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Privacy & Data Notes

The PolarHole Lab website is a fictional research platform designed to illustrate front-end structure, text hierarchy and user-data logic in a creative way. No actual field measurements or personal analytics are collected here. Still, the site follows the general ethics of data handling used in real laboratory environments.

1. What we record

The site keeps minimal technical traces — standard web logs generated by your browser (IP, device type, page order and time spent). These logs exist only to check how stable the interface performs under various screen conditions.

None of the interactive “notes” or “session cards” shown in the demo store real user input. Every click is a simulation of research behaviour rather than a submission form.

2. Cookies & simulations

The project does not use tracking cookies, advertisement pixels or analytics frameworks. One small temporary cookie may appear when you switch between light and dark interface modes — this preference fades after the browser session ends.

3. Experimental accounts

If at any stage the site offers fictional “user logins” for demo purposes, those are purely illustrative. The passwords and names are placeholders, recycled each time the page refreshes.

4. Data removal & contact

As no personal data is permanently stored, removal requests are rarely necessary. However, if you have concerns or find unexpected data in our hosting logs, please contact the curator team at polarhole@gmail.com and we will investigate immediately.

5. Updates to this note

Privacy notes may evolve as the design improves. Any adjustments will appear directly on this page — we don’t maintain silent revisions.

PHL PolarHole Lab

PolarHole Lab is a fictional under-ice experiment hub created as a design and coding exercise. Use it as inspiration for your own data driven ice fishing logs.

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