Privacy Policy for FireworksFallout.com

Effective Date: June 11, 2025

1. Introduction

Welcome to FireworksFallout.com ("we," "us," or "our"). We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting it. This Privacy Policy outlines our practices concerning the collection, use, and disclosure of your information when you use our website and the Fireworks Fallout Zone Calculator (the "Service").

2. Information We Collect

We collect information in the following ways:

• Location Information: When you use our calculator, we access your browser’s location services (with your permission) to determine your current geographical position. This information is used in real-time solely to calculate and display the relevant safety zone data on the map within your current session. We do not store your specific location data on our servers or associate it with any personally identifiable information.
• Usage Data (via Google Analytics): We use Google Analytics to collect information about how you interact with our Service. This includes data such as your IP address (often anonymized), browser type, operating system, referring URLs, pages viewed, and the dates/times of your visits. This information is aggregated and helps us understand how our Service is being used so we can improve it. For more information on Google Analytics, please see the "Third-Party Services" section.
• Personal Information (via Forms): If you choose to sign up for updates or contact us through a form, we collect the personal information you provide, such as your name and email address, via our third-party form provider, Zoho Forms.
• Cookies and Tracking Technologies:
  We, FireworksFallout.com, do not set first-party cookies directly.
  However, our third-party partners, such as Google, Zoho, and Amazon, may use cookies, web beacons, and similar tracking technologies to collect information about your Browse activities over time and across different websites. This is used to provide map functionality, analytics, personalized advertisements, and affiliate tracking. Please refer to the "Third-Party Services" section for more details.

3. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect for purposes including:

• To provide, operate, and maintain our Service (e.g., using your location to calculate fallout zones).
• To improve, personalize, and expand our Service by understanding how users interact with it (via aggregated analytics).
• To display advertisements (via Google AdSense) that may be relevant to you.
• To provide links to potentially relevant products (via Amazon Affiliate links).
• To communicate with you, including responding to your inquiries and sending you updates if you have subscribed.

4. Third-Party Services

Our Service uses various third-party services. These services have their own privacy policies governing how they collect and use your data:

• Google (Maps, Places, AdSense, Analytics): Used for map functionality, location services, displaying ads, and website analytics.
  • Google Privacy Policy
• Zoho (PageSense, Forms): Used for website analytics and for providing our "Sign Up for Updates" form. When you submit information through our signup form, your data is processed by Zoho.
  • Zoho Privacy Policy
• Amazon Associates Program: We participate in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program. As an Amazon Associate, we earn from qualifying purchases.
  • Amazon Associates Program Operating Agreement
• Payment Processors (e.g., Stripe, PayPal via Buy Me a Coffee or Zoho Checkout): To process voluntary donations, we use third-party payment processors. These services will collect payment information directly from you. We do not store or have access to your full credit card information.
  • Stripe Privacy Policy
  • PayPal Privacy Policy

We do not control these third-party services or their data collection practices. We encourage you to review their privacy policies.

5. Your Choices and Opt-Outs

• Location Services: You can control location access through your browser settings.
• Personalized Advertising: You can manage or opt out of personalized ads via Google’s Ad Settings and other industry opt-out programs like the Digital Advertising Alliance (DAA) opt-out tool.
• Google Analytics: You can opt-out by installing the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on.
• Cookies: Most web browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings preferences.

6. Your Data Protection Rights (GDPR & CCPA)

Depending on your location, you may have the following rights regarding your personal information:

• The right to access – You have the right to request copies of your personal data.
• The right to rectification – You have the right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate or complete information you believe is incomplete.
• The right to erasure (“right to be forgotten”) – You have the right to request that we erase your personal data, under certain conditions.
• The right to restrict processing – You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
• The right to object to processing – You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
• The right to data portability – You have the right to request that we transfer the data that we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.

If you are a California resident, you have specific rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), including the right to know what personal information is being collected and the right to opt-out of the "sale" of your personal information.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at our contact email provided below. We will respond to your request within a reasonable timeframe and in accordance with applicable laws.

7. Data Retention

We retain personal information we collect from you only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. Aggregated and anonymized analytics data may be retained for longer periods.

8. International Data Transfers

Your information, including personal data, may be transferred to — and maintained on — computers located outside of your state, province, country, or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ from those from your jurisdiction. Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by your submission of such information represents your agreement to that transfer.

9. Children's Privacy

Our Service is not directed to individuals under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us.

10. Data Security

We take reasonable measures to help protect information about you from loss, theft, misuse, and unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, and destruction. However, no internet transmission or electronic storage is ever completely secure, so we cannot guarantee absolute security.

11. Changes to This Privacy 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 "Effective Date" at the top. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes.

12. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at: privacy@fireworksfallout.com