🔒 Privacy Policy

1. Introduction

Animal Name Generator (“we,” “our,” or “us”) is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website. We minimize data collection wherever possible — we do not require user accounts and only collect personal information through our voluntary contact form.

2. Information We Collect

Voluntary: When you use our contact form, you may provide your name, email, and message — used solely to respond to your inquiry.

Automatic: We collect log data (IP address, browser type, pages visited), device information, and usage data through standard server logs and analytics.

We do NOT collect: Financial information, government IDs, health data, precise geolocation, or data from children under 13.

3. Google Analytics

We use Google Analytics to understand site usage. Google Analytics uses cookies to collect data about your visit — pages viewed, time on site, referring URLs — and transmits this to Google servers in the United States. You can opt out via the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.

4. Cookies

We use essential cookies for site functionality, analytics cookies (Google Analytics), and advertising cookies (Google AdSense). For full details, see our Cookie Policy.

5. Google AdSense & Advertising

We use Google AdSense to display ads. Google uses cookies to serve ads based on your browsing history. You can opt out of personalized advertising at Google Ads Settings or aboutads.info.

6. GDPR Compliance (EU/EEA)

EU/EEA residents have rights under GDPR: right of access, rectification, erasure, restriction, objection, and data portability. Contact us at support@bestanimalnames.com to exercise these rights. We respond within 30 days.

7. CCPA Compliance (California)

California residents have rights under CCPA/CPRA: right to know what personal information we collect, right to delete it, and right to opt-out of sale. We do not sell personal information as defined under CCPA. Contact us at support@bestanimalnames.com with “CCPA Request” in the subject line.

8. Data Security & Retention

We implement HTTPS encryption and appropriate security measures. Contact form submissions are retained up to 12 months. Analytics data retention follows Google’s policies. No method of transmission over the Internet is 100% secure.

9. Contact

Questions about this Privacy Policy? Email us at support@bestanimalnames.com or use our Contact page.