Privacy Policy
Last updated: 15 October 2026
This Privacy Policy explains what information Ask8BallFree.com (“we”, “our”, “us”) collects when you visit the site, and how that information is used. If you have questions about this policy, you can email us at ask8ballfree@gmail.com or contact us through our Contact page.
1. Who we are
Ask8BallFree.com is an independently operated website offering a free online Magic 8 Ball tool along with question ideas and answer explanations for entertainment.
2. Information we collect
- Contact form: If you use our contact form, we collect your name, email address, and message so that we can respond to your enquiry.
- Comments: If you leave a comment on the site, WordPress collects the data shown in the comment form, along with your IP address and browser user agent string to help with spam detection.
- The Magic 8 Ball tool: The interactive tool on our homepage is designed to run entirely in your web browser. Questions you type into it are processed on your device and are not sent to, stored on, or shared by our servers.
- Technical and security data: Our hosting provider and Cloudflare, which helps protect the site from abuse, may process IP addresses and related security data to keep the site safe and available.
3. Cookies
We use a small number of cookies, and nothing more than the site needs to function:
- Strictly necessary: wordpress_test_cookie (checks whether your browser accepts cookies); Cloudflare security cookies such as __cf_bm (bot and abuse protection).
- Your choices: cookieyes-consent remembers the cookie consent choice you make in our banner.
- Logged-in users only: WordPress sets functional cookies for site administrators. Ordinary visitors are not affected.
We do not currently use Google Analytics or any other analytics service. See our Cookie Policy for more detail.
4. Advertising
We plan to display advertisements on this site in the future, served through Google AdSense. When advertising is enabled, the following applies: Google’s use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to you based on your visit to our site and/or other sites on the Internet. You may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings. Where the law requires it (for example, in the EEA and the UK), we will ask for your consent through our cookie banner before any personalized ads are served.
5. How we use information
We use the information we collect to respond to your messages, to operate and secure the website, and to comply with legal obligations. We do not sell your personal information.
6. Sharing of information
We share information only where necessary to run the site: with our hosting provider, with Cloudflare for security, and with the software running on our own server that processes the contact form. We do not share your details with advertisers or other third parties for their own purposes.
7. Data retention
Contact form messages are kept only for as long as needed to handle your enquiry. Cookie consent records are kept to demonstrate compliance. Technical security logs are kept for a limited period and then deleted or anonymized.
8. Your rights
You may ask us for a copy of the personal information we hold about you, ask us to correct it, or ask us to delete it, by emailing ask8ballfree@gmail.com or contacting us through our Contact page. If you are in the EEA or the UK, you also have the right to object to or restrict certain processing and to lodge a complaint with your data protection authority. If you are a California resident, you have the right to know what personal information is collected and to request its deletion.
9. Children
This site is a general-entertainment website and is not directed at children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13; if you believe we have, please contact us and we will remove it.
10. Changes to this policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The “Last updated” date at the top will always show the latest revision, and significant changes will be reflected on this page.
11. Contact
For any privacy-related questions or requests, email us at ask8ballfree@gmail.com or use our Contact page.