Privacy Policy
What FindMyIPLocation collects, how it is used, which third parties are involved, how advertising cookies work and what rights you have.
This Privacy Policy explains how FindMyIPLocation ("we", "us") handles information when you use https://findmyiplocation.com (the "site"). We built the site to collect as little as possible.
Summary
- We show you your IP address and what it reveals. We do not store your IP address in a database and we do not create user profiles.
- We do not ask you to create an account, and we do not sell personal information.
- If the site shows ads, Google and its partners may use cookies to serve them. In the EEA, the UK and Switzerland you are asked for consent first.
Information we process
Your IP address and connection data
Every website receives the IP address of each visitor; it is how the internet delivers pages. We use your IP address and the approximate location and network information that our hosting provider derives from it to:
- show them to you on the home page and in the tools,
- check whether your address is a VPN, proxy or Tor exit node, when you use those features,
- limit how many tool requests one visitor can make per minute, to protect the service from abuse.
This information is processed in memory to answer your request. We do not write it to a database or to logs we keep.
What you enter in the tools
IP addresses, domain names and email headers you submit are processed to produce the result and are not stored by us. Results of lookups about other addresses (not your own) may be cached for up to 12 hours on our hosting provider's network to reduce load on our data providers. Email headers are never cached.
Browser tests
The Browser Fingerprint and WebRTC Leak tests run inside your browser. Their results are shown only to you and are not sent to us.
Preferences
If you switch between light and dark mode, your choice is saved in your browser's local storage. It never leaves your device.
Third parties we use
| Provider | Purpose | What it receives |
|---|---|---|
| Cloudflare, Inc. | Hosting, security and the approximate location of your connection | Your IP address and standard request data. See the Cloudflare privacy policy. |
| IP data providers (such as ipapi.is, ipinfo.io or proxycheck.io) | Location and VPN data for IP lookups | The IP addresses being looked up |
| Public DNS resolvers (Cloudflare, Google) and RDAP registries | DNS, reverse DNS, blacklist and WHOIS lookups | The domain names and IP addresses being looked up |
| Google Fonts | Delivers the site's fonts | Your IP address and browser details. See the Google privacy policy. |
| Google AdSense (if ads are shown) | Advertising | See the next section |
Advertising and cookies
We may use Google AdSense to show advertisements. In that case:
- Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to this site or other websites.
- Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to you based on your visits to this site and/or other sites on the internet.
- You may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings. You can also opt out of some third-party vendors' use of cookies for personalized advertising at www.aboutads.info and, in Europe, www.youronlinechoices.eu.
- If you are in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom or Switzerland, a consent message from Google lets you accept or refuse advertising cookies before they are used. You can change your choice at any time through the "Privacy and cookie settings" link that the message adds to the page.
- Learn how Google uses information from sites that use its services.
See our Cookie Policy for the full list of cookies and local storage used on the site.
Legal bases (EEA and UK visitors)
We process your IP address on the basis of our legitimate interest in providing the service you request and protecting it from abuse (Article 6(1)(f) GDPR). Advertising cookies are used only with your consent (Article 6(1)(a) GDPR), which you can withdraw at any time.
Your rights
Depending on where you live, you may have the right to access, correct, delete or receive a copy of personal data about you, to object to or restrict its processing, and to withdraw consent. California residents have the right to know, delete and opt out of the "sale" or "sharing" of personal information; we do not sell personal information, and you can opt out of personalized ads as described above.
Because we do not keep personal data about visitors, there is usually nothing for us to access or delete. You can still contact us with any request, and you have the right to complain to your local data protection authority.
Children
The site is a general-audience service and is not directed at children under 13 (or under 16 in the EEA). We do not knowingly collect personal information from children.
International transfers
Our providers may process data in the United States and other countries. Where required, they rely on safeguards such as the EU Standard Contractual Clauses or the EU–US Data Privacy Framework.
Changes to this policy
We may update this policy when the site or the law changes. The date at the top shows the latest version. Material changes will be highlighted on this page.
Contact
For privacy questions or requests, email [email protected].