At 1TOOLS, we value your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal information. This Privacy Policy outlines the types of information we collect, how it is used, and the measures we take to safeguard it.
How Our Tools Process Your Data
All of our conversion, encoding, hashing, and text tools run entirely in your browser. The text, files, or values you enter into a tool are processed on your device and are never transmitted to our servers . We have no visibility into, and do not store, the content you paste or type into any tool.
Information We Collect
We collect minimal personal information from users:
- Usage Data: We may collect anonymous data about how you interact with our website, including the tools you use and the pages you visit. This helps us improve our services and enhance your experience.
- Cookies and Local Storage: We use cookies and browser local storage to personalize content, remember your cookie preferences, keep a short local history of your recent searches on this device, and analyze site traffic. This local data stays on your device; it is not sent to us or any third party. You can manage your preferences through the cookie settings link in the footer or through your browser settings.
- Contact Form: If you use our contact form , we collect the name, email address, subject, and message you provide so that we can respond to you. This information is stored using Google Firebase (Firestore), a third-party cloud database provider, and is associated with a randomly generated, anonymous identifier used only to apply rate limits and prevent abuse. We do not use this information for marketing and do not sell it. See Google Firebase's privacy and security information for details on how Firebase handles data.
How We Use Your Data
- Improving Services: The data we collect helps us improve the functionality and user experience of our tools.
- Analytics: We use usage data to monitor and analyze website traffic, performance, and trends.
- Responding to You: Information submitted via the contact form is used solely to respond to your inquiry and to prevent spam or abusive submissions.
Data Security
We take reasonable measures to protect your data and ensure that any information you provide through our website is kept secure. However, please note that no method of data transmission over the internet is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.
Third-Party Services
We use third-party services that may collect data about your usage of this website. These services include analytics and advertising providers. Our tools are designed to operate independently, with no need for user sign-ups or account creation.
Advertising
We use Google AdSense to display advertisements on this website. Google AdSense is an advertising service provided by Google LLC. As part of this service, Google may use cookies and similar tracking technologies to serve ads based on your prior visits to this website and other sites on the internet.
Advertising is what keeps every tool on this site free, so ads are shown to all visitors. What you control is whether they are personalized . Unless you enable advertisement cookies in our cookie settings, we instruct Google to serve non-personalized ads, which are based on the content of the page rather than your browsing history. You can change this at any time via the Cookie Policy link in the footer.
Note that non-personalized ads still use cookies for frequency capping, aggregated ad reporting, and fraud prevention.
Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to you based on your visit to our site and/or other sites on the internet. You may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings or www.aboutads.info .
For more information on how Google collects and processes data, please review Google's Privacy Policy .
Analytics
We use Google Analytics to collect anonymous data about how visitors interact with our website. This data helps us improve our services. Google Analytics may use cookies to collect this information. You can opt out by installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on .
Your Rights
You have the right to:
- Access, correct, or delete your personal information (if any is provided).
- Opt-out of personalized ads via Google Ads Settings .
- Opt-out of cookies by adjusting your browser settings.
- Withdraw your cookie consent at any time using the cookie settings link in the footer.
Changes to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page with an updated date. We encourage you to review this policy periodically to stay informed. By using 1TOOLS, you consent to the terms outlined in this Privacy Policy.
Contact Information
If you would like to contact us to understand more about this Policy or concerning any matter relating to your personal information, please reach us at 1tools.org/contact .