Information we may collect
When you browse ToolVetter, we may collect limited usage and technical information such as pages visited, approximate location, device type, browser type, referral source, and general engagement patterns. This helps us improve site structure, searchability, navigation, and content quality.
If you contact us or submit a listing, we may also collect the information you provide directly, such as your email address, tool name, tool URL, category choices, descriptive content, and any files uploaded through the submission form.
Submission and listing data
When you submit a tool to the directory, we may store your submission details so we can review, edit, approve, reject, or publish the listing. This can include business-facing information such as a public website URL, logo, screenshot, pricing model, feature list, badge or backlink page URL, and related review notes.
We may also store limited technical information associated with a submission, including timestamps and anti-abuse signals, for spam prevention, moderation, and support purposes.
Submission information may also be reviewed against our Acceptable Use Policy and payment-compliance requirements before a listing is approved, featured, or published.
Featured submissions and payment processing
If you choose a featured submission option, payment-related information may be processed by third-party providers used by ToolVetter. We do not store full card details on this website. Payment processing and checkout verification may be handled by Waffo Pancake, and its policies apply to the payment information it processes.
We may store limited payment-related records necessary for internal operations, such as payment status, provider transaction identifiers, webhook event logs, and submission-linked billing metadata. These records are used for payment confirmation, support, refunds, fraud prevention, and audit purposes.
Cookies and analytics
We may use cookies and analytics services such as Google Analytics to understand site usage and improve the visitor experience. These tools help us measure traffic and engagement, but they are not intended to personally identify ordinary visitors browsing public pages.
You can control cookies through your browser settings. You can also learn more from Google’s own documentation:
How we use information
We may use collected information to operate and improve the directory, review and manage submissions, respond to enquiries, process support requests, verify payment events, prevent abuse, and maintain accurate public listings. We do not sell personal information submitted through direct contact or listing requests.
Your data rights
Depending on where you live and the law that applies, you may have the right to:
- Ask what personal information we hold about you and receive a copy of it
- Correct inaccurate or incomplete personal information
- Request deletion of your personal information, submission data, or a published listing connected to you
- Request restriction of, or object to, certain processing
- Receive applicable personal information in a commonly used, machine-readable format
- Withdraw consent where our processing relies on your consent
To exercise a data right, email contact@toolvetter.com with the subject line Data Rights Request. Please identify the email address used for the submission or enquiry, provide the relevant listing or submission URL if available, and describe the action you want us to take.
We may ask for reasonable information to verify your identity before disclosing, correcting, or deleting personal information. We aim to respond within 30 calendar days. If a request is complex or applicable law permits additional time, we will explain the delay.
Some information may be retained where reasonably necessary to comply with legal, tax, accounting, payment, refund, fraud-prevention, security, or dispute-resolution obligations. We will explain any material limitation that applies to your request.
Account closure
ToolVetter currently does not require or provide visitor or member accounts, so there is no on-site account to close. If account functionality is introduced in the future, account holders may request closure and deletion of associated personal information by emailing contact@toolvetter.com. Requests concerning submission records or published listings can be made now through the data-rights process above.
Third-party websites and services
Many pages on ToolVetter link to external websites. Once you leave our site, the privacy practices of those third-party products and services apply. We encourage users to review the privacy policy, security practices, and terms of any external tool before registering, paying, or sharing sensitive data.
Contact and policy updates
If you have questions about this policy, want to exercise a data right, or have a submission or billing-related privacy concern, contact us at contact@toolvetter.com. If you believe we have not handled your request appropriately, you may also have the right to complain to the data-protection authority in your place of residence.
We may revise this policy from time to time as the site and submission system evolve. Material updates will be reflected on this page together with a revised “Last updated” date.