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Privacy Policy
Last updated: March 7, 2026
This Privacy Policy explains how SimCharts handles account data, simulator sync data, product diagnostics, and user choices across the site and Bridge app.
1. Scope
This Privacy Policy explains how SimCharts collects, uses, stores, and shares personal data when you use SimCharts.net, the SimCharts web application, the SimCharts Bridge application, and related services.
If local law gives you additional privacy rights, those rights apply alongside this Policy.
2. Data We Collect
We may collect account details such as your email address, username, login session identifiers, and settings you choose to store in your profile.
We may collect service usage data such as page visits, feature usage, error events, bridge connection state, and device or browser details needed to keep the product working.
If you use simulator sync features, we may process simulator-derived telemetry and navigation-related data required to provide moving map, route, and procedure functionality inside SimCharts.
3. How We Use Data
We use personal data to provide the service, authenticate users, sync supported simulator features, maintain account settings, respond to support requests, and improve reliability and performance.
We may also use data to protect the platform against fraud, abuse, unauthorized access, and security incidents.
4. Legal Bases
Where applicable, we process data because it is necessary to perform our contract with you, because we have legitimate interests in operating and securing the service, because you consented, or because we must comply with legal obligations.
5. Sharing
We do not sell your personal data.
We may share limited data with hosting, analytics, infrastructure, authentication, email, or integration providers strictly as needed to operate the service.
We may also disclose data if required by law or if reasonably necessary to protect users, the service, or our legal rights.
6. Data Retention
We keep personal data only for as long as it is reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this Policy, including account operation, support, security, dispute handling, and legal compliance.
Retention periods may vary depending on the type of data and whether an account remains active.
7. Security
We use reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect personal data. No system is perfectly secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.
8. Your Rights
Depending on your location, you may have rights to access, correct, delete, restrict, object to, or export certain personal data.
You may also have the right to withdraw consent where processing is based on consent.
9. International Transfers
Your data may be processed in countries other than your own. Where required, we use appropriate safeguards for international transfers.
10. Changes
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. When we do, we will revise the last updated date on this page.
11. Contact
Privacy questions can be sent to support@simcharts.net.
For the general service rules, see the Terms of Service.