Privacy Policy — FMSC

Last Updated: July 5, 2026

This privacy policy describes how our company ("we", "our", or "us") collects, uses, and discloses your personal information and data when you use our services through our websites and/or application.

1. What Kind of Data Is Collected?

We collect information that you voluntarily provide to us, as well as data that is automatically generated when you interact with our platform.

Information You Provide Directly:

Information Automatically Collected or Generated:

Third-Party Data Sources:

We may receive background analytics and diagnostic information indirectly via Firebase (https://www.firebase.google.com).

2. How Your Data Is Used

We collect and process your personal data for the following essential business purposes:

Fraud Prevention Notice: When processing orders, your billing details may be cross-referenced with banking networks or third-party payment processors solely to verify data and prevent fraudulent transactions.

3. Data Storage, Retention, and Sharing

Data Storage Location

Our company securely stores and hosts your primary account data in servers located in France (Europe).

Retention Periods

We retain your name, email, and uploaded photos for as long as your account is active or actively needed to provide you with app services. If you choose to close your account, we will securely delete or permanently anonymize your data within 7 days, unless a longer retention period is explicitly required by applicable law.

Sharing of Information

4. Your Privacy & Data Protection Rights

Depending on your legal location (such as the European Union under GDPR, or US states like Washington under the WCPA), you hold specific statutory rights regarding your personal data. We honor these rights for all applicable users:

How to Submit a Request

To exercise any of your privacy rights, please email us directly at: info@firemtn.org.

We will verify your identity and respond to your request within 45 days of receipt. If an extension is reasonably required due to the complexity of the request, we will notify you of the extension within the initial 45-day window.

Right to Appeal (Washington & US State Standards)

If we decline to take action on your privacy request, you have the right to formally appeal our decision. You can submit an appeal by replying directly to our decision notice or by emailing info@firemtn.org.

We will review and respond to your appeal within 45 days. If your appeal is ultimately denied, Washington residents may escalate their concern to the Washington State Attorney General by filing an official complaint.

5. Cookie Policy and Similar Tracking Technologies

When you interact with our platforms, we may deploy temporary session cookies or persistent tracking cookies to remember your device preferences and optimize site features.

For complete information regarding how cookies function, you may visit allaboutcookies.org.

Categories of Cookies We Use:

How to Manage Your Cookie Settings:

You can adjust your web browser settings to block or delete cookies entirely. Please note that blocking essential cookies may cause specific features of our website or application to stop functioning properly.

For complete reference instructions on deleting cookies via your hardware or web software, see the respective guides below:

Mobile Device Controls:

If you do not want your mobile apps tracking behaviors for targeted advertising, configure your phone's native security controls:

  1. iOS Users: Navigate to your settings menu and enable "Limit Ad Tracking" or disable tracking permissions under Privacy & Security.

  2. Android Users: Toggle the "Deactivate ad personalization" or "Opt out of Interest-Based Ads" settings inside the Google Play privacy profile menu.

6. External Third-Party Links

Our website and mobile application may link to external websites created and maintained by distinct public or private entities. When you leave our application environment via these links, you become subject to that external party's independent privacy and security policies. We do not control or guarantee the data practices of outside systems.

7. Operational Data Security

We implement standard technical controls and strict physical safeguards to keep your personal information secure. These protections include encrypting data transmissions over the internet via secure protocols, maintaining perimeter firewalls, executing intrusion detection checks, and explicitly limiting server file access permissions solely to authorized technicians.

8. Policy Updates and Contact Methods

Changes to Our Policy

We review our privacy structures regularly and reserve the right to revise this policy statement. When significant procedural adjustments are made regarding how personal data is handled, we will post a prominent alert notice on this page and revise the update date at the top of the policy.

General Privacy Inquiries

If you have any questions about this privacy policy, wish to access your personal history records, or want to register a specific data complaint, you may contact our legal compliance desk or relevant internal oversight authorities directly via email at: info@firemtn.org.