Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy explains how Next AI Tools ("we", "us", or "our") collects, uses, and protects information when you visit or use https://nextai.tools. The site is an AI tool directory with search, category browsing, tool submissions, accounts, image uploads, newsletter emails, and optional paid placements.

Information from visitors

When you browse the directory, we may process technical and usage information such as pages viewed, search queries, referring pages, outgoing tool links, browser type, device information, approximate location, IP address, cookies, log data, and interactions with categories, tags, collections, listings, and forms.

Account information

If you create an account or sign in, we may collect your name, email address, password or authentication provider details, profile link, account settings, verification tokens, password reset tokens, and related security information. Passwords, when used, are stored in a hashed form.

Tool submissions

If you submit or edit a tool, we collect the information needed to create the listing, including product name, website URL, short description, introduction, categories, tags, screenshot, icon, submitter account, publication status, selected plan, and related review or payment status. Published listing content is intended to be public and may be indexed by search engines.

AI Autofill

The submission form may include AI Autofill. When you use it, the product URL you provide is fetched and analyzed to draft a listing. The page content, available categories and tags, and generated listing fields may be processed by the configured AI provider. AI Autofill can also fetch an image and icon and store them as site assets. You should review generated content before submitting it.

Uploads and assets

Tool screenshots, icons, and other uploaded images may be stored with our storage providers and displayed publicly on listing pages, category pages, collection pages, search results, dashboard pages, and other directory surfaces.

Newsletter and email

If you subscribe to the newsletter, we collect your email address to send newsletter or update emails. We may also send service emails related to account verification, password reset, submission review, payment success, listing status, and support requests.

How we use information

We use information to:

• Operate, maintain, secure, and improve the site.
• Power search, category pages, tag pages, and collections.
• Create, review, publish, edit, unpublish, or remove listings.
• Provide accounts, authentication, dashboards, and settings.
• Run AI Autofill when requested by a submitter.
• Store and display listing screenshots, icons, and images.
• Process free, pro, featured, sponsor, or paid placements.
• Send verification, password reset, newsletter, and support emails.
• Measure traffic, search behavior, and outgoing listing clicks.
• Prevent spam, abuse, fraud, and security incidents.
• Comply with legal obligations and enforce our terms.

Payments

Paid listing, pro, featured, or sponsor options may be processed by Stripe. We may store payment-related records such as Stripe customer ID, checkout session ID, price ID, selected plan, amount, currency, order status, and related item ID. We do not store full payment card numbers on our servers. Stripe processes payment information according to its own policies.

Cookies and analytics

We may use cookies, local storage, analytics tools, and similar technologies to keep the site working, remember preferences, measure traffic, understand how users find the site, and improve the product. Depending on site configuration, analytics may include Google Analytics, Plausible, Umami, OpenPanel, or similar providers. Analytics may track page views, screen views, attributes, referrals, and outgoing links. You can control cookies through your browser settings, but some features may not work correctly if cookies are disabled.

Third-party links

The directory links to third-party AI tools and websites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices, content, or security of those external sites. When you click a tool link, you leave Next AI Tools and the destination site's policies apply.

Data sharing

We do not sell personal information. We may share information with service providers that help us operate the site, including hosting, service providers that help us operate the directory, including hosting, database, storage, image delivery, analytics, email delivery, authentication, AI processing, payment processing, security, customer support, and operational notification providers. We may also disclose information when required by law, to protect rights and safety, or as part of a business transfer.

Data retention

We keep information for as long as needed to provide the site, maintain records, resolve disputes, comply with legal obligations, prevent abuse, and enforce agreements. Public listing information may remain visible until it is updated, unpublished, or removed. Backups, logs, transaction records, and security records may remain for a limited period after deletion requests.

Your choices

You may update account and listing information through available dashboard features. You may request access, correction, deletion, or export of personal information where applicable. You can also unsubscribe from marketing emails using the unsubscribe option in those emails or on the site. To make a privacy request, contact us at [email protected].

Children's privacy

The site is not intended for children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13.

Changes to this policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. When we make changes, we will update the "Last updated" date above.

Contact

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, contact us at [email protected].