Privacy Policy

This policy explains, in plain language, what data the site collects about you, where it goes, and what your choices are. It is written to comply with PIPEDA (Canada), the GDPR (EU/UK), the California Consumer Privacy Act, and Australia's Privacy Act, and is reviewed whenever the underlying tools or services change.

Who is responsible for your data

The site is operated by Kirk Johnson (Pulse Of Your City), based in Canada. For privacy questions, write to feedback@exploreallplaces.com — the same address published on the contact page. You can email at any time to request a copy of, or deletion of, any personal data the site holds about you.

What the site collects directly

The site collects only what it needs to render a city-aware page. Specifically:

• Approximate location — when you first visit, the site reads your IP-based location through a public geo-IP provider (ipapi.co, with ipwho.is and geojs.io as fallbacks) to choose the right country news feed, league mix, and city list. This look-up resolves to a city, region and country, not a precise GPS coordinate.
• City selection — if you change the city manually, the choice is saved in your browser's localStorage and a first-party cookie (key: user_location). This is what allows the site to land on the right city on your next visit without asking again.
• No account, no signup — the site does not have user accounts, does not collect email addresses except through the contact email you choose to send me, and does not sell, share or rent reader contact information of any kind.

What third parties may collect

The site uses three categories of third-party tools, each of which collects its own data under its own privacy policy:

• Google Analytics 4 (measurement ID G-K0WKY1N5PE) — measures aggregated visits, page-view counts, country-level traffic and broad engagement metrics. IP addresses are anonymised before storage in line with Google's standard configuration.
• Google AdSense (publisher ID ca-pub-4954126923275910) — when active, may use cookies and similar technologies to measure ad performance and (if you have personalised ads enabled in your Google account) to deliver relevant ads. You can control personalised advertising in Google's Ads Settings.
• Live data APIs — when you load a page, your browser makes direct requests to the public APIs the site uses (GDELT, ESPN, open-meteo, ipapi.co, etc.). Those providers will see your IP address and the page you requested, as is true of any browser request to any third party.

Cookies and local storage

The site uses one first-party cookie (user_location) to remember your selected city, and writes a small set of keys to your browser's localStorage for the same purpose. Google Analytics and Google AdSense write their own cookies as described above. You can clear cookies and localStorage in your browser settings at any time; if you do, the site will simply ask the geo-IP provider for your location again and re-store the result.

Your rights

You have the right to ask what data is held about you, to ask for it to be deleted, and to opt out of analytics and advertising cookies. Because the site itself stores almost nothing server-side, "delete my data" usually means "clear my browser storage" — which you can do yourself in two clicks. For Analytics opt-out, install Google's browser opt-out add-on. For Ads personalisation, use the Google Ads Settings link above.

Children

The site is a general-audience local discovery tool. It is not directed at children under 13 (or 16 in jurisdictions that set the age higher), and I do not knowingly collect personal information from anyone under that age. If you believe a child has provided personal information through the contact email, please write and I will delete it.

International transfers

Because the site uses Google Analytics, Google AdSense and a small number of public APIs, your data may be processed in jurisdictions other than your own — typically the United States. Google's published privacy and data-transfer commitments cover the bulk of that flow.

Changes

If this policy changes materially, the "last reviewed" date below will be updated and a short note describing the change will be added to this page.

Policy last reviewed: May 21, 2026.