Privacy Policy
Last updated: August 21, 2025
1. Introduction
Alarms.Global ("we," "our," or "us") is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and safeguard your information when you visit our website alarms.global (the "Service"). This Service is operated from Norway, and this policy is governed by Norwegian and European data protection laws.
2. Information We Collect
We collect minimal information necessary to provide our Service:
- Usage Data: We may collect information about how the Service is accessed and used, including your browser type, IP address, and pages visited.
- Location Data: Only when you explicitly grant permission, we may access your approximate location to show relevant local holidays and disruptions.
- Preferences: Your language selection and theme preferences, stored locally in your browser.
3. Use of Information
We use the collected information solely to:
- Provide and maintain our Service
- Display relevant holidays and transport disruptions based on your location
- Improve user experience
- Monitor and analyze usage patterns to improve the Service
4. Data Scraping and Automated Access
IMPORTANT: Automated access, web scraping, data harvesting, or any form of automated data collection from this Service is strictly prohibited without prior written permission. This includes but is not limited to:
- Web scraping or crawling
- API hooking or reverse engineering
- Automated bots or scripts
- Data mining or harvesting
- Any systematic or automated collection of data
Violation of this policy may result in immediate termination of access and legal action.
5. Third-Party Services
Our Service uses the following third-party services:
- MapTiler: For map visualization (see their privacy policy at maptiler.com)
- Public APIs: For fetching holiday and disruption data from various public sources
6. Data Security
We implement reasonable security measures to protect your information. However, no method of transmission over the Internet or electronic storage is 100% secure. We cannot guarantee absolute security of your data.
7. Cookies and Local Storage
We use browser local storage to save your preferences (language, theme). These are stored locally on your device and are not transmitted to our servers. You can clear this data at any time through your browser settings.
8. Disclaimer and Limitation of Liability
DISCLAIMER:
- The information provided by this Service, including holiday dates, transport disruptions, and news, may be inaccurate, incomplete, or outdated.
- We do not guarantee the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of any information displayed.
- We accept NO LIABILITY for any errors, omissions, or inaccuracies in the data provided.
- We accept NO LIABILITY for any direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, or punitive damages arising from your use of the Service.
- Users should verify all critical information through official sources.
- The Service is provided "AS IS" without any warranties of any kind.
9. Children's Privacy
Our Service is not intended for children under 13 years of age. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13.
10. Your Rights Under GDPR
As we operate from Norway (EEA), you have the following rights:
- Right to access your personal data
- Right to rectification of inaccurate data
- Right to erasure ("right to be forgotten")
- Right to restrict processing
- Right to data portability
- Right to object to processing
11. International Data Transfers
As our Service is accessible globally, your information may be accessed from countries outside the EEA. By using our Service, you consent to such transfers.
12. Changes to This Privacy 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.
13. Contact Information
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or wish to exercise your rights, please contact us through the Service.
14. Legal Basis for Processing
We process your information based on legitimate interests to provide and improve our Service, with your consent where required by law.