Privacy policy

Cookies and browser storage

• Age confirmation. When you confirm you are 18 or older, a cookie named ainsfw_age remembers that for one year, so the age check does not appear on every visit. It contains nothing about you.
• Safe view. If you turn on Safe view (it blurs pictures until you tap them), the setting is saved in your browser's local storage under ainsfw_discreet. It never leaves your browser.
• Link redirect cookies. When you click through to a platform, our redirect may set cookies whose names start with prli_ to tell a first click from a repeat one. See "Outbound clicks" below.
• Analytics choice. If an analytics banner is ever shown and you answer it, your choice is saved in local storage under ainsfw_consent.

The cookie policy lists each of these with its lifetime.

Analytics

We do not run Google Analytics or any other third-party analytics or advertising script today. If we add Google Analytics later, it will only load after you press Allow in a banner, and never if you choose No thanks. This policy will be updated before that happens.

Outbound clicks

Links to platforms go through our own redirect (addresses starting with /go/). For each click the redirect records the time, the link, the page you clicked from, your browser's user agent and your IP address, so we can count referrals and check them against what our affiliate partners report. We do not send your name, email address or payment details to anyone. Once you arrive on a platform, its own privacy policy applies.

Forms

When you send a form (contact, listing requests, character submissions, removal requests), we store what you typed (for example your name, website and message, and your email if you give one) in our content system so we can read and answer it. To stop spam, each submission also stores a one-way hash of your IP address, which lets us limit how many forms one connection can send per hour without keeping the address itself. We use your email address only to reply to you.

Delivery network and server logs

Pages and images are delivered through the Bunny.net content delivery network, and the Site runs on our own server in Germany. Like every web service, both process your IP address, browser user agent, the page requested and the time in order to deliver pages and to block attacks. These technical logs are kept for a short period for troubleshooting and security, then deleted.

What we do not do

We do not sell personal data, we do not run ad networks, and we do not build profiles of visitors. Platforms you click through to can see that you came from this Site, as with any link on the web.

Legal bases and retention

Where the GDPR or UK GDPR applies, we rely on legitimate interest for running and securing the Site, counting referrals and answering messages, and on your consent for any analytics. Form submissions are kept while we need them to handle your request, click records while we need them to count referrals and check partner payments, and server logs only briefly.

Your rights

You can ask to see, correct or delete data we hold about you, or object to how we use it, by emailing admin@ainsfw.tools or using the contact form. As there are no accounts, tell us which form you sent and roughly when, so we can find it. If you live in the EU or UK you can also complain to your data protection authority.

Children

The Site is for adults only. We do not knowingly collect data from anyone under 18. If you think we have, contact us and we will delete it.

Changes

If this policy changes, the new version will appear on this page with a new date.