Who We Are
Airport Smoking Zones (airportsmokingzones.com) is a free information service helping travelers find smoking areas at airports worldwide. We have been serving travelers since 2017.
Information We Collect
Information You Provide
When you use our contribution features, we collect:
- Smoking area tips — the text you submit, your name (optional), and your IP address
- Photos — images you upload along with the airport code, description, and contributor name (optional)
- Ratings — your score for an airport’s smoking facilities, optional comments, and IP address
- Contact messages — your name, email address, and message content when you use our contact form
Information Collected Automatically
- Google Analytics 4 — we use Google Analytics to understand how visitors use our site. This collects anonymized usage data including pages visited, time on site, device type, and approximate geographic location. IP addresses are anonymized. We respect Do Not Track browser settings
- Google AdSense — we display advertisements through Google AdSense. Google and its advertising partners may use cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to this site or other websites
- Server logs — our web server records your IP address, browser type, pages requested, and referring URL
Information We Do Not Collect
We do not require user accounts or registration. We do not collect email addresses except through the contact form. We do not use social login, comment systems, or tracking pixels beyond Google Analytics.
Cookies and Consent
Visitors in the EEA, UK, and Switzerland
When you first visit our site from the European Economic Area, United Kingdom, or Switzerland, you will see a consent banner. You may:
- Accept — analytics and advertising cookies are enabled
- Decline — only essential cookies are used, ads are shown without personalization, and analytics operates in a limited mode
- Change your preferences — click “Privacy Settings” in the website footer at any time to update your choices
When consent is declined, Google services operate without cookies. Ad click information may still pass through URL parameters for basic measurement, and ad request data is further redacted for your privacy.
Visitors in California (CCPA/CPRA)
California residents may see a “Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information” notice. You can opt out of the sale or sharing of personal information used for targeted advertising.
All Other Visitors
Analytics and advertising cookies are used by default. You can opt out of Google Analytics by installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on. You can manage ad personalization through Google Ad Settings.
Cookies Used on This Site
| Cookie | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| _ga, ga* | Google Analytics — anonymous usage statistics | 2 years |
| Google AdSense cookies | Ad serving and frequency capping | Varies |
| Consent preferences | Stores your cookie consent choices | 13 months |
How We Use Your Information
- Contributions, photos, and ratings are reviewed by moderators before publishing to keep our airport guides accurate
- IP addresses are used for spam prevention and rate limiting
- Analytics data helps us understand which airports and content are most useful to travelers
- Contact form messages are used to respond to your inquiries
Third-Party Services
We use the following services that may process your data:
- Google Analytics 4 (Google LLC) — web analytics — Privacy Policy
- Google AdSense (Google LLC) — advertising — How Google uses information
- Cloudflare (Cloudflare, Inc.) — CDN, security, and performance — Privacy Policy
Data Retention
- Contributions and ratings — retained indefinitely to maintain guide accuracy
- Photos — retained as long as they remain useful
- Contact messages — retained for up to 1 year
- Analytics data — Google Analytics retains data for 14 months
- Server logs — rotated monthly
Your Rights
European Economic Area, UK, and Switzerland (GDPR)
You have the right to access, correct, or delete the personal data we hold about you, to object to processing, to restrict processing, and to withdraw consent at any time. Withdrawing consent does not affect the lawfulness of processing performed before withdrawal.
California (CCPA/CPRA)
California residents have the right to know what personal information is collected, to request deletion, to opt out of the sale or sharing of personal information, and to not be discriminated against for exercising these rights.
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us.
Data Security
We protect your data through HTTPS encryption on all connections, access-controlled servers, IP address hashing for privacy, and moderation of all user submissions before publication.
Children’s Privacy
Our service is not directed at children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children.
Changes to This Policy
We may update this privacy policy from time to time. The last modified date at the top of this page indicates when it was last revised.
Contact
For privacy-related inquiries, please use our contact form.