Last updated: April 23, 2025

1. Introduction

Welcome to DateTools ("we," "our," or "us"). We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal data. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and safeguard your information when you use our website and services.

Please read this Privacy Policy carefully. If you do not agree with the terms of this Privacy Policy, please do not access our website.

2. Information We Collect

We collect minimal personal information. The information we collect may include:

Usage Data: Information on how you use our website, which pages you visit, the time spent on those pages, and other diagnostic data.
Cookies and Similar Technologies: We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track activity on our website and to hold certain information.
Local Storage Data: Information you choose to save in your browser's local storage, such as saved countdowns or calculation preferences.

3. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect for various purposes, including to:

Provide and maintain our Service
Improve and personalize your experience on our website
Monitor the usage of our website
Detect, prevent, and address technical issues

4. Cookies and Tracking Technologies

Cookies are small files that a website places on your device to collect information about your activities on that site. DateTools uses cookies to enhance your experience and to help us improve our service.

4.1 Types of Cookies We Use

We use the following types of cookies:

Essential Cookies: These cookies are necessary for the website to function properly. They enable core functionality such as saving your preferences and enabling our calculation tools to work correctly. The website cannot function properly without these cookies, and they can only be disabled by changing your browser preferences.
Analytical/Performance Cookies: These cookies allow us to recognize and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around our website when they are using it. This helps us to improve the way our website works, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily.
Functionality Cookies: These cookies enable the website to provide enhanced functionality and personalization. They may be set by us or by third-party providers whose services we have added to our pages. If you do not allow these cookies, some or all of these services may not function properly.

4.2 Specific Cookies Used

Here are some specific examples of how we use cookies:

Preference Cookies: We use these to remember your settings and preferences, such as your preferred calculation mode or date format.
State Management Cookies: These help maintain the state of your application, such as keeping track of which tab you're on or which options you've selected.
Analytics Cookies: We use these to understand how visitors interact with our website, which helps us improve our services.

4.3 Local Storage

In addition to cookies, we use browser local storage to save certain data, such as:

Saved countdowns in the Countdown Timer Tool
Recent calculations in the Interval Calculator
Custom date formats in the Format Converter
Preferred timezones in the Timezone Converter

This data is stored directly in your browser and is not transmitted to our servers. It remains on your device until you clear your browser's local storage.

4.4 Managing Cookies

Most web browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings preferences. However, if you limit the ability of websites to set cookies, you may worsen your overall user experience, as it will no longer be personalized to you.

To learn more about how to manage cookies in your web browser, visit:

5. Third-Party Services

We may use third-party services that collect, monitor, and analyze data to help us improve our Service. These third-party service providers have their own privacy policies addressing how they use such information.

Our website currently uses the following third-party services:

CDN Services: We use content delivery networks to serve our JavaScript libraries (such as Luxon and Alpine.js) more efficiently.
Web Fonts: We may use web font services to enhance the visual presentation of our website.

6. Data Security

The security of your data is important to us, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

7. Children's Privacy

Our Service does not address anyone under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 13. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with personal data, please contact us.

8. 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 and updating the "Last updated" date at the top of this Privacy Policy.

You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

9. Your Rights

Depending on your location, you may have certain rights regarding your personal information, such as:

The right to access the personal information we have about you
The right to request correction of inaccurate personal information
The right to request deletion of your personal information
The right to object to processing of your personal information
The right to data portability
The right to withdraw consent

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the information provided below.

10. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us:

Please contact us if you have any questions or concerns.