Last updated: July 2026
Who we are
Factory AI Atlas is an informational publication about factory AI, robotics, edge AI, automation ROI, apparel manufacturing readiness, and practical smart manufacturing decisions.
Our website address is: https://factoryaiatlas.com. The site is written and edited by Evan Lee for readers who want practical, vendor-neutral manufacturing analysis.
Information we collect
Factory AI Atlas collects only the information needed to operate, secure, measure, and improve this website. This may include:
- Information submitted through the Contact page, such as name, email address, organization, subject, message content, and page URLs included in the request.
- Technical information generated when a visitor uses the site, such as IP address, browser type, device type, operating system, referring page, pages visited, timestamps, and basic server log information.
- Cookie and similar technology data used for site functionality, analytics, security, advertising measurement, or ad personalization where applicable.
Interactive features currently enabled
Factory AI Atlas currently operates as an editorial website. Public reader discussion threads, visitor image uploads, public user profiles, and open membership accounts are not offered as regular site features. If those features are added in the future, this policy will be updated to explain the related data use.
Contact forms and reader requests
When a visitor sends a message through the Contact page, Factory AI Atlas may use the submitted information to respond, review correction notes, evaluate source suggestions, process collaboration or advertising inquiries, and manage privacy requests. Please do not submit confidential factory, buyer, supplier, employee, costing, audit, or proprietary business information through the website.
Cookies
Factory AI Atlas may use cookies or similar technologies to keep the website functioning, improve performance, understand aggregate usage, support security, and operate advertising or analytics services. Visitors can restrict or delete cookies through their browser settings, but some site features or measurement tools may not work as intended.
Advertising, Google AdSense, and third-party cookies
Factory AI Atlas may use Google AdSense or other advertising partners to support the website. Google and advertising partners may use cookies, web beacons, or similar technologies to serve ads, measure ad performance, limit repeated ads, detect invalid activity, and understand how visitors interact with this website.
Google may use advertising cookies to serve ads based on a visitor’s prior visits to this website or to other websites. Visitors can learn more about how Google uses information from sites or apps that use its services at Google’s partner sites policy. Visitors may manage ad personalization through Google Ads Settings and review Google’s broader Privacy & Terms.
Factory AI Atlas does not sell personal information and does not receive personally identifiable information from Google AdSense about individual visitors. Third-party advertising partners process data according to their own privacy policies and applicable law.
Analytics, search visibility, and site operations
Factory AI Atlas may use services such as website hosting, security tools, spam or abuse prevention, performance monitoring, Google Search Console, analytics tools, email delivery, and form processing. These providers may process technical or usage data according to their own privacy policies and terms.
Analytics information, when used, is reviewed in aggregate to understand which pages are useful, identify technical issues, improve site structure, and maintain search visibility. Factory AI Atlas does not use analytics reports to identify individual readers by name.
Embedded content and external links
Articles may link to or embed external content such as public documents, charts, videos, images, articles, standards, or social media posts. Embedded content from another website behaves as if the visitor has visited that website directly. External sites may collect data, use cookies, embed tracking, or monitor interaction under their own privacy policies.
Who we share data with
Factory AI Atlas does not sell personal information. Data may be processed by service providers needed to operate the website, including hosting, security, analytics, advertising, email, and form-processing providers. Information may also be disclosed if required for legal, security, fraud-prevention, or abuse-prevention reasons.
How long we retain data
Contact-form messages may be retained for communication, correction handling, editorial records, and site-management purposes. Server logs, security logs, analytics records, and advertising records may be retained for the period required by the relevant provider, operational need, or applicable law. Factory AI Atlas aims to keep personally identifiable information only as long as reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it was collected.
Your privacy choices
Visitors may disable cookies through browser settings, manage Google ad personalization through Google Ads Settings, and contact Factory AI Atlas to request access, correction, or deletion of personal information submitted through the website. Some information may need to be retained for administrative, legal, security, or abuse-prevention purposes.
Children’s privacy
Factory AI Atlas is intended for a general professional audience interested in manufacturing, technology, robotics, and factory operations. It is not directed to children, and the site does not knowingly collect personal information from children.
Policy updates
This Privacy Policy may be updated when site features, advertising tools, analytics services, legal requirements, or operating practices change. The date at the top of this page indicates the latest policy update.
Contact
For privacy-related questions, correction requests, or data requests, please use the Contact page. Include the page URL and the nature of your request when relevant.