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Your data

We wrote this policy to explain, without legal padding, how Name Compatibility treats information about the people who use the name compatibility calculator on name-compatibility.com. It covers the tool itself, the guides and every other page on name-compatibility.com.

About us and this policy

Name Compatibility is a free online name compatibility calculator published at name-compatibility.com. For anything related to this policy, you can write to the site's operator at [email protected]. Where data protection law uses the term “controller”, it refers to this operator.

The data involved

Nothing on name-compatibility.com requires an account, which means we hold no profiles, passwords or billing information. The tool's code runs in your browser, so the values you type into the name compatibility calculator stay on your device. The only information collected is technical, coming from server logs, analytics and advertising, and each kind is explained below.

Data that stays on your device

To save you retyping, the name compatibility calculator keeps some of your entries in your browser's local storage. We have no access to it: it is not included in requests to the server and is not shared with anyone. To erase it, clear the site data for name-compatibility.com in your browser. Private or incognito windows discard it automatically.

Cookies and tracking technologies

Like most websites, name-compatibility.com involves cookies and similar technologies, small pieces of data your browser keeps for a site. Name Compatibility does not set cookies of its own for the name compatibility calculator to work; the cookies you may see come from the analytics and advertising services described below. Blocking cookies in your browser will not break the tool, though ads may be less relevant to you.

Logs kept by our server

Each time a page is requested, the web server writes an entry to its logs, as web servers normally do. Each log line records the IP address, browser user agent, time and requested page. Their purpose is security, error diagnosis and aggregate statistics.

Analytics and session recordings

Two analytics tools run on the site: Yandex Metrica, provided by Yandex, and Microsoft Clarity, provided by Microsoft. These services record pages visited, time on page, the site you came from, device and browser type and an approximate location based on your IP address.

Both include session recording and heatmaps that capture clicks, scrolls and pointer movements, helping us spot confusing parts of a page. Both services use cookies, and the data they collect is governed by the privacy policies of Yandex and Microsoft. Our interest is in patterns across visits, not in identifying any particular person.

How ads work here

Ads pay for name-compatibility.com, so the name compatibility calculator can stay free to use. Third-party advertising networks deliver the ads and may use cookies and device data (for example, IP address and browser identifiers) to show and measure them.

Where allowed, ads may be personalised using information about your visits to this and other websites. The networks act under their own privacy policies, and we do not pass them your tool inputs. Industry opt-out pages such as optout.aboutads.info and youronlinechoices.eu let you turn off interest-based ads from participating networks.

Why we may process data (EEA and UK visitors)

For visitors in the EEA and the UK, the legal bases are:

Keeping data

Information is kept only while it serves its purpose; server logs are rotated out after a limited period unless they are needed to investigate misuse. Correspondence is kept while it is needed to answer you and handle any follow-up. Local storage keeps your entries until you clear the site's data. Yandex, Microsoft and the ad networks apply their own retention periods.

Processing outside your country

The services we use, including hosting, analytics and advertising providers, may process data in countries other than your own. Those countries may have data protection laws that differ from the laws where you live.

Your privacy rights

Data protection law in many places gives you rights over your data: access, correction, erasure, restriction, portability and the right to object. Consent you have given can be withdrawn whenever you like.

As there are no accounts, it helps if you tell us your IP address and roughly when you visited, so we can locate any relevant records. If you are unhappy with how we handle your data, you can complain to the supervisory authority in your country. To exercise any of these rights, email [email protected].

California (CCPA/CPRA)

California residents have rights under the CCPA and the CPRA: to know what personal information is collected, to have it deleted or corrected, and to opt out of its sale or sharing. We do not sell personal information in the everyday meaning of the word; no list of visitors is ever traded. That said, ad cookies used for personalised ads may be treated as “sharing” under California law. Opting out is possible through the Global Privacy Control setting in supporting browsers, through your browser's cookie settings, or by writing to us. You will not be discriminated against for exercising any of them.

How we protect data

All pages on name-compatibility.com are delivered over an encrypted HTTPS connection. Only those who run the site can access the server and its logs. No system is perfectly secure; still, your tool inputs stay on your device.

Children

The site is meant for a general audience and is not aimed at children under 13 (under 16 in the EEA and UK). We do not knowingly collect data from children. If you believe a child has sent us personal information, for example by email, contact us and we will delete it.

Changes

This policy is updated when our practices change. The text on this page is the version in force.

How to reach us

You can reach us about anything in this policy at [email protected]. Tell us what you need, and we will respond within the period required by law.