Privacy Policy
Last Updated: August 19, 2026
At powercut.today (accessible from https://powercut.today), we value and respect your personal privacy. This Privacy Policy outlines the types of data we collect, how that data is processed, and your rights concerning your personal information.
1. Information We Collect
- Device Location Data: When you submit a live power cut or restoration report, we request access to your approximate or precise geographic coordinates (Latitude and Longitude) via your browser’s Geolocation API. This data is used solely to display markers on the public outage map.
- Log Files & Technical Identifiers: Like most standard websites, we log basic technical details such as your IP address, browser type, internet service provider (ISP), referring/exit pages, date/time stamps, and click metrics. This helps us analyze trends, prevent spam submissions, and administer the platform.
- Cookies and Web Beacons: We and our third-party service providers use cookies to remember preferences, analyze website traffic, and deliver customized advertising.
2. Third-Party Advertising & Google AdSense
- Google AdSense: Google is a third-party vendor on our platform. Google uses cookies—including the DoubleClick cookie—to serve relevant advertisements to visitors based on their visit to powercut.today and other websites across the internet.
- Ad Personalization Opt-Out: You can choose to disable or opt out of personalized Google advertising by visiting the Google Ads Settings page (https://www.google.com/settings/ads) or through the Network Advertising Initiative opt-out portal (https://www.aboutads.info/).
- Third-party ad servers or networks use technologies like cookies, JavaScript, or Web Beacons within the ads appearing on our website. They automatically receive your IP address when this happens. We do not control or have access to these cookies used by third-party advertisers.
3. Third-Party Map & Geolocation Services
To provide mapping and location name resolution, our platform interacts with third-party tools such as OpenStreetMap, Leaflet, CARTO basemap services, and reverse geocoding APIs.
These external services process coordinate data in accordance with their respective privacy policies to deliver map tiles and locality labels.
4. How We Use Your Data
The collected data is used exclusively to:
- Operate, maintain, and display the live crowdsourced power status map.
- Prevent fraudulent reports, automated bot activity, and repeated spamming.
- Monitor website traffic metrics and improve performance.
- Comply with regulatory and legal requirements.
5. Data Retention & Security
User-submitted outage reports are stored temporarily for real-time tracking and statistical analysis. We implement reasonable standard digital measures to protect incoming data against unauthorized access, loss, or misuse. However, no internet transmission is 100% secure, and absolute security cannot be guaranteed.
6. Children’s Privacy
Protecting children’s online safety is important to us. powercut.today does not knowingly collect any personally identifiable information from children under the age of 13. If you believe your child has submitted personal details on our site, please contact us immediately so we can remove the data.
7. Consent
By continuing to use powercut.today, you consent to this Privacy Policy and agree to its terms.
8. Contact Us
If you have any questions, suggestions, or concerns regarding this Privacy Policy, please get in touch with us: