What Data Fake Addresses Collects
Fake Addresses collects a small amount of standard web traffic data from every visitor: page URLs requested, referring page, an approximate location derived from IP address in aggregate form (not the IP address itself), browser and device type, and timing metrics used to measure page speed. This is collected through Vercel Analytics, a privacy-oriented analytics service that does not use cookies or track individuals across other websites.
API requests to /api/v1/ are logged in aggregate, by endpoint and by time window, specifically to enforce the published rate limit and detect abuse. Individual request logs are not tied to a persistent visitor identity, because there is no account system to tie them to in the first place.
Google Search Console and Bing Webmaster Tools are both used to monitor how the site performs in search results. Both receive only the data Google and Microsoft themselves already collect about search impressions and clicks — Fake Addresses does not pass any additional visitor data to either service.
None of this data is used to identify an individual visitor, build an advertising profile, or sell to a third party. It exists to answer two questions: is the site fast and working, and is the API being used within its published limits.
What Fake Addresses Does Not Collect
Fake Addresses does not collect anything through the random address generator itself. Generating a record — an address, a phone number, a name — happens without a form submission that identifies the person requesting it, without an email address, and without a payment method, because the core tool requires none of those things and never has.
There is no account system in the initial release of Fake Addresses, and therefore nothing tied to a persistent user profile: no saved history of past generations, no stored preferences, no password to leak. A ?seed= value is not personal data — it is an arbitrary string a caller chooses to make output reproducible, and Fake Addresses does not log which visitor used which seed.
Fake Addresses also does not collect payment information, government identifiers, or any of the sensitive personal-data categories that a tool handling real identity information would need to protect. The product is built around never touching real personal data in the first place, so there is no such category to safeguard later.
This is a structural choice, not a policy promise that could quietly change. The generator has no field in its request or response designed to carry a real visitor's identity, so there is nothing to accidentally retain, and nothing a future redesign could accidentally start logging without changing that structure first.
Cookies, Analytics and Third-Party Services
Cookies, analytics, and third-party services on Fake Addresses are limited to what is needed to keep the site fast, secure, and measurable, not to build an advertising profile of visitors. Vercel, the hosting provider, sets a small number of functional cookies related to caching and security. None of these are used for cross-site tracking, and none persist a visitor identity across unrelated websites.
Vercel Analytics measures page performance and traffic in aggregate without setting a tracking cookie or fingerprinting a device. Google Search Console and Bing Webmaster Tools receive standard search-performance data directly from Google and Microsoft's own crawl and click data, not from anything Fake Addresses sends them about a specific visitor.
If and when advertising is introduced on Fake Addresses, any advertising-related cookies or scripts will be disclosed here, loaded only after the page's main content has rendered so they cannot slow the page down, and will follow the same rule as everything else on this page: no sale of personal data, and no cross-site advertising profile built from visitor data without a clear, separate disclosure first. Any third-party service added later will be added to this list, not folded silently into an unrelated notice, so this page stays a complete, current inventory rather than a partial one.
Your Rights and How to Contact Us
Visitors have the right to ask what data Fake Addresses holds about them, correct it, or have it deleted. The honest answer for most visitors is that very little exists to correct or delete in the first place — no account, no generation history, no stored personal profile to look up.
For the aggregate analytics and rate-limiting logs described above, a request to understand or delete data tied to a specific visit can be sent to hello@fakeaddresses.com. Fake Addresses will respond describing what, if anything, is held against that request, and remove what can reasonably be tied to it.
This policy applies to the Fake Addresses website at fakeaddresses.com and to fakeaddressmaker.com, which redirects to it. It does not apply to third-party sites linked from Fake Addresses' guides and reference pages, including government, legal and standards references, each of which maintains its own separate privacy policy that this page cannot speak for.
Any material change to this policy is published on this page with an updated dateModified stamp, the same discipline every other legal page on Fake Addresses follows, rather than a separate notice a visitor would have to opt into to see. Checking this page periodically, or the sitewide /guides/feed.xml feed for a linked change, is the only way to stay current, since there is no account or email list to notify directly.
Frequently asked questions
Does Fake Addresses sell my data?
No. Fake Addresses does not sell, rent, or share visitor data with third parties for advertising purposes. The aggregate analytics described above exist to measure site performance and API usage, not to build a profile that gets sold.
Do you use cookies to track me across other sites?
No. The functional cookies Fake Addresses and its host set relate to caching and security on this site only. Vercel Analytics does not use a cross-site tracking cookie or device fingerprint.
How do I request my data be deleted?
Email hello@fakeaddresses.com. Because there is no account system, most visitors have no stored personal profile to delete; Fake Addresses will describe what, if anything, is held against a specific request and remove what can reasonably be tied to it.