Privacy Policy

Introduction

HowManyDaysTillChristmas.org ("we," "our," or "us") respects your privacy and is committed to protecting your personal data. This privacy policy will inform you about how we look after your personal data when you visit our website and tell you about your privacy rights.

The Data We Collect

When you visit our website, we may collect:

• Usage Data: Information about how you use our website through cookies and similar technologies.
• Reminder Settings: If you opt to receive reminders, we collect your email address or browser notification preferences.
• Contact Information: If you contact us, we may keep a record of your email address and correspondence.
• Contact Form Submissions: When you submit the contact form, we collect your name, email address, topic selection, and the message you provide so we can respond.

How We Use Your Data

We use the information we collect to:

• Provide and maintain our service
• Send you reminders about Christmas, if you've requested them
• Improve our website and user experience
• Analyze usage patterns to better design our features

Cookies

We use cookies to enhance your experience on our website. These are small files stored on your device that help us provide certain features and analyze website usage. You can set your browser to refuse all or some browser cookies or to alert you when websites set or access cookies.

Third-Party Services

We may use third-party services that collect, monitor and analyze data to help us improve our service:

• Google AdSense - We use Google AdSense to display advertisements on our website. Google uses cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to our website or other websites. You may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Ads Settings. Alternatively, you can opt out of third-party vendors' use of cookies by visiting aboutads.info.
• Google Analytics - to understand how visitors interact with our website
• Cloudflare - for website security and performance
• Formspree - to securely process contact form submissions and route messages to our team

Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on a user's prior visits to our website or other websites. Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to our users based on their visit to our sites and/or other sites on the Internet.

Contact Form Handling

Our contact form is powered by Formspree. When you submit the form, your message is transmitted to Formspree and forwarded to our internal inbox. Formspree stores submission data long enough for us to respond, after which we retain only the correspondence necessary for record keeping. Formspree processes submissions in accordance with their privacy policy. We recommend avoiding sensitive personal information in contact form messages.

Data Security

We have implemented appropriate security measures to prevent your personal data from being accidentally lost, used, or accessed in an unauthorized way. We limit access to your personal data to those employees, contractors, and third parties who have a business need to know.

Your Rights

Depending on your location, you may have various rights regarding your personal information, such as:

• Right to access your personal data
• Right to request correction of your personal data
• Right to request deletion of your personal data
• Right to withdraw consent

Children's Privacy

Our Services are not intended for use by children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under 13.

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.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at:

Email: [email protected]