Last Updated: 6/18/2025
Header Hound ("we," "us," or "our") is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you use our website and services (collectively, the "Service").
1. Information We Collect
When you use our Service to scan a URL, we temporarily process the URL you provide. We do not store the URLs you scan or the results of these scans beyond what is necessary for displaying them to you during your session or for aggregated, anonymized analytics as described below. We do not require user registration, so we do not collect personal information like names, email addresses, or IP addresses directly tied to individuals for the primary scanning service.
If you contact us directly (e.g., via a contact form or email), we may receive additional information about you such as your name, email address, the contents of the message and/or attachments you may send us, and any other information you may choose to provide.
2. How We Use Your Information
The information we collect is used for the following purposes:
- To provide, operate, and maintain our Service.
- To improve, personalize, and expand our Service.
- To understand and analyze how you use our Service (through anonymized and aggregated data).
- To develop new products, services, features, and functionality.
- To communicate with you, either directly or through one of our partners, including for customer service, to provide you with updates and other information relating to the Service, and for marketing and promotional purposes (if you opt-in).
- To find and prevent fraud.
3. Cookies and Tracking Technologies
We may use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on our Service and hold certain information. Cookies are files with a small amount of data which may include an anonymous unique identifier. You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our Service. We primarily use cookies for essential site functionality and for anonymous analytics to understand service usage.
Specifically, for recent scans functionality, we might store anonymized scan data (domain, grade, timestamp) temporarily to display on the "Recent Scans" page. This data is not linked to individual users.
4. Data Security
We use administrative, technical, and physical security measures to help protect your information. While we have taken reasonable steps to secure the information you provide to us, please be aware that despite our efforts, no security measures are perfect or impenetrable, and no method of data transmission can be guaranteed against any interception or other type of misuse.
5. Third-Party Services
Our Service may contain links to other websites that are not operated by us. If you click on a third-party link, you will be directed to that third party's site. We strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of every site you visit. We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites or services.
6. Children's Privacy
Our Service does not address anyone under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under 13. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected personal information from children without verification of parental consent, we take steps to remove that information from our servers.
7. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.
8. Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us through our contact page.