Privacy Policy

The short version

• No account and no sign-up. We never ask for your name, email or phone number.
• Most tools run entirely on your device. Nothing you type into them reaches us.
• We collect a small amount of data, mostly anonymous counts, to understand how the tools are used and make them better.
• We never sell or rent your information. The website shows ads from Google; in the EU, UK and Switzerland they are only personalised if you agree.

Why we collect data

The data described on this page has one purpose: making JGB Tools better. It helps us see which tools people use and how, find and fix problems, decide what to improve or build next, and protect the service from abuse.

We use this data internally only, to improve the platform. If we ever want to collect something new, we will update this policy first.

What each tool does with your data

You can wipe any saved history with the Clear button next to it. In the app, history is kept on your device only.

Usage counts

To know which tools are useful, we count actions per day, for example “3 QR codes downloaded” or “5 chats opened on WhatsApp”. Counts can be split by approximate country and region. They never include your IP address, a device ID, or anything you typed.

On the website we also use Vercel Web Analytics to count page visits, and Vercel Speed Insights to measure how fast pages load on visitors’ devices. Neither uses cookies, and we remove anything after the page address (such as a site you are checking) before anything is sent.

Ads

The website is free because it shows ads: one ad on each tool page, provided by Google AdSense. There are no ads on the home page, the guides or these legal pages, and none in the app.

Google and its partners use cookies and similar technologies to show these ads, limit how often you see the same one, measure them and prevent fraud. If you allow it, they can also personalise ads based on your visits to this and other websites. Visitors in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom and Switzerland are asked first, in Google’s consent message, and can say no; non-personalised ads are then shown instead.

Ads never receive what you type into a tool, and we don’t send Google any information about you. Learn how Google uses information from sites that use its services. You can turn off personalised ads from Google in My Ad Center, and from many other ad companies at youradchoices.com.

Error reports

When something breaks on the website or in the app, an error report is sent to Sentry so we can fix it. A report says what went wrong in the code, where it happened (the page, without anything after the page address, or the app screen), your browser or your device model, its operating system and the app version. Sentry also receives your IP address with the report, and the approximate location (country and city) it works out from it. We use this only to find and fix problems. Reports never include cookies, your device’s name or anything you typed into a tool, and they are kept for up to 90 days.

Cookies and storage on your device

• jgb_device: a random ID with no information about you. It is only set once you use a tool that keeps a history on the website (Is It Down?, YouTube or Link Preview), so we can show you your own history. It lasts one year and isn’t used to follow you on other sites.
• Browser storage (local storage): Text Anyone keeps your recent numbers here, on your device only.
• Ads (tool pages only): Google sets its own cookies, for example __gads, __gpi and __eoi, to show and measure ads, and it stores your answer to its consent message. See the Ads section above.
• The admin area uses its own sign-in cookie. It only affects the site’s administrator.

Deleting this site’s cookies and storage in your browser removes the link between you and any saved history.

Your IP address

Like every website, our servers see your IP address when you connect. We use it to:

• show it to you in What’s My IP (not saved);
• attach it to error reports (see above), kept with the report for up to 90 days;
• work out your approximate country and region for the usage counts and Is It Down history (the city and IP are not saved);
• stop abuse with rate limits. For this we keep a scrambled, one-way version of your IP for up to two days, never the IP itself.

Who else handles data

We rely on a few service providers, who only process data to run the service for us:

• Vercel: hosts the website and API, and provides the page-visit analytics and page-speed measurements.
• Neon: hosts our database.
• Google (AdSense): shows the ads on tool pages, under Google’s own privacy policy.
• Sentry: receives the error reports described above.
• YouTube: serves the thumbnails you look up.
• The messaging apps you open from Text Anyone (WhatsApp, Telegram, Signal, SMS, Viber) under their own policies.

These providers may store or process data outside Canada, including in the United States, where it is subject to local laws.

How long we keep it

• Tool history: until it is replaced by newer entries (the limits above) or you clear it.
• Rate-limit data: up to two days.
• Error reports: up to 90 days.
• Usage counts: kept, since they don’t identify anyone.

Your choices and rights

You can use every tool without giving us any personal information. You can clear saved history yourself at any time. You may also ask us to access, correct or delete information related to you, or ask a question about this policy, by writing to services@jgb.solutions. If you’re not satisfied with our answer, you can contact the privacy regulator where you live, such as the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada.

Children

JGB Tools is a general-audience service. It isn’t aimed at children under 13, and we don’t knowingly collect their information.

Changes

If we change what we collect, we will update this page and the date above before the change takes effect.

Contact

The person responsible for privacy at JGB Solutions can be reached at services@jgb.solutions. See also our Terms of Use.