Personal data and user choices
Privacy Policy
This policy explains how StargazingFinder.com may collect, use, store, and share information when the website is visited or contacted.
Who is responsible
StargazingFinder.com, operating as Stargazing Finder, is responsible for the website’s processing of personal data. Privacy questions and rights requests can be sent to contact@stargazingfinder.com.
Information that may be collected
| Category | Examples | How it arises |
|---|---|---|
| Technical and log data | IP address, browser, device type, operating system, requested URL, referrer, date, time, error and security records | Generated when the server, hosting provider, firewall, or content delivery service responds to a request |
| Consent and preference data | Cookie choices, region, consent status, and time of selection | Recorded by the consent mechanism |
| Usage information | Page views, approximate region, interactions, performance data, and traffic source | Collected through permitted analytics or measurement services |
| Advertising information | Ad impressions, clicks, fraud signals, device or browser identifiers, and consent signals | Processed when advertising services are active and legally permitted |
| Correspondence | Name, email address, message content, attachments, and follow-up history | Provided when a person contacts the site |
| Public submissions | Comment name, content, website, and related metadata | Collected only where a public submission feature is enabled |
Why information is used
- To deliver pages, maps, media, and essential website functions.
- To protect the site against spam, abuse, malicious traffic, fraud, and technical attacks.
- To diagnose errors, maintain performance, and understand aggregate use.
- To remember privacy choices and apply consent decisions.
- To display and measure advertising where permitted.
- To answer messages, assess corrections, and handle legal or privacy requests.
- To comply with lawful obligations and defend legal claims.
Legal bases
Depending on the location of the visitor and the activity involved, processing may rely on consent, performance of a requested service, legitimate interests in operating and securing the website, compliance with a legal obligation, or the establishment and defense of legal claims. Consent can be withdrawn for future processing where consent is the basis.
Cookies and similar technologies
Essential technologies may be used to provide security, network delivery, load balancing, and consent storage. Analytics, advertising, personalization, or similar non-essential technologies are controlled through the consent mechanism where applicable. More detail appears in the Cookie Policy.
Who may receive information
Information may be processed by service providers that support hosting, security, content delivery, backups, email, analytics, consent management, advertising, and technical maintenance. Access is limited to the service being provided and the provider’s own legal responsibilities.
Information may also be disclosed when required by law, necessary to protect rights or safety, connected to a business reorganization, or needed to investigate abuse. Personal data is not knowingly sold for direct monetary payment. Some advertising or analytics activity may be treated as “sharing,” “targeted advertising,” or a similar regulated category under certain regional laws.
International processing
Service providers may process information in countries other than the visitor’s own. Where required, appropriate transfer mechanisms, contractual protections, adequacy decisions, or other lawful safeguards are used by the responsible parties.
Retention
Technical logs are kept only as long as reasonably needed for security, diagnostics, fraud prevention, and legal obligations. Correspondence may be retained while a request is active and afterward when necessary for records, dispute handling, or compliance. Consent records may be retained to demonstrate and honor the choice made. Retention periods can differ by provider and data category.
Privacy rights
Depending on applicable law, a person may have rights to receive information, access personal data, correct inaccurate data, request deletion, restrict processing, object, withdraw consent, receive portable data, or complain to a supervisory authority. Some rights are limited by legal exceptions, security needs, freedom of expression, recordkeeping duties, or the rights of others.
Requests should be sent to the contact address above. Reasonable verification may be required before a request is completed. Only information needed to verify and process the request should be provided.
Children
The site is intended for a general audience and does not knowingly seek personal data from children below the age at which they can lawfully provide consent in their jurisdiction. A parent or guardian who believes a child submitted personal data can request review and deletion.
Security
Reasonable technical and organizational measures are used to reduce unauthorized access, alteration, loss, or misuse. No internet transmission or storage system can be guaranteed completely secure.
External services and links
Links, embedded maps, videos, advertisements, and other third-party services may process information under their own policies. Stargazing Finder does not control the privacy practices of independent third parties.
Policy changes
This policy may change when services, law, technology, or data practices change. The effective date at the top identifies the current published version.