This Privacy Policy outlines how Fossil Vault (“we”, “our”, or “us”), accessible via https://fossilvault.xyz, collects, records, utilizes, and protects visitor data in accordance with modern global data privacy regulations (GDPR, CCPA/CPRA, and Google AdSense partner guidelines).
1. Information We Collect
Like most standard website operators, Fossil Vault collects standard log files. These files log visitors when they visit websites. The information collected by log files includes:
- Internet Protocol (IP) addresses
- Browser type and user-agent details
- Internet Service Provider (ISP)
- Date and timestamp of visits
- Referring and exit pages
- Number of clicks and navigational paths
These logs are not linked to any information that is personally identifiable. The purpose of this information is for analyzing trends, administering the site, tracking users’ movement around the website, and gathering demographic metrics.
2. Cookies and Web Beacons
Fossil Vault uses cookies to store information about visitors’ preferences, to record user-specific information on which pages the visitor accesses or visits, and to customize web page content based on visitors’ browser type or other information that the visitor sends via their browser.
3. Google DoubleClick DART Cookies & Third-Party Advertising
Google is one of the third-party vendors on our site. It also uses cookies, known as DART cookies, to serve ads to our site visitors based upon their visit to fossilvault.xyz and other sites on the internet.
Visitors may choose to decline the use of DART cookies by visiting the Google Ad and Content Network Privacy Policy at the following URL: https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads.
Third-party ad servers or ad networks use technologies like cookies, JavaScript, or Web Beacons that are used in their respective advertisements and links that appear on Fossil Vault. They automatically receive your IP address when this occurs. These technologies are used to measure the effectiveness of their advertising campaigns and/or to personalize the advertising content that you see on websites that you visit. Note that Fossil Vault has no access to or control over these cookies that are used by third-party advertisers.
4. CCPA / CPRA Privacy Rights (Do Not Sell My Personal Information)
Under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA), California consumers have the right to:
- Request that a business disclose the categories and specific pieces of personal data that a business has collected about consumers.
- Request that a business delete any personal data about the consumer that a business has collected.
- Request that a business that sells or shares a consumer’s personal data, not sell or share the consumer’s personal data.
If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you. If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us at contact@fossilvault.xyz.
5. GDPR Data Protection Rights
We would like to make sure you are fully aware of all of your data protection rights under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Every user is entitled to the following:
- The right to access: You have the right to request copies of your personal data.
- The right to rectification: You have the right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate or complete incomplete information.
- The right to erasure: You have the right to request that we erase your personal data, under certain conditions.
- The right to restrict processing: You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data.
- The right to object to processing: You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data.
- The right to data portability: You have the right to request that we transfer the data that we have collected to another organization, or directly to you.
6. Children’s Online Privacy Protection (COPPA)
Protecting children while using the internet is an imperative priority. Fossil Vault does not knowingly collect any Personal Identifiable Information from children under the age of 13. If you believe that your child provided this kind of information on our website, we strongly encourage you to contact us immediately, and we will use our best efforts to promptly remove such information from our records.
Last updated: September 2026.