Privacy Policy

Information We Collect

The information processed depends on how a visitor uses Online Rulerly and which website features are enabled. The categories below describe information that may be involved; they are not a statement that every category is collected in every interaction.

Information you provide

You may voluntarily provide information when you email support, complete an available contact form, send feedback, submit a question, or request assistance with the measurement tool. Depending on what the communication channel requests and what you choose to include, this may consist of your name, email address, message content, details about a reported issue, and other information you voluntarily supply.

Online Rulerly should list only information that is actually requested or received. It does not assume the collection of phone numbers, home addresses, account credentials, or similar information unless an implemented feature specifically requests it.

Measurement-related information

The on-screen ruler lets users check approximate physical dimensions using inch and centimeter scales. A measurement shown on screen is not necessarily personal information by itself, but it can become associated with personal information if a user includes it in a support message or if the implementation transmits or stores it alongside identifying technical data.

The website owner must distinguish between calculations performed in the browser, preferences stored locally on the device, information transmitted to the website server, and information made available to third-party services. No claim is made here that measurements remain exclusively in the browser or that calibration settings are never stored or transmitted.

Information not automatically assumed

Online Rulerly does not automatically claim to collect every possible kind of personal information. This policy does not represent that the website collects government identifiers, financial account details, sensitive personal information, precise location, or biometric data. If a future feature requests additional information, the relevant notice and this policy should be updated before that collection begins.

Information Collected Automatically

When a visitor opens a webpage, the hosting environment, server logs, security tools, or configured analytics services may process technical information. Depending on the actual setup, this may include browser type and version, device type, operating system, IP address, approximate location inferred from an IP address, pages visited, referral information, access times, basic diagnostic information, and server request logs.

Where processed, technical information may be used to deliver website content, maintain availability, diagnose errors, protect against abuse, and understand performance if a properly disclosed analytics service is enabled. Online Rulerly does not state that it uses behavioral tracking, session recording, browser fingerprinting, advertising pixels, or any particular analytics product unless that activity has been verified.

How We Use Information

Information should be used only for purposes applicable to the website’s actual operation and disclosed to visitors. Depending on the relevant interaction, those purposes may include:

• Providing the website and measurement tool: delivering pages, resources, and the functions that make Online Rulerly available.
• Responding to enquiries: reading, processing, and answering messages sent through an available contact form or the official support address.
• Technical support: investigating reported problems and providing assistance related to the measurement tool.
• Website maintenance: diagnosing errors, improving reliability, and maintaining implemented features.
• Security and abuse prevention: investigating suspicious activity and protecting the website and its visitors where suitable measures are implemented.
• Product improvement: considering submitted feedback and information produced through actual, properly disclosed processes.
• Legal compliance: meeting applicable legal obligations or responding to valid legal requirements.
• User-requested communication: supplying information directly related to a request initiated by the user.

Support communications are not described as being used for marketing, profiling, advertising, or automated decision-making because no such practices have been confirmed. This section must be revised if those activities are introduced.

Cookies And Similar Technologies

A cookie is a small text file that a website asks a browser to store on a device. Websites may also use local storage, pixels, tags, or related technologies to operate features, remember choices, assess performance, or support third-party services. First-party technologies are set for the website being visited; third-party technologies are associated with another service whose resource or feature is used on that website.

Potential technology categories

Visitors can usually delete or block cookies through browser settings. Doing so may affect website features that depend on those technologies. Browser controls do not replace a consent mechanism where applicable law requires one. If a cookie-consent tool is implemented, the policy must accurately identify it and explain how visitors can revisit or change their choices.

Privacy And The Online Ruler

Online Rulerly is designed to display inch and centimeter scales so a visitor can estimate the dimensions of an object placed against the screen. Screen calibration may adjust the displayed scale to account for differences in screen size, pixel density, browser zoom, and operating-system scaling.

The visual measurement itself is distinct from personal information. However, calibration values, preferences, diagnostic events, or measurement-related details may constitute or become associated with personal information depending on how the current implementation stores, transmits, or combines them.

Physical measurement accuracy depends on calibration and display characteristics. That limitation concerns product accuracy and is not a privacy guarantee. Before publication, the website owner must verify whether calculations occur entirely within the browser, whether preferences are placed in cookies or local storage, whether data reaches a server, and whether third-party scripts can receive related events. Until verified, this policy does not claim that no information leaves the browser, that nothing is stored, that no personal information is required, or that users are not tracked.

Legal Bases For Processing

Some privacy laws require a controller to identify a legal basis for each processing activity. Depending on the applicable jurisdiction and actual activity, a basis may be consent for a specific voluntary activity; contractual necessity where processing is needed to provide an agreed service; legitimate interests where permitted and balanced against individual rights; or compliance with a legal obligation.

Vital interests or performance of a public task should be included only if genuinely relevant to the controller and the processing concerned. No single basis automatically applies to every activity, and the presence of this section does not by itself establish compliance with the GDPR, UK GDPR, or another law.

When Information May Be Shared

Information may be disclosed only where applicable to the website’s operation and permitted by law. Potential recipients include hosting and infrastructure providers; services that process contact forms or deliver support email; security or technical providers used to protect, maintain, or diagnose the website; and analytics providers if analytics is actually enabled.

Information may also be disclosed when required by applicable law, a valid legal process, or a lawful request from a competent authority. If ownership or control of the business changes, relevant information may be considered in a merger, acquisition, reorganization, financing, or asset transfer where the circumstances arise and applicable law permits it.

Provider access should be limited to what is needed for the provider’s work and governed by applicable agreements or legal requirements where relevant. Online Rulerly does not claim that information is never shared or sold because all practices, integrations, and contracts have not been supplied for verification.

Third-Party Services And External Websites

The website may contain external links, embedded resources, or third-party services where these are present in the current configuration. Independent websites and service providers maintain their own privacy notices and may handle information differently from Online Rulerly. Visitors should review the privacy information presented by the relevant third party before providing information to it.

Online Rulerly should not be described as controlling an independent third party unless that control actually exists. WordPress plugins, embedded media, analytics tools, and external services should be named only after the live configuration has been audited and their relevance confirmed.

How Long We Retain Information

Retention should depend on the type of information, why it was collected, technical and operational needs, applicable legal obligations, and legitimate security or dispute-resolution requirements. Information should not be retained longer than necessary for its disclosed purpose, subject to applicable law.

Separate retention decisions may be needed for contact-form messages, support emails, technical logs, cookie-consent records, locally stored preferences, and analytics data if collected. Locally stored information may remain on a visitor’s device until it expires or is removed through the website or browser controls, depending on the implemented technology.

How We Protect Information

Online Rulerly should apply technical and organizational safeguards appropriate to the information and risks involved. Depending on the verified setup, these may include access controls, secure website configuration, timely software updates, restricted access to support information, appropriate monitoring, and secure transmission where configured.

This policy does not claim encryption at rest, a particular encryption standard, security certification, independent audit, or any specific security technology unless it has been verified. No method of internet transmission or electronic storage can be guaranteed to be completely secure, but reasonable efforts should be made to reduce foreseeable risks without creating unwarranted fear or unsupported assurances.

International Data Transfers

Hosting, infrastructure, email delivery, security, analytics, or other service providers may process information in countries other than the visitor’s location if the actual configuration involves international processing. Where applicable law requires it, the responsible controller should use an appropriate safeguard or recognized legal transfer mechanism.

No representation is made that information is stored in only one country. Server locations, provider processing regions, and relevant transfer arrangements must be confirmed before publication.

Your Privacy Rights

Depending on the visitor’s jurisdiction, the type of information involved, and legal exceptions, privacy law may provide rights to request access, correction, deletion, restriction, objection, or data portability. It may also provide a right to withdraw consent where processing relies on consent, obtain information about relevant disclosures, appeal certain privacy decisions, or complain to a competent supervisory authority.

These rights are not available identically in every country and may be subject to exemptions. To submit a request, email support@onlinerulerly.com. Clearly describe the requested action and provide enough information for the team to understand and respond. Do not email passwords, payment credentials, government identification, or unnecessary sensitive information.

Additional verification may be requested when reasonably necessary and permitted by applicable law. Any verification request should be proportionate and limited to what is needed to protect the requester’s information.

Additional Privacy Rights By Region

European Economic Area and United Kingdom

Where relevant law applies and its requirements are met, individuals may have rights of access, correction, erasure, restriction, objection, portability, and withdrawal of consent. They may also be able to contact the data-protection authority competent for their location or the relevant controller.

California and other US states

Certain US state laws may provide qualifying residents with rights concerning access, correction, deletion, portability, opt-out of specified processing or sharing practices, and protection against unlawful discrimination for exercising privacy rights. The precise rights and business obligations depend on the applicable law and relevant thresholds.

Online Rulerly does not automatically claim to be subject to every state privacy law. It also does not state that it sells personal information or shares it for cross-context behavioral advertising because those practices have not been confirmed either way.

Other jurisdictions

Visitors may have additional rights under the privacy laws applicable to their location. Requests can be submitted using the contact details below and will be assessed under applicable requirements.

Children’s Privacy

Online Rulerly has not supplied a verified minimum-user age or represented that the service is specifically designed for children. If the website owner becomes aware that personal information was collected from a child in circumstances where applicable law requires parental consent or other action, appropriate steps should be taken in accordance with that law.

A parent, guardian, or other concerned person may contact support@onlinerulerly.com. This section does not claim compliance with COPPA or another children’s privacy law without an assessment of applicability and actual practices.

Security Incidents

The website owner should maintain proportionate procedures for identifying, assessing, containing, documenting, and responding to suspected security incidents involving personal information. Where applicable law requires notification, affected individuals and competent authorities may be notified in accordance with the relevant legal requirements.

Nothing in this section states or implies that Online Rulerly has experienced a data breach or maintains a certified incident-response program.

Updates To This Policy

This Privacy Policy may be revised when the website, services, data practices, or applicable legal requirements change. The updated policy will be published on the website, and the “Last updated” date should show the date of the actual revision.

Important changes may be communicated through appropriate channels when required or considered suitable. Direct email notice is not guaranteed unless such a process is implemented. Visitors should review this page periodically to understand the current policy. No previous version or revision date is represented unless it genuinely exists.