Welcome to Microtools365. We are committed to protecting your privacy and handling your data in an open and transparent manner. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and safeguard your information when you use our website and services.

1. Information We Collect

a. Information You Provide to Us

• Account Information: When you register for an account, we collect your username, email address, and a hashed version of your password.
• User Content: We collect the content you provide when you use our tools, such as text for grammar checking or comments you post. For registered users, we also store items you explicitly save to your Personal Library.
• Newsletter Subscription: If you subscribe to our newsletter, we collect your email address.

b. Information We Collect Automatically

• Log and Usage Data: Like most websites, we collect information that your browser sends automatically. This may include your IP address, browser type, browser version, the pages of our service that you visit, the time and date of your visit, and other statistics. For registered users, we also maintain a "Usage History" of the tools you've used.
• Cookies: We use essential cookies to manage user sessions (e.g., keeping you logged in). We do not use tracking cookies for advertising purposes.

2. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect to:

• Provide, operate, and maintain our services.
• Improve, personalize, and expand our services.
• Understand and analyze how you use our services.
• Develop new products, services, features, and functionality.
• Communicate with you, either directly or through one of our partners, for customer service, to provide you with updates, and for marketing purposes (like our newsletter).
• Process your transactions and manage your account.

3. Data Retention and Deletion

Anonymous Users: We do not store any of the content (text, images, files) you process with our tools. All operations are performed in memory and the data is discarded immediately after you receive your result.

Registered Users: We store your account information, usage history (last 20 entries), and any items you explicitly save to your library. You have full control over this data and can delete your account at any time from your profile page, which will permanently remove all associated data.

4. Third-Party Services

We use the following third-party services:

• Google Gemini API: For our AI-powered tools. We send the text or data you provide to Google's API for processing. We do not allow Google to use this data for their own model training.
• Google AdSense: We may use Google AdSense to display advertisements on our site. Google uses cookies to serve ads based on a user's prior visits to our website or other websites. You may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google's Ads Settings.

5. Your Data Protection Rights

You have the right to access, update, or delete the information we have on you. Registered users can manage their information directly from their profile page. If you are unable to perform these actions yourself, please contact us to assist you.

6. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes.

7. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, you can contact us via the information provided on our Contact page.