Privacy Policy
Effective: Abril 6, 2021.
This Privacy Policy details how your data is being used when you make use of cyclon.mx (and its variants; collectively "Site") and the services we offer (collectively, "Our Services"). Also, it informs about third-party services we use ("Third-party Services"), that can receive certain data when you use some of Our Services.
We only store anonymous aggregated data. We do not collect, store, nor process personal data (also known as "personal information"); however, Third-party Services could do it. We do not control the contents nor practices of third-party services and we cannot accept the responsability nor obligation of their respective privacy policies. Please, know more in the section: Third-party Services.
To know about our use of Cookies, please visit our Cookies Policy.
Collected data
We only collect non-personal data.
Non-personal data
We collect the following non-personal data:
Preferences
When we talk about "preference" (or "preferences") we refer to small data whose value represents some action that should be remebered in the future.
Due to how do we store your preferences, some Cookies might be sent to Our Services. Our Services do not intentionally store your preferences; however, some preferences are often identical to metadata we collect. When this happens, the data we collect will be considered and treated as metadata.
What preferences do we collect
The preferences we collect are described in: What Cookies do we use.
How do we collect your preferences
Some preferences are retrieved from your device (your language, for example) and some others are set when you use certain parts of Our Site (when you close some dialog or set any setting, for example).
How do we use your preferences
We use your preferences to change default configurations on our Site and show you the version you prefer. For example, if you always want to use the Spanish version of our Site, we will store "lang=es"; so, when you come back to our Site, we will access to this datum and show you the Spanish version by default.
How do we store your preferences
We store your preferences by using abbreviations or numeric values on your device using Cookies, for example: we store "csnt=no" if you prefer to reject Cookies.
Metadata
All metadata we collect are anonymous and will not represent sensible data that could be used to identify you or to track you.
What metadata do we collect
When you access links that were shared, we will collect the following metadata:
- Which site you came from (if possible).
- Date and time of the access to this Site using that link.
- The specific link you accessed and the data that this might contain (for example: the language in which this link was originally shared).
How do we collect your metadata
We use our own methods to obtain your metadata. We do not use Third-party services to report this data.
We will send your metadata to Our Services only under the following circumstances:
- When you access to a link that was shared; that is, if it contains either "share=", "campaign=" or both terms (explained below) in the url:
- We will add "share=" to the link that will be shared when you use any share link/button on our Site, to know that it will be shared on a certain website, via this link/button, etcetera. For example, https://cyclon.mx/?share=PP means that it was shared from the Privacy Policy ("share=PP").
- We will add "campaign=" to some links we share to indicate that certain links are part of a serie or set of links that were shared at a certain time. For example: https://cyclon-mx/?share=PP&campaign=eg means this link was shared from the Privacy Policy ("share=PP") and it is part of an example ("campaign=eg").
How do we use your metadata
We collect metadata with the purpose of analizing and using them for statistical purposes, in order to:
- Identify which characteristics are the most used on our Site.
- Implement solutions based on this data.
- Improve products or services.
We do not sell, rent, nor share intentionally this data with anyone.
How do we store your metadata
All metadata we send to Our Services are often abbreviations, English terms, or numbers that usually Our Services recognize.
All metadata we receive are stored in an aggregated and anonymously way, using databases located in the United States.
Because this data is stored in an aggregated way, we cannot state how long your data will be stored nor guarantee that we could delete your data.
Data reported by Third-party Services
Cloudflare:
What data do we collect
We do not have control over what data is collected by this service. We only obtain aggregated data about visits to our Site, for example:
- Number of visits (by date and region).
- Number of attacks to the Site.
- Quantity of used resources.
How do we collect your data
We do not control how we obtain this data, however we could obtain it in any of the following ways:
- Via email, usually each month.
- Visualizing them in the Cloudflare's dashboard.
How do we use your data
We use data we receive from Third-party Services to understant, visualize, analize, and keep record of our Site's traffic. We do not sell, rent, nor share the data we receive with anyone.
How do we store your data
We only store emails that are sent to us each month, about our Site's aggregated data, indefinitely.
Third-party Services
This Privacy Policy does not address practices from any third-party service described below. Each service keeps its own privacy policies and it is necessary that you review their respective policies to know how these services make use of your data.
We use third-party services to offer you some of Our Services. When you use Our Services, one or more services are responsible for processing your request and provide their resources so that we can...
- [...] operate.
- [...] offer you some characteristics, like redirections to our Site or show you some map.
- [...] improve your experience (by offering our users faster services, for example).
- [...] know about our Site's traffic.
While it is true that we need most of these services, some might be optionals and are only used if you decide so. Below are shown the Third-party Services we use, the usage purpose, its presence, if they are optional, and links of each service to their respective privacy policies.
| Service | Usage purpose | Presence | Optional | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cloudflare | To host our Site, redirect, understand about our Site's traffic and offer you a faster service. | When you request resources (like files, data, ...) from Our Services. For example, when you access to our Site. | No. | Privacy policy. |
| Heroku | To host Our Services. | When you use Our Services. For example, when you subscribe to our Tropical Cyclone's alerts. | Yes, but results in loss of functionalities. | Privacy policy. |
| Carto | To show you maps or characteristics over maps (like the name of the cities, boundaries, etc.). | It is used by default when the name of each part of the world is loaded over our Site's homepage's map. | Yes, replaceable. | Privacy policy. |
Changes to our Privacy Policy
We keep our Privacy Policy under regular review and place any updates on this web page.
This Privacy Policy was last updated on April 6, 2021.