Privacy Policy

We are committed to protecting your privacy and being transparent about how AI Tools Directory handles your data.

1. Information We Collect

We collect information you provide directly when you create an account, submit or manage tool listings, contact support, or complete a payment for sponsored placement. This may include your name, email address, profile details, listing content, and billing metadata.

We also collect limited technical data automatically, such as device and browser information, approximate location, referrer pages, and interaction events required to secure and improve the directory.

2. How We Use Your Information

We use your information to:

• authenticate accounts and secure sessions;
• review, publish, and maintain tool listings;
• process featured placement and related order records;
• provide support and operational communications;
• analyze usage patterns to improve discoverability, moderation quality, and performance.

We may use aggregated and de-identified data for product analytics and reporting.

3. Cookies and Tracking Technologies

We use cookies and similar technologies to provide core functionality and understand how the site is used.

Cookie Categories

• Necessary Cookies: Required for core functionality like authentication, security protections, and locale preferences.
• Analytics Cookies: Help us measure traffic and usage behavior to improve browsing and ranking experiences.
• Marketing Cookies: May be used to measure campaign effectiveness and personalize promotional content when enabled.

You can manage optional cookie categories through the cookie consent banner.

4. Payments and Transaction Data

Payment card data is processed directly by our payment providers and is not stored on our servers. We retain only the records required to verify payment status and fulfill sponsored listing placement, such as order IDs, entitlement status, and timestamps.

5. Data Sharing and Disclosure

We do not sell your personal data. We may share information with trusted service providers who help us operate the platform (for example hosting, email delivery, analytics, payment infrastructure, and fraud prevention).

We may disclose information when required to comply with legal obligations, enforce our terms, or protect users and the platform.

6. Data Retention

We retain account and listing data as long as necessary to provide the service and maintain platform integrity. Billing and entitlement records may be kept longer for accounting, fraud prevention, and legal compliance.

7. Security

We apply reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect your data against unauthorized access, misuse, or loss. No system is perfectly secure, but we continuously improve safeguards and monitoring practices.

8. Your Rights

Depending on your jurisdiction, you may have rights to access, correct, delete, or restrict processing of your personal data, and to request a portable copy of your data.

If you are in regions with specific data protection laws (such as the EEA/UK), you may also have the right to object to certain processing and withdraw consent for optional cookies.

9. Changes to This Policy

We may update this policy as our services, legal obligations, or data practices evolve. Material updates will be reflected by revising the date below and, where appropriate, by providing additional notice.

10. Contact

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or your data, contact the support channel listed on the website.

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Last updated: June 5, 2026