Privacy Policy

1. Who we are and scope

WORFLICT is an independently operated conflict-news map. This policy applies to the website, mobile applications, news feed, and notification features.

For privacy questions or data requests, contact privacy@worflict.com.

2. Information we handle

• Website technical data: When you access the site, hosting or security infrastructure may temporarily process standard server-log information such as IP address, browser/device type, request time, referring page, and requested URL.
• Language preference: Your EN/TR selection is stored only in your browser's local storage (localStorage).
• Consent and website analytics: Google Analytics may measure page views, session information, approximate location, browser/device information, referring pages, scrolls, and outbound-link clicks, and may use first-party cookies such as _ga. In regions requiring prior consent, including Türkiye, the EEA, United Kingdom, and Switzerland, analytics storage remains denied through Consent Mode v2 until permission is given. Choices in the EEA, United Kingdom, and Switzerland are handled by Google's certified Consent Management Platform (CMP), while choices in Türkiye are handled by WORFLICT's analytics consent panel. In regions where prior consent is not required, non-personalised audience measurement may begin when the page loads and a short analytics notice is shown. Advertising storage is separate and remains denied without a valid advertising choice.
• Mobile notification data: If you enable notifications, we process a Firebase messaging token, app language, critical-news setting, and the continents/countries you follow. This is used only to deliver your selected notifications.
• On-device preferences: Language and notification selections are stored locally by the application.

3. Why we use information

We use information to provide the website and app, protect security and availability, remember your language, deliver notifications you request, understand which pages are useful, improve the service, and diagnose technical problems. Processing may be based on providing the service you request, your consent, and our legitimate interests in operating and securing the service.

We do not sell personal information. Personalized advertising or Google signals may be used only in accordance with valid consent and the relevant Google settings; Google signals are disabled by default in our Analytics configuration.

4. News and artificial intelligence

Event discovery is based on GDELT data and publicly available reporting from linked publishers. Third-party artificial intelligence services may be used to create, structure, or translate headlines and short summaries. This sends public news material—not personal information supplied by a user—to the provider for processing on its infrastructure.

Automated summaries and translations can contain errors. Verify critical claims through the original source linked on each news card.

5. Service providers and external links

• Google Firebase / Firebase Cloud Messaging: serving the news feed, storing notification preferences, and delivering push notifications;
• Google Analytics: measuring website usage, performance, and content interactions under the consent and notice rules applicable in your region;
• Google AdSense and Google CMP: managing user consent and, once the site is approved, serving advertising in accordance with consent and regional requirements;
• Apple Push Notification service: delivering notifications to iOS devices;
• OpenStreetMap Foundation: providing map tiles; your device may connect directly to OSM servers while displaying the map;
• Hosting and security providers: keeping the service secure and available.

When you follow a link to a publisher or another external service, its own privacy policy applies. You can review OpenStreetMap's practices in the OSMF Privacy Policy.

6. Retention and deletion

• Our notification registration is retained for no more than 35 days after its last update. It is deleted immediately when you disable every notification option, and invalid tokens are removed automatically.
• Local browser and app preferences remain on your device until you clear them or uninstall the app.
• Technical and security logs are retained only as long as reasonably necessary for operations, security, and legal requirements.
• User-level and event-level Google Analytics data is configured for a maximum retention period of 2 months; aggregated reports may be retained longer.
• News translations and feed records are retained for no more than 150 days and do not contain a user profile.

To delete your notification registration, turn off every notification option in the app. You may also submit a deletion request to privacy@worflict.com.

7. Security and international transfers

We apply reasonable technical and organizational safeguards. No internet transmission or storage system is completely secure. Our providers operate global infrastructure, so information may be processed outside your country; contractual and legal safeguards are used where applicable.

8. Your rights and choices

Depending on applicable law, you may have rights to access, correct, delete, restrict or object to processing, and request portability of your information. Where shown, you can choose your preference in Google's consent message; you can reset your choice by clearing browser cookies and site data or use your browser's tracking and cookie controls. You can change notification permission in iOS/Android settings and notification topics in WORFLICT settings at any time.

Contact privacy@worflict.com to make a request. We may ask only for information needed to verify you and the relevant app installation. You may also have the right to complain to your local data protection authority.

9. Children's privacy

WORFLICT is not directed to children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children. Contact us if you believe such information has been processed so it can be deleted.

10. Changes

We may update this policy when the service or legal requirements change. We will publish the current version on this page with a new effective date and may provide an in-app or website notice for material changes.