We use the collected information for the following purposes:

• Provide Service: Create, store, and display your countdown timers
• Improve Experience: Analyze usage patterns to enhance features and fix bugs
• Analytics: Understand how users interact with our tool (via Google Analytics)
• Security: Detect and prevent fraud, abuse, and technical issues
• Communication: Respond to your support requests and inquiries
• Legal Compliance: Comply with applicable laws and regulations

We DO NOT: Sell your data, send spam emails, share personal information with third parties for marketing, or track you across other websites.

CountdownShare uses cookies and similar technologies to improve your experience:

Essential Cookies

Required for the website to function properly (countdown preferences, session data).

Analytics Cookies (Google Analytics)

Help us understand how visitors use our site (page views, bounce rates, traffic sources). You can opt-out via your browser settings or Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.

Advertising Cookies (Google AdSense)

We display ads via Google AdSense to support our free service. Google may use cookies to show you relevant ads based on your interests. Learn more about Google's advertising practices:

• How Google uses information from sites that use their services
• Manage your Google Ads preferences

We use trusted third-party services to operate CountdownShare:

We implement industry-standard security measures to protect your information:

• HTTPS Encryption: All data transmitted between your browser and our servers is encrypted using SSL/TLS
• Secure Cloud Infrastructure: Data stored on enterprise-grade cloud servers with advanced security protocols
• Access Controls: Strict limits on who can access stored data with multi-layer authentication
• Regular Security Audits: Ongoing monitoring for vulnerabilities and security updates
• Data Encryption: Sensitive data encrypted both in transit and at rest

While we strive to protect your information, no method of transmission over the internet is 100% secure. Use our service at your own discretion.

We retain your data for the following periods:

• Countdown Data: Active countdowns are stored indefinitely; expired countdowns may be deleted after 90 days of inactivity
• Analytics Data: Stored by Google Analytics for 26 months (default retention period)
• Support Communications: Retained for 2 years for customer service purposes

You have the following rights regarding your personal information:

• Access: Request a copy of data we have about you
• Deletion: Request deletion of your countdown timers and associated data
• Correction: Update or correct inaccurate information
• Opt-Out: Disable cookies or opt-out of analytics tracking
• Data Portability: Request your data in a machine-readable format

To exercise any of these rights, contact us at hello@countdownshare.com

CountdownShare does not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13 years of age. If you are a parent or guardian and believe your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us at hello@countdownshare.com and we will delete such information from our records.

CountdownShare is operated from the United States. If you access our service from outside the US, your information may be transferred to, stored, and processed in the United States or other countries where our service providers operate. By using CountdownShare, you consent to the transfer of your information to countries that may have different data protection laws than your country of residence.

If you are a California resident, you have additional rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA):

• Right to know what personal information is collected, used, shared, or sold
• Right to delete personal information held by us
• Right to opt-out of sale of personal information (we do not sell personal information)
• Right to non-discrimination for exercising your privacy rights

To exercise these rights, email us at hello@countdownshare.com

If you are located in the European Economic Area (EEA), you have rights under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR):

• 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
• Right to withdraw consent at any time

Our legal basis for processing your data is: (1) your consent when creating countdowns, (2) legitimate interest in providing and improving our service, and (3) compliance with legal obligations.

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or legal requirements. We will notify you of any material changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page with an updated "Last Updated" date. Your continued use of CountdownShare after such changes constitutes your acceptance of the updated Privacy Policy.

If you have any questions, concerns, or requests regarding this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact us: