Privacy Policy
Guided Tools ("we", "us") provides short, guided courses and free guides at guidedtools.com. This policy explains what data we collect, why, and the choices you have. The short version: we collect the minimum needed to run the service, we don't sell your data, ads are never personalized, and nothing non-essential is stored on your device without asking first where the law requires it.
What we collect
- Account data. If you create an account: your email address and authentication credentials (handled by our authentication provider, Supabase).
- Learning data. Your course progress, lesson results, streaks, and preferences, so the product can work.
- Error reports. We use PostHog for error monitoring only: no autocapture, no pageview tracking, no session recording, and no cookies (it runs in a cookieless mode that stores nothing on your device). When something breaks, an error event with a short reference code is recorded so we can fix it.
- Usage analytics. We use Google Analytics to understand how the site is used (pages visited, approximate location, device type) so we can improve it. In regions that require consent (including the EEA, UK, and Switzerland), analytics cookies are set only after you accept in the consent banner; declining does not limit your access.
- Local storage.The app stores your session token, theme choice, and onboarding progress in your browser's local storage. These stay on your device.
What we don't do
- We don't sell or rent your personal data.
- We don't record your screen, keystrokes, or sessions.
- We don't set advertising or analytics cookies without asking first where the law requires consent (see Advertising below).
Advertising
Blog posts may show a small number of clearly labeled ads served by Google AdSense. We only ever request non-personalized ads — they are not targeted to your interests or based on a profile of you.
- Consent first. We use iubenda, a certified consent management platform, to manage cookies. Where the law requires it (including the EEA, UK, and Switzerland), a banner asks for your choice before any non-essential cookie is set, with "Accept" and "Reject" given equal prominence. You can decline and still read everything.
- Change your mind anytime.Use "Cookie preferences" in the page footer to review or withdraw your consent — withdrawing is as easy as accepting. Your choice is recorded in iubenda's consent database.
- California.The banner also provides the "Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information" option required under US state privacy laws.
- Who processes what. How Google uses data from sites that show its ads is described at policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites. The full list of cookies is in our Cookie Policy (also linked in the footer).
Affiliate links
Some blog posts contain affiliate links. If you buy through them we may earn a commission at no extra cost to you. Clicking one takes you to the partner's site, where their privacy policy applies. See our full disclosure.
Service providers
We rely on a small set of processors to run the service: Vercel (hosting), Supabase (authentication and data storage), PostHog (error monitoring), Google Analytics (usage analytics), and Google AdSense (advertising, on blog posts only). Each processes data on our behalf under their own data-processing terms.
Your rights
Depending on where you live (including under the GDPR), you can request access to, correction of, or deletion of your personal data, and you can object to or restrict certain processing. To exercise any of these rights, email guidedtools@gmail.comfrom the address associated with your account. We'll respond within 30 days.
Data retention
Account and learning data are kept while your account exists and deleted on request. Error reports are retained only as long as needed for debugging.
Changes
If we make material changes to this policy, we'll update this page and the date above.
Contact
Questions about privacy: guidedtools@gmail.com