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Privacy Policy
Last updated: 15 September 2026
This Privacy Policy explains how Adir Hatam (“we”, “us”) operates SUN OUTAGE CALCULATOR (the “Site”), what information is collected when you use it, how Google AdSense and other third parties use cookies to serve advertisements, and the choices you have. We publish this policy so the Site can display advertising in line with the Google Publisher Policies and AdSense required content.
1. Who we are
The Site is operated by Adir Hatam. It is a free sun-outage calculator for geostationary satellite earth stations. You can contact us at 112adir112@gmail.com.
2. Information we collect
We do not require you to create an account. We do not run a user database of named profiles.
- Calculator inputs you provide. Satellite choice, frequency band, antenna size, season, year, and earth-station coordinates or a place name. These values are sent to our server so the timetable can be calculated. They also appear in the page URL.
- Place search. If you search for a city or address, the query is sent to geocoding providers so we can suggest matching places. Clicking the map may trigger a reverse-geocode lookup of the pin.
- Technical data. Hosting and security systems may record your IP address, browser type, date and time of the request, referring URL, and similar server-log data needed to operate and protect the Site.
- Advertising data. When ads are enabled, Google and its advertising partners may collect identifiers, cookie data, and browsing information as described in the advertising section below.
We do not ask for your name, payment details, or a login. Do not submit sensitive personal data in the calculator fields.
3. How we use information
We use the information above to:
- calculate and display sun-outage windows and export them to Excel;
- show map tiles and place-search results you request;
- keep the Site secure, debug faults, and measure basic availability;
- serve advertisements through Google AdSense and measure ad performance;
- comply with law and respond to valid requests.
We do not sell your personal information for money. Advertising partners may process data to show ads, which some laws treat as “sharing” or “selling” for cross-context behavioral advertising. See Your choices.
4. Cookies and similar technologies
Cookies are small text files stored on your device. The Site and third parties may also use pixels, web beacons, local storage, advertising IDs, and IP addresses.
These technologies are used to:
- remember cookie or consent choices, where a consent message is shown;
- serve and limit the frequency of advertisements;
- measure whether ads were shown or clicked;
- combat fraud and abuse;
- personalize ads where that is allowed.
You can delete or block cookies in your browser settings. Blocking cookies may stop some features from working, and you may still see ads that are less relevant. For browser-level guidance see aboutcookies.org.
5. Google AdSense advertising
We use Google AdSense to display advertisements on the Site. This supports operation of the free calculator. Google is an independent controller of the personal data it processes for advertising. Please also read Google’s Privacy Policy and How Google uses information from sites or apps that use its services.
As required for Google AdSense:
- 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 our users based on their visit to this Site and/or other sites on the Internet.
- Users may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings. Alternatively, you can opt out of some third-party vendors’ use of cookies for personalized advertising by visiting www.aboutads.info.
Google may set or read cookies on your browser, use web beacons, and collect your IP address and the URL of the page you are viewing (which can include calculator parameters such as coordinates if they are in the address bar). Google may use this information to serve ads, measure effectiveness, fight fraud and abuse, and, where permitted, personalize ads.
Other third-party vendors and ad networks may also serve ads on the Site through Google. Those vendors may use cookies, web beacons, and similar technologies. You can learn about Google’s advertising partners and controls from Ads Settings and from Google’s AdSense terms.
Ads are labeled as advertisements. We do not control the specific advertisers whose creatives Google selects.
6. Other third-party services
Depending on how you use the Site, the following categories of processors or independent services may receive data:
- Hosting and content delivery for serving the Site and static files.
- Geocoding. Place search may query OpenStreetMap Nominatim and Photon. Those services receive your search text and standard request metadata.
- Map tiles. Map imagery is loaded through our tile proxy from OpenStreetMap and Esri sources. Tile requests include the map area you view.
- Google AdSense and advertising partners, as described above.
7. Your choices
- Google personalized ads: Ads Settings.
- Google account activity: My Activity.
- Industry opt-outs: Digital Advertising Alliance and Network Advertising Initiative.
- EU industry opt-out: Your Online Choices.
- Browser controls: block or delete cookies, or use a tracking-protection mode. This does not stop all data collection by sites that use Google services.
You may also email 112adir112@gmail.com to ask what information we hold on our own systems, to request deletion of server logs we can reasonably locate, or to ask a question about this policy. We cannot control copies held by Google or other advertisers; use their opt-out tools for that data.
8. EEA, United Kingdom, and Switzerland
If you are in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, or Switzerland, Google requires a certified consent management platform (CMP) that works with the IAB Europe Transparency and Consent Framework before personalized ads can be served. Where we have enabled Google’s Privacy & messaging (or another Google-certified CMP) on the Site, that message is the way we ask for consent to store or access information on your device and to use data for ads.
Where those laws apply, we rely on:
- Consent for advertising cookies, personalized ads, and sharing ad data with Google when a CMP message is shown;
- Legitimate interests in operating a free calculator, securing the Site, and answering your requests, where consent is not required;
- Performance of a service you request when we calculate an outage timetable from the inputs you submit.
You can withdraw consent through the CMP (re-open the privacy or cookie settings link if one is shown) and through Ads Settings. You may also have rights of access, rectification, erasure, restriction, objection, and portability, and the right to complain to your local data-protection authority.
9. California privacy notice
We do not sell personal information for money. Google AdSense and its partners may collect identifiers and internet activity for advertising, which can be “sharing” or a “sale” under the California Consumer Privacy Act as amended by the CPRA. You can opt out of personalized advertising with Google Ads Settings and aboutads.info. If Google’s US state privacy message is enabled on the Site, use that control as well. To request access or deletion of information we hold, email 112adir112@gmail.com. We will not discriminate against you for exercising these rights.
10. Children’s privacy
The Site is intended for satellite-operations professionals and other adults. It is not directed at children under 13 (or under 16 where that is the relevant age), and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If you believe a child has provided personal information, contact us and we will delete it from our systems where we can.
11. Retention, security, and international transfers
Calculator inputs are processed to produce the current page and Excel file. We do not keep a long-term archive of every calculation. Server logs are kept only as long as needed for security and operations, then deleted or aggregated. Google and other advertisers retain data according to their own policies.
We use HTTPS and standard hosting protections. No method of transmission is completely secure.
The Site and Google’s advertising systems may process information in the United States and other countries. Those countries may not provide the same legal protections as your home country. Where required, Google offers its own transfer mechanisms for data it controls.
12. Changes to this policy
We may update this Privacy Policy when the Site, our advertising setup, or the law changes. The “Last updated” date at the top will change. Continued use of the Site after an update means you have read the revised policy.
13. Contact
Adir Hatam
SUN OUTAGE CALCULATOR
Email: 112adir112@gmail.com