Privacy Policy

1. Introduction

This Privacy Policy describes how freesyllablecounter.com ("we," "our," or "us") handles information when you use our syllable counting and word counting tools. This policy applies to our website and any related services.

Important: We do not collect, store, or process your personal data on our servers. We may use third-party services to provide our features.

2. GDPR Compliance

We are a Data Controller of your information. Our legal basis for collecting and using information depends on the specific context in which we collect it:

• We need to perform a contract with you
• You have given us permission to do so
• Processing your information is in our legitimate interests
• We need to comply with the law

We will retain your information only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use your information to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our policies.

3. Information We Do NOT Collect

We want to be clear about what we do NOT collect:

• Personal Information: Names, email addresses, phone numbers, or any personal details
• User Accounts: We don't require accounts or user registration
• Payment Information: We don't process payments or store financial data
• Location Data: We don't collect precise location information
• Permanent Storage: We don't permanently store your content on our servers

4. Log Files

We follow a standard procedure of using log files. These files log visitors when they visit websites. All hosting companies do this and it's part of hosting service's analytics.

The information collected by log files may include:

• IP (Internet Protocol) Address
• ISP (Internet Service Provider)
• Web Browser type
• Your visit time
• Date and time stamp
• Referring/exit pages

These are not linked to any information that is personally identifiable. The purpose of the information is for analyzing trends, administering the site, tracking user's movement on the website, and gathering demographic information.

5. Cookies & Web Beacons

Like any other website, we use 'cookies'. These cookies are used to store information including visitor's preferences, and the pages on the website that the visitor accessed or visited. The information is used to optimize the user's experience by customizing our web page content based on visitor's browser type and/or other information.

You can choose to disable or turn off our cookies or third-party cookies in your browser settings. However, this can affect the usability of our website and other websites as well.

6. Third-Party Services

Our website uses third-party services to provide features and improve our services:

6.1 Analytics Services

We use analytics services to understand how our website is used and improve our services. These services may collect:

• Pages you visit on our website
• Time spent on our website
• Your device and browser information
• General location (city/country level)
• How you found our website

Important: Analytics data is collected and processed by third-party services, not by us. We have no control over how these services use this data.

6.2 Feature Services

We may use third-party services to provide dictionary and analysis features. These services have their own privacy policies and data practices.

7. How We Use Information

Since we don't collect your personal data on our servers, we use third-party analytics data only to:

• Improve our website and tools
• Understand which features are most useful
• Fix technical issues and errors
• Make our services faster and more reliable

8. Data Security

However, no internet transmission is 100% secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security. Third-party services have their own security practices.

9. Your Data Protection Rights

If you are a resident of the European Economic Area (EEA), you have certain data protection rights. If you wish to be informed what information we hold about you and if you want it to be removed from our systems, please contact us.

In certain circumstances, you have the following data protection rights:

• The right to access, update or to delete the information we have on you
• The right of rectification - You have the right to have your information rectified if that information is inaccurate or incomplete
• The right to object - You have the right to object to our processing of your information
• The right of restriction - You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal information
• The right to data portability - You have the right to be provided with a copy of the information we have on you in a structured, machine-readable and commonly used format
• The right to withdraw consent - You also have the right to withdraw your consent at any time where we relied on your consent to process your information

10. Third-Party Privacy Policies

Third-party services we use have their own privacy policies:

• Google Analytics: Google Privacy Policy
• Google Services: Google Terms of Service

We encourage you to review these policies to understand how these services handle your data.

11. Your Choices

You have several options to control data collection:

• Disable Analytics: Use our consent management system below
• Browser Settings: Block cookies and tracking in your browser
• Privacy Tools: Use browser extensions or privacy tools
• Contact Us: Reach out if you have concerns

12. 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.

Our services are not intended for children under 13. We do 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.

13. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will post any changes on this page and update the "Last updated" date. Your continued use of our website after any changes constitutes acceptance of the updated policy.

14. Contact Information

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us:

15. Consent

By using our website, you hereby consent to our Privacy Policy and agree to its terms. If you do not agree with this policy, please do not use our website.

Your use of our website indicates that you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by this Privacy Policy.