Privacy Policy
Transparency on how we collect, use, and protect your data. We explain cookies, consent for ads (CMP), retention, your rights, and how to contact us.
- Transparency
- No required registration
- Consent Control (CMP)
- PWA & Performance
- No Data Selling
Introduction and Scope
This Privacy Policy describes how clockalarm.online collects, uses, and shares data when offering tools like an online alarm clock, stopwatch, countdown, Pomodoro timer, timer, and calculators.
Scope: This applies to the website and PWA of the clockalarm.online domain. By using the site, you agree to this policy and the use of cookies according to your consent, where applicable.
What Data We Collect
- Usage and diagnostic data: technical information about your device/browser, pages accessed, language, time zone, and basic interaction events (for stability and improvements).
- Cookies and identifiers: for preferences (e.g., theme) and, when consented, for measurement (analytics) and advertising (including personalization) via Google and its partners.
- Data provided by you: content you voluntarily submit (e.g., email to support/contact) for customer service.
We do not require registration to use the tools. We do not collect sensitive categories of data by default.
Legal Basis for Processing
- Consent: for advertising (including personalization) and measurement/analytics cookies/identifiers from Google in regions requiring consent (e.g., EU/EEA/UK).
- Legitimate interest: for security, abuse prevention, and essential service improvements, respecting your rights and where permitted.
- Performance of a service: to operate requested functionalities (e.g., remembering essential preferences).
- Legal obligation: to comply with applicable regulatory requirements.
How We Use Your Data
- To operate and improve the tools (performance, stability, and usability).
- To remember preferences (theme, language when available, settings).
- For aggregate measurement of usage and quality (when consented, as applicable).
- To display third-party ads served by Google (AdSense) to keep the service free, according to your consent choices.
- To respond to support contacts and necessary communication.
Consent and Preferences
In regions like the EU/EEA/UK, consent is requested via Google Funding Choices (a certified CMP integrated with the IAB TCF). You can review or change your preferences through the CMP banner/icon when available or through Google's Ad Settings.
- Consent signals (Consent Mode v2): we manage categories like
ad_storage,analytics_storage,ad_user_data, andad_personalizationaccording to your choice. - Without consent: non-personalized ads and limited cookie-based measurement.
Without consent for personalization, you will still see ads, but they will not be personalized.
Retention and Security
- Retention: we keep data only for the time necessary for the described purposes or as required by law (e.g., support emails for up to 12 months; aggregated/anonymized technical logs for up to 13 months).
- Security: we apply reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect against unauthorized access, use, or disclosure.
Your Rights
- Access and obtain information about your data.
- Request correction or updating.
- Request deletion, where applicable.
- Revoke consent at any time (does not affect past processing).
- Object to or request limitation of certain processing.
- Data portability, where applicable.
To exercise your rights, see the Contact section.
Ads and Personalization
We are a publisher and keep the service free with third-party ads served by Google (AdSense). Personalization depends on your consent. For transparency, we publish the ads.txt file at the root of the domain to declare our relationship with Google.
- Disclosure required by Google: Third parties, including Google, use cookies and/or identifiers to serve ads based on a user's prior visits to this and other websites. Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to you based on your visit to this site and/or other sites on the Internet.
- How to manage: You can manage preferences in our CMP (when displayed) and in Google's Ad Settings. Alternatively, in the US: aboutads.info/choices; in the EU: youronlinechoices.eu.
- Partners and technologies: We currently use only Google as an advertising partner. See Google's Ad Technology Providers list.
- No incentive for clicks. Only interact with ads if you wish.
- Third-party content in ads is the responsibility of the respective advertisers.
Learn more: How Google uses data from sites that use its services.
U.S. Residents (CPRA/CCPA and State Laws)
For residents of California and other states with similar laws, the display of personalized ads may be considered "sharing" of personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising. You can opt out of the sale or sharing of your information for such purposes.
- Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information (we honor the Global Privacy Control - GPC signal when detected).
- We offer non-personalized ads if you choose to opt-out.
Data Controller
Controller: clockalarm.online — contact: clockalarm.contato@gmail.com.
Children and Adolescents
The site is intended for a general audience. We do not knowingly collect data from children. If you believe a child has provided us with data, please contact us for appropriate removal.
International Transfers
Providers like Google may process data in countries outside of yours, adopting safeguards compliant with applicable law (e.g., standard contractual clauses).
Your Privacy Choices
Contact
Questions about privacy or rights requests? Contact us:
- Email: clockalarm.contato@gmail.com
- Response time: we aim to respond in 1–2 business days.
Updates to This Policy
We may update this policy to reflect changes in the service or legal requirements. When relevant, we will inform you on the site of the last update date and, if necessary, request new consent.
Frequently Asked Questions
Do you sell my data?
No. We do not sell personal data. We use third-party ads served by Google to keep the service free, based on your consent choices.
How can I review or change my consent?
Use the Funding Choices (CMP) controls when available on the site or visit Google's Ad Settings.
I want non-personalized ads. What do I do?
You can deny consent for personalization in the CMP (when shown). In the US, you can also opt-out at aboutads.info/choices; in the EU, at youronlinechoices.eu.
Do you keep emails sent to support?
Yes, only for the time necessary for service and legitimate record-keeping (e.g., up to 12 months), unless legal obligations require different periods. You can request their deletion.