Introduction
City Distance ("we", "our", or "us") is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and safeguard your information when you use our website.
Information We Collect
We collect limited information to operate, improve, and protect the website:
- Usage Data: We may collect information such as pages viewed, approximate location derived from IP address, device or browser type, referring pages, and interactions with site features
- Cookies and Local Storage: We use cookies, local storage, and similar technologies to remember preferences, measure traffic, support advertising, and help prevent fraud or abuse
- Contact Information: If you email us, we will receive the information you include in your message
We do not require user registration, and we do not collect personal information such as payment information. However, third-party services we use may process identifiers such as cookie IDs, IP addresses, or device information for analytics and advertising purposes.
How We Use Your Information
The information we collect is used to:
- Provide and maintain our service
- Remember preferences such as site settings
- Improve user experience and analyze usage patterns
- Measure site performance and understand traffic
- Display advertising and measure ad performance
- Detect, prevent, and respond to fraud, abuse, or technical issues
Advertising and Google AdSense
We use Google AdSense to display ads on City Distance. Google and its partners may use cookies and similar technologies to serve ads based on your visits to this website and other websites.
These technologies may be used to deliver personalized ads, limit how often you see the same ad, measure ad performance, and help detect fraud and abuse.
Cookies and Similar Technologies
Cookies are small text files stored on your device. We and our service providers may use cookies, browser storage, and similar technologies for website functionality, analytics, advertising, security, and remembering user preferences.
Some cookies may be set by third-party services integrated into our website.
Personalized Ads and Your Choices
Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads based on your visit to City Distance and/or other sites on the Internet.
You can learn more about how Google uses information in advertising and manage your ad settings by visiting Google Ads Settings. You may also learn more about opting out of some third-party personalized advertising at aboutads.info.
Third-Party Services
We use the following third-party services:
- Google AdSense: For advertising
- Google Analytics / Google tag: For analytics and measurement
- OpenStreetMap: For map display and visualization
- GeoNames: For city data
These services may have their own privacy policies and terms governing their use and may process data in accordance with their own practices.
Users in the EEA, UK, and Switzerland
Where required by law, we will ask for your consent before using non-essential cookies or similar technologies, including those used for personalized advertising. If you are located in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, or Switzerland, you may be presented with a consent message that allows you to manage your choices.
Data Security
We implement appropriate security measures to protect against unauthorized access to or alteration of your data. However, no method of transmission over the Internet is 100% secure.
Changes to This Policy
We may update this 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 info@citydistance.io.