Privacy policy

Summary

Our eye checks run in your browser. We do not receive your check results. Some settings and recent results are saved only on your device.
We receive personal information only when you choose to submit a form.
If you ask to be matched with eye care, we share your request with up to three providers, with your consent.
We use Google AdSense, which uses cookies to show ads. You can control personalized ads.
We do not sell your information to data brokers.

Information we collect

Information you give us. When you submit a form (matching request, newsletter, contact, pledge, contest, careers, provider or advertising enquiry), we receive what you enter, such as your name, email, phone, location and details of your request. Matching requests may include the service you want, timeframe, age range and how you plan to pay.

Information collected automatically. Like most websites, our hosting provider (GitHub Pages) and our advertising partners may receive technical data such as IP address, browser type, pages visited and referring page. With form submissions we include the page you came from and campaign tags (for example utm_source) so we know which pages are useful.

Information stored on your device. We use your browser’s local storage to remember display settings (text size, contrast), screen calibration, timer settings, recent check results and whether you dismissed the cookie notice. This stays on your device; you can clear it in your browser settings.

How we use information

To answer your message or deliver the service you requested
To match you with eye-care providers when you ask us to
To send the newsletter if you subscribe (unsubscribe anytime)
To run contests and contact winners
To improve the site and prevent abuse
To meet legal obligations

Eye-care providers: when you submit a matching request and give consent, we share it with up to three providers who offer that service in your area. They may contact you and will handle your information under their own privacy policies. Providers may pay us for introductions.
Service providers: forms are delivered by FormSubmit (formsubmit.co) to our inbox. The site is hosted on GitHub Pages.
Legal reasons: if required by law or to protect rights and safety.

We do not sell personal information to data brokers or advertisers.

Advertising and cookies

We use Google AdSense to show ads. Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to this and other websites. Google’s use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads based on your visits to our site and other sites on the internet.

You can opt out of personalized advertising in Google Ads Settings, and learn about other vendors’ cookies and opt out at www.aboutads.info. See how Google uses information from sites that use its services.

Visitors in the European Economic Area, the UK and Switzerland are asked for consent through a Google-certified consent message before personalized ads are shown.

YouTube videos use YouTube’s privacy-enhanced mode and load only when you press play. YouTube may then set cookies.

Your choices and rights

Depending on where you live (for example under the GDPR, UK GDPR, Canada’s PIPEDA, Quebec’s Law 25 or US state privacy laws such as the CCPA), you may have the right to access, correct, delete or port your information, to object to or restrict certain processing, and to withdraw consent. To make a request, use our contact form with the subject “Privacy request”. We respond within the time the law requires.

Retention and security

We keep form submissions only as long as needed for the purpose you gave them, and matching requests for no more than 24 months unless the law requires longer. We use reasonable safeguards, but no online transmission is completely secure.

Children

YourEye.org is intended for adults and for parents researching their children’s eye health. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13 (or under 16 where required). If you believe a child has sent us information, contact us and we will delete it.

Changes

We may update this policy and will change the date above when we do.

Contact

Use our contact form. For website, domain, sponsorship, advertising or partnership enquiries, contact the owner.