1. Privacy at a glance
You can browse and search AI Finderz without creating an account. The AI Finderz Core plugin does not require a paid AI API and does not send your search text to OpenAI, Anthropic or Google AI services.
2. Favorites
When you save an AI tool as a favorite, its tool ID is stored in your browser using local storage under the key aifinderz_favorites. Favorites are not tied to a user account and are not published.
You can remove favorites from the site or clear the site's local storage in your browser settings.
3. Search requests and outbound clicks
Search requests are processed by the WordPress site to return matching catalog entries. When anonymous Search Insights are enabled, AI Finderz may store an eligible normalized search phrase together with an aggregate count and the last time that phrase was searched. No IP address, account ID or browser identifier is attached to that search row. Queries that look like email addresses, URLs or long phone/account numbers are skipped by the plugin.
When you click a “Visit Tool” or official-site button, AI Finderz increments an aggregate click counter for that tool. The plugin stores the total count, not a visitor profile for that click.
4. AI Finderz Certificates
Before a certificate assessment, AI Finderz asks for your first name, last name and email address, plus your consent to publish the certificate details if you pass. Successful public credential pages display your name, certificate level, score, issue date and credential ID. They are intentionally marked noindex so search engines are asked not to index those personal credential pages.
Your email address is used for one-time certificate delivery when WordPress mail is available and is not displayed publicly. After issuance, the certificate table keeps a one-way hash of the normalized email for duplicate-control purposes rather than the plain email address. This feature does not add the email to a marketing list.
From certificate analytics version 1.12.2 onward, AI Finderz also stores privacy-preserving event records for assessment starts, completions, pass/fail outcomes, certificate issuance and certificate sharing/download actions. These analytics records contain the certificate level, timestamp and score where relevant, plus a one-way hash of a randomly generated attempt identifier. Failed-attempt analytics do not store the candidate name or email address.
5. Tool submissions
If you use the “Submit AI Tool” form, AI Finderz may store the tool name, website URL, category, description and any email address you voluntarily provide. Submitted tools are saved as pending entries for editorial review.
The submitter email is not displayed publicly by the plugin. It is kept with the submission until it is removed or the site administrator deletes that information.
7. Links to third-party websites
AI Finderz links to independent AI products and services. Once you leave AI Finderz, the destination site's own privacy policy and terms apply. AI Finderz does not control how those third-party websites collect or use information.
8. Retention and your choices
Browser favorites remain until you remove them or clear the site's browser storage. Aggregate click totals may remain in the catalog as historical statistics. Tool-submission information remains until it is reviewed, edited or deleted by the site administrator. Valid certificate records retain the public credential details and one-way email hash until the credential is revoked or deleted by the site administrator. Anonymous certificate analytics events may be retained as aggregate historical performance data.
If you have a privacy request relating to information you submitted, use the contact channel published by the site owner and identify the relevant submission so it can be located.
9. Changes to this policy
AI Finderz may update this policy when the website adds new features, analytics, advertising, accounts or external services. The “Last updated” date above indicates when this version was generated.
This page describes the current AI Finderz Core behavior and is intended as a practical privacy notice. Site owners remain responsible for adapting legal notices to the services they actually enable and the laws that apply to them.