Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy explains how ProseTool ("we", "us", or "our") handles information when you visit prosetool.com (the "Site") and use our online writing and text tools. We've written it in plain language because privacy is the whole point of how this site is built.

The short version

• Your text never leaves your browser. Every tool runs entirely on your device. We do not receive, see, store, or transmit the content you paste or type into any tool.
• We use privacy-respecting analytics to understand which tools are popular and how the Site performs.
• We show advertising to keep the Site free, and our advertising partners may use cookies.
• We do not sell your personal information.

Information you put into the tools

The text, code, or other content you enter into any ProseTool tool is processed locally in your web browser using JavaScript. It is never sent to our servers — in fact, the tools have no server to send it to. We cannot read it, we do not store it, and it is discarded the moment you close or reload the page. This applies to every tool on the Site, including the word counter, case converter, readability score checker, JSON formatter, and all others.

Information collected automatically

Like most websites, when you visit the Site certain technical information is collected automatically to keep it running and to measure usage. This may include your approximate location (derived from your IP address), browser type and version, device type, operating system, referring website, and the pages you view. This information is aggregated and is not used to personally identify you.

Cookies and similar technologies

A cookie is a small text file stored on your device. We and our third-party partners use cookies and similar technologies for analytics and advertising, as described below. You can control or delete cookies through your browser settings, and you can set your browser to refuse cookies — though some features of other sites may not work as a result. The ProseTool tools themselves continue to work without cookies.

Analytics

We use Google Analytics to understand how visitors use the Site — for example, which tools are used most and how pages perform. Google Analytics sets cookies and collects standard usage data such as the pages you visit and your general location and device. We use this only in aggregate to improve the Site. You can learn more from Google's Privacy Policy, and you can opt out of Google Analytics across all sites using the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.

Advertising

ProseTool is supported by advertising, which allows us to offer all of our tools for free. We work with third-party advertising partners, including Google AdSense, to display ads on the Site.

• Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to this and other websites.
• Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to you based on your visit to the Site and/or other sites on the Internet.
• You may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings. You can also opt out of third-party vendor cookies for personalized advertising at aboutads.info/choices.

How we use information

We use the limited information described above to operate, maintain, and improve the Site, to understand usage trends, to display relevant advertising, and to detect and prevent abuse or technical problems. We do not use your tool content for any purpose, because we never receive it.

Sharing of information

We do not sell your personal information. We share the limited technical and usage information described above only with the service providers that help us run the Site (such as our analytics and advertising partners), and only as needed to provide those services. We may also disclose information if required to do so by law.

Children's privacy

The Site is intended for a general audience and is not directed at children under the age of 13 (or the equivalent minimum age in your jurisdiction). We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If you believe a child has provided us with personal information, please contact us so we can address it.

Your rights

Depending on where you live, you may have rights over your personal information under laws such as the GDPR (Europe) or the CCPA (California), including the right to access, correct, or delete it, and to object to certain processing. Because we do not collect content from the tools and only process limited aggregated usage data through our partners, the simplest way to exercise control is through the cookie and ad-personalization opt-outs linked above. For any other request, contact us using the details below.

Changes to this policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. When we do, we'll revise the "Last updated" date at the top of this page. Significant changes will be reflected here, so we encourage you to review this page periodically.

Contact us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or how your information is handled, please email us here or use our contact page.