Privacy Policy
Summary
Number lookups, formatting, bulk sorting, vanity scoring and scam-text analysis run entirely in your browser. We do not receive the numbers or messages you check. We only receive what you deliberately submit through a form.
Information you submit
When you submit a report, quote request, contest entry, pledge, job application, newsletter sign-up or contact message, we receive the fields you fill in, the page you submitted from and the time. Forms are delivered to our private inbox through a third-party form-relay service (FormSubmit). We use this information only to respond, run the contest or newsletter, publish anonymised scam warnings, or — for business quote requests where you consent — share your request with up to three matched providers.
Number reports
Reported numbers and message content may be used, after removing personal details about you, in public warnings, guides and the scam analyzer. We never publish your name, email or phone number.
Local storage
We store your theme choice, cookie choice and up to six recently checked numbers in your browser's local storage so the tools remember them. This data never leaves your device; clear it any time in your browser settings.
Advertising and Google
We use Google AdSense to show ads. Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to this and other websites. Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads based on your visits to our site and/or other sites on the internet. You may opt out of personalised advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings, or opt out of some third-party vendors' use of cookies at aboutads.info. Learn more at How Google uses information from sites that use its services. Where required (for example in the EEA, UK and Switzerland), consent is collected through a certified consent-management message before personalised ads are shown.
Embedded and linked content
Pages may link to YouTube and other sites. When you visit them, their own privacy policies apply. Our hosting provider (GitHub Pages) may log IP addresses for security and operations.
Retention
Contact and business messages: up to 24 months. Contest entries: 12 months after the round closes. Job applications: 12 months. Newsletter: until you unsubscribe.
Your rights
Depending on where you live (for example under the Philippine Data Privacy Act of 2012, Vietnam's personal-data protection rules, the GDPR or US state laws), you may request access to, correction of or deletion of the personal data we hold about you. Use the contact form and choose “Privacy request”.
Children
The site is for a general audience and is not directed at children under 13. Contests are open to adults only.
Changes
We will post any changes on this page with a new “last updated” date.