Privacy Policy
Effective October 5, 2026
This policy explains how Hours & Co. handles information when you visit Plague Map 2026.
Information we process
You may use the site without creating an account or directly providing personal information. Our hosting and security providers may automatically process technical information such as IP address, browser and device type, requested pages, timestamps, and diagnostic or security logs. If you email us, we receive your email address and the information you choose to send.
Advertising, cookies, and similar technologies
We may use Google AdSense to display advertising. Google and participating advertising partners may place or read cookies, use web beacons, process IP addresses, or use other identifiers to deliver, limit, measure, and report on ads. These technologies may support contextual advertising, fraud prevention, frequency capping, aggregated reporting, and—where you have consented—ad personalization based on prior activity, interests, approximate location, or demographic information.
Third-party advertising cookies may be associated with domains including Google or DoubleClick rather than plaguemap2026.com. Learn how Google uses information from sites that use its services. You can manage advertising personalization through Google Ads Settings.
Consent choices
Where required—including in the European Economic Area, United Kingdom, and Switzerland—we use a Google-certified consent management platform that supports the IAB Transparency and Consent Framework. Eligible visitors are shown controls to accept, reject, or manage advertising purposes and vendors. Your choices may be stored so they can be respected on later visits. Consent may be changed through the privacy controls provided on the site once advertising is active.
How information is used
- To deliver, secure, and maintain the site.
- To understand aggregate performance and diagnose technical problems.
- To display and measure advertising and prevent invalid traffic.
- To respond to messages, corrections, or legal requests.
Sharing and retention
Information may be processed by service providers that support hosting, security, communications, consent management, and advertising. Those providers process information under their own terms and privacy obligations. We retain correspondence only as long as reasonably needed for the purpose it was sent, legal obligations, dispute resolution, or security.
Your choices and rights
You can block or delete cookies through your browser, use the site’s certified consent controls where available, and adjust Google ad personalization. Depending on where you live, you may have rights to request access, correction, deletion, restriction, objection, or portability of personal information. You may also have the right to complain to your local data-protection authority.
Children
This general-audience news and information site is not directed to children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information directly from children.
Contact
For privacy questions or requests, contact Hours & Co. at hoursandco.studio@gmail.com. We may update this policy as the site, advertising tools, or legal requirements change.