Your data

We wrote this policy to explain, without legal padding, how UUID Generator treats information about the people who use the uuid generator on uuid-generator.net. Everything below applies across the site, from the tool to the help articles.

Summary

• No registration, logins or passwords.
• The uuid generator works in your browser; what you type is not sent to us.
• Cookies come from our analytics services and from advertising networks.
• You can block cookies and ask us about your data at any time.

About us and this policy

uuid-generator.net is the home of UUID Generator, a free uuid generator that works in your web browser. The site's operator is responsible for the processing described here and can be reached at [email protected]. For the purposes of the GDPR and similar laws, that operator is the data controller.

The data involved

You do not need to sign up to use the uuid generator: there are no accounts, logins or passwords on the site. Whatever you enter into the uuid generator is handled by your browser itself; it is not transmitted to us or stored on our server. What we and our service providers do receive is technical: request logs, usage statistics and advertising data, explained in the sections that follow.

Your inputs and your device

The uuid generator remembers your recent inputs and settings using your browser's local storage. We have no access to it: it is not included in requests to the server and is not shared with anyone. To erase it, clear the site data for uuid-generator.net in your browser. Private or incognito windows discard it automatically.

About cookies

Like most websites, uuid-generator.net involves cookies and similar technologies, small pieces of data your browser keeps for a site. The cookies in use on uuid-generator.net belong to the analytics and advertising services covered in the next sections, not to the tool itself. Blocking cookies in your browser will not break the tool, though ads may be less relevant to you.

Technical logs

Each time a page is requested, the web server writes an entry to its logs, as web servers normally do. 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.

How we measure use of the site

We use Yandex Metrica and Microsoft Clarity to understand how the site is used. They collect information such as the pages you view, how long you stay, the referring site, your device and browser, and an approximate location derived from your IP address.

Both offer session replay and heatmaps, which record clicks, scrolling and mouse movement so we can see where the layout confuses people. The data is handled by Yandex and Microsoft in line with their own privacy terms, and both use cookies to tell visits apart. We review the reports to improve pages and do not try to work out who individual visitors are.

Advertising partners

Ads pay for uuid-generator.net, so the uuid generator can stay free to use. 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. Some ads may be tailored to interests inferred from your browsing across different sites, where the law and your settings allow it. Ad networks receive nothing you type into the tool; what they do collect is governed by their own privacy policies. You can opt out of personalised ads from many networks at optout.aboutads.info and youronlinechoices.eu, and you can block third-party cookies in your browser.

Our legal bases

For visitors in the EEA and the UK, the legal bases are:

• Consent where the law requires it for analytics and advertising technologies.
• Legitimate interests in keeping the site secure, working and free, balanced against your rights.
• Providing the service you ask for, which covers the local storage that remembers your entries.
• Correspondence: emails you send are used only to respond to you.

Your choices and rights

Depending on where you live, you may have the right to access, correct or erase the personal data we hold about you, to restrict or object to its processing, and to data portability. Consent you have given can be withdrawn whenever you like. Since the site has no user accounts, we can usually find data about you only if you give us details like your IP address and the time of your visit.

You may also complain to a data protection supervisory authority, for example in the country where you live. Write to [email protected] to make a request.

Data retention

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. Local storage keeps your entries until you clear the site's data. Analytics and advertising providers keep data according to their own retention schedules.

Processing outside your country

Data collected through uuid-generator.net may be processed by service providers located in other countries. The level of legal protection there may differ from that of your home country.

If you live in California

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 everyday meaning of the word; no list of visitors is ever traded.

Advertising cookies, though, can amount to “sharing” for cross-context behavioural advertising as California law defines it. To opt out, enable Global Privacy Control in a browser that supports it, block third-party cookies in your browser settings, or email us. You will not be discriminated against for exercising any of them.

Keeping data safe

All pages on uuid-generator.net are delivered over an encrypted HTTPS connection. Only those who run the site can access the server and its logs. No method is completely secure, but what you enter into the uuid generator never reaches our server.

Use by children

uuid-generator.net is not directed to children under 13, or under 16 where European rules apply. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If you believe a child has sent us personal information, for example by email, contact us and we will delete it.

Changes to this policy

This policy is updated when our practices change. The version published here is always the current one.

Contact

If you have a question about this policy or want to make a privacy request, email [email protected]. Please describe your request clearly, and we will reply within the time limits set by applicable law.