Privacy Policy

Last updated: July 5, 2025

This Privacy Policy describes how Focus Pal ("we," "us," or "our") collects, uses, and discloses your information when you use our website Focus Pal (the "Service"), which functions as a study timer and ambient sound player. By using the Service, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy.

1. Information We Collect

We collect certain types of information for various purposes to provide and improve our Service to you.

Personal Data

We do not collect personally identifiable information such as your name or email address. While using our Service, we may collect the following information:

• Cookies and Usage Data

Usage Data

We may also collect information about how the Service is accessed and used ("Usage Data"). This Usage Data may include information such as your computer's Internet Protocol address (e.g., IP address), browser type, browser version, the pages of our Service that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.

Tracking & Cookies Data

We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on our Service and hold certain information. Cookies are files with a small amount of data which may include an anony mous unique identifier. Cookies are sent to your browser from a website and stored on your device. Other tracking technologies also used are beacons, tags, and scripts to collect and track information and to improve and analyze our Service.

You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our Service.

Examples of Cookies we use:

• **Session Cookies.** We use Session Cookies to operate our Service.
• **Preference Cookies.** We use Preference Cookies to remember your preferences and various settings.
• **Security Cookies.** We use Security Cookies for security purposes.
• **Advertising Cookies.** Advertising Cookies are used to serve you with advertisements that may be relevant to you and your interests.

2. How We Use Your Information

We use the collected data for various purposes:

• To provide and maintain our Service
• To notify you about changes to our Service via prominent notices on the Service
• To allow you to participate in interactive features of our Service when you choose to do so
• To provide customer care and support
• To provide analysis or valuable information so that we can improve the Service
• To monitor the usage of the Service
• To detect, prevent and address technical issues
• To display advertising and monetize traffic as described in the "Advertising and Monetization" section below.

3. Sharing Your Information

We may share your information in the following situations:

• **With Service Providers:** We may share your data with service providers to monitor and analyze the use of our Service.
• **For Business Transfers:** We may share or transfer your data in connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business to another company.
• **With Affiliates:** We may share your information with our affiliates, in which case we will require those affiliates to honor this Privacy Policy. Affiliates include our parent company and any other subsidiaries, joint venture partners or other companies that we control or that are under common control with us.
• **With Business Partners:** We may share your information with our business partners to offer you certain products, services or promotions.
• **With Your Consent:** We may disclose your information for any other purpose with your consent.

4. Advertising and Monetization

We may display advertisements on our Service and monetize traffic through various means. This involves collecting and using certain types of data to deliver relevant ads and generate revenue to support the Service.

• **Ad Serving:** We may partner with third-party advertising networks to display advertisements on our Service. These advertising partners may use cookies, web beacons, and other tracking technologies to collect information about your activities on this and other websites to provide you with targeted advertising based on your interests.
• **Traffic Monetization:** To monetize the traffic on our Service, we may employ various strategies, including but not limited to, displaying programmatic ads, affiliate marketing links, and sponsored content. This may involve sharing anonymized or aggregated data with our monetization partners to optimize ad delivery and revenue generation.
• **Data Used for Advertising:** The data collected for advertising and monetization purposes may include your IP address, device identifiers, browser type, operating system, pages visited, time spent on pages, and general geographic location. This data is primarily used to understand user behavior, deliver personalized ads, and measure the effectiveness of advertising campaigns.
• **Your Choices Regarding Advertising:** You may be able to opt-out of personalized advertising by visiting the opt-out pages of the Network Advertising Initiative (NAI) or the Digital Advertising Alliance (DAA). Please note that opting out of personalized advertising does not mean you will no longer receive advertising; it means the advertising you see may be less relevant to your interests.

5. Data Security

The security of your data is important to us, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your data, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

6. Your Choices and Rights

You have certain rights regarding your data. Depending on your jurisdiction, these may include:

• The right to access, update or delete the information we have on you.
• The right to object to our processing of your data.
• The right to request that we restrict the processing of your data.
• The right to data portability.
• The right to withdraw consent at any time where Focus Pal relied on your consent to process your data.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at info@focuspal.org.

7. Children's Privacy

Our Service does not address anyone under the age of 13 ("Children"). We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 13. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your Children has provided us with data, please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected data from children without verification of parental consent, we take steps to remove that information from our servers.

8. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page. We will let you know via a prominent notice on our Service, prior to the change becoming effective and update the "Last updated" date at the top of this Privacy Policy.

You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

9. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us:

• By email: info@focuspal.org