Privacy Policy

1. Introduction

Welcome to Spaceflight Tracker ("we", "our", or "us"). We are committed to protecting your personal information and your right to privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and share information when you visit spaceflight-tracker.com.

By using our website, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy.

2. Information We Collect

We collect information in the following ways:

• Usage Data: We automatically collect information about how you interact with our website, including your IP address, browser type, pages visited, time spent on pages, and referring URLs.
• Cookies: We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track activity on our website and hold certain information to improve your experience.
• Analytics Data: We use Google Analytics to understand how visitors use our site. This collects anonymized data about page views, session duration, and user behavior.

3. How We Use Your Information

We use the collected information to:

• Provide and maintain our website and services
• Analyze usage patterns to improve content and user experience
• Display relevant advertisements through Google AdSense
• Monitor the technical performance of our website
• Detect and prevent fraudulent or abusive activity

4. Google AdSense and Advertising

We use Google AdSense to display advertisements on our website. Google AdSense uses cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to our website and other sites on the internet. Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads based on your visit to our site and/or other sites on the internet.

You may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings. Alternatively, you can opt out of a third-party vendor's use of cookies by visiting www.aboutads.info/choices.

5. Third-Party Services

Our website integrates with the following third-party services to provide content:

• The Space Devs API: Provides real-time space launch data
• NASA JPL NeoWs API: Provides near-Earth asteroid data
• USGS Earthquake API: Provides global seismic activity data
• Google Analytics: Website traffic and behavior analytics
• Google AdSense: Advertisement delivery

Each of these third-party services has its own privacy policy governing the use of your data. We encourage you to review their respective privacy policies.

6. Cookies

Cookies are small text files placed on your device. We use the following types of cookies:

• Essential cookies: Required for the website to function properly
• Analytics cookies: Help us understand how visitors use our site (Google Analytics)
• Advertising cookies: Used to display relevant ads (Google AdSense)

You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, some parts of our website may not function properly.

7. Data Retention

We do not store personal data on our servers. Analytics and advertising data is handled entirely by Google and is subject to Google's data retention policies. Usage data collected through Google Analytics is retained for 26 months by default.

8. Children's Privacy

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

9. Your Rights

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

• The right to access information we hold about you
• The right to request deletion of your data
• The right to opt out of personalized advertising
• The right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority

10. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update our 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 at the top of this policy. We recommend reviewing this policy periodically for any changes.

11. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or our privacy practices, please contact us at: