Effective Date: [January 6, 2026]
1. Who We Are?
Our website address is: https://patentailab.com. We are a platform dedicated to exploring the intersection of AI, offering expert analytics, software reviews, and legal guides for today’s inventors and professionals.
2. What Personal Data We Collect and Why We Collect It?
Comments:
When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
Media:
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
Contact Forms:
If you use a contact form on our site, we collect your name, email address, and the content of your message. We keep contact form submissions for customer service purposes for a certain period [e.g., 6 months], but we do not use the information submitted through them for marketing purposes unless you explicitly opt-in.
Cookies:
- Comments: If you leave a comment on our site, you may opt-in to saving your name, email address, and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
- Login: If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
- User Sessions: When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
- Editing: If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.
Analytics:
We use third-party analytics tools (such as Google Analytics) to help us understand how visitors engage with our website. These tools track information like how long you spend on the site and the pages that you visit. This data is anonymized and used strictly to improve patentailab.com.
Google AdSense & DoubleClick Cookie:
Google is a third-party vendor on our site. It uses cookies, known as DART cookies, to serve ads to our site visitors based upon their visit to patentailab.com and other sites on the internet. However, visitors may choose to decline the use of DART cookies by visiting the Google ad and content network Privacy Policy at the following URL – https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads
Advertising Partners Privacy Policies You may consult this list to find the Privacy Policy for each of the advertising partners of Patent AI Lab. Third-party ad servers or ad networks uses technologies like cookies, JavaScript, or Web Beacons that are used in their respective advertisements and links that appear on Patent AI Lab, which are sent directly to users’ browser. They automatically receive your IP address when this occurs. These technologies are used to measure the effectiveness of their advertising campaigns and/or to personalize the advertising content that you see on websites that you visit.
Note: Patent AI Lab has no access to or control over these cookies that are used by third-party advertisers.
3. Who We Share Your Data With?
We do not sell your data. However, data may be shared in the following instances:
- Spam Detection: Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
- Service Providers: We may share data with hosting partners or email service providers who assist in operating our website, strictly under confidentiality agreements.
- Password Resets: If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
4. How Long We Retain Your Data?
- Comments: If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
- Registered Users: For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
5. What Rights You Have Over Your Data?
If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
6. Where Your Data Is Sent?
Visitor comments are sent to automated spam detection services (such as Akismet) to ensure the safety of our community. Your data may be hosted on servers located outside of your home country, depending on our hosting provider’s infrastructure.
7. Contact Information
For privacy-specific concerns, you can reach us at:
- Email: patentailab@gmail.com
- Mailing Address: North Circular Rd, Thakurgaon Sadar, Thakurgaon-5100
Additional Information:
How We Protect Your Data?
We take data security seriously. We use SSL/TLS encryption (https) throughout our site to protect data transmission. Access to personal data is restricted to key personnel and is protected by strong passwords and two-factor authentication (2FA) where possible.
What Data Breach Procedures We Have in Place?
In the unlikely event of a data breach that compromises personal data, we will notify affected users and relevant supervisory authorities within 72 hours of becoming aware of the breach, in accordance with applicable laws.
What Third Parties We Receive Data From?
We may receive data about you from third parties, such as:
- Analytics providers (e.g., Google).
- Advertising networks (if applicable).
- Social media platforms (if you log in via social media).
What Automated Decision Making and/or Profiling We Do With User Data?
We do not use your personal data for automated decision-making or profiling that produces legal effects concerning you (e.g., credit scoring or automated legal advice).
Industry Regulatory Disclosure Requirements
Note: We are a publisher of information and software tools. We are not a law firm, and our data collection practices are not subject to attorney-client privilege. Using our site does not create an attorney-client relationship.
