Privacy Policy
How World Meal Time collects, uses and protects information, including our use of cookies and third-party advertising.
1. Introduction
This Privacy Policy explains how World Meal Time ("we", "our", "the Site") handles information when you visit worldmealtime.example.com (the "Site"). World Meal Time is a free reference tool that displays live clock times, meal-time schedules, and timezone calculations for countries and cities around the world. We built this policy to be plain and specific, not a generic template, because we believe you should know exactly what happens when you use the Site.
2. Information We Collect
The core features of World Meal Time — the live clock, meal-time finder, calculators, and search — run entirely in your browser using JavaScript and a locally embedded dataset. To do this, the Site reads your browser's reported timezone (via the standard Intl.DateTimeFormat API) so it can display your local time. This value is used only to render the clock on your screen; it is not transmitted to us, stored on any server we operate, or linked to your identity.
We do not require account creation, and we do not ask you to submit your name, email address, or any other personal information to use the Site's core features.
2.1 Automatically Collected Log Data
Like most websites, our hosting provider and any analytics or advertising services we use may automatically collect standard technical information when you visit, such as your IP address, browser type and version, device type, operating system, referring page, pages viewed, and the date and time of your visit. This information is collected in aggregate and used to understand site performance and usage trends, and to detect and prevent abuse.
3. Cookies and Similar Technologies
Cookies are small text files stored on your device by your browser. World Meal Time may use cookies and similar technologies (such as local storage) for the following purposes:
- Preference cookies — for example, remembering whether you last chose dark or light mode, so you don't have to reset it on every visit.
- Analytics cookies — if analytics tools are enabled on the Site, they may use cookies to understand how visitors use pages and features in aggregate.
- Advertising cookies — described in detail in Section 4 below.
You can control or delete cookies at any time through your browser settings. Blocking cookies may affect some non-essential features, such as remembered theme preference, but will not prevent the core meal-time and clock features from working.
4. Third-Party Advertising (Google AdSense)
World Meal Time may display advertisements served by Google AdSense and other third-party advertising networks. These third-party vendors use cookies — including the DoubleClick DART cookie — to serve ads based on your prior visits to this Site and other sites on the internet.
- Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads based on your visits to this Site and/or other sites on the internet.
- You may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings.
- Alternatively, you can opt out of a third-party vendor's use of cookies for personalized advertising by visiting www.aboutads.info.
- Third-party vendors, including Google, may show our ads on sites across the internet. We do not control the specific ads shown to you by these networks, and their own privacy policies govern their use of your data.
For more detail on how Google uses information from sites that use its services, see How Google uses information from sites or apps that use our services.
5. Children's Privacy
World Meal Time is not directed at children under the age of 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you believe a child has provided us with personal information, please contact us using the details in Section 9 and we will take steps to remove it.
6. Data Security
We take reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect any information processed in connection with the Site. However, because the core functionality of World Meal Time runs client-side in your browser and does not require you to submit personal data, the primary privacy protection is architectural: your timezone and meal-time selections are never sent to our servers in the first place.
7. Your Rights
Depending on your location, you may have rights under applicable data protection law (such as the GDPR in the European Economic Area or the CCPA in California), including the right to access, correct, delete, or restrict the processing of personal data collected about you by third-party services operating on this Site, and the right to opt out of the sale or sharing of personal information for targeted advertising. To exercise these rights with respect to advertising cookies, use the opt-out tools listed in Section 4. To exercise these rights with respect to any information you believe we hold directly, contact us using the details in Section 9.
8. Third-Party Links
The Site may contain links to third-party websites, including partner and resource links referenced in our guide content. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or content of these external sites, and we encourage you to review their respective privacy policies.
9. Changes to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or for legal, operational, or regulatory reasons. The "Last updated" date at the top of this page indicates when this policy was last revised. Continued use of the Site after changes are posted constitutes acceptance of the updated policy.
10. Contact Us
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or how World Meal Time handles information, please reach out via the contact details listed in the Site footer, or through our contact section on the homepage.