Privacy Policy for FreeSimpleOnlineTools

Last Updated: May 16, 2025

Welcome to FreeSimpleOnlineTools (the "Site"), accessible from https://www.freesimpleonlinetools.com. We are committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website and use our online tools (the "Services"). Please read this privacy policy carefully. If you do not agree with the terms of this privacy policy, please do not access the site.

We reserve the right to make changes to this Privacy Policy at any time and for any reason. We will alert you about any changes by updating the "Last Updated" date of this Privacy Policy. You are encouraged to periodically review this Privacy Policy to stay informed of updates. You will be deemed to have been made aware of, will be subject to, and will be deemed to have accepted the changes in any revised Privacy Policy by your continued use of the Site after the date such revised Privacy Policy is posted.

1. COLLECTION OF YOUR INFORMATION

We may collect information about you in a variety of ways. The information we may collect on the Site includes:

a. Personal Data

Personally identifiable information, such as your name, email address, and demographic information, that you voluntarily give to us when you choose to participate in various activities related to the Site, such as contacting us via a contact form or subscribing to newsletters (if applicable). You are under no obligation to provide us with personal information of any kind; however, your refusal to do so may prevent you from using certain features of the Site (like receiving a response to a contact query).

b. Derivative Data (Log Files and Analytics)

Information our servers automatically collect when you access the Site, such as your IP address, your browser type, your operating system, your access times, the pages you have viewed directly before and after accessing the Site, and other similar data. This information is primarily needed to maintain the security and operation of our Site, and for our internal analytics and reporting purposes to understand how users interact with our tools and improve our Services.

c. Cookies and Web Beacons

We may use cookies, web beacons, tracking pixels, and other tracking technologies on the Site to help customize the Site and improve your experience. When you access the Site, your personal information is not collected through the use of tracking technology unless you voluntarily provide it. Most browsers are set to accept cookies by default. You can remove or reject cookies, but be aware that such action could affect the availability and functionality of the Site. You may not decline web beacons. However, they can be rendered ineffective by declining all cookies or by modifying your web browser’s settings to notify you each time a cookie is tendered, permitting you to accept or decline cookies on an individual basis.

For more information on how we use cookies, please see the "Cookies and Tracking Technologies" section below.

2. USE OF YOUR INFORMATION

Having accurate information about you permits us to provide you with a smooth, efficient, and customized experience. Specifically, we may use information collected about you via the Site to:

  • Operate and manage our Site and Services.
  • Improve your experience on the Site and the functionality of our tools.
  • Monitor and analyze usage and trends to improve the Site.
  • Respond to your comments, questions, and provide customer service (if you contact us).
  • Send you technical notices, updates, security alerts, and support and administrative messages (if applicable).
  • Prevent fraudulent transactions, monitor against theft, and protect against criminal activity.
  • Comply with legal obligations.
  • Display advertisements (see Section 4).

3. DISCLOSURE OF YOUR INFORMATION

We may share information we have collected about you in certain situations. Your information may be disclosed as follows:

a. By Law or to Protect Rights

If we believe the release of information about you is necessary to respond to legal process, to investigate or remedy potential violations of our policies, or to protect the rights, property, and safety of others, we may share your information as permitted or required by any applicable law, rule, or regulation.

b. Third-Party Service Providers

We may share your information with third parties that perform services for us or on our behalf, including data analysis (e.g., website analytics providers), hosting services, customer service (if applicable), and marketing assistance (if applicable).

c. Third-Party Advertisers

We use third-party advertising companies to serve ads when you visit the Site. These companies may use information (not including your name, address, email address, or telephone number) about your visits to this and other websites in order to provide advertisements about goods and services of interest to you. This may include:

  • Google AdSense: We use Google AdSense to publish ads on our Site. Google uses cookies to serve ads based on a user's prior visits to our website or other websites. Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to our users based on their visit to our sites and/or other sites on the Internet. Users may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Ads Settings. Alternatively, you can opt out of a third-party vendor's use of cookies for personalized advertising by visiting www.aboutads.info/choices.
  • Other advertising networks may be used in the future, and this policy will be updated accordingly.

4. COOKIES AND TRACKING TECHNOLOGIES

Cookies are small text files stored on your computer or mobile device by a website. We use cookies to enhance your experience, remember your preferences (if any), and for advertising and analytics purposes. The types of cookies we may use include:

  • Essential Cookies: These are necessary for the Site to function and cannot be switched off.
  • Performance and Analytics Cookies: These cookies allow us to count visits and traffic sources so we can measure and improve the performance of our site.
  • Advertising Cookies: These cookies may be set through our site by our advertising partners. They may be used by those companies to build a profile of your interests and show you relevant adverts on other sites.

You can control and/or delete cookies as you wish – for details, see aboutcookies.org. You can delete all cookies that are already on your computer and you can set most browsers to prevent them from being placed. If you do this, however, you may have to manually adjust some preferences every time you visit a site and some services and functionalities may not work.

5. SECURITY OF YOUR INFORMATION

We use administrative, technical, and physical security measures to help protect your personal information. While we have taken reasonable steps to secure the personal information you provide to us, please be aware that despite our efforts, no security measures are perfect or impenetrable, and no method of data transmission can be guaranteed against any interception or other type of misuse. Any information disclosed online is vulnerable to interception and misuse by unauthorized parties.

6. POLICY FOR CHILDREN

We do not knowingly solicit information from or market to children under the age of 13 (or higher age as required by applicable law). If you become aware of any data we have collected from children under age 13, please contact us using the contact information provided below.

7. CONTROLS FOR DO-NOT-TRACK FEATURES

Most web browsers and some mobile operating systems include a Do-Not-Track (“DNT”) feature or setting you can activate to signal your privacy preference not to have data about your online browsing activities monitored and collected. At this stage, no uniform technology standard for recognizing and implementing DNT signals has been finalized. As such, we do not currently respond to DNT browser signals or any other mechanism that automatically communicates your choice not to be tracked online. If a standard for online tracking is adopted that we must follow in the future, we will inform you about that practice in a revised version of this Privacy Policy.

8. YOUR PRIVACY RIGHTS

Depending on your location, you may have certain rights regarding your personal information under applicable data protection laws, such as the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) or the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). These may include the right to:

  • Request access to your personal data.
  • Request correction of your personal data.
  • Request erasure of your personal data.
  • Object to processing of your personal data.
  • Request restriction of processing your personal data.
  • Request transfer of your personal data.
  • Withdraw consent.

If you wish to exercise any of these rights, please contact us. We will respond to your request in accordance with applicable data protection laws. You may also have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority.

(Note: This section is a general example. You MUST consult a legal professional to accurately define the rights applicable to your users based on their locations and the laws you are subject to, and to establish proper procedures for handling such requests.)

9. LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES

Our Site may contain links to other websites that are not operated by us. If you click on a third-party link, you will be directed to that third party's site. We strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of every site you visit. We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites or services.