Privacy Policy

PickBlend (“we”, “our”, “us”) operates pickblend.com, a free online writing tools website. This Privacy Policy explains how we handle information when you use our services.

We are committed to protecting your privacy. The short version: we don’t collect your text. Everything you type into our tools stays on your device — it never touches our servers.

We want to be crystal clear about what we do not do:

• We do not collect, store, or transmit any text you enter into our tools. All text processing happens entirely locally in your browser.
• We do not use cookies for tracking your behaviour across the web.
• We do not require account creation or login of any kind.
• We do not sell, rent, or share personal data with third parties for marketing purposes.

Your text is stored in your own browser’s localStorage (so it persists across sessions on your device) but is never transmitted to any server.

We may use privacy-friendly analytics tools to understand how visitors use our site. The data collected may include:

• Page views and session duration
• Country and region (not precise location)
• Device type and browser (e.g. “mobile Chrome”)
• Referring website

No personally identifiable information is collected through analytics. IP addresses are anonymised before storage and are never shared.

We use Google AdSense to display advertisements on our site. Google, as a third-party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to our site and other sites on the internet.

• Google’s use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to you based on your visit to PickBlend and/or other sites on the internet.
• You may opt out of personalised advertising by visiting Google Ad Settings.
• For more information, review Google’s Privacy Policy.

We use the following third-party services, each with their own privacy policies:

• Google AdSense — advertising platform. Their privacy policy governs how they use data collected via their ad cookies.
• Google Analytics — anonymous usage statistics (if enabled). Data is aggregated and anonymised.

We encourage you to review the privacy policies of these third-party services directly.

Our services are not directed to children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal data from children. If you are a parent or guardian and believe your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us and we will take steps to remove such information.

• Right to know — you have the right to know what personal data we hold. The answer is: we hold none.
• Right to opt out of personalised ads — you can manage Google advertising preferences via Google Ad Settings.
• Right to contact us — if you have any privacy questions, please reach out via our contact page.

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. When we do, we will post the revised policy on this page with an updated effective date. We encourage you to review this page periodically. Continued use of PickBlend after changes constitutes acceptance of the updated policy.

If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy, please contact us. We will respond to all privacy enquiries promptly.