Privacy Policy¶
The following privacy policy applied to all of our Tools, unless otherwise stated.
This page is used to inform visitors regarding our policies with the collection, use, and disclosure of Personal Information for usage of our Tools.
If you choose to use our Tools, then you agree to the collection and use of information in relation to this policy.
We will not use or share your information with anyone except as described in this Privacy Policy.
Information Collection And Use¶
To facilitate authentication while using our Tools, we may require you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information, including but not limited to your email address and name.
The information that we request will be retained by us and used as described in this privacy policy.
Log Data¶
We temporarily log anonymous user access logs, which may include information such as IP addresses, timestamps, and pages visited.
This information is deleted periodically.
Tracking¶
Page tracking may be used to help us analyze and improve our Tools, particularly for error reporting and debugging purposes.
This is optional and must be accepted on first usage of our Tools.
Cookies¶
Cookies are files with a small amount of data that are commonly used as anonymous unique identifiers.
These are sent to your browser from the websites that you visit and are stored on your device's internal memory.
Our Tools include technical cookies only, that are required to authenticate with the Tool.
Third-Party Services¶
We may employ third-party services to facilitate our Tools, such as OpenStreetMap.
These third parties have access to your Personal Information only to perform these tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose.
For more information, please refer to their privacy policies.
Data Retention¶
We retain personal data for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this policy.
Retention periods are determined based on the type of data and its usage.
Account Deletion¶
It is possible to delete you account for all of our Tools, however references to your user identifier may be retained on public mapping tools.
If deletion of your account is not possible from within the Tool, then please contact
sysadmin@hotosm.org">sysadmin@hotosm.org
to request deletion.
Deletion is permanent and cannot be reversed.
Security¶
We value your trust in providing us your Personal Information, thus we strive to maintain industry standard means of protecting it.
However no method of transmission over the internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure and reliable, and we cannot guarantee its absolute security.
Children's Privacy¶
We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children.
The primary audience of our Tools is not children, if you have reason to believe that a child has provided personally identifiable information to us through our Tools, please contact us.
Changes To This Privacy Policy¶
We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time.
Thus, you are advised to review this page periodically for any changes.
We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page.
This policy is effective as of 2024-07-17
Contact Us¶
If you have any questions or suggestions about our Privacy Policy, do not hesitate to contact us at