Privacy Policy

Welcome to free-tools.io (“we”, “our”, “us”). We run a catalogue of free web tools that are paid for by advertising. Protecting your privacy is part of the design: if a piece of data isn’t essential, we simply don’t keep it.

1. Snapshot in plain English

We don’t ask you to sign up.
Most tools run 100 % in your browser. What you type stays on your device.
If a tool needs our server for heavy lifting, we throw the data away as soon as your result is ready.

2. Contacting us

Any questions? Feel free to write us at contact[@]free-tools.io

3. Why we collect data

Run the service – display pages, fight spam, measure traffic volumes.
Improve the tools – find crashes or slow spots.
Serve ads – keep the site free.
Answer you – when you email us.

We never sell or rent personal data.

4. Who can see the data

Only three parties ever see raw data:

Us – the team that runs free-tools.io.
Trusted service providers – hosting, DDoS shield, e-mail host. They are bound by contract to keep data confidential.
Law enforcement – but only if the law makes us hand it over.

5. Cookies & similar tech

Essential cookie – remembers things like dark/light theme.
Advertising cookies – stop showing the same advert again and again and count views.

You can delete or block cookies in your browser at any time; the tools will still work, but ads may repeat.

6. Analytics without the creep factor

We use [Name of Analytics Service]. It is cookieless and stores only anonymous counts (no IP, no fingerprinting).

7. How long we keep data

Server logs with IP addresses – deleted or anonymised after [X] days.
Emails – kept until the ticket is solved, then archived for bookkeeping.

No other personal copies are stored.

8. Your choices & rights

Depending on where you live, you may have the right to ask us to see, fix, download or erase the small amount of personal info we hold. Drop a note to contact[@]free-tools.io and we’ll sort it within 30 days.

9. Links to other sites

We sometimes link to external pages. We do not control them. Check their privacy rules.

10. Children

free-tools.io is not aimed at children under 13. If you are a parent and think we hold a child’s data, contact us and we will delete it.

11. Keeping data safe

All traffic is encrypted (HTTPS). Servers are patched and monitored. No system is perfect, but we work hard to protect our users.

12. Changes to this policy

We may tweak this page when the site or the law changes. A new date will appear at the top, and big changes will be flagged on the home page.