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Privacy Policy for Pilotfriend

Last Updated: December 2023

1. Introduction

Welcome to Pilotfriend.com. This privacy policy explains how we handle your personal information and data. We value your privacy and strive to protect your personal information.

2. Data Collection and Use

As a website providing information for pilots, we do not collect personal data directly from our users. However, we use third-party services that may collect data:

  • Google Analytics: Collects user data (like location, language, browser, and operating system), session data (visit duration, pages visited, actions on the site), traffic sources (how users arrived at our site), and content data (pages visited, duration, and clicks).

  • Google AdSense: Delivers targeted advertisements and tracks performance. The data collected may include similar information as collected by Google Analytics.

3. Purpose of Data Collection

The data collected by Google Analytics and AdSense helps us understand user behaviour, improve our website, and deliver relevant advertisements.

4. Data Protection and Privacy

In compliance with UK GDPR, we ensure the protection and privacy of any data indirectly collected. We do not use this data for any purpose other than described above and do not share it with any third parties, except as required by law.

5. User Rights

Users have rights under the UK GDPR, including the right to access, correct, delete, or restrict processing of your data. For queries or requests regarding your data, please contact us at flying@pilotfriend.com.

6. Changes to This Policy

We may update this policy occasionally. We encourage users to review this policy regularly for any changes.

7. Contact Information

For any questions or concerns about this privacy policy, please contact us at flying@pilotfriend.com.


Pilotfriend terms and conditions

Pilotfriend and its sister websites are a free resource for all aviation enthusiasts world wide. It is written and maintained by pilots for pilots.

We go to great lengths to ensure that the information published is accurate and up to date. However, Pilotfriend assumes no responsibility or liability for any information accessed through the site. The information provided through this site should not be used in place of an OFFICIAL source. By use of this data you acknowledge and assume the risk of interception and misuse of any transmitted information and of possible electronic errors in such transmissions. Information accessed through this site may be inaccurate and/or outdated. Please cross-check any information downloaded here against an official source.

advertising on Pilotfriend

We are happy to welcome advertisers on this website that do not have a direct relationship with aviation. We will not accept however websites that contain any porn content or material deemed unsuitable to minors. Should the content of any advertising website change its content to include such material, the advertising banner shall be removed with no refund.

We will not accept any website that has programming to prevent the page being closed down....'taking over the browser'.