Your data
We wrote this policy to explain, without legal padding, how Difficult Person Test treats information about the people who use the difficult person test on difficultpersontest.org. The policy applies to the whole of difficultpersontest.org, not only to the difficult person test.
At a glance
- There is nothing to register for.
- Values you enter into the difficult person test are not uploaded to difficultpersontest.org.
- We measure visits with Yandex Metrica and Microsoft Clarity, and ad networks may set cookies.
- You can block cookies and ask us about your data at any time.
Who runs this site
difficultpersontest.org is the home of Difficult Person Test, a free difficult person test that works in your web browser. The operator of the site is responsible for your information, and the quickest way to reach them is by email at [email protected]. Where data protection law uses the term “controller”, it refers to this operator.
What we collect — and what we don't
Difficult Person Test has no registration, no logins and no paid plans, so there is no account data to collect. Whatever you enter into the difficult person test is handled by your browser itself; it is not transmitted to us or stored on our server. What we and our service providers do receive is technical: request logs, usage statistics and advertising data, explained in the sections that follow.
Your inputs and your device
The difficult person test remembers your recent inputs and settings using your browser's local storage. This data stays on your device; it is not sent to difficultpersontest.org and we cannot see it. You can delete it at any time by clearing this site's data in your browser settings; a private window keeps nothing once it is closed.
About cookies
Cookies are small text files that a website, or a service embedded in it, saves in your browser; pixels and browser storage work in a similar way. Difficult Person Test does not set cookies of its own for the difficult person test to work; the cookies you may see come from the analytics and advertising services described below. Most browsers let you refuse or delete cookies, and doing so will not stop the difficult person test from working.
Analytics and session recordings
Use of difficultpersontest.org is measured with Yandex Metrica and Microsoft Clarity. The data they gather includes pages viewed, visit length, referrer, browser and device details and a coarse location derived from your IP address.
Both offer session replay and heatmaps, which record clicks, scrolling and mouse movement so we can see where the layout confuses people. The data is handled by Yandex and Microsoft in line with their own privacy terms, and both use cookies to tell visits apart. Our interest is in patterns across visits, not in identifying any particular person.
Web server logs
Each time a page is requested, the web server writes an entry to its logs, as web servers normally do. They show which page was requested, when, from which IP address and with which browser (the user agent). Their purpose is security, error diagnosis and aggregate statistics.
Advertising partners
Ads pay for difficultpersontest.org, so the difficult person test can stay free to use. These ads come from third-party networks, which may set cookies and read device information such as your IP address and browser type to pick ads and measure results.
Some ads may be tailored to interests inferred from your browsing across different sites, where the law and your settings allow it. The networks act under their own privacy policies, and we do not pass them your tool inputs. To limit ad personalisation, block third-party cookies in your browser or use the opt-out tools at optout.aboutads.info and youronlinechoices.eu.
Our legal bases
If you are in the European Economic Area or the United Kingdom, we rely on the following legal bases:
- Consent for non-essential analytics and advertising cookies where consent is required.
- Legitimate interests in keeping the site secure, working and free, balanced against your rights.
- Your request: local storage is used only to provide the feature you are using.
- Replying to you: if you write to us, we process your email to deal with it.
Data transfers abroad
The services we use, including hosting, analytics and advertising providers, may process data in countries other than your own. The level of legal protection there may differ from that of your home country.
Data retention
Data is kept no longer than necessary, and server logs are removed after a limited period unless an entry is needed to deal with a security incident. Messages you send are kept only as long as the conversation requires. Local storage keeps your entries until you clear the site's data. Third-party services keep the data they collect for the periods set out in their own policies.
Your rights
Under the GDPR and similar laws, you can ask for access, correction, erasure, restriction or portability of your personal data, and you can object to processing. You may withdraw consent at any time, without affecting processing that took place before. As there are no accounts, it helps if you tell us your IP address and roughly when you visited, so we can locate any relevant records.
If you are unhappy with how we handle your data, you can complain to the supervisory authority in your country. Requests can be sent to [email protected].
California (CCPA/CPRA)
California residents have rights under the CCPA and the CPRA: to know what personal information is collected, to have it deleted or corrected, and to opt out of its sale or sharing. We do not sell personal information in the everyday meaning of the word; no list of visitors is ever traded. Advertising cookies, though, can amount to “sharing” for cross-context behavioural advertising as California law defines it. You can opt out by turning on the Global Privacy Control signal in your browser, blocking third-party cookies, or contacting us. We will not treat you differently for exercising these rights.
How we protect data
All pages on difficultpersontest.org are delivered over an encrypted HTTPS connection. Server access is restricted to the site's operator. No method is completely secure, but what you enter into the difficult person test never reaches our server.
Children's data
Difficult Person Test is a general-audience site and is not directed to children under 13, or under 16 in the EEA and the UK. We do not knowingly collect data from children. Parents or guardians who think a child has contacted us can ask us to delete that information.
When this page changes
This policy is updated when our practices change. Whatever appears here is the policy that applies.
Contact us
If you have a question about this policy or want to make a privacy request, email [email protected]. Please describe your request clearly, and we will reply within the time limits set by applicable law.