Around You
Privacy Policy &
Cookie Notice 🌸
At Around You, we are committed to protecting your privacy while you explore Vancouver's beautiful blossoms. This policy explains how we handle data and use cookies.
Introduction
This Privacy Policy is provided to inform you about our practices regarding the collection, use, and disclosure of personal information when you use our service and the choices you have associated with that data.
We use your data to provide and improve the service. By using the service, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy.
Google AdSense & Cookies
Required AdSense Information:
- Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on a user's prior visits to your website or other websites.
- Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to your users based on their visit to your sites and/or other sites on the Internet.
- Users may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Ads Settings. (Alternatively, you can direct users to opt out of a third-party vendor's use of cookies for personalized advertising by visiting www.aboutads.info.)
- We apply consent controls for non-essential cookies (analytics and advertising). You can accept or reject these cookies from the consent banner.
- You can change your cookie choice at any time using the button below.
Analytics
We use Google Analytics to understand how visitors interact with our map. This helps us improve the experience for everyone.
Location Data
Around You does not track your device location in real time.
The service may temporarily access your location to display your current position on the map. In addition, when you submit a bloom vote and allow location access, limited location data such as latitude and longitude may be stored for purposes including improving service quality, preventing abuse, and calculating vote reliability.
This information is not used to directly identify you.
Services Using Cookies
Google AdSense
Used to deliver personalized advertisements to you. Google uses cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to our website. These cookies help Google and its partners show ads that are relevant to your interests.
Google Analytics (GA4)
We use GA4 to collect anonymous data about how visitors use our site (e.g., which blossom spots are most popular). This uses cookies to distinguish unique users and provide us with aggregated reports.
Cloudflare
Used for security purposes and to optimize page load speeds. Cloudflare may set cookies to identify trusted web traffic and prevent malicious attacks on our infrastructure.
About & Contact
Around You is a project created to share the joy of Vancouver's spring blossoms with more people. If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or our practices, please feel free to contact us at any time. We value your feedback and are continuously working to improve the service and provide a better experience. In the future, we plan to expand the service beyond spring blossoms to help people discover more local experiences and enjoyable moments around them.
Contact: around.you.ca@gmail.com