Privacy Policy

1. Overview and Core Privacy Principles

HolidayExplore (accessible via holidayexplore.com) operates as a public calendar and banking schedule utility. We believe in strict privacy-by-design. We do not maintain user account registration systems, do not store customer passwords, and do not harvest personal identity records such as full names, residential addresses, or precise GPS coordinates.

2. Technical Data We Process

To display accurate national holidays, our application processes minimal, non-personally identifiable technical signals:

• Coarse Geographic Location: We query anonymous country-level IP headers through external routing APIs (api.country.is) to automatically resolve your sovereign jurisdiction (e.g., United States vs. United Kingdom). IP addresses are never retained in our databases.
• Browser Timezone Heuristics: We read the native client timezone offset provided by your browser (e.g., Intl.DateTimeFormat) to calculate real-time midnight countdowns.
• Local Browser Storage: We use client-side localStorage solely to remember your chosen country filter, interface language, and cookie consent preferences across page reloads.

4. European Economic Area (EEA) & GDPR Compliance

If you reside within the EEA, United Kingdom, or Switzerland, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) grants you specific rights regarding your data:

• The right to be informed about how anonymous technical identifiers are utilized.
• The right to withdraw cookie consent at any time via our footer cookie settings or by clearing your browser cache.
• The right to lodge complaints with your local data protection supervisory authority.

5. California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA / CPRA)

HolidayExplore does not sell personal information to commercial brokers. Under CCPA, California residents have the right to know what categories of technical signals are tracked and request the cessation of third-party cookie sharing for cross-context behavioral advertising.

6. Children's Privacy (COPPA)

HolidayExplore is a general public utility and does not knowingly solicit or collect identifiable data from children under the age of 13. If you believe technical data has been inadvertently collected from a minor, notify our editorial desk immediately.

7. Updates to This Policy

We reserve the right to revise this Privacy Policy periodically to reflect technological changes or regulatory updates. Any modifications will be posted directly to this URL with an updated effective timestamp.