Privacy and Content Policy

Carbon Worlds Journal publishes research, analysis, and commentary on carbon emissions, environmental impact, and virtual world ecosystems. This page explains how we handle data from readers, contributors, and virtual world platforms, and what we expect from people who use our work.

Data Collection and User Privacy

We collect minimal visitor data. Our website logs don’t store personally identifying information by default. If you subscribe to updates or contact us directly, we keep your email address to send what you’ve requested and nothing more. We don’t sell subscriber lists, share them with third parties, or use them for marketing beyond our own publication.

Some pages use basic analytics to track traffic patterns and popular topics. These tools don’t identify you by name. If you’d rather not be tracked at all, your browser’s “do not track” setting works with our setup.

Content Licensing and Attribution

Articles, research summaries, and guides published here are available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0. You’re welcome to share, remix, and build on our work as long as you credit us and link back. If you want to republish a full piece in a journal or anthology, just ask first.

Guest contributions and submitted research remain the copyright of their authors. We ask for permission to publish and archive, but you keep ownership. If we feature virtual world screenshots or data from Second Life or similar platforms, we note the source and respect the terms of those environments.

Virtual World Data and Platform Policies

We don’t harvest or store data from virtual worlds without consent. When we analyze carbon footprint claims tied to virtual platforms or interview residents about environmental behavior in-world, we anonymize responses and follow the privacy policies of those services. We’re aware that Second Life and other platforms have their own terms around content use and avatar information, and we respect them.

If you’re a contributor or source and you’re concerned about how your information appears on this site, get in touch. We’ll work with you to adjust attribution, remove details, or clarify context.