Privacy Policy

Information you provide voluntarily: When you use our contact form or suggest-a-tool form, you may optionally provide your name and email address. This information is used solely to respond to your enquiry.

Tool inputs: Text, letters or numbers you enter into our tools (word unscramblers, converters etc.) are processed entirely within your browser or via our own API routes. We do not log, store or share this input data.

Automatically collected data: Like most websites, we may collect standard log information including your IP address, browser type, pages visited and time of visit. This data is used for operational purposes (security, performance) and is not linked to any personal identity.

We use the following types of cookies:

• Essential cookies: Required for the website to function. No personal data is stored.
• Analytics cookies: We may use privacy-friendly analytics (such as Plausible Analytics) to understand aggregate usage patterns. No personally identifiable information is collected. Plausible does not use cookies and is GDPR-compliant by design.
• Advertising cookies: We display advertisements via Google AdSense. Google may use cookies to serve personalised ads based on your browsing history. You can opt out via Google Ad Settings or by installing a browser ad-blocker.

ZingoTools uses the following third-party services that may process data independently:

• Google AdSense — displays advertisements. Google's privacy policy applies: policies.google.com/privacy
• Vercel — hosts our website and may log request data for infrastructure purposes. Vercel's privacy policy: vercel.com/legal/privacy-policy
• Datamuse API / Public word lists — powers word tool lookups. Queries do not contain personally identifiable information.
• Web3Forms — processes contact form submissions. Their privacy policy: web3forms.com/privacy

• To respond to contact and suggestion form submissions
• To operate, maintain and improve the website
• To display relevant advertising via Google AdSense
• To monitor for security threats and abuse
• To comply with legal obligations

We do not sell, rent or share your personal data with third parties for marketing purposes.

Contact form submissions are retained only as long as necessary to respond to your enquiry, and no longer than 12 months. Server logs are retained for up to 90 days. You may request deletion of your data at any time by emailing us at zingotools@outlook.com.

Depending on your location, you may have the following rights regarding your personal data:

• Access — request a copy of the personal data we hold about you
• Rectification — request correction of inaccurate data
• Erasure — request deletion of your personal data
• Objection — object to processing of your data for certain purposes
• Portability — receive your data in a structured, machine-readable format
• Withdraw consent — where processing is based on consent, withdraw it at any time

To exercise any of these rights, contact us at zingotools@outlook.com. We will respond within 30 days. If you are in the EU/EEA, you also have the right to lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority.