Last updated: 3 October 2026
AI Tool Review (aitoolrev.com) is a one-person site run by me, Mohd Bilal. This page explains what information the site collects when you visit, why it’s collected, which outside companies are involved, and the choices you have. I’ve kept it in plain English. If anything is unclear, send me a message.
The short version
- You can read every page without an account and without giving me any personal details.
- I only get your name and email address if you choose to leave a comment or use the contact form.
- Some outside companies can set cookies: Google when ads or analytics are running, YouTube or Vimeo when a page includes a video, and a merchant after you click an affiliate link.
- I don’t sell your personal information.
Information collected automatically
Like almost every website, this one runs on a server that keeps technical logs. When you load a page, the server records details such as your IP address, browser type, the page requested, the page that referred you and the time of the request. My host, Hostinger, keeps these logs for security and troubleshooting under its own retention rules.
A security plugin records the IP address behind repeated failed login attempts so it can block brute-force attacks. That only affects people who try to log in to the admin area.
The fonts you see are served from this site itself, not from Google Fonts or another font service, so loading a page doesn’t send your IP address to a font provider.
Comments
If you leave a comment, the site stores the name, email address and (optional) website you enter, the comment itself, and your IP address and browser user agent. Your email address is never shown publicly. Comments are checked for spam by a plugin that runs on this server (Antispam Bee), and a first comment is held until I approve it.
An anonymised string created from your email address (a hash) may be sent to the Gravatar service to see whether you use it for a profile picture. Gravatar’s privacy policy is at automattic.com/privacy. Once a comment is approved, your name, profile picture and comment are public. Comments and their details are kept so later comments from you can be recognised, until you ask me to remove them.
The contact form
When you use the contact form, the name, email address and message you enter are sent to my email inbox so I can read and answer them. I don’t add you to a mailing list, and I keep messages only as long as I need them to deal with what you asked.
Cookies
Cookies are small text files a website stores in your browser. This site sets very few of its own:
- Comment cookies: if you tick the box when commenting, your name, email address and website are saved for one year so you don’t have to type them again.
- Login cookies: only for people who log in to manage the site.
- Third-party cookies: Google (ads and analytics), YouTube and Vimeo (embedded videos) and affiliate merchants may set their own cookies, as explained below.
You can block or delete cookies in your browser settings. The site still works without them; you’ll just have to retype your details if you comment.
Advertising (Google AdSense)
This site may show ads served by Google AdSense. When it does:
- Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on your previous visits to this website or other websites.
- Google’s use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to you based on your visit to this site and/or other sites on the internet.
- You can opt out of personalised advertising in Google’s Ads Settings. You can also opt out of some third-party vendors’ use of cookies for personalised advertising at aboutads.info/choices, or at youronlinechoices.eu if you’re in Europe.
- Where the law requires it, for example in the European Economic Area, the UK and Switzerland, you’ll be asked for consent before cookies are used for personalised ads, and you can change your choice later.
Google explains how it uses information from sites like this one at policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites. The ads are picked by Google, not by me, so an ad on a page isn’t a recommendation. My recommendations are in the reviews.
Analytics
I may use Google Analytics to see which pages people read and how they found the site. It uses cookies to collect information such as the pages you visit, how long you stay, your device and browser type, and your approximate location. Google Analytics 4 doesn’t log or store IP addresses, and I only look at the numbers in aggregate, never to identify a reader. You can opt out on every website with Google’s Analytics opt-out add-on.
Affiliate links
Some links on this site are affiliate links, explained on the affiliate disclosure page. Some pass through a short redirect on this site (addresses that start with /recommends/), which may log the click, including the time, the page it came from and technical details such as the IP address, so I can see which links readers use. On the merchant’s site, the merchant or its affiliate network sets its own cookie to record that you came from here. That data falls under the merchant’s privacy policy, not this one.
Embedded videos
Some pages embed videos from YouTube or Vimeo. Embedded content behaves exactly as if you had visited that site directly: YouTube (owned by Google) or Vimeo may set cookies, collect data about you and track how you interact with the video, especially if you’re signed in to an account there. Their privacy policies are at policies.google.com/privacy and vimeo.com/privacy.
Who your data is shared with
- Hostinger, which hosts the site and its server logs.
- My email provider, which receives contact-form messages and comment notifications.
- Google, when ads or analytics are running, and YouTube or Vimeo when you open a page with a video.
- Gravatar, as described under comments.
- Authorities or other parties, but only if the law requires it or to protect the site from fraud and abuse.
I don’t sell personal information. Under some US state privacy laws, advertising cookies used for personalised ads can count as “sharing”, and you can opt out of that with the ad settings links above.
How long information is kept
- Comments: until you ask me to remove them or the comment is deleted.
- Contact messages: only as long as needed to deal with your message.
- Server and security logs: for the limited period set by the host and the security plugin.
- Cookies from Google, YouTube, Vimeo and merchants: for the periods those companies set, explained in their own policies.
Your rights
Depending on where you live (for example under the GDPR in the EU and UK, India’s Digital Personal Data Protection Act, or US state privacy laws), you may have the right to get a copy of the personal data I hold about you, have it corrected or deleted, object to or limit how it’s used, and withdraw any consent you gave. To make a request, use the contact page and I’ll reply within 30 days. If you’re not happy with my answer, you can complain to your local data protection authority.
Children
This site is written for adults and isn’t directed at children under 13. I don’t knowingly collect personal information from children. If you think a child has sent me information through this site, contact me and I’ll delete it.
Security
The whole site runs over HTTPS, and repeated failed logins to the admin area are blocked. No website can promise perfect security, so I keep the data the site collects to the minimum it needs.
Changes to this policy
If the way the site handles data changes, for example when an advertising or analytics service is switched on, I’ll update this page and the date at the top.
Questions
For anything about this policy or your data, use the contact page. You may also want to read the terms of use and the affiliate disclosure.