FlashAlert safeguards your data. We do not sell or provide it to anyone else without your consent. We are the sole owners of the information collected on this site. We only have access to/collect information that you voluntarily give us via email or other direct contact from you. We will not sell or rent this information to anyone. We securely store your information, and hold it for as long as we need to in order provide our services and products to you in accordance with (a) applicable law, or (b) as long as is set out in any relevant contract you have with us. Credit card payments are handled by Square; FlashAlert does not have access to this information.
FlashAlert’s software uses two cookies to track login preferences and session information. It does not use cookies to track or distribute any sensitive information about you, your data or your login session.
You may opt out of any future contact from us at any time by contacting us via the email address or phone number provided below:
• See what data we have about you, if any.
• Change/correct any data we have about you.
• Have us delete any data we have about you.
• Express any concern you have about our use of your data
1) Clients:
Data We Are Processing: We distribute to the news media the information provided to us by clients.
How We Are Processing It: Data is processed and held within our servers.
Purpose for Processing Data: Data is used to distribute news to the media.
To Request Data Deletion: You may ask us to delete or remove your Personal Data. Clients may click the “Delete Account” link at the bottom of their account management page to close their account and have all their data deleted, or contact support@flashalert.net for deletion.
2) Public Subscribers:
Data We Are Processing: When a member of the public creates a Messenger account, they provide us their email address and what organizations they wish to receive information from.
How We Are Processing It: Data is processed and held within our servers.
Purpose for Processing Data: The purpose of the information is to alert subscribers to emergency situations, such as weather closures.
To Request Data Deletion: You may ask us to delete or remove your Personal Data. Clients may click the “Delete Account” link at the bottom of their account management page to close their account and have all their data deleted, or contact support@flashalert.net for deletion. Subscribers may click the “Unsubscribe” link at the bottom of every email to stop delivery, or contact support@flashalert.net.
3) Use of Facebook Data:
Data We Are Processing: When you use the FlashAlert Integration service and choose to log in or connect with Facebook, we may collect and use the following information:
• Your public Facebook profile (name, profile picture, email address)
• The Facebook Pages you manage
• Page access tokens to allow posting content to your Page
• Page engagement metrics (e.g., likes, comments) to support analytics
How We Are Processing It: We collect and use this information solely to enable your organization to publish news content from our platform to your connected Facebook Page(s). We do not sell, rent, or share your Facebook data with third parties for marketing or unrelated purposes.
You may revoke access to your Facebook data at any time by removing the FlashAlert Integration app from your Facebook account settings.
Data Storage and Security: All Facebook-related data is securely stored using industry-standard encryption practices. Only authorized administrators of your organization and our system may access this information for the purpose of managing posts.
Data Deletion: If you would like to request deletion of your Facebook data retrieved through our platform, please contact us at support@flashalert.net. We will process your request promptly. You may also revoke permissions via your Facebook settings under “Business Integrations.”
Facebook Integration
FlashAlert uses Facebook login and Facebook Page features to allow organizations to connect their Facebook accounts for easier sharing of news and updates. By granting us access to manage your Facebook Page, we will only use this access to publish press releases and updates that you create on your FlashAlert account.
We request the following Facebook permissions:
- pages_manage_posts: To publish news to your connected Facebook Page on your behalf.
- pages_show_list: To show you a list of Facebook Pages you manage and let you choose one to connect.
- pages_read_engagement: To fetch basic engagement metrics (likes, comments) for your posts.
We do not post anything without your explicit action. You can disconnect your Facebook Page at any time from your organization settings in your FlashAlert account.
If you feel that we are not abiding by this privacy policy, you should contact us at 971-772-1850 or support@flashalert.net.