Privacy Policy
Last updated: September 23, 2026
The short version. The tools here run right in your browser. What you type never reaches us, and we never see it. We use a few cookies to keep things working and to count visits, and Google may use cookies where ads appear. You can switch the optional ones off whenever you want. That's really it — but everything below spells it out properly.
This covers romanceforcouples.com and every page on it. We've tried to write it the way we'd explain it to a friend, because a privacy policy you can't understand isn't much use to anyone. If something here still isn't clear, email us and we'll happily explain it.
Who runs this site
Romance for Couples is published by Joan Ramos, trading as FriendlyApps — a small independent operation building free web tools and reference sites. Everything here is written and looked after by us, not farmed out.
If you need to reach the person responsible for how your data is handled, that's Joan Ramos:
- Email: [email protected]
- Postal address: Block 9 Lot 18 Grand Monaco Bellevue, Brookside Hills Subdivision, Cainta, Rizal, Philippines
There's more about us on our About page.
What you type stays on your device
This is the part people usually want to know first, so let's get it out of the way. The tools on Romance for Couples run entirely in your own browser. Whatever you type in, and any picture you add, never reaches our servers. It lives on your device and it's gone when you close the page, unless you save or print it yourself.
We don't have a copy. We couldn't look yours up if we wanted to.
Some tools do remember your last settings, just so the page is friendlier when you come back. That sits in your own browser, not with us, and clearing your browser data wipes it.
What we do collect
Not much, and none of it tells us who you are:
- Basic usage data. Which pages get opened, roughly what part of the world the visit came from, what sort of device and browser, and how people move around the site. It's how we work out what's genuinely useful and what needs fixing.
- The technical bits your browser sends by itself. Things like your IP address and browser version. Every website receives these just by being visited — there's nothing unusual about it.
- Anything you send us on purpose. If you email us or use the contact form, we get your message and your email address so we can write back. We won't add you to anything.
Cookies, in plain terms
A cookie is just a small text file a website leaves in your browser so it can remember something. Some are needed for a page to work at all. Others help us count visits, so we can see which pages actually help.
The ones here come in three flavors:
- Necessary. Keep the site working and remember your cookie choice. These can't be turned off, because without them nothing works properly.
- Analytics. Google Analytics, so we can count visits and see which pages actually help. What we see are totals, never individual people.
- Advertising. Used by Google where ads appear, to choose and count them. You can switch these off.
Changed your mind? That's fine, and you can do it any time:
You can also block or delete cookies in your own browser settings. The site will still work if you do.
Analytics
We use Google Analytics to see how the site gets used. It sets cookies and reports back to us in totals — how many people opened a page, not who they were. If you'd like Google's own explanation of how it handles data on sites like ours, it's here: How Google uses information from sites that use its services.
Advertising
This site uses Google AdSense. Where ads appear:
- Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on a user's prior visits to this website or other websites.
- Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to users based on their visit to this site and/or other sites on the Internet.
- You can opt out of personalized advertising in Google Ads Settings, and opt out of other vendors' cookies at aboutads.info/choices.
Who else is involved when you visit
You're entitled to know exactly who can receive data when you open a page here, so here's the full list rather than a vague mention of "our partners". Each one has its own privacy policy, linked below.
- Google — provides Google Analytics, which we use to count visits, and Google AdSense, which may show ads here. Google Privacy Policy · How Google uses data from sites that use its services
- Cloudflare — delivers this site and protects it from attacks, which means your request passes through their network. Cloudflare Privacy Policy
If that list ever changes, this page changes with it.
How your cookie choice is recorded
When you answer the cookie bar, your choice is saved in your own browser and kept for 180 days, after which we'll ask again. It isn't tied to your name or sent anywhere. You can change or withdraw it at any time using the button further up this page, and withdrawing is as easy as agreeing was.
Affiliate links
Some pages link to products or services that suit the topic. If you buy through one of those, we may earn a small commission — it costs you nothing extra. It never changes what the site tells you, and nobody can pay us to change a result or a recommendation.
What we never do
- We don't sell your personal information. Not to anyone, not ever.
- We don't upload or store what you type into a tool.
- We don't make you create an account or hand over personal details to use anything here.
- We don't send marketing email.
If you're in the UK or Europe
You have the right to ask what personal data we hold about you, to have it corrected or deleted, to object to how we use it, and to withdraw your consent for any cookie that isn't necessary. Honestly, we hold so little that the answer is usually "there's nothing to hand over" — but ask, and we'll tell you straight. For analytics and advertising cookies we rely on your consent. For simply keeping the site running and secure we rely on our legitimate interest in operating it. If you're ever unhappy with how we've handled a request, you can complain to your national data protection authority.
If you're in California
You have the right to know what personal information gets collected, to ask for it to be deleted, and to opt out of it being sold or shared. We don't sell personal information. To opt out of personalized ads, use Google Ads Settings (linked above) or the cookie choices button. And we won't treat you any differently for asking.
Children
This site is made for a general audience and isn't aimed at children under 13. We don't knowingly collect personal information from children. If you think a child has sent us something, email us and we'll delete it right away.
How long we keep things
Analytics totals stick around for up to 14 months and then drop off by themselves. Emails you send us are kept only as long as it takes to sort out whatever you wrote about. And since what you type into a tool never reaches us, there's nothing there to keep in the first place.
Security and other sites
The site is served over an encrypted connection. Because the tools run in your browser, there's very little data here to protect to begin with. When we link somewhere else, that site has its own privacy policy, and what happens over there isn't something we can control.
Changes to this policy
If any of this changes, we'll update this page and change the date at the top. Anything significant, we'll flag on the site rather than hoping you notice.
Contact
Got a question about privacy, a request about your data, or a sentence on this page that makes no sense? Email [email protected] or use the contact page. A person reads every one.
