Privacy Policy
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FakeName Generator generates fictional data about no real person. This policy explains what we collect about you, the visitor.
Who operates this site
FakeName Generator is built and operated by Vincent, an independent developer, who is the data controller for the purposes described below. There is no separate company. See the about-the-author page for background, or contact hello@fakenamely.com for any privacy matter.
Generated data is not personal data
The identities, names, addresses and numbers this site produces are randomly generated and describe no real individual. They are not stored against you and are not personal data.
What we collect
- Analytics: with your consent, we use privacy-friendly analytics (Plausible and/or Google Analytics 4) to understand aggregate traffic (pages viewed, rough location, device type). We do not sell this data.
- Advertising (Google AdSense): with your consent, we display ads served by Google AdSense. Google and its partners are third-party vendors that may use cookies (including the DoubleClick cookie) to serve ads based on your visits to this and other websites. You can opt out of personalized advertising in Google Ads Settings or at aboutads.info. See how Google uses data from sites that use its services.
- Attribution: with your consent, we use Attrifast, a revenue-attribution service, to understand which pages lead to affiliate or ad revenue. It records the pages you visit on this site; we do not share it with data brokers.
Cookies and consent
We ask for your consent before enabling analytics or advertising cookies. Exactly what that does, because the honest answer has two halves:
- Analytics and attribution — the Plausible, Google Analytics and Attrifast scripts are not loaded at all unless you consent. Decline and they never reach your browser.
- Advertising — Google's AdSense library is requested on every page as part of the page itself, before any choice is made, because Google requires it to be present to verify and review the site. On its own it requests no ad and sets no advertising cookie. No ad unit is rendered and no ad is requested unless you consent. At the time of writing no ad units are enabled on this site at all.
You can change your choice by clearing this site's data in your browser, and you can opt out of personalised advertising independently of this site using the Google and aboutads.info links above.
Hosting and server logs
The site is hosted on Vercel. Like virtually all web hosts, Vercel keeps short-lived technical logs (IP address, requested URL, user agent) to serve the site, prevent abuse and diagnose errors. We do not use these logs to identify visitors.
Data retention
We have no user accounts and store nothing about you on our servers beyond the aggregate analytics described above. Generated identities are produced on demand and are not saved once you leave the page. Consent choices are stored in your own browser, not with us.
Children's privacy
This site is a developer and privacy tool and is not directed at children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children; if you believe a child has provided us personal information, contact us and we will delete it.
Affiliate links
Some outbound links are affiliate links. If you buy through them we may earn a commission at no extra cost to you. These links are marked as sponsored.
Your rights
Depending on your jurisdiction (for example, under GDPR or CCPA) you have the right to access, correct, delete or export personal data we hold about you, and to object to or restrict its processing. Because we hold almost none, most requests are satisfied simply by clearing cookies and this site's data in your browser.
To exercise any of these rights, email hello@fakenamely.com with the subject "Privacy request". We respond within 30 days. If you are in the EU/EEA you also have the right to lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority.
Changes to this policy
If we change what we collect or which services we use, we will update this page and its "last updated" date. Material changes (for example, a new advertising or analytics vendor) will always be reflected here before they take effect.