At SmartBear, protecting your personal privacy comes first. Our online calculators, text counters, and workspace utilities process your data directly inside your web browser. We do not save, collect, or monitor your private text entries, calculations, or uploaded snippets on our remote servers. We use basic, privacy-conscious site analytics to monitor page performance, keep our site loading quickly, and fund our free tools through transparent advertisement networks.
Your privacy is something we take seriously every single day. When you visit SmartBear to count characters, convert data, or calculate values, you deserve total transparency regarding how your information is handled. This Privacy Policy details the exact types of information we interact with, how browser-level processing works, and the simple measures we enforce to keep your activity safe and private while you work.
Data Handling and Local Browser Processing
The core philosophy of SmartBear is built around client-side execution. Whenever you paste text into our character counter or run numbers through our math calculators, that data remains inside your own web browser session. Our backend infrastructure does not inspect, harvest, or archive your draft text, sensitive notes, or personal calculations. Once you close or refresh your browser tab, your temporary session data clears out completely.
Because we do not store your written inputs on remote databases, your confidential content remains strictly under your control. Writers, developers, and office professionals can utilize our tools without worrying about unauthorized data leaks, server breaches, or unexpected data scraping. We design our utility scripts specifically to run locally, giving you total peace of mind every time you paste information into an input field.
Types of Information We Collect and Monitor
Although we never collect your personal utility inputs, our servers automatically collect basic non-personal technical data when you load our web pages. This information helps us keep our site online, prevent DDoS attacks, and fix browser compatibility bugs as soon as they appear. We track these standard technical indicators strictly to maintain platform stability and improve user experience.
- Standard web server log details including your anonymized IP address and access timestamps.
- Technical browser metrics such as operating system types, screen resolution, and language preferences.
- General navigation paths, like which utility pages are visited most frequently throughout the day.
- Aggregated referral sources that show us how visitors discover our website online.
Cookie Usage and Site Analytics Breakdown
We use essential cookies and lightweight analytics trackers to better understand general site traffic patterns and keep our platform functioning smoothly. Cookies are small text files stored locally on your device that help web applications recognize your browsing session preferences over time.
| Cookie Category | Primary Purpose | Retention Duration |
| Essential Cookies | Remembers UI settings, dark mode toggles, and tool preferences. | Persistent (Up to 1 year) |
| Performance Analytics | Measures page loading speed and identifies broken scripts. | Session-based or short term |
| Advertising Partners | Helps serve contextually relevant ads to support free tool development. | Varies by ad partner network |
Third Party Services and External Advertisements
To support the ongoing hosting costs, server maintenance, and development of our web utility suit, SmartBear works with trusted third party advertising networks and analytics partners. These partners may set cookies or use web beacons to serve contextually relevant advertisements while you browse our platform. These ad networks follow privacy standards that prevent them from accessing your local device files or reading inputs entered into our calculator tools.
Our website may also feature external resource links leading to third party services or reference documentation. Clicking on an external link transfers you off the SmartBear platform and onto a separate website. We encourage you to inspect the individual privacy declarations on those destinations, as we do not manage or control the data gathering practices of external third party sites.
Managing Your Personal Data Preferences
You have complete control over how your web browser handles cookies, scripts, and tracking parameters. Every modern web browser provides settings that allow you to block third party cookies, clear browser storage, or notify you whenever a website attempts to write a cookie file. Adjusting these settings will not prevent you from using our core text counters and calculator tools.
- Adjust your browser preference panel to clear cookies and local storage whenever you close tabs.
- Use standard browser privacy controls or ad prevention extensions if you prefer to block third party ad networks.
- Reach out to our team using our contact form if you have specific questions about our privacy setup.
Our Commitment to Straightforward Digital Security
We work tirelessly to provide a fast, dependable, and completely secure workspace utility site for users around the globe. By keeping our processing local to your browser and minimizing external data gathering, we remove the common privacy risks associated with modern web tools. Thank you for relying on SmartBear for your daily text editing, calculation, and productivity workflow.