Privacy Policy

Who is responsible

The controller of personal data processed by ToolGuild is Leonidas Filo, reachable at support@toolguild.net.

The short version

You do not need an account, and ToolGuild never asks for your name. The only place you can give an email address is the feedback form, and there it is optional. What you enter into a tool is saved in your own browser and never sent to us. Google Analytics runs only if you say yes, and nothing from Google is loaded before then.

What stays on your device

Tools remember your inputs between visits using your browser's local storage. That data stays on your device; ToolGuild's servers never receive it. Your answer to the analytics question is stored the same way, under the name toolguild:analytics-consent, so that you are not asked on every page. You can delete both at any time by clearing this site's data in your browser.

Server logs

The server that delivers ToolGuild records each request: the page requested, the time, the response, the browser identification string your browser sends, and your IP address with its last part removed. These logs are kept for 14 days to keep the site secure and working, which is our legitimate interest, and are then deleted. They are not used to identify you and are not combined with other data.

Analytics, only with your consent

If you choose Yes, count visits, ToolGuild loads Google Analytics 4, provided by Google Ireland Limited. It sets cookies named _ga and _ga_ followed by an identifier, which last up to two years unless you clear them, so that a returning browser can be recognised. Google receives the pages you view, technical information about your browser and device, and an approximate location derived from your IP address; Google states that Google Analytics 4 does not log or store IP addresses. Only analytics storage is enabled: advertising features, ad personalisation and advertising data sharing stay off. The legal basis is your consent. Google may process this data in the United States and other countries under its own safeguards for international transfers. Analytics event data is kept for 2 months.

If you choose No thanks, or do not answer, nothing is loaded from Google, no analytics cookie is set and no request is made. To change your mind, clear this site's data in your browser and you will be asked again.

Who else processes data

The server is operated by netcup GmbH in the European Union, which hosts ToolGuild on our behalf. Google receives analytics data only as described above. Spaceship, which provides ToolGuild’s email mailbox (Spacemail), receives a copy of each feedback message, as described below. ToolGuild does not sell personal data and does not share it with anyone else.

Feedback you send

The feedback form on the contact page sends us the category you choose, your message, the language of the page, the address of the tool page you came from if you used its "Report an issue" link, and an email address to reply to only if you enter one. We use them to read and answer your message and to correct the site. The legal basis is our legitimate interest in answering you and keeping the tools correct; giving a reply address is your choice.

Your IP address is used only to limit how many messages one connection can send. For that it is kept in a scrambled form for at most one day, and it is never stored with your message. The form sets no cookie, and nothing you type into it is sent to Google.

Each message is stored in ToolGuild's database, and a copy is emailed to our support mailbox at Spaceship (Spacemail). Messages, including any reply address, are deleted from the database automatically six months after they arrive, and the emailed copy is deleted on the same schedule. To have a message deleted sooner, write to support@toolguild.net; if you gave a reply address, tell us which one so we can find the message.

Your rights

Depending on where you live, you may have the right to access, correct or delete personal data about you, to restrict or object to its processing, to data portability, and to withdraw consent at any time without affecting what happened before. Write to support@toolguild.net. Because ToolGuild does not know who you are, it may not be able to find data relating to you; that is by design. You also have the right to complain to a data protection supervisory authority.

Changes

If what ToolGuild collects changes, this page changes before the new processing begins.