Privacy policy
Below is a plain account of the data that is, and is not, collected when you use Essay Checker at essay-checker.com. It applies to every page of the site, including the guides.
Who runs this site
essay-checker.com is the home of Essay Checker, a free essay checker that works in your web browser. Questions about personal data go to the site's operator, who reads the mailbox [email protected]. The operator is the “controller” of that data in the sense used by the GDPR.
What we collect — and what we don't
Nothing on essay-checker.com requires an account, which means we hold no profiles, passwords or billing information. Whatever you enter into the essay checker is handled by your browser itself; it is not transmitted to us or stored on our server. The information that does reach us or our partners is limited to technical data — server logs, analytics measurements and data used for advertising — each described below.
Cookies and tracking technologies
A cookie is a small piece of data that a site, or a service used by the site, stores in your browser, and similar technologies include pixels and local storage. Our own pages do not set cookies. Cookies on essay-checker.com come from analytics and advertising providers. You can block or delete cookies in your browser settings; the essay checker will keep working, although ads may become less relevant.
Analytics
We use Yandex Metrica and Microsoft Clarity to understand how the site is used. The data they gather includes pages viewed, visit length, referrer, browser and device details and a coarse location derived from your IP address.
We also use their session replay and heatmap features, which show clicks, scrolling and pointer movement, to see which parts of the essay checker are hard to use. Yandex and Microsoft process this information under their own privacy policies, published on their websites. Our interest is in patterns across visits, not in identifying any particular person.
Technical logs
Like nearly every website, the server that hosts essay-checker.com keeps standard access logs. They show which page was requested, when, from which IP address and with which browser (the user agent). They help us block abuse, fix problems and count traffic.
Advertising
Essay Checker is free because it shows ads. The ads are supplied by third-party ad networks, which may set cookies and use device data, such as your IP address and browser details, to choose ads and measure how they perform. Where permitted, networks may personalise ads using your browsing on other sites as well as this one.
Your tool inputs are never shared with ad networks, which process their own data under their own privacy terms. To limit ad personalisation, block third-party cookies in your browser or use the opt-out tools at optout.aboutads.info and youronlinechoices.eu.
Legal grounds under the GDPR
Where the GDPR or the UK GDPR applies, processing relies on these grounds:
- Consent where the law requires it for analytics and advertising technologies.
- Legitimate interests for server logs, security and general usage statistics, where your rights do not override them.
- Correspondence: emails you send are used only to respond to you.
Keeping data
Data is kept no longer than necessary, and server logs are removed after a limited period unless an entry is needed to deal with a security incident. Correspondence is kept while it is needed to answer you and handle any follow-up. Analytics and advertising providers keep data according to their own retention schedules.
Where data is processed
The services we use, including hosting, analytics and advertising providers, may process data in countries other than your own. Data protection rules in those countries may not be the same as in yours.
Your rights
If European or UK data protection law applies to you, you may access, rectify and erase your data, restrict or object to processing, and receive it in a portable form. Where we rely on consent, you can withdraw it at any time.
Because we hold very little data and no accounts, we may need details such as your IP address and the approximate time of your visit to find anything relating to you. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with a data protection supervisory authority, in particular where you live or work. Requests can be sent to [email protected].
Notice for California residents
Under California law (the CCPA as amended by the CPRA), you may request to know and to delete or correct personal information about you, and you may opt out of its sale or sharing. We do not sell personal information in the ordinary sense: we never hand over visitor data for money. Advertising cookies, though, can amount to “sharing” for cross-context behavioural advertising as California law defines it. You can opt out by turning on the Global Privacy Control signal in your browser, blocking third-party cookies, or contacting us. We will not treat you differently for exercising these rights.
How we protect data
Connections to essay-checker.com use HTTPS encryption. Server access is restricted to the site's operator. No website can promise absolute security, though local processing keeps your inputs off our server.
Use by children
essay-checker.com is not directed to children under 13, or under 16 where European rules apply. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. Parents or guardians who think a child has contacted us can ask us to delete that information.
Changes to this policy
We update this page when our practices change, for example when we add or remove a service. The text on this page is the version in force.
Contact
You can reach us about anything in this policy at [email protected]. Please describe your request clearly, and we will reply within the time limits set by applicable law.