Privacy policy

Our own data collection

PCTools does not require an account and does not collect names, email addresses or personal documents. If you contact us by email, we use your address only to reply.

Cookies and local storage

The site uses a small amount of client-side storage to remember interface preferences such as search text. This never identifies you and is cleared when you clear your browser storage.

Advertising

We intend to display advertising from third-party providers, including Google AdSense, to cover hosting costs. Google may use cookies or device identifiers to serve and measure ads. Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads based on your visits to this and other sites. You can opt out of personalised advertising in your Google Ads Settings, or opt out of third-party vendor cookies through aboutads.info. We do not control the practices of these providers, and they are not subject to this policy.

Analytics

If privacy-preserving analytics are enabled, they are used in aggregate to understand which guides and tools are useful. We do not build profiles of individual visitors.

Third-party links

Tool pages and recommendations link to official project sites. Once you leave PCTools, that site's own privacy policy applies.

Children

This site is not directed at children and we do not knowingly collect personal information from them.

Changes

This policy may be updated. The current version is always published on this page.