Privacy policy

Last updated: November 3, 2026

Outage Depot (outagedepot.com) runs this site. Questions about this policy: hello@outagedepot.com. This page explains, in plain terms, what the site collects and what it doesn't.

The short version

• We don't ask for your name, email, or any account to use this site.
• We count three kinds of clicks: links into our Shop, “View on Amazon” buttons in our Shop and on our home page, and “Check price on Amazon” links on our checklists.
• Your checklist ticks are saved only in your own browser.
• Outage Depot doesn't set cookies. Amazon may set its own cookies after you click through to amazon.com.
• We don't sell your personal information.

Shop click counts

When you click a link that takes you to a Shop category, a “View on Amazon” button on a Shop card, or a “Check price on Amazon” link on a checklist, your browser sends a short message to our own server at /api/kpi. The message contains only:

• the kind of click: see_in_shop (a link to a Shop category), shop_outbound (a “View on Amazon” button in our Shop or on the home page) or checklist_outbound (a “Check price on Amazon” link on a checklist), and
• which one: the Shop category (for example, “water”) or the product's Amazon ID (its ASIN).

It doesn't include your name, email, or anything you typed. Like any web request, it also carries the standard technical details your browser sends to every website, such as your IP address and browser type. We use these counts to see which Shop categories and products people find useful. We don't use them for advertising.

Checklist progress (stays in your browser)

When you tick items on the checklists page, the site saves your ticks in your browser's local storage (under the name outage-depot-checks) so they're still there when you come back. This stays on your device. It isn't sent to us, and we can't see it. Unticking an item removes it, and clearing this site's data in your browser settings removes all of it.

Our host

The site is hosted by Vercel. When your browser loads a page, Vercel automatically processes technical data such as your IP address, browser type, the page requested and the time, to deliver the site and keep it secure. Vercel's request logs for this site are kept for about one hour and aren't sent to any other logging service. Vercel handles this data under its own privacy notice. We also use Vercel Web Analytics to count page views and clicks on our shop and checklist links in aggregate, along with the product or Shop category clicked and the page it was on. It doesn't set cookies and doesn't identify you: it records the page, referrer, country/region, and browser, OS and device type, and tells visits apart with a hash of the request that is discarded after 24 hours. We only see totals.

Cookies

Outage Depot doesn't set any cookies of its own, and our pages don't load advertising or third-party tracking scripts.

Our Shop links go straight to amazon.com. Third parties, including Amazon and other advertisers, may provide content and advertising, collect information directly from visitors, and place or recognize cookies on visitors' browsers. What happens on Amazon's site falls under Amazon's own privacy and cookie notices, not this page.

Some of our pages also link to other sites, such as the CDC, Ready.gov and First Alert. Once you click through, those sites' own privacy and cookie practices apply, not this page.

You can block or delete cookies in your browser settings.

Do Not Track

The site doesn't change what it does when your browser sends a Do Not Track signal. The Shop click counts described above work the same way whether or not the signal is on. We don't run display ads or third-party tracking scripts on our pages. Once you're on amazon.com, Amazon's own policies apply.

Email

If you email hello@outagedepot.com, we receive your email address and whatever you write. We use it only to reply to you. We don't have a newsletter or mailing list yet. If we start one, you'll have to sign up for it yourself, and we'll update this page first.

How long we keep it

• Shop click counts: each click adds one to a count kept in our server's memory. Our host may run more than one copy of the server, each copy keeps its own count, and a count is lost whenever that copy shuts down, which can happen at any time. The server also writes one short log line naming the kind of click and the Shop category or product. The line we write doesn't include your IP address or browser details, but our host adds the time to every log line. Our host currently deletes those log lines after one hour.
• Emails you send us: until the conversation is finished, and no longer than 24 months after your last message.
• Hosting logs: about one hour.
• Page-view and click totals (Vercel Web Analytics): aggregate counts with no personal identifiers. Our plan's reporting window is 12 months, though Vercel may keep the data longer (see vercel.com/docs/analytics/limits-and-pricing).

Your choices

Email hello@outagedepot.com to see or delete any email you've sent us. You can clear your checklist ticks at any time by unticking them or clearing this site's data in your browser. You can block or delete cookies in your browser settings.

Things we don't do

• We don't sell or rent your personal information.
• We don't sell anything directly on this site today, so we don't take payments or card details. If that changes, we'll update this page before it does.
• We don't run display ads on our pages.

Children

This site is not directed at children under 13, and we don't knowingly collect information from them.

Changes

If the site starts collecting something new, we'll update this page and the date at the top.

Contact

Questions about this page: hello@outagedepot.com