Privacy Policy
At BoringTools, accessible from boring-tools-nine.vercel.app (or our custom domains), one of our main priorities is the privacy of our visitors. This Privacy Policy document contains types of information that is collected and recorded by BoringTools and how we use it.
1. General Information
BoringTools operates as a client-side utility suite. Most calculations, conversions, and operations are performed directly within your web browser. We do not store, upload, or transmit your files, credentials, or personal input data to any third-party servers unless explicitly stated (e.g. if you request a feature that relies on an API).
2. Cookies and Web Beacons
Like any other website, BoringTools uses "cookies". These cookies are used to store information including visitors' preferences, and the pages on the website that the visitor accessed or visited. The information is used to optimize the users' experience by customizing our web page content based on visitors' browser type and/or other information.
3. Google DoubleClick DART Cookie
Google is one of the third-party vendors on our site. It also uses cookies, known as DART cookies, to serve ads to our site visitors based upon their visit to our site and other sites on the internet. However, visitors may choose to decline the use of DART cookies by visiting the Google ad and content network Privacy Policy at the following URL – https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads.
4. Our Advertising Partners
Some of the advertisers on our site may use cookies and web beacons. Our advertising partners include:
- Google AdSense: Google's privacy policy can be viewed at https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads.
These third-party ad servers or ad networks use technology in their respective advertisements and links that appear on BoringTools, which are sent directly to users' browsers. They automatically receive your IP address when this occurs. These technologies are used to measure the effectiveness of their advertising campaigns and/or to personalize the advertising content that you see on websites that you visit.
Note that BoringTools has no access to or control over these cookies that are used by third-party advertisers.
5. Third-Party Privacy Policies
BoringTools's Privacy Policy does not apply to other advertisers or websites. Thus, we are advising you to consult the respective Privacy Policies of these third-party ad servers for more detailed information. It may include their practices and instructions about how to opt-out of certain options.
You can choose to disable cookies through your individual browser options. To know more detailed information about cookie management with specific web browsers, it can be found at the browsers' respective websites.
6. CCPA Privacy Rights (Do Not Sell My Personal Information)
Under the CCPA, among other rights, California consumers have the right to request that a business disclose the categories and specific pieces of personal data that a business has collected about consumers, request that a business delete any personal data about the consumer that a business has collected, and request that a business not sell the consumer's personal data.
If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you. If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us.
7. GDPR Data Protection Rights
We would like to make sure you are fully aware of all of your data protection rights. Every user is entitled to the following:
- The right to access: You have the right to request copies of your personal data.
- The right to rectification: You have the right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate.
- The right to erasure: You have the right to request that we erase your personal data, under certain conditions.
- The right to restrict processing: You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
- The right to object to processing: You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
- The right to data portability: You have the right to request that we transfer the data that we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.
8. Children's Information
Another part of our priority is adding protection for children while using the internet. We encourage parents and guardians to observe, participate in, and/or monitor and guide their online activity.
BoringTools does not knowingly collect any Personal Identifiable Information from children under the age of 13. If you think that your child provided this kind of information on our website, we strongly encourage you to contact us immediately and we will do our best efforts to promptly remove such information from our records.
9. Local Storage and Feedback Data
Some of our utilities save state or recent configuration in your browser's localStorage (e.g., saving theme options or test scores). This data is kept strictly on your local machine. If you submit a feedback suggestion through our online forms, we collect the content of that form to help us improve the service.