Privacy Policy

1 Who We Are

Top Utility Tools ("we", "us", "our") operates the website accessible at this domain. We provide free online tools for text processing, calculations, developer utilities, and content generation. If you have privacy-related questions, contact us at contact@toputilitytools.com.

2 Information We Collect

2.1 Information You Provide

Most tools on Top Utility Tools are fully client-side and do not transmit your input to our servers. For server-side tools (e.g. hash generator, word counter), your text input is processed in memory to generate the result and is immediately discarded — it is never written to a database, file, or log.

If you submit the Contact Form, we collect your name, email address, and message content solely to respond to your inquiry.

2.2 Automatically Collected Data

Our hosting server automatically records standard web server logs that may include your IP address, browser type, operating system, referring URL, pages visited, and timestamps. These logs are retained for up to 30 days for security and diagnostic purposes only.

2.3 Cookies & Tracking

• Functional cookies: We store a single tf-theme key in localStorage to remember your dark/light mode preference. This is not a cookie and is stored only on your device.
• Advertising cookies: We use Google AdSense to display advertisements. Google may set cookies to serve personalised ads based on your browsing history. You can opt out via Google Ad Settings.
• Analytics cookies: If we use Google Analytics, it collects anonymised usage statistics (pages visited, session duration, device type). No personally identifiable information is included.

3 How We Use Your Information

We use collected information to:

• Operate and improve the Top Utility Tools platform
• Respond to contact form submissions
• Detect and prevent abuse, spam, and security threats
• Display relevant advertisements through Google AdSense
• Analyse aggregate, anonymised usage patterns to improve tool quality

We do not sell, rent, or share your personal information with any third party for their own marketing purposes.

4 Google AdSense & Third-Party Advertising

Top Utility Tools participates in the Google AdSense programme. Google, as a third-party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads on our site based on prior visits to our website or other websites. Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads based on your visit to our site and/or other sites on the Internet.

You may opt out of personalised advertising by visiting Google's Ad Settings or www.aboutads.info.

Google's privacy policy is available at policies.google.com/privacy.

5 Data Retention

• Tool input data: Never stored — processed in-memory only
• Contact form submissions: Retained for up to 90 days after issue resolution
• Server logs: Retained for up to 30 days
• Analytics data: Retained per Google's standard retention policy (up to 26 months)

6 Your Rights

Depending on your jurisdiction, you may have the right to:

• Access personal data we hold about you
• Correct inaccurate personal data
• Delete your personal data ("right to be forgotten")
• Object to processing of your personal data
• Opt out of personalised advertising (see Section 4)

To exercise any of these rights, contact us at contact@toputilitytools.com. We will respond within 30 days.

7 Children's Privacy

Top Utility Tools is not directed at children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you believe a child has provided us with personal information, please contact us immediately and we will delete it.

8 Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The "Last updated" date at the top of this page will reflect any changes. Continued use of Top Utility Tools after changes are posted constitutes your acceptance of the revised policy.

9 Contact

• Email: contact@toputilitytools.com
• Response time: Within 30 days of receiving your request