Privacy Policy

MyHealthcare.com is a privacy-friendly information website. You can read everything on the site completely anonymously: for visitors who do not sign in, we collect no personal information, set no cookies, run no advertising, and use no third-party trackers or analytics. Signing in is entirely optional — if you choose to create a member account with Google, we store a small amount of account information and set a single essential login cookie, both described in the Member accounts section below. This policy explains, in plain language, exactly what does and does not happen when you read the site.

This page covers privacy only. For the limits of the health and wellness information we publish, please read our Disclaimer, and for the rules of using the site, see our Terms of Service.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction & our privacy-friendly approach
2. No personal information required to read the site
3. No tracking, no ads — and only one essential cookie
4. Member accounts (optional Google sign-in)
5. Theme preference / localStorage
6. Site search
7. Standard server logs
8. Third-party links
9. Children's privacy
10. International visitors
11. Your choices
12. Changes to this policy
13. How to contact us

Introduction & our privacy-friendly approach

MyHealthcare.com is a large, encyclopedia-style health, nutrition, and wellness reference, run by an individual operator. It publishes informational and educational articles only. It is not a service, a store, or a provider of care.

The site is AI-managed: many pages are written, compiled, or edited with the assistance of artificial intelligence, and are not reviewed by licensed medical professionals unless a page explicitly states otherwise. Nothing on the site is medical advice. For important health and safety information about how to use the content, please read our Disclaimer.

Our approach to privacy is deliberately minimal. We believe a reference site does not need to know who you are. As a result, we do not collect personal information, we do not use cookies, we do not advertise, and we do not track you across the web. The sections below describe this in detail and explain the few ordinary technical processes that do occur.

No personal information required to read the site

Reading MyHealthcare.com is completely anonymous and requires no personal information. To make this concrete, for a visitor who does not sign in, the site has:

• No mandatory registration — you never need an account to read any article.
• No contact forms.
• No newsletter, mailing list, or email subscription that captures you without your action.
• No surveys, questionnaires, or data-entry forms that capture who you are.

Unless you deliberately sign in, the site has no place to gather names, email addresses, phone numbers, or other identifying details, and it does not ask for them. If you do choose to create a member account, the limited information involved is described in Member accounts below.

No tracking, no ads — and only one essential cookie

MyHealthcare.com sets no advertising or tracking cookies, and there are no third-party cookies. Specifically, the site uses:

• No tracking technologies of any kind.
• No web beacons, tracking pixels, or similar invisible markers.
• No third-party analytics products — for example, no Google Analytics and no tag manager.
• No third-party tracking scripts.
• No third-party web fonts (so no font provider can log your visits).

The site also runs no advertising whatsoever. There are no ads and no ad networks. We do not build profiles of visitors, and we do not follow you to other websites.

The one exception is a single essential, first-party login cookie named mh_session, which is set only if you choose to sign in. It exists purely to keep you logged in and is described in Member accounts below. It is never used for tracking, advertising, or profiling. If you never sign in, no cookie is ever set.

Member accounts (optional Google sign-in)

Member accounts are a voluntary feature. You never need one to read any article. If you want to save preferences and use member features as they arrive (such as comments, subscriptions, and suggesting new articles), you can create an account by signing in with Google. Here is exactly what that involves.

How sign-in works. We use Google's standard "Sign in with Google" (OAuth 2.0). You authenticate on Google's own pages; MyHealthcare.com never sees or receives your Google password. When you approve, Google confirms your identity to us.

What we store when you have an account:

• Your email address, name, and profile picture, as provided by your Google account.
• A Google account identifier (the stable "sub" value) used to recognize you on return visits.
• An access/"security level" and role (for now, ordinary member) that will control which member features and pages you can use in the future.
• Account timestamps, such as when the account was created and when you last signed in.
• Anything you yourself later choose to save once those features launch — for example your settings, comments, subscriptions, or article suggestions.

The login cookie. When you sign in, the site sets one first-party cookie, mh_session, that keeps you logged in for up to about 90 days. It is marked Secure and HttpOnly (so it is sent only over HTTPS and cannot be read by page scripts). The cookie holds only a random token; the server stores just a one-way hashed form of it, so the raw cookie cannot be reconstructed from our database. Signing out or deleting your account removes the session immediately.

Sign-in security log. To protect accounts, the server keeps a limited security log of account events (such as sign-ins, sign-outs, and deletions) that may include the time, IP address, and browser used. This is used only for account security and is not sold or used for marketing.

What we do not do. We do not sell or rent your information, show you ads, or track you across other websites. Your account information is used only to operate your account and the member features you use.

Deleting your account. You are always in control. From your account page you can permanently delete your account and all associated data — your profile, saved settings, and any comments, subscriptions, or suggestions — from MyHealthcare.com and its database. Deletion is immediate and cannot be undone. (Signing out only ends the current session; deletion removes the data.) You can sign in again later to create a fresh account if you wish.

Theme preference / localStorage

The only thing the site stores in your browser is a small localStorage entry that remembers your chosen color theme (for example, "warm-espresso"). This exists purely so the site looks the way you prefer on your next visit.

This theme preference:

• Stays entirely on your own device.
• Is never transmitted to the server.
• Is not a cookie.
• Is not used to identify, profile, or track you in any way.

You can remove it at any time by clearing your browser's site data or local storage for MyHealthcare.com.

Site search

You can search MyHealthcare.com to find articles. A search query is used only to return matching results to you at that moment. It is not tied to any account or profile, because the site has none, and it is not used to build a record of your interests.

Standard server logs

Like virtually every website, the web server that delivers MyHealthcare.com automatically records standard technical request logs. These ordinary, hosting-level logs may include your IP address, your browser or user-agent string, the referring page, the path you requested, and a timestamp.

These logs are used only for security and to compile aggregate, non-identifying traffic statistics. Importantly, they are:

• Not linked to any cookie — there are none.
• Not used to identify individual visitors.
• Never sold or shared for marketing purposes.
• Kept only for a limited period.

This is the minimal, routine logging that a web server performs to operate and protect itself — not active data collection about you.

Third-party links

MyHealthcare.com links to external websites for reference and further reading. Those sites are operated by others, are not controlled by the operator, and have their own privacy practices. When you follow a link away from MyHealthcare.com, this policy no longer applies, and we encourage you to review the privacy policy of any site you visit.

Children's privacy

MyHealthcare.com is a general-audience reference site and is not directed to children (for example, those under 13 or 16). The site does not knowingly collect personal information from children. In practice it does not collect personal information from anyone, regardless of age.

International visitors

MyHealthcare.com can be read from anywhere. The site is operated from the operator's jurisdiction, and any standard server logs are processed there. Because the site collects no personal information and sets no cookies, visiting from another region does not result in personal data being gathered about you.

Your choices

For anonymous reading, MyHealthcare.com sets no cookies and collects no personal data, so there is very little to manage. You remain fully in control:

• You can browse the entire site without ever signing in.
• You can clear the on-device theme preference at any time by clearing your browser's local storage or site data.
• If you created an account, you can sign out at any time, or permanently delete your account and all its data from your account page (see Member accounts).
• You can use your browser's privacy controls and settings as you see fit.

If you have any privacy question or request, you may reach the operator using the contact options available on MyHealthcare.com.

Changes to this policy

This policy may be updated from time to time, for example to reflect changes in how the site operates or to make the wording clearer. When it changes, the "Last updated" date shown on this page will change as well. We encourage you to review this page periodically so you stay aware of our privacy practices.

How to contact us

If you have a question or request about privacy, please use the contact options available on MyHealthcare.com. All inquiries should be made through the website. For related information, see our Disclaimer and Terms of Service.