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Privacy Policy

WordCountCheck.com

Effective Date / Last Updated: December 09, 2025

This Privacy Policy explains how WordCountCheck.com (“we,” “us,” or “our”) collects, uses, protects, and shares information when you use our free online word counter, character counter, keyword density tool, and related services (the “Service”).

1. Information We Collect

A. Text You Paste or Type When you use our tools, you paste or type text into the input box. We do NOT store, log, save, or transmit this text to our servers. All counting and analysis happen instantly in your browser (client-side) and are deleted the moment you leave or refresh the page.

B. Automatically Collected Data Like every website, our server temporarily records standard log information:

  • IP address
  • Browser type and version
  • Operating system
  • Referring page
  • Pages visited and time spent
  • Date and time of visit

We use this only for security, performance monitoring, and anonymous usage statistics.

C. Cookies & Analytics We use:

  • Essential cookies (to remember your preferences such as “include spaces” or dark mode)
  • Google Analytics (anonymized) to see overall traffic trends
  • Google AdSense / Ezoic cookies for displaying and measuring ads

No personal identifiers are linked to these cookies beyond your IP address.

2. How We Use Your Information

We use the collected data to:

  • Keep the Service fast, secure, and reliable
  • Prevent abuse and excessive automated requests
  • Understand overall usage (e.g., most popular features)
  • Improve the tool and add new features
  • Show relevant, non-intrusive advertisements that fund the free service

3. We Do NOT

  • Store the text you analyze
  • Sell or rent any personal data
  • Create user profiles
  • Share your IP or usage data with third parties except our trusted analytics and advertising partners (see below)

4. Sharing Your Information

We share limited data only with:

  • Hosting providers (to keep the site online)
  • Google Analytics (anonymized traffic data)
  • Google AdSense & Ezoic (for ad delivery and performance)

All partners are contractually required to protect your data and use it only for providing their service to us.

We may also disclose information if required by law or to protect our rights and safety.

5. Cookies & Advertising

Ads help keep WordCountCheck.com 100 % free. Ad partners (Google AdSense, Ezoic) may use cookies and similar technologies to show ads based on your visits to our site and others. You can opt out of personalized advertising at: https://adssettings.google.com or https://www.aboutads.info

6. Data Retention

  • Pasted text: deleted immediately (never stored)
  • Server logs: kept for 90 days for security, then deleted
  • Analytics data: anonymized and kept indefinitely for trend analysis

7. Children’s Privacy

The Service is not intended for children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If we learn such data has been collected, we will delete it immediately.

8. Your Rights (GDPR, CCPA, etc.)

You have the right to:

  • Access the limited personal data we hold (mainly logs)
  • Request deletion of your data
  • Opt out of cookies and personalized ads
  • Object to or restrict processing

To exercise these rights, email us at nalinketekumbura@gmail.com with the subject “Privacy Request”.

9. International Data Transfers

The Service is operated from Sri Lanka and hosted on servers in the United States and Europe. By using the Service, you consent to the transfer and processing of your data in these locations.

10. Security

We use industry-standard security measures (HTTPS, regular updates, firewalls) to protect the limited data we do collect. However, no method of transmission over the Internet is 100 % secure.

11. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The new version will be posted here with an updated “Last Updated” date. Continued use of the Service means you accept the changes.

12. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or your data, please contact: Email: nalinketekumbura@gmail.com

Thank you for trusting WordCountCheck.com. We are committed to protecting your privacy while keeping our tools completely free and accurate.

Last Updated: December 09, 2025