Privacy Policy
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This policy explains how information is handled when you visit Sentence Simplifier, use its writing tools, or contact the website owner.
Privacy at a glance
- You can use the writing tools without creating an account.
- We use Cloudflare for website infrastructure and Google Analytics and Microsoft Clarity to understand usage and improve the tools.
- Analytics can involve cookies, device identifiers, interaction data, heatmaps, and session replays.
- Text submitted to the AI sentence simplifier can be sent to Groq or Google Gemini.
- The browser-based fallback processes text locally, but it does not prevent an earlier AI request from reaching a provider.
- The site uses local storage for daily usage records and requests your public IP address through ipify.
- Contact us at contact@sentencesimplifier.com with privacy questions.
1. Who operates this website
Sentence Simplifier is owned and run by Zane Hale and operates from the United States. References to “we,” “us,” and “our” in this policy mean the operator of Sentence Simplifier.
For questions about information handled through this website, email contact@sentencesimplifier.com. You can read more on our About Us page.
2. Information involved in using the site
Text you enter and generated results
The tools process the sentences or passages you enter and display the results. Your text may contain personal information if you include it. Submit only material you are entitled to use, and remove sensitive or identifying details that are not needed for the task.
Usage and connection information
The sentence simplifier stores a usage date, generation count, and, when available, a public IP address in your browser. When the tool loads, it requests your public IP address from ipify. This lookup is separate from sending text for simplification and can occur before you select Generate.
Messages you send us
If you email us, your message may include your name, email address, message text, attachments, and email metadata. The Contact Us page offers a Web3Forms submission form and a direct email link. The form sends your name, email address, and message to Web3Forms for delivery. Email services process messages as part of delivery and storage.
Technical requests
Loading the website or contacting an external service exposes connection information, such as your IP address and browser request headers, to the service receiving the request. The live host may maintain access or security logs. Hosting-specific log settings and retention are not established by the website code alone.
3. Why information is processed
- To provide the tools: Process your input and display a rewritten or edited result.
- To maintain the daily allowance: Read and update the usage record in your browser.
- To display and protect the website: Deliver pages, scripts, images, and fonts, and support performance and security through Cloudflare.
- To improve the tools: Use Google Analytics and Microsoft Clarity to understand which pages people use, where they encounter problems, and which changes could make the tools easier to use.
- To handle your inquiry: Use the details you send to understand your question, correction, or technical issue.
4. AI processing and external providers
When a configured AI service is available, the sentence simplifier sends your text and rewriting instructions directly from your browser to an external provider. The current integration uses Groq and can fall back to Google Gemini. A request may reach more than one provider if a service attempt fails and another is tried.
If AI processing cannot be completed, a rule-based engine can generate a result in your browser. This fallback does not retract text already sent in an AI request. The interface does not provide a dedicated local-only privacy setting.
Providers have their own terms covering retention, security monitoring, and possible use of data to improve their services. Those terms can depend on account settings and whether a service is paid or unpaid. We do not promise that provider requests have zero retention or are excluded from model improvement.
5. Browser storage, cookies, and session history
Local storage keeps data on your device between visits. It differs from a cookie and is not automatically included with every request to the website.
- Daily usage: The stored record contains the date, generation count, and any IP address returned by the lookup. The daily count resets when the tool checks it on a new day. The stored IP address can remain in the updated record.
- Saved API settings: The application supports reading previously saved provider API keys from browser storage. Where a key has been saved, it persists until replaced or cleared and is used to authenticate requests to the relevant provider.
- Current results: The homepage's input, output, and result history are held in page memory. The current tool does not save that history to local storage or a site-managed text database. Reloading the page resets that in-page history; it does not delete AI-provider records, analytics or session-replay data, or copies you saved elsewhere.
The live website uses Google Analytics and Microsoft Clarity. These services can use cookies and similar technologies to measure visits and interactions. Cloudflare may use cookies for enabled security or other service features. The cookies and data collected depend on the live configuration and consent signals; they are separate from the tool's local usage record.
Use your browser's site-data settings to remove local storage for this website. This clears saved local records and settings. Blocking storage or third-party requests may affect tool behavior.
6. Analytics, session replays, and other services
Google Analytics
We use Google Analytics to understand website traffic and tool usage. Depending on the configuration, it can collect page views, interactions, referring pages, device and browser details, approximate location, and cookie or other online identifiers. We use these reports to identify useful features, find usage patterns, and guide improvements.
Google's handling of data also depends on account settings and linked services. Read how Google uses information from sites that use its services and the Google Privacy Policy.
Microsoft Clarity
We use Microsoft Clarity to understand how visitors interact with the website through behavioral measurements, heatmaps, and session replays. These can show clicks, scrolling, navigation, and page interactions, together with device and session information. Our purpose is to find confusing controls and usability problems so we can improve the tools.
Clarity can use first-party and third-party cookies and other tracking technologies. Microsoft processes the collected data under its own terms and privacy statement, which describe purposes that may include product improvement and advertising. Our goal of improving the website does not mean the data is anonymous or that Microsoft's use is limited to our reports. Read the Microsoft Privacy Statement.
Microsoft documents masking for input fields. Other displayed page content, including generated results, depends on masking settings. The website marks the main page content, including tool input and generated results, for Clarity masking. This setting does not affect text sent to AI providers when you request a rewrite. See Clarity's masking documentation.
Cloudflare
We use Cloudflare for website infrastructure. Depending on the services enabled, Cloudflare processes connection and request information, such as IP addresses, requested URLs, browser details, and security events, to deliver and protect the website. Its security features may use cookies. Read the Cloudflare Privacy Policy and Cloudflare's cookie information.
Other services
Web3Forms: Our contact form submits your name, email, and message to Web3Forms to deliver your inquiry. See the Web3Forms Privacy Policy for its handling and retention practices. Direct email remains available.
ipify: The sentence simplifier contacts ipify to obtain your public IP address. Your text is not included in that lookup request. The returned address can be saved in the local usage record.
Google Fonts: Pages load font styles and files from Google domains. These requests provide Google with the connection information needed to serve the files. Read the Google Privacy Policy for information about Google's practices.
Email: Email services handle messages sent to our contact address. The email provider and its retention settings still require confirmation for this draft.
Following an external link takes you to a service governed by its own terms and privacy practices.
7. Retention and deletion
In-page results last for the current page session. Local usage records and saved API settings have no fixed automatic deletion period in the application; they remain until overwritten, cleared by you, or removed by the browser. A daily counter reset is not the same as deleting all local data.
AI providers apply their own retention rules. Clearing this website's browser data does not remove information already received by an external provider. Downloaded files, copied text, and sent emails remain wherever you or the receiving service store them.
Google Analytics retention depends on the property settings and data type; the selected period has not yet been confirmed. Microsoft currently documents 30 days for Clarity playback data and 9 months for heatmap and click data and labeled or favorited sessions. See Google Analytics retention guidance and Clarity retention guidance. Cloudflare log retention varies with the enabled product and settings. Contact-email retention remains unconfirmed. Email us to ask about information associated with your inquiry or to request deletion of information held by the website operator.
8. Your choices and privacy requests
You can choose what text to submit, remove identifying details, clear browser storage, and stop using the tools. You can contact us without submitting text to the AI tool. Your browser can block or delete cookies, but deleting cookies alone does not stop future analytics requests. Google offers an Analytics opt-out browser add-on for supported browsers; it does not disable Clarity or other services. Microsoft provides privacy choices through its Privacy Statement. Optional Google Analytics and Microsoft Clarity scripts load only after you accept analytics in the banner. Choose Reject analytics to keep them off. Use Privacy settings in the footer to change your choice. Withdrawing consent reloads the page to stop those scripts; it does not erase data already collected. Your choice is stored locally for up to 365 days, or until you clear site data. The choice does not disable requests needed for fonts, the IP lookup, contact submission, or AI rewriting.
Depending on the law that applies to you, you may have rights to access, correct, delete, restrict, or object to certain processing of your personal information, or to receive a portable copy. You may also have a right to complain to your local data protection authority. These rights and any exceptions depend on the applicable law.
Send requests to contact@sentencesimplifier.com with the subject “Privacy request.” Describe the information or interaction involved without sending unnecessary sensitive data. Identity verification may be needed before information is disclosed or changed.
9. Security and international processing
The configured AI, font, and IP lookup requests use HTTPS. No website, browser storage mechanism, or transmission method can guarantee complete security. Avoid submitting confidential documents, passwords, financial account details, or sensitive personal records.
We operate from the United States. External providers may process information in the United States or other countries outside your country of residence. Their terms describe their processing arrangements. This draft does not claim a particular data residency location or transfer safeguard for the operator's deployment.
10. Minimum age and younger users
Sentence Simplifier is intended for users aged 18 and above, including students and business owners. It is not intended for anyone under 18. The current website does not verify a user's age, and stating this minimum age does not itself prevent access or data collection. Students should avoid entering names, school records, or other identifying information into example passages. Educational use remains subject to school rules and external-service requirements.
Email contact@sentencesimplifier.com if you believe information from a person under 18 has been collected through the website or sent to the operator. Describe the interaction so we can assess the concern and any deletion request. Do not send additional sensitive records to explain it.
11. Changes and contact details
Changes to the tools, external providers, or data practices may require updates to this policy. The date at the top identifies the latest revision of this page.
Website operator: Zane Hale
Country of operation: United States
Email: contact@sentencesimplifier.com
Visit our Contact Us page for guidance on sending a question or reporting an issue.