Privacy Policy

Last Updated: November 4, 2025

PasswordIdeas (“we,” “us,” or “our”) is committed to protecting your privacy and ensuring transparency in how our tools work. Because our service is designed to operate entirely within your browser, our approach to privacy remains simple and strict: we do not collect, store, share, or sell your personal data.

1. No Personal Data Collection

We do not require or request you to create an account, sign up, or provide any personal information to use our tools. We do not collect:

  • Names, email addresses, or phone numbers
  • IP addresses or geolocation data
  • Browser fingerprints, device identifiers, or tracking cookies
  • Any passwords, passphrases, or data entered into our tools

Your usage is completely anonymous and transient. Nothing you generate or check on PasswordIdeas is ever transmitted to our servers.

2. How Our Tools Work (Client-Side Operations)

All our tools—including password generators, strength testers, passphrase generators, WiFi QR creators, and bulk generators—run fully inside your web browser. This means:

  • Password Generation: All passwords are generated locally on your device.
  • Password Strength Testing: Calculations and estimates happen locally in your browser.
  • Passphrase Generation: Random word combinations are created client-side using a secure algorithm.
  • WiFi QR Generator: The QR code is generated instantly in your browser; no WiFi credentials are uploaded or saved.
  • Bulk Generators: All bulk password creation runs within your device memory and is never uploaded.

Once you close or refresh your browser, the generated data is gone.

3. Password Leak Checker

Our Password Leak Checker uses a privacy-preserving k-anonymity model to verify whether a password has appeared in known public data breaches.

  • Your password is never sent to any external server in plain text or full hashed form.
  • The tool computes a SHA-1 hash of your password locally and only transmits the first 5 characters of that hash to a third-party API (e.g., Have I Been Pwned).
  • The API responds with possible hash matches, and your browser checks locally if yours is among them.

We do not log or retain any of this data.

4. Cookies and Analytics

PasswordIdeas does not use tracking cookies or behavioral advertising scripts.

We may use privacy-friendly analytics (such as Plausible, Fathom, or a self-hosted equivalent) to collect anonymous aggregate data—such as page views or language preference. This data is non-identifiable, cannot be traced back to you, and is used solely to improve performance and design.

5. Third-Party Services and Links

Certain tools may connect to reputable third-party APIs (e.g., for leak checking). These integrations are strictly limited to non-identifiable data exchanges as described above.

Our site may also include links to external websites or tools. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or content of these third-party sites. We recommend reviewing their privacy policies before providing any information.

6. Security Measures

  • All pages are served via HTTPS with SSL encryption.
  • No user-generated data is stored on our servers.
  • All local operations are performed within your browser’s secure JavaScript sandbox.

Although our service minimizes data handling, we recommend never testing real, active passwords used for your accounts.

7. Children’s Privacy

Our services are intended for general audiences and do not target children under 13 years of age. We do not knowingly collect any information from children. Since no personal data is collected, our operations are inherently compliant with the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) and equivalent child privacy laws.

8. International Privacy Compliance

While we do not collect or process personal data, we remain aligned with global privacy standards such as the GDPR (EU/EEA), the CCPA (California, USA), and the UK Data Protection Act. Because no personal data is collected or stored, most regulatory obligations (access, correction, deletion, etc.) do not apply. However, users may contact us at any time for transparency questions.

9. Updates to This Privacy Policy

We may revise this Privacy Policy to reflect improvements, tool updates, or regulatory changes. All updates will be posted on this page with an updated “Last Updated” date. Continued use of our website after changes constitutes acceptance of the revised policy.

10. Contact Us

If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or our privacy practices, please contact us through the contact form or the support email available in our website footer.