Privacy Policy

1. Overview

S&P 500 Heatmap (https://www.sp500heatmap.com) is committed to respecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy describes what information we collect, how we use it, and your rights regarding that information.

The short version: we collect minimal, anonymous analytics data and nothing else. We do not collect personal information, we do not use cookies for tracking, and we do not sell or share any data with third parties.

2. Analytics

We use a privacy-focused, open-source web analytics platform to understand how visitors use our website, chosen specifically because it is designed to be privacy-respecting by default. It collects only anonymous, aggregated data, which may include:

• Page views (which pages are visited and how often)
• Referrer information (how you arrived at the site)
• Browser and device type (e.g., Chrome on desktop)
• Country of origin (derived from an anonymized IP)
• Screen resolution and operating system

3. No Tracking Cookies

S&P 500 Heatmapdoes not set tracking cookies, advertising cookies, or third-party cookies. The only data stored in your browser is your own preference settings (such as light or dark theme), saved in your browser's local storage and never transmitted to any server.

4. No Personal Data Collection

We do not collect, store, or process any personally identifiable information (PII), including but not limited to names, email addresses, phone numbers, physical addresses, financial information, or account credentials. There are no user accounts, sign-up forms, newsletters, or contact forms on this website.

5. No Data Sharing or Selling

We do not sell, trade, rent, or otherwise share any data — anonymous or otherwise — with third parties for marketing, advertising, or any other purpose.

6. Third-Party Services

S&P 500 Heatmap may load resources from third-party services in order to function, which may include a web-font provider, a hosting/CDN provider, a market-data provider, and a brand-logo provider. These services may log technical request data (such as IP address and user agent) as part of delivering their service, governed by their own privacy policies. We do not control and are not responsible for those policies.

7. Data Retention

Anonymous analytics data is retained for a reasonable period to analyze usage trends. Since no personal data is collected, there is no personal data to delete or export.

8. Children's Privacy

S&P 500 Heatmap is a general-interest informational website. We do not knowingly collect any information from children under the age of 13 (or the applicable age of consent in your jurisdiction). Since we collect no personal data from any visitor, this concern does not apply in practice.

9. Your Rights

Since we do not collect personal data, traditional data-subject rights (access, correction, deletion, portability) under regulations such as GDPR, CCPA, or similar frameworks do not apply in a meaningful way. However, if you have any privacy-related concern, you are welcome to contact us.

10. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Changes will be posted on this page with an updated revision date. Your continued use of the website after any change constitutes your acceptance of the updated policy.

11. Contact

If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy, you may contact us through the information provided on the website.