Privacy policy

Last updated 2026-10-03 (3 October 2026).

Boeing-747.com is a static reference site about an aircraft. There are no accounts, shopping or newsletters. Optional Google AdSense advertising helps support the site. This page sets out exactly what happens when you visit.

What the site does not do

• Optional analytics and ads stay blocked before consent. Google Analytics uses measurement cookies such as _ga when allowed. Google AdSense may use advertising cookies when ads are allowed. Cloudflare hosting and security processing still apply when optional services are blocked.
• No accounts or logins.
• No selling of personal information. Consented analytics data is sent to the measurement providers described below.
• No newsletter or mailing list.
• Visitor tools work locally. The spotting logbook lets you record aircraft in your own browser. Livery designs, cargo puzzles, cockpit controls and memory drafts are also processed on your device. They do not upload your input or ask for an account.

What is stored on your device

Consent and layout preferences, and any spotting logbook entries you save, are stored in local storage. Separately, Google Analytics can set measurement cookies and AdSense may use advertising cookies after the relevant consent. The local preferences and logbook entries stay on your device, are never transmitted anywhere, and are removed when you clear your browser data.

Key	Set when	Purpose
consent	You answer the consent notice	Remembers Allow all, Analytics & media only, or Keep blocked
consent-version	You answer the consent notice	Identifies the disclosure you answered; older choices prompt again when the services change
sidebar	You collapse the sidebar	Remembers your layout preference
boeing747.spotting-logbook.v1	You save or import logbook entries	Keeps your personal aircraft records in this browser

Opening the logbook briefly creates and removes a temporary availability key to check whether browser storage works. Entries are saved only when you add, change or import records. The photo quiz keeps its score in page memory and does not save it after you leave.

Your spotting logbook

Registrations, dates, airports, operators and notes entered in the logbook are processed on your device. CSV imports are read locally and CSV exports download directly from your browser. Neither files nor entries are sent to the site, analytics providers or an external service. The tool works with optional analytics and advertising blocked.

The logbook has no cloud sync. Clearing site data, using another browser or ending a private browsing session can remove your records. Use Export CSV to keep a backup or transfer entries to another device. Edit or delete individual entries in the logbook; its undo control can restore the most recent deletion while the page remains open.

Creative tools and memory contributions

Livery colours, names and registrations are used to draw your design on your device. SVG and PNG downloads are generated in your browser. The cargo game and cockpit explorer keep their settings in page memory. None of these tools sends your input to a server or records it as a custom analytics event.

The memories composer prepares a draft and its contribution package locally. It does not publish your story or send it automatically. Downloading or copying your draft stays on your device. If you choose to open an email draft or contact the editor, the information you include is handled by your email application and sent only when you send that message. Read the publication permission fields before contributing; the editor reviews material before publication. Attach only photographs you can authorise us to use.

The engine sound library serves audio files from this site. Its players do not contact Wikimedia, YouTube or another audio host. They request a clip only when you play or download it. Source and licence links lead to external sites when you follow them.

Consent for third-party content

Cloudflare and Google analytics and Google AdSense are blocked by default. Choose Allow all to permit analytics, non-personalized ads and third-party media, Analytics & media only to allow those services while keeping ads blocked, or Keep blocked to decline all optional services. Third-party image placeholders also stay blocked until allowed. Video detail pages use locally hosted preview cards; the YouTube player loads only when you press play.

You can change your mind at any time: reopen the consent notice.

Every page, video link and piece of text works if you decline. Analytics does not count visits without consent. To withdraw an earlier permission, reopen the notice and choose Keep blocked. The site disables GA4, removes its standard measurement cookies, pauses AdSense requests and reloads without optional analytics or ads. Choosing Analytics & media only after Allow all also reloads to unload advertising. The site cannot delete cookies stored on other companies' domains. Previously transmitted data cannot be recalled.

Live aircraft maps

The live 747 page has a separate Load external live map control. Until pressed, no embedded map connects to ADSB.lol. Loading it sends normal browser requests, including your IP address, to ADSB.lol and its map services. Their privacy notice applies. Choose Unload external map to remove it and stop further requests. This does not enable the site's analytics or advertising. The custom map instead fetches aircraft reports through our server without forwarding your IP to ADSB.lol.

Analytics

The site measures visits with Cloudflare Web Analytics and Google Analytics 4 - and only if you allow them.

Cloudflare Web Analytics is cookie-free and does not fingerprint visitors or follow them across other websites. It reports aggregate information - page views, referring sites, broad country-level location, browser and device type - rather than anything identifying an individual.

Google Analytics 4 is strong, standard site measurement. Once allowed it loads Google's gtag.js script and reports the same kind of aggregate data, using first-party cookies such as _ga to distinguish recurring visitors. It is a Google service, so your request and the measurement data reach Google, whose privacy policy governs how it processes them. If you decline, no request to Google's analytics infrastructure is ever made.

Both are held back for good reason: each is a request to a third party that reveals your IP address, so neither is loaded on page view. Nothing is fetched from static.cloudflareinsights.com or googletagmanager.com until you consent. If you decline, or simply never answer, no measurement is ever taken and no request is made.

The practical consequence is that the visitor figures for this site undercount real traffic, which is an acceptable price for not measuring people who did not agree to it.

Advertising

Google AdSense loads only after you choose Allow all. The site requests non-personalized advertising using Google's publisher privacy treatment. This does not make ads cookie-free: Google may use cookies for frequency control, reporting and fraud prevention. Ads are selected and served by Google under its privacy policy.

The site's privacy notice is a local script-loading control, not a Google-certified consent management platform. Google's regional publisher consent requirements and any additional Google consent messages also apply. See Google's publisher consent guidance and non-personalized advertising explanation.

Third parties that see your request

Being honest about this matters more than the reassuring paragraph most policies use.

Cloudflare hosts and serves the site, so your request necessarily reaches Cloudflare's network, which processes the connection and applies standard security and abuse protection. This is unavoidable - it is how the page reaches you - and is separate from the optional analytics described above. Cloudflare's own privacy policy governs that processing.

Google Analytics (Google) - the second measurement service. If you allow it, Google's gtag.js loads from googletagmanager.com and measurement data is sent to Google (google-analytics.com). As with Cloudflare, that stops entirely if you decline or never answer. Google Analytics uses first-party measurement cookies (_ga and related) after consent. Advertising cookies are described separately above.

Google AdSense (Google) - if you allow ads, its script loads from pagead2.googlesyndication.com and Google receives advertising requests. The site requests non-personalized ads. Ads remain blocked for Analytics & media only and Keep blocked.

YouTube (Google) - the player loads from youtube-nocookie.com when you press play. Any remaining third-party image placeholders load only after consent or an individual request. Loading Google-hosted media discloses your request and IP address to Google.

Analytics stays blocked unless you allow it. Playing a video is a separate request to load YouTube, even if you declined analytics.

The video itself is never loaded until you press play, whatever your choice. The player is embedded only at that point, and through youtube-nocookie.com rather than the standard YouTube domain. Pressing play is itself a clear request to watch a YouTube video; once you do, Google's terms and privacy policy apply to that playback.

The site's own fonts, scripts and content assets are served from this domain. Allowed Google services can request their own supporting resources from Google and its advertising providers.

Links to other sites

The site links out to museums, NASA, Wikipedia and other references. Those sites have their own privacy policies and this one does not apply to them.

If you email

If you write to boeing747@0a0.info, that email and your address are kept for as long as needed to deal with what you raised. It is not added to any list and not passed to anyone.

Children

The site is a general-interest reference and is not directed at children. It does not knowingly collect information from anyone.

GDPR and UK GDPR

This section applies if you are in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom or Switzerland.

Who is responsible. Boeing-747.com is operated from British Columbia, Canada, and is the controller for the limited processing described on this page. Contact: boeing747@0a0.info.

What is processed, and on what basis.

Processing	Lawful basis
Serving the site - your IP address and request are handled by Cloudflare to deliver pages and block abuse	Legitimate interests (Art. 6(1)(f)): operating and protecting the site
Consented analytics, including GA4 measurement cookies - page views, referrer, broad country, device type	Consent (Art. 6(1)(a)). Nothing is measured and no script is loaded unless you agree, and you can withdraw at any time
Optional non-personalized Google AdSense advertising and associated storage	Consent: the advertising loader remains blocked unless you choose Allow all
Loading YouTube thumbnails and players, which discloses your IP to Google	Consent (Art. 6(1)(a)), asked before anything loads and withdrawable at any time
Replying if you email	Legitimate interests (Art. 6(1)(f)): answering your message

Storage on your device. The consent, consent-version and sidebar keys remember your choices. The spotting logbook key holds entries you save or import, with a temporary availability check when the tool opens. These functional values are never transmitted. After consent, GA4 also stores first-party measurement cookies. Allow all permits advertising storage; Analytics & media only keeps it denied. Google ad personalization and advertising user-data consent remain denied in the site's Google tag configuration.

International transfers. The site is served through Cloudflare's global network, so your request may be handled outside your country. If you consent to third-party content, Google receives your IP address. Both operate their own transfer safeguards; see Cloudflare's privacy policy and Google's.

Retention. The site has no visitor accounts. Google handles analytics identifiers and advertising data under its service policies. Site reports are aggregate. Email correspondence is kept only as long as needed to deal with it.

Your rights. You have the right of access, rectification, erasure, restriction, objection and data portability, and the right to withdraw consent at any time - for both analytics and third-party content, by reopening the consent notice. There are no site accounts. If you consent to GA4, its first-party cookies supply measurement identifiers; see Google's privacy policy for that processing.

Automated decision-making. The site makes no eligibility or other consequential decisions about visitors. It requests non-personalized advertising.

Complaints. You may complain to your local supervisory authority - in the UK, the Information Commissioner's Office.

Canada

The site is operated from British Columbia and is subject to Canadian federal and provincial privacy law, including PIPEDA. Enquiries and complaints can be sent to boeing747@0a0.info.

Your rights generally

The site has no visitor accounts. For data handled by analytics or advertising services, their privacy policies explain the available controls. If you believe otherwise, or have a question about anything above, email boeing747@0a0.info.

Changes

If this policy changes, the date at the top of this page changes with it. There is no mailing list, so the page itself is the record.

Any dispute over privacy is subject to this policy and the terms of use, including the governing law stated there.