Overview
Surname Origin is a public reference library for surname meanings, origin groups, spelling variants, and related research notes. You can browse the site without creating an account or submitting personal information.
Information We Collect
The site may collect standard technical information through server logs, analytics tools, and security systems. This can include browser type, device type, referring page, approximate location, pages visited, time of visit, and similar usage data.
If you contact us by email, we receive the information you choose to send, including your email address and message content. We use that information to review, answer, and manage your request.
Analytics and Cookies
Surname Origin uses Google Analytics to understand aggregate site usage. Analytics tools may use cookies or similar technologies to measure visits, page views, search interactions, and general site performance. Visitors in regions that require consent are served a restricted default consent mode unless consent is provided through the relevant Google consent controls.
Advertising and Cookies
This site may display advertising. Advertising partners and third-party vendors, including Google, may use cookies, pixels, device identifiers, or similar technologies to serve ads, measure ad performance, limit repeated ads, detect invalid traffic, and personalize ads based on visits to this site and other websites.
Google's use of advertising cookies enables Google and its partners to serve ads based on visits to this site and other sites on the Internet. You can opt out of personalized Google advertising through Google Ads Settings. You can also learn about broader interest-based advertising choices at AboutAds.info, Network Advertising Initiative, and Your Online Choices.
Third-Party Services
The site may use third-party services for analytics, advertising, hosting, security, and performance. The site may also link to external reference resources, archives, dictionary entries, and research pages. Those services and websites are governed by their own privacy policies and practices.
Data Sharing
We do not sell personal information that you send to us by email. Standard technical, analytics, and advertising data may be processed by service providers and advertising partners that help operate, measure, protect, or monetize the site. We may also disclose information if required by law or necessary to protect the site from abuse.
Data Retention
Analytics, server log, advertising, and security records are retained according to the settings and business needs of the services that process them. Email messages are retained only as long as reasonably needed to respond, keep correction history, or manage site operations.
Your Choices
- You can adjust cookie settings in your browser.
- You can use the advertising opt-out links above to manage interest-based advertising choices.
- You can use browser privacy controls, private browsing modes, or tracker-blocking tools where available.
- You can contact us to ask about a privacy request related to an email you sent to us.
Children's Privacy
Surname Origin is a general-audience reference site and is not directed to children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children.
Changes to This Policy
We may update this policy as the site, analytics tools, advertising partners, or legal requirements change. The latest version will be posted on this page.
Contact
For privacy questions, contact us at [email protected].