GPS Utilities API v1.0
Privacy Policy
GPSUtils.com
Effective Date: 01 March 2025
This Privacy Policy describes how [Your Company Name] ("we," "us," or "our") collects, uses, and protects information in connection with our API service ("Service"). We are committed to protecting your privacy and being transparent about our data practices.
1. Information We Collect
We collect the following types of information:
- Log Data: This includes information automatically collected by our servers when you use our API Service, such as:
- IP addresses
- User-Agent strings (browser type, operating system)
- Timestamps
- API endpoint accessed
- Request and response sizes
- Error codes
- API Marketplace Data: We receive the following information from the API Marketplace through which you access our Service:
- User name (as provided by the Marketplace)
- Pricing plan subscribed to at the Marketplace.
This information is used to enforce the limitations of the pricing plans, and to improve the service.
Important Note: We do not collect or store personally identifiable information (PII) such as email addresses, phone numbers, or physical addresses.
2. Purpose of Data Collection
We collect and use the information described above for the following purposes:
- Service Provision and Management:
- To provide and maintain the API Service.
- To manage user accounts and enforce pricing plan limitations.
- To monitor and analyze API usage and performance.
- Troubleshooting and Debugging:
- To identify and resolve technical issues.
- Performance Analysis and Improvement:
- To analyze API usage patterns and performance metrics to improve the user experience and optimize our service.
- To improve the service based on usage patterns of different pricing plans.
- Security Analysis:
- To detect and prevent fraudulent or unauthorized activity.
- Legal Compliance:
- To comply with applicable laws and regulations.
3. Data Usage and Sharing
- Internal Use: We use the collected data primarily for internal purposes related to providing, maintaining, and improving our API Service.
- Third-Party Services: We may use third-party services for log analysis, storage, or performance monitoring. If we do, we will ensure that these services have appropriate privacy and security measures in place.
- Legal Obligations: We may disclose information if required by law, such as in response to a court order or subpoena.
- No Sale of Data: We do not sell or rent any of the collected data to third parties.
4. Data Security
We implement reasonable security measures to protect the collected data from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. These measures may include encryption, access controls, and regular security assessments.
5. Data Retention
We retain log data and API Marketplace data for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy, or as required by law. We will establish data retention schedules and deletion policies.
6. User Rights
- Access and Deletion: Due to the limited nature of the data we collect (no PII), identifying and isolating individual user data can be challenging. However, if you wish to request access to or deletion of data associated with your API Marketplace user name, please contact us. We will make reasonable efforts to comply with your request, subject to technical limitations and legal obligations.
- Limitations: Because we do not collect PII, standard user rights associated with PII, such as data portability, are not applicable.
7. Policy Updates
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will post any changes on this page and update the "Effective Date" above. We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically.
8. Contact Us
If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at: