Privacy policy
NoiseAbove (noiseabove.com, "we", "us") shows estimated aircraft noise for US locations. You can use it without an account, and we don't ask for your name, email or other contact details. This policy explains the little information that is handled when you use the site, who else receives it, and the choices you have.
Summary
- No accounts, no sign-up, no analytics trackers of our own.
- Addresses you search for are sent to the US Census Bureau's address service to find them on the map. We don't keep them.
- Our hosting provider, Cloudflare, processes basic request data (such as IP address) to deliver and protect the site.
- Ads on the site are served by Google, which may use cookies. You can opt out of personalized ads (see Advertising).
Information handled when you use the site
Address searches
When you search for a street address, the text you type is sent from our server to the US Census Bureau Geocoder, a free public service, which returns the map coordinates. The request comes from our server, not your browser, so the Census Bureau doesn't see your IP address. We don't store the addresses you search for or link them to you. Searches by town name or by latitude and longitude are handled entirely in your browser and aren't sent anywhere.
Technical data
Like any website, our servers receive technical information with each request: your IP address, browser type, the page or file requested, the referring page and the time. The site is hosted by Cloudflare, which processes this data to deliver pages, cache files and block abuse. We don't use it to identify you and don't combine it with other information.
Cookies and storage
We don't set cookies or use browser storage ourselves. Cloudflare may set short-lived security cookies to protect the site from abuse. Advertising partners may set cookies as described below.
Content loaded from other sites
- Aerial imagery. If you turn on the aerial imagery overlay, your browser loads image tiles directly from the US Geological Survey (The National Map), which receives your IP address like any web server.
- Satellite view link. The "Satellite view" link opens Google Maps in a new page. Google's privacy policy applies there.
Advertising
We show ads to keep the site free. Ads are served by Google (Google AdSense) and, through Google, by other ad companies.
- Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to this website or other websites.
- Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to you based on your visits to this site and/or other sites on the internet.
- You can opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google's Ads Settings. You can also opt out of some other companies' use of cookies for personalized advertising at www.aboutads.info/choices or optout.networkadvertising.org.
- To learn how Google uses information from sites that use its services, see How Google uses information from sites or apps that use our services.
If you opt out, you'll still see ads, but they won't be personalized based on your browsing.
Consent and opt-out choices
Visitors in the European Economic Area, the UK and Switzerland are asked for consent before personalized ads are shown, through a consent message managed with Google. Anyone can turn off personalized ads at any time through Google's Ads Settings or the industry opt-out pages linked above. If you live in a US state that gives you the right to opt out of targeted advertising, or of the "sale" or "sharing" of personal information, you can also email us at the address below and we'll help you do so. We don't sell personal information in any other way.
Children
The site isn't directed at children under 13, and we don't knowingly collect personal information from them.
How long information is kept
We don't keep address searches. Cloudflare keeps request logs for limited periods under its own policy. Advertising data is kept by Google and its partners under their policies.
Your rights
Depending on where you live, you may have rights to know, access, correct or delete personal information about you, and to opt out of targeted advertising. Because we don't keep searches or accounts, we usually hold no personal information that we can tie to you. To ask a question or make a request, email us. We won't treat you differently for making a request.
Changes
If we change this policy, we'll post the new version here with a new effective date.
Contact
Email hello@noiseabove.com.