Privacy Policy

1. Who we are

FrenchWrite is a free, browser-based French writing tool available at frenchwrite.com. For questions about this policy, contact us at contact@frenchwrite.com.

2. Data collected by our writing tools

FrenchWrite's writing and language tools — the editor, word counter, verb conjugator, gender checker, synonyms lookup, typing test, and the TCF/TEF practice tools — do not collect any of the following:

• Your name, email address or any form of account information
• The text you write in the editor
• Your IP address or approximate location
• Browser fingerprints or device identifiers
• Usage statistics, clicks or behavioural analytics
• Cookies of any kind set by FrenchWrite's own code

There is no analytics platform (e.g. Google Analytics, Mixpanel) tracking your use of these tools.

3. Contact form data

If you use the contact form, we collect the information you provide — your name, email address, subject, and message — along with your IP address and browser user-agent string. We use this to reply to you and to prevent spam and abuse (a simple rate limit keyed to your IP address).

This information is stored in our database and is only ever seen by the FrenchWrite team. It is never sold, shared with advertisers, or used for marketing. You can ask us to delete your message at any time by emailing contact@frenchwrite.com.

4. Local storage (auto-save)

FrenchWrite uses your browser's localStorage to auto-save your text, your preferred theme (light/dark) and your word goal. This data:

• Never leaves your device
• Is never transmitted to any server
• Can be deleted at any time by clearing your browser's site data or clicking the Clear button in the editor

localStorage is a browser-native feature, set directly by FrenchWrite's own code — not a cookie, and not shared with anyone.

5. Affiliate links

FrenchWrite no longer runs Google AdSense or any third-party ad network. Instead, some pages — mainly blog posts — include affiliate links to products and services we think are genuinely useful (for example Preply and other language-learning platforms). These links are clearly marked, and a disclosure notice is shown alongside them. If you click through and go on to sign up or make a purchase, FrenchWrite may earn a commission — at no extra cost to you.

An affiliate link is an ordinary link: clicking one simply sends your browser to the partner's website. FrenchWrite does not set any tracking cookie, and no third-party script runs on our pages to track the click. If the partner's site sets its own cookies once you arrive there, that is governed by their privacy policy, not ours.

A small number of tool pages and the homepage may also show static banner placements from these same affiliate partners. We configure these directly and they are not served through an ad exchange, so they don't carry the ad-personalisation or cross-site tracking that a network like AdSense does.

6. Children's privacy

FrenchWrite's writing and language tools collect no personal data and are safe for use by children of all ages, including in classroom settings.

FrenchWrite as a whole is not directed at children under 13 (or under 16 in the EEA), and we do not knowingly serve personalised advertising to children. If you believe a child has submitted personal information through our contact form, please email contact@frenchwrite.com and we will delete it.

7. Changes to this policy

If we ever introduce a change that affects your privacy (for example, adding an analytics tool or changing our advertising partners), we will update this page and revise the effective date at the top. We encourage you to review this page periodically. Continued use of FrenchWrite after a change constitutes acceptance of the revised policy.

8. Contact

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please email us at contact@frenchwrite.com. We will do our best to respond within 5 business days.