Privacy Policy

Information collected on this website

Melding Software does not provide user accounts and does not operate a website form that asks visitors to submit personal information. When you contact Melding Software by email, the information in your message is received through your email provider and ours.

Like most websites, hosting infrastructure may process technical request information such as IP address, browser or device information, requested pages, timestamps, and error or security logs as part of delivering and protecting the site.

Google Analytics

This site uses Google Analytics to understand aggregate site usage, such as which pages are visited and how the site performs. Google Analytics may use cookies or similar technologies and process information such as device/browser details, approximate location derived from IP address, page interactions, and referral information in accordance with Google's policies and the visitor's consent choices where required.

Learn more at Google's Privacy Policy.

Google AdSense and advertising cookies

Melding Software uses Google AdSense advertising technology. Third-party vendors, including Google, may use cookies or similar technologies to serve and measure ads. Google's use of advertising cookies can enable Google and its partners to serve ads based on a visitor's activity on this site and/or other sites, subject to applicable consent requirements and account settings.

• Third parties may place or read cookies in a visitor's browser, or use web beacons, IP addresses, or other identifiers as a result of ad serving.
• Visitors can review or control personalized advertising through Google Ads Settings.
• Visitors may also learn how Google uses data from partner sites at How Google uses information from sites or apps that use our services.

If additional third-party advertising vendors or networks are enabled in AdSense, their technologies and opt-out choices are governed by their own policies and the consent settings presented to the visitor where required.

Consent for visitors in the EEA, United Kingdom, and Switzerland

Where required, Melding Software uses a consent-management process for advertising and related storage or data processing. Visitors in covered regions should be presented with choices before consent-dependent personalized advertising technologies are used. Consent choices can be changed through the privacy or consent controls made available on the site or by the advertising platform.

Third-party links and services

The site links to third-party services including GitHub, PayPal, Buy Me a Coffee, Google, and software-vendor websites. When you follow an external link, that service's privacy practices apply. Melding Software does not control third-party websites.

Downloads and Melding Software tools

The website documentation explains when an individual Melding Software tool uses local files, administrator privileges, system permissions, or an external service. Some utilities are entirely local while others may contact software repositories, APIs, or vendor services as part of the feature they perform. Review the documentation for a tool before running it.

Children's privacy

Melding Software is a general-purpose software and technical-resource site and is not directed to children under 13. The site does not knowingly seek personal information from children.

Changes to this policy

This policy may be updated when the website, advertising configuration, analytics configuration, or applicable requirements change. The effective date at the top of this page identifies the current revision.

Contact

Questions about this policy can be sent to meldingsoftware@gmail.com.