shared, and the choices that may be available to you.
By accessing or using Definebly, you acknowledge the practices described in this Privacy Policy.
1. Who We Are
Website: Definebly
Website Address: https://definebly.com
Contact Email: definebly@gmail.com
Definebly is an English-language website that publishes educational and informational content relating to word meanings, slang meanings, idioms and expressions, abbreviations and acronyms, grammar and usage, commonly confused words, spelling choices, and related language topics.
2. Information We May Collect
Depending on how you interact with Definebly, we may collect information that you voluntarily provide and information that is collected automatically when you use the Website.
Information You Provide
You may voluntarily provide information when you:
- Contact us by email
- Submit information through a contact form
- Leave a comment
- Communicate with us regarding the Website
This information may include your name, email address, message content, and any other information you choose to provide.
Information Collected Automatically
When you visit Definebly, certain technical and usage information may be automatically collected by the Website or by third-party services operating on the Website.
This may include:
- IP address
- Browser type and version
- Device type
- Operating system
- Language preferences
- Pages visited
- Links or buttons clicked
- Referring and exit pages
- Date and time of visits
- Approximate geographic information
- Website usage information
- Advertising interactions
- Cookie and similar technology information
This information may be used for website functionality, security, analytics, advertising, performance measurement, and improving the user experience.
3. How We Use Information
We may use collected information to:
- Operate and maintain Definebly
- Provide and improve website content
- Respond to questions and communications
- Improve website functionality and user experience
- Understand how visitors use the Website
- Analyze website traffic and performance
- Detect and prevent spam, fraud, abuse, and security threats
- Display and measure advertising
- Maintain website security
- Comply with applicable legal obligations
- Protect our rights, users, property, and Website
We do not use information for purposes that are materially inconsistent with this Privacy Policy without providing appropriate notice where required.
4. Cookies and Similar Technologies
Definebly may use cookies and similar technologies such as pixels, tags, web beacons, and local storage.
Cookies may be used to:
- Keep the Website functioning properly
- Remember preferences
- Support certain website features
- Analyze website traffic
- Measure website performance
- Improve user experience
- Detect fraud and abuse
- Deliver and measure advertisements
- Limit advertising frequency
- Support personalized advertising where permitted
Cookies may be placed by Definebly or by third-party service providers.
You can control or disable cookies through your browser settings. However, disabling cookies may affect certain features or functionality of the Website.
WordPress Cookies
If applicable features are enabled on Definebly, WordPress may use cookies for purposes such as comments, login sessions, preferences, and content editing.
If you leave a comment, you may choose to save your name, email address, and website in cookies for your convenience. These cookies may remain for up to one year.
If you visit a login page, a temporary cookie may be used to determine whether your browser accepts cookies. This cookie does not contain personal information and is generally removed when the browser is closed.
When you log in, cookies may be used to save login information and display preferences.
If you edit or publish content, an additional cookie may identify the post being edited. This cookie does not contain personal information and generally expires after one day.
5. Google Advertising
Definebly may use Google advertising services, including Google AdSense or other Google advertising products, to display advertisements.
Third-party vendors, including Google, may use cookies to serve advertisements based on a user’s prior visits to Definebly or other websites.
Google’s advertising cookies may allow Google and its partners to:
- Serve advertisements
- Measure advertising performance
- Improve advertising relevance
- Limit advertisement frequency
- Detect and prevent fraud and abuse
- Provide advertising and performance reports
Google explains that advertising cookies can be used to target relevant advertising, measure campaign performance, and avoid repeatedly showing advertisements that a user has already seen.
Users may manage or opt out of personalized advertising through Google Ads Settings. Users may still receive advertisements after opting out, although those advertisements may be less personalized.
Google requires publishers using its advertising products to disclose relevant data collection and technologies, including cookies, web beacons, IP addresses, and other identifiers, as well as the possibility of third-party cookies or similar technologies being used for advertising.
6. Mediavine Programmatic Advertising (Ver 1.1)
The Website works with Mediavine to manage third-party interest-based advertising appearing on the Website. Mediavine serves content and advertisements when you visit the Website, which may use first and third-party cookies. A cookie is a small text file which is sent to your computer or mobile device (referred to in this policy as a “device”) by the web server so that a website can remember some information about your browsing activity on the Website.
First party cookies are created by the website that you are visiting. A third-party cookie is frequently used in behavioral advertising and analytics and is created by a domain other than the website you are visiting. Third-party cookies, tags, pixels, beacons and other similar technologies (collectively, “Tags”) may be placed on the Website to monitor interaction with advertising content and to target and optimize advertising. You may also visit the Digital Advertising Alliance website and Network Advertising Initiative website to learn more information about interest-based advertising. You may download the AppChoices app at Digital Advertising Alliance’s AppChoices app to opt out in connection with mobile apps, or use the platform controls on your mobile device to opt out.
For specific information about Mediavine Partners, the data each collects and their data collection and privacy policies, please visit Mediavine Partners.
The Mediavine disclosure above is included in accordance with Mediavine’s published Privacy Policy requirements.
7. Consent and Privacy Choices
Privacy and advertising requirements may vary depending on your location.
Where applicable, visitors may be presented with a consent or privacy-management notice that allows them to accept, reject, or manage certain cookies, advertising technologies, analytics, or other forms of data processing.
For visitors in the European Economic Area, United Kingdom, or Switzerland, applicable consent requirements may apply to cookies, local storage, personalized advertising, and certain processing of personal information.
Google states that publishers using its advertising products must follow applicable consent requirements for users in the EEA, UK, and Switzerland.
Your available choices may depend on your location, applicable law, and the advertising or consent technologies active on the Website.
8. Comments
When visitors leave comments on Definebly, we may collect the information shown in the comments form, together with the visitor’s IP address and browser user-agent string to help detect spam and protect the Website.
An anonymized string created from your email address, also known as a hash, may be provided to the Gravatar service to determine whether you use it.
After your comment is approved, your profile picture may become publicly visible in connection with your comment if Gravatar is being used.
Gravatar is operated by a third party and its handling of information is governed by its own privacy policy.
9. Media Uploads
If image uploads are enabled on Definebly, visitors or authorized users should avoid uploading images containing embedded location information, including EXIF GPS data.
Visitors may be able to download published images and extract embedded metadata from them.
10. Embedded Content From Other Websites
Articles on Definebly may contain embedded content such as:
- Videos
- Images
- Social media posts
- Audio
- External widgets
- Other third-party content
Embedded content from other websites may behave in the same manner as if you had visited the external website directly.
Those third-party websites may collect information, use cookies, place tracking technologies, and monitor interaction with their embedded content according to their own privacy policies.
We do not control the privacy practices of third-party websites.
11. Analytics
Definebly may use analytics services to understand website traffic, content performance, visitor interactions, and technical performance.
Analytics services may collect information such as:
- Browser and device information
- Pages viewed
- Referring pages
- Website interactions
- Approximate geographic information
- Usage information
- Cookies or similar identifiers
Analytics information may be used to improve content, website performance, functionality, and user experience.
If a particular analytics service is not active on the Website, the corresponding collection described in this section does not apply to that service.
12. Contact Information and Communications
If you contact us by email or through a contact form, we may retain the information you provide in order to:
- Respond to your inquiry
- Provide assistance
- Address complaints or requests
- Maintain appropriate communication records
- Protect the Website against abuse or fraudulent communications
You can contact us at:
13. Who We Share Information With
We do not sell personal information that you directly provide to us.
Information may be processed or shared with trusted third parties where reasonably necessary to operate and maintain the Website, including:
- Website hosting providers
- Security providers
- Spam-prevention services
- Analytics providers
- Advertising networks
- Advertising technology providers
- Mediavine and applicable advertising partners
- Technical and performance providers
- Email or communication providers
- Government authorities where legally required
Third-party advertising and technology providers may independently collect information through cookies, pixels, tags, web beacons, or similar technologies.
14. How Long We Retain Your Data
We retain information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy or where retention is required for legal, security, administrative, or recordkeeping purposes.
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata may be retained for as long as reasonably necessary to operate and administer the Website, prevent spam, recognize follow-up comments, and maintain website records.
If user accounts or registration features are available, information associated with an account may be retained while the account remains active or for as long as reasonably necessary for legitimate website administration.
15. What Rights You Have Over Your Data
Depending on your location and applicable law, you may have rights regarding your personal information.
These may include the right to:
- Request access to personal information we hold about you
- Request correction of inaccurate information
- Request deletion of certain personal information
- Request restriction of certain processing
- Object to certain processing
- Request data portability where applicable
- Withdraw consent where processing is based on consent
If you have an account or have left comments, you may request an exported file of the personal information we hold about you, subject to applicable legal limitations.
You may also request deletion of personal information we hold about you, except where we are required or permitted to retain certain information for legal, administrative, security, fraud-prevention, or recordkeeping purposes.
To submit a privacy request, contact:
We may take reasonable steps to verify your identity before completing certain privacy requests.
16. Where Your Data Is Processed
Some information collected through Definebly may be processed by service providers located in countries other than the country in which you live.
These providers may include hosting, security, analytics, advertising, spam-prevention, and technical service providers.
Where required by applicable law, appropriate safeguards may apply to international transfers of personal information.
17. Data Security
We take reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational measures designed to protect information from unauthorized access, misuse, alteration, disclosure, or destruction.
However, no method of transmitting information over the internet or storing information electronically is completely secure.
Therefore, although we take reasonable precautions, we cannot guarantee absolute security.
18. Third-Party Links
Definebly may contain links to websites operated by third parties.
These links may be provided for reference, convenience, or additional information.
We are not responsible for the privacy practices, security, content, or policies of third-party websites.
We encourage visitors to review the privacy policies of external websites before providing personal information or interacting with those websites.
19. Children’s Privacy
Definebly is not intended for children under the age of 13.
We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13.
If we become aware that personal information from a child under 13 has been knowingly or unintentionally submitted to us, we will take reasonable steps to review and delete the information where appropriate and required.
Where applicable law establishes a different minimum age, the requirements of that law will apply.
20. Do Not Track Signals
Some browsers and devices provide a “Do Not Track” or similar privacy preference.
There is no universal standard for responding to all such signals, and Definebly may not respond to every browser-based Do Not Track signal.
Where applicable law requires recognition of a legally recognized universal opt-out mechanism or privacy preference signal, we will handle such signals as required by applicable law.
21. International Visitors
Definebly may be accessed by visitors from different countries.
Information collected through the Website may be processed or stored in countries other than the country where you live.
Privacy laws in those countries may differ from the laws in your jurisdiction.
Where required by applicable law, appropriate safeguards may be used for international data transfers.
22. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in:
- Website functionality
- Content and services
- Third-party providers
- Advertising technologies
- Analytics services
- Privacy requirements
- Applicable laws and regulations
- Our information practices
When changes are made, the Last Updated date at the top of this page will be updated.
We encourage visitors to review this Privacy Policy periodically.
23. Contact Us
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, your personal information, or your privacy choices, please contact us:
Definebly
Website: https://definebly.com
Email: definebly@gmail.com
We will review privacy-related requests and respond within the period required by applicable law.