Privacy Policy

At JSON Formatter & Validator (available at https://json-formatter-validator-osh2.vercel.app/), we believe in transparent, straightforward privacy practices. This Privacy Policy describes how information is handled when you use our website.

Key Principle: JSON formatting, validation, and minification are performed locally in your browser. The entered JSON is not intentionally uploaded to a server for processing. Like most modern websites, external services like Google Analytics and Google AdSense make their own normal network requests for page measurement and advertising display if active.

1. Local In-Browser JSON Data Handling

Our JSON editor and formatting engine are implemented with client-side JavaScript:

JSON formatting, validation, and minification are performed locally in your browser. The entered JSON is not intentionally uploaded to a server for processing.
We do not record, inspect, or retain the content of your JSON data, configuration files, API payloads, or code snippets on our servers.
When you close or refresh the page, any unsaved text in your browser window is cleared from memory.

Security Recommendation: As a standard security best practice, users should not paste passwords, private API keys, session tokens, database credentials, or other confidential information into browser-based utilities.

2. Information Automatically Collected (Web Analytics)

To understand overall website performance, identify bugs, and improve user experience, we use Google Analytics (Google tag ID G-YNBXTZN5XL). Google Analytics collects non-personally identifiable technical usage metrics, such as:

Browser type, operating system, and device category (desktop, tablet, mobile).
Approximate geographic region (country and city level, without precise location).
Referring URLs, pages visited, time spent on pages, and basic navigation flow.
Interaction events (such as button clicks on tool controls).

Google Analytics uses cookies or similar identifiers to compile aggregate reports. You can learn more about how Google handles data by visiting Google's Privacy & Terms page, or opt out by installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.

3. Advertising & Third-Party Cookies (Google AdSense)

We may display advertisements provided by Google AdSense to support the operational costs of maintaining this free utility:

Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on a user's prior visits to this website or other websites on the internet.
Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to users based on their visits to our site and other sites on the web.
Users may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings. Alternatively, you can opt out of a third-party vendor's use of cookies for personalized advertising by visiting aboutads.info.

4. Web Hosting & Server Logs

Like virtually all web hosts, the cloud hosting infrastructure that delivers our static HTML, CSS, and JavaScript files may automatically generate basic server access logs. These logs capture technical details such as your IP address, timestamp of the HTTP request, and user-agent string. These server logs are used strictly for network security, DDoS prevention, and diagnosing hosting outages, and are never combined with personal identities.

5. No User Accounts or Personal Registration

We do not require user accounts, passwords, or subscriptions. We do not maintain a database of user profiles, email lists, or contact records unless you voluntarily reach out to us by email.

6. Voluntary Communications

If you email us directly with feedback, questions, or bug reports, we receive your email address and any details you provide. We use this information solely to respond to your inquiry and never sell or rent your email address to third parties.

7. Your Privacy Rights

Depending on your jurisdiction (such as under the GDPR or CCPA/CPRA), you may have rights regarding your personal data, including the right to request access to or deletion of data we hold, or to object to certain processing. Because we do not store personal profiles or user JSON submissions, we hold very minimal data (limited to analytics and support emails). To exercise any rights, contact us at snoorulislam@gmail.com.

8. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this policy periodically to reflect functional enhancements, technological updates, or regulatory obligations. The revised version will always be posted here with an updated date.

9. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or our client-side data handling, please contact us at snoorulislam@gmail.com or visit our Contact page.