Privacy Policy

1. What we collect

Nothing you have to give us. You can read, copy and share every message and use every tool without signing up. There is no public account system.

What you type into the tools stays on your device. The font generators, character counter, quote maker, calculators and other tools run in your browser. The text, names and dates you enter are not sent to us or stored by us.

Technical data. Like every website, our servers and our hosting and security provider, Cloudflare, receive standard request data such as your IP address, browser type, the page requested and the time. It is used to deliver the site, keep it secure and block abuse.

Analytics. We use Cloudflare Web Analytics to count page views and see which pages are useful. It does not use cookies, does not store anything on your device and does not track you across other websites.

Emails you send us. If you email us, we keep your message and address to reply, and delete them when you ask.

2. Cookies and local storage

Cookies are small files a website stores in your browser. SMS4buddy itself sets no tracking cookies. We store one preference in your browser's local storage, whether you chose the light or dark theme, so the site remembers it.

Advertising partners, described below, may set their own cookies. You can block or delete cookies in your browser settings at any time; the site keeps working without them.

3. Advertising and Google AdSense

SMS4buddy is free and is paid for by advertising served by Google AdSense.

• Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to this website or other websites.
• Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to you based on your visits to this site and/or other sites on the internet.
• You can opt out of personalised advertising in Google's Ads Settings. You can opt out of other vendors' use of cookies for personalised advertising at aboutads.info or, in Europe, youronlinechoices.eu.
• If you opt out, you will still see ads, but they won't be based on your browsing.

Visitors in the European Economic Area, the UK and Switzerland are asked for consent before personalised ads or advertising cookies are used, and can change that choice at any time. Google explains how it uses data from sites that show its ads in How Google uses information from sites or apps that use its services.

4. Who we share data with

We don't sell personal information. Data reaches only the services that run the site: Cloudflare (hosting, security and analytics), Google (advertising) and our email provider (for messages you send us). Each handles it under its own privacy policy.

5. Children

SMS4buddy is a general-audience site and is not directed at children under 13. We don't knowingly collect personal information from children.

6. Your choices and rights

You can control cookies in your browser and opt out of personalised ads using the links above. Depending on where you live, you may have the right to ask what personal data we hold about you and to have it corrected or deleted. Email us and we'll help.

7. Changes to this policy

If we change how we handle data, for example by adding a new service, we'll update this page and the date at the top.

8. Contact

Questions about privacy? Email [email protected] or use the contact page.