Privacy Policy

Last updated: January 9, 2025

Introduction

CrowFliesDistance.com ("we," "our," or "us") is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website crowfliesdistance.com.

Information We Collect

Information You Provide

  • Contact information when you use our contact form (name, email, message)
  • City names entered in the distance calculator (not stored or associated with you)

Automatically Collected Information

  • Browser type and version
  • Operating system
  • IP address (anonymized)
  • Pages visited and time spent on pages
  • Referring website
  • Date and time of visit

How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect to:

  • Provide and maintain our distance calculation service
  • Respond to your inquiries via the contact form
  • Improve our website and user experience
  • Analyze usage patterns and trends
  • Detect and prevent technical issues

Cookies and Tracking Technologies

We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to enhance your experience on our website. These include:

  • Essential cookies: Required for the website to function properly
  • Analytics cookies: Help us understand how visitors use our website
  • Preference cookies: Remember your settings and preferences

You can control cookies through your browser settings. Note that disabling cookies may affect website functionality.

Third-Party Services

We may use third-party services that collect information for:

  • Google Analytics for website analytics
  • Google AdSense for displaying advertisements
  • Cloudflare for content delivery and security

These services have their own privacy policies governing the use of your information.

Data Security

We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your information against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. However, no method of transmission over the internet is 100% secure.

Data Retention

We retain your information only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this privacy policy, unless a longer retention period is required by law.

Your Rights

You have the right to:

  • Access the personal information we hold about you
  • Request correction of inaccurate information
  • Request deletion of your information
  • Object to our use of your information
  • Request restriction of processing
  • Data portability

Children's Privacy

Our website is not intended for children under 13 years of age. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13.

Changes to This Policy

We may update this privacy policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new privacy policy on this page and updating the "Last updated" date.

Contact Us

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us through our contact form.