Last updated October 11, 2026

Privacy policy

This policy explains what information AI Tool Herald currently processes, why it is processed, and the choices available to visitors.

Who operates this website

AI Tool Herald is an independent publication operated by SilkenScript Studios LLC. The verified publication email is listed on the contact page: contact@aitoolherald.com. Registered-agent and organizer addresses are not reader-support addresses.

Information processed now

The website is static and does not provide user accounts or comments. It shows Google AdSense advertising and loads analytics only after consent, as described below. The hosting and security providers may automatically process an IP address, browser and device information, requested URLs, timestamps, referral information, and security events to deliver the site, prevent abuse, diagnose failures, and maintain service reliability.

The Weekly Signal newsletter

The homepage offers an optional email signup for The Weekly Signal, a free Monday digest. When a visitor subscribes, the site sends the email address, the page the signup came from, and the consent choice to a Supabase database hosted in the European Union. The site can add addresses but cannot read, list, or modify them from the browser. The address is used only to send the weekly digest. A subscriber can be removed at any time through the one-click unsubscribe link included in every issue, by replying to any issue, or by writing to contact@aitoolherald.com. No newsletter data is sold or shared with advertisers.

Information you choose to send

If you contact the publication by email, we may process your email address, name, message, and attachments to answer the request, manage corrections, maintain business records, or protect legal rights. Do not send passwords, payment credentials, identity documents, or other unnecessary sensitive information.

Legal reasons for processing

Depending on where a visitor lives, processing may rely on the need to provide the requested website, respond to a request, comply with law, protect the service and publication, pursue legitimate operational interests, or obtain consent for optional technologies.

Cookies, analytics, and advertising

The site shows advertising through Google AdSense (publisher ID pub-9826422056995034). Google and its partners use cookies and similar technologies to serve ads, limit how often you see them, measure their performance, and prevent fraud. Ads may be personalized based on your prior visits to this and other websites, where the law allows it and, where required, only with your consent. For visitors in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, and Switzerland, a Google-certified consent message asks for your choice before personalized ads are used; if you decline, Google may still show non-personalized ads that use cookies for frequency capping, aggregated reporting, and fraud prevention. You can learn how Google uses information from sites that use its services at policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites, and opt out of personalized advertising at adssettings.google.com or aboutads.info.

Google Analytics 4 (measurement ID G-C8C05ET3YV) is configured but loads only after a visitor accepts analytics through the on-site consent banner. Until then, no analytics tag loads and no analytics data is sent. If analytics is accepted, Google may process page views, approximate location derived from IP (which is anonymized), browser and device information, and reading behavior. The choice is stored in the browser's local storage and can be changed at any time from the cookie policy page.

Affiliate links

Some future articles may contain clearly identified affiliate links. An affiliate provider may process a click and use an attribution cookie under its own privacy policy. The article will disclose the commercial relationship near the recommendation.

Service providers and transfers

Information may be handled by hosting, security, email, analytics, advertising, or affiliate providers only as needed for their service. Some providers may process information in other countries. Appropriate contractual, technical, or legal safeguards will be used where required.

Retention and security

Information is retained only for as long as reasonably needed for the purpose described, legal obligations, dispute resolution, security, and recordkeeping. Reasonable safeguards are used, but no website or transmission method can promise absolute security.

Your privacy choices

Depending on applicable law, a visitor may be able to request access, correction, deletion, restriction, portability, withdrawal of consent, or objection to certain processing. A visitor may also have the right to complain to a local data-protection authority. Identity may need to be verified before a request is completed. Instructions will be available through the verified publication email.

Children

This general-audience publication is not directed to children under 13, and it does not knowingly collect personal information from them. Contact the publication if you believe a child has provided personal information.

Policy changes

Material changes will be posted here with a revised date. The policy was last reviewed when Google AdSense advertising was added, and it will be reviewed again before any new category of processing, such as accounts, comments, or contact forms, is activated.