1. Information We Collect

1.1 Information You Provide Voluntarily

When you use our Price Alert signup form, you may voluntarily provide your email address and commodity preferences. When you use the Impact Calculator, the calculation parameters (commodity, date range) may be recorded for analytics purposes.

1.2 Information Collected Automatically

When you visit our Service, we may automatically collect certain information, including:

• Browser type and version
• Referring URL
• Pages visited and time spent on each page
• Aggregate visitor count data (daily and total visits)
• Device type and screen resolution

We do not collect personally identifiable information (PII) through automatic means. Our visitor counter tracks aggregate numbers only, not individual user identities.

2. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect for the following purposes:

• To provide and maintain the Service
• To send price alert notifications to subscribers (email address required)
• To analyze usage patterns and improve the Service
• To monitor aggregate traffic for capacity planning
• To detect and prevent technical issues or abuse

3. Cookies and Tracking Technologies

WarEcon Monitor uses the following tracking technologies:

3.1 Local Storage

We use browser localStorage to cache commodity data locally (improving performance and reducing API calls) and to store aggregate visitor count data. This data is stored only on your device and is not transmitted to our servers.

3.2 Session Storage

We use sessionStorage to ensure that certain ad formats (such as popunder advertisements) are only displayed once per browser session, improving your browsing experience.

3.3 Third-Party Cookies (Advertising)

Our advertising partners, including Adsterra and potentially Google AdSense, may use cookies and similar technologies to serve relevant advertisements. These third-party cookies are governed by the respective privacy policies of those advertising networks:

• Adsterra Privacy Policy: https://adsterra.com/privacy-policy/
• Google AdSense Privacy Policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy

3.4 Google Analytics (if enabled)

We may use Google Analytics to understand how visitors interact with our Service. Google Analytics uses cookies to collect anonymous traffic data. You can opt out of Google Analytics tracking by installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.

4. Third-Party Services

Our Service integrates with the following third-party services:

• Yahoo Finance — provides commodity price data (subject to Yahoo's Terms of Service)
• Vercel — hosts our website (subject to Vercel's Privacy Policy)
• Google Sheets / Apps Script — processes form submissions (subject to Google's Privacy Policy)
• Adsterra / Google AdSense — serves advertisements (subject to their respective privacy policies)

5. Data Retention

Email addresses provided through the Price Alert form are stored in Google Sheets and retained until you request removal. Automatically collected usage data is retained in aggregate form and does not contain personally identifiable information. You may request deletion of your email address at any time by contacting us.

6. Your Rights

Depending on your jurisdiction, you may have the following rights regarding your personal data:

• Right of Access — request a copy of the personal data we hold about you
• Right to Rectification — request correction of inaccurate data
• Right to Erasure — request deletion of your personal data
• Right to Object — object to processing of your data for advertising purposes
• Right to Data Portability — request your data in a portable format

7. Children's Privacy

Our Service is not directed to individuals under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you become aware that a child has provided us with personal data, please contact us and we will take steps to delete such information.

8. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Changes will be posted on this page with an updated "Last updated" date. Your continued use of the Service after any changes constitutes acceptance of the new Privacy Policy.