Privacy Policy

Last updated: December 24, 2025

At Essay-Extender.net (operating as NerdyGen) (“Essay Extender,” “we,” “us,” or “our”), we are committed to safeguarding your privacy. This Policy outlines how and why we collect, store, use, and share (“process”) your information when you use our services (“Services”). This includes visiting our website at https://essay-extender.net, any related websites linking to this privacy notice, or interacting with us through other channels, such as sales, marketing, or events.

This Privacy Policy explains your rights and choices regarding your personal information. If you disagree with our policies and practices, do not use our Services. If you have any further questions or concerns, feel free to reach out to us at [email protected].

Information We Collect

Personal Information You Provide

We collect personal information that you voluntarily share with us when you submit feedback for our Services, show interest in learning more about our products, or contact us directly. The type of personal information we collect depends on how you interact with our Services and the features you use. This may include your name, email address, contact details, and communication preferences.

Information Automatically Collected

When you visit or use our Services, we automatically collect certain data that does not reveal your identity, such as your IP address, browser type, operating system, language preferences, device name, and information about how and when you interact with the Services. This data is primarily used to ensure the security and proper operation of our Services, as well as for analytics and reporting purposes.

We also use cookies and similar technologies to gather additional information about your activity on our Services. This may include details such as the pages you view, features you use, and timestamps of your interactions. Additionally, we collect information about the devices you use, such as their hardware model, system configurations, and network providers.

How We Process Your Information

We process your personal information for various purposes based on your interactions with our Services. These purposes include:

• To provide and deliver the requested services, ensuring you have access to the features and support you need. We use your information to respond to inquiries, address concerns, and resolve any issues related to the services you requested.
• To gather feedback, allowing us to understand your experience and improve our offerings. We may contact you to request insights into how you use our Services and your satisfaction with them.
• To send marketing and promotional communications, if these align with your preferences. You can unsubscribe from marketing emails at any time if you no longer wish to receive them.
• To maintain the security of our Services, including fraud prevention and monitoring, ensuring a safe and reliable environment for all users.
• To analyze usage trends, helping us understand how people interact with our Services and identify areas for improvement.
• To evaluate the success of our marketing campaigns, ensuring that our promotional efforts are meaningful and effective for you.
• To protect an individual’s vital interests, such as preventing harm or addressing urgent situations where safety is a concern.

These processes enable us to enhance your experience and maintain the quality, security, and relevance of our Services.

Legal Bases We Rely on to Process Your Information

For Users in the EU or UK

Under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and UK GDPR, we are required to outline the valid legal grounds for processing your personal information. Depending on the situation, we may rely on the following bases:

• Consent: We process your information when you give us permission for a specific purpose. You can withdraw this consent at any time.
• Performance of a contract: Processing may be necessary to fulfill our contractual obligations to you, such as providing the Services you requested or taking steps prior to entering a contract.
• Legitimate interests: We process your information to achieve our legitimate business purposes, provided they do not override your rights and freedoms. Examples include:
  • Sending updates about offers and discounts.
  • Delivering personalized advertising.
  • Improving our Services by analyzing usage patterns.
  • Supporting marketing efforts.
  • Addressing technical issues and preventing fraud.
  • Enhancing user experience through insights into service usage.
• Legal obligations: We may process your information to comply with applicable laws, cooperate with regulatory authorities, defend our legal rights, or provide evidence in litigation.
• Vital interests: Processing may occur to protect your vital interests or those of others in situations where safety is at risk.

For Users in Canada

We may process your personal information with your express or implied consent, depending on the context. You may withdraw your consent at any time.

In exceptional circumstances, we may process your information without consent when permitted by law. Examples include:

• Acting in the clear interests of an individual when timely consent is not possible.
• Detecting and preventing fraud.
• Meeting requirements for certain business transactions.
• Using information contained in a witness statement to handle an insurance claim.
• Identifying individuals in emergency situations and notifying next of kin.
• Addressing reasonable concerns of financial abuse.
• Investigating legal violations when seeking consent might compromise the investigation.
• Complying with court orders, subpoenas, or related legal processes.
• Using information produced during employment or business activities for consistent purposes.
• Processing information for journalistic, artistic, or literary reasons.
• Handling publicly available information specified by regulations.

These legal bases ensure that our processing activities are aligned with your rights and applicable laws.

Use of Cookies and Tracking Tools

We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to analyze website activity and store certain information. Cookies are small data files saved on your computer, mobile device, or other devices. They help websites recognize your browser, track user sessions, and collect specific details about your interactions.

Tracking Technologies We Use

• Cookies: These capture data such as pages visited, links clicked, IP address, location, and the date and time of your visit.
• Pixels: Small code snippets embedded in web pages, often used alongside cookies, allow us to measure page views and the effectiveness of campaigns.
• Local storage: A storage method similar to cookies but capable of holding more data, used to retain information about your activity on our site to enhance your experience.

Types of Cookies We Use

Cookies on our website serve different purposes and are classified into these categories:

• Essential cookies: These are necessary for core website functions, such as maintaining your session to avoid repeated logins. They ensure basic navigation and smooth performance.
• Non-essential cookies: These enhance your experience by remembering preferences like language or location. They also include performance and analytics cookies that track user behavior to improve site features.
• Targeting cookies: These are used by third parties to monitor marketing efforts and deliver relevant ads. They log your visits and show targeted advertisements for our site on other platforms.

Cookies and Tools We Use

We utilize a variety of performance, analytics, and targeting cookies, including:

• Facebook
• Google Analytics
• Google Dynamic Remarketing
• X (formerly Twitter)

Managing Your Cookie Preferences

You can manage or disable cookies through your browser settings. However, doing so may affect website functionality and your overall experience.

For more information about controlling or deleting cookies, visit AboutCookies.org.

Retention of Your Information

We retain your personal information only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this privacy notice unless a longer retention period is required or allowed by law, such as for tax, accounting, or other legal obligations. None of the purposes outlined in this notice will require us to retain your personal information beyond the duration of your account with us.

When we no longer have a legitimate business need to process your personal information, we will delete or anonymize it. If deletion or anonymization is not feasible—for instance, if the information is stored in backup archives—we will securely store your data and isolate it from further processing until deletion becomes possible.

Protecting Your Information

We implement robust technical and organizational measures to safeguard the personal information we process. While these measures are designed to ensure your data’s security, no electronic transmission or storage method can be entirely risk-free. This means we cannot guarantee that unauthorized parties, such as hackers or cybercriminals, will never overcome our defenses to access, steal, or alter your data. Although we are committed to protecting your information, any transmission to or from our Services is at your own risk. We recommend accessing our Services only through a secure environment.

Understanding Your Privacy Rights

Depending on your location, such as the EEA, UK, or Canada, you may have specific rights under data protection laws. These rights might include:

1. Accessing and obtaining a copy of your personal information.
2. Requesting corrections or deletions of your data.
3. Limiting how your personal information is processed.
4. Transferring your data, when applicable.
5. Objecting to the processing of your data in certain situations.

We will review and address your requests following the relevant data protection laws.

Complaints:

• If you are in the EEA or UK and believe your personal information is being processed unlawfully, you can file a complaint with your local data protection authority. Contact details are available here.
• If you are in Switzerland, you can find contact details for the relevant authority here.

Withdrawing Consent:

If your data is processed based on your consent, you can withdraw it at any time. This won’t affect the processing conducted before your withdrawal or processing permitted by other legal grounds.

Opting Out of Marketing:

To stop receiving marketing messages, click the unsubscribe link in our emails or contact us directly. You’ll be removed from our marketing lists but may still receive essential non-marketing communications related to your account or service requests.

Cookies and Interest-Based Advertising:

You can manage cookies through your browser settings, but disabling cookies may affect your experience with certain features of our Services. To opt out of interest-based advertising, visit About Ads.

For additional questions about your privacy rights, feel free to email us at [email protected].

Do-Not-Track (DNT) Features

Many web browsers, mobile operating systems, and apps offer a Do-Not-Track (DNT) setting, allowing you to express your preference not to have your online browsing activities monitored. However, there is currently no standardized technology for recognizing or implementing DNT signals.

Because of this lack of uniformity, we do not respond to DNT signals or similar mechanisms that automatically communicate your tracking preferences. Should an industry standard for online tracking emerge in the future that we are required to adopt, we will update this privacy notice to reflect the change and inform you accordingly.

California Residents Specific Privacy Rights

This section addresses the personal information we collect from California residents online. We use the terms defined in the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (amended by the California Privacy Rights Act of 2020) and related regulations (collectively, the “CCPA”).

What Personal Information We Collect

Over the past 12 months, we may have collected personal information in the following categories: Identifiers, such as your name, email address, and device identifiers (including IP addresses).

We also gather Internet or network activity information, such as your interactions with our services, device type, operating system, browser settings, and cookie data.

How We Collect and Process Personal Information

We gather personal information from various sources, including you directly, your devices, service providers, business and marketing partners, social networks, government agencies, vendors, and public sources. We use personal information for commercial and business purposes as outlined in the sections on “How We Process Your Information” and “Legal Bases We Rely on to Process Your Information.”

Sharing or Selling Your Personal Information

We do not sell your personal information for money. However, we may share your information with third parties, such as advertising services, that collect personal data through automated technologies on our website for targeted advertising. This sharing may qualify as a “sale” under California law, and you have the right to opt out. For cross-context behavioral advertising, we may share categories of your personal information including commercial data, identifiers, inferences, and internet or network activity.

You can opt out of sharing your data for targeted advertising by selecting the “Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information” option in your account privacy settings or by using the Global Privacy Control feature in supported browsers.

For more details about Global Privacy Control, visit https://globalprivacycontrol.org/.

We do not knowingly share or sell personal information of minors under 18.

Disclosing Personal Information for Business Purposes

We may share your personal information with service providers, contractors, and other third parties for business purposes. In the last 12 months, we have disclosed categories such as identifiers, records, and internet activity data to recipients including our service providers, online advertising services, analytics providers, social networks, and internet service providers. Additionally, personal information may have been disclosed to government and tax authorities as described in our Privacy Policy.

Exercising Your Rights

As a California resident, you can request a notice describing the categories of personal information we share with third parties for their marketing purposes. We do not sell or share personal information for marketing unless you consent directly to the third party. For any questions or to exercise your rights, you may contact us through the website’s contact page. We reserve the right to verify your identity and California residency before processing your request. We do not accept requests via mail, telephone, or fax, and cannot be held responsible for improperly labeled or incomplete requests.

Colorado Residents’ Privacy Rights

This section applies to the personal information we collect online from Colorado residents. Terms in this Notice have the meanings ascribed to them in the Colorado Privacy Act (the “CPA”).

Collection and Use of Personal Information

For details on the categories of personal information we collect, how we process it, and the purposes for which it is used, please refer to the “Information We Collect,” “How We Process Your Information,” and “Legal Bases We Rely on to Process Your Information” sections of our Privacy Policy.

Sensitive and Children’s Personal Information

As defined by the CPA, we do not knowingly collect, process, store, or share sensitive personal information. This includes details like precise location (GPS), race, ethnicity, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, union membership, health information, biometric data, citizenship status, or any other sensitive data.

We also do not knowingly process personal information from children under the age of 13.

Sharing Personal Information

We share your personal information with service providers when necessary to perform our services, fulfill legal obligations, or for other purposes as outlined in our Privacy Policy. Not all categories of information may apply to every individual.

The following categories of personal information may be shared:

• Customer support information
• Browser or device data
• Service usage details
• Location information

We may share your information with third parties such as:

• Professional services like law firms or auditors
• Marketing partners
• Online advertising services
• Data analytics providers
• Social networks
• Government and tax authorities
• Internet service providers and platforms

Selling Personal Information and Targeted Advertising

We do not sell your personal information for money. However, we may share it with third parties for targeted advertising purposes, which may be considered as a “sale” under the CPA. The categories of personal information that may be shared for targeted or cross-context behavioral advertising include:

• Identifiers (e.g., name, email, device identifier, IP address)
• Online and network activity (e.g., interactions with our services, traffic information, device type, browser settings, cookies)

You have the option to opt out of these disclosures by adjusting your privacy settings.

Profiling

While we use automated processing to detect and respond to illegal or fraudulent activity, we are not required to offer an opt-out for such profiling. We do not use profiling as defined under the CPA for other purposes.

Colorado Consumer Privacy Rights

As a Colorado resident, you have the right to request a notice detailing the categories of personal information we share with third parties for their marketing purposes. We do not share or sell any personal information to third parties for their own marketing unless you have given them direct consent.

If you have questions about these practices, please contact us via the Contact page on our website. We may request confirmation of your identity and Colorado residency. We do not accept requests via mail, telephone, or facsimile and are not responsible for improperly sent or incomplete notices.

New Jersey Residents’ Privacy Rights

This Notice applies to the personal information we collect from New Jersey residents. Terms in this Notice are defined according to the New Jersey Data Privacy Act (the “NJDPA”).

Collection and Use of Personal Information

For information on the types of personal data we collect, how we process it, and the purposes for which we use it, please refer to the “Information We Collect,” “How We Process Your Information,” and “Legal Bases We Rely on to Process Your Information” sections in our Privacy Policy.

We collect only the personal information necessary to provide our Services, maintain our website, and comply with relevant legal and regulatory requirements.

Sensitive and Children’s Personal Information

We do not knowingly collect, process, store, or share sensitive personal data as defined under the NJDPA, including:

• Precise location (GPS coordinates)
• Racial or ethnic origin
• Religious beliefs
• Physical or mental health information, including gender-affirming treatments, and reproductive or sexual health care
• Sexual orientation, sex life, or transgender/non-binary status
• National origin, citizenship, or immigration status
• Genetic or biometric data
• Data collected from children
• Other sensitive data as defined by the NJDPA

We do not knowingly process personal information from children under the age of 18.

Sharing Personal Information

We may share your personal information with service providers to perform our services, fulfill legal obligations, or for other purposes as outlined in our Privacy Policy. Please note that not all categories may apply to your personal information.

Categories of personal information we may share include:

• Customer support data
• Browser and device information
• Service usage data
• Location information

We may share this information with third parties such as:

• Professional services (e.g., law firms, auditors)
• Marketing partners
• Online advertising services
• Data analytics providers
• Social networks
• Government and tax authorities
• Internet service providers and platforms

Selling Personal Information and Targeted Advertising

We do not sell your personal information for monetary compensation. However, we may share your data with third parties, such as advertising services, for targeted advertising purposes, which could be considered a “sale” under the NJDPA. The personal information shared for targeted or cross-context behavioral advertising may include:

• Identifiers (e.g., name, email, device identifier, IP address)
• Commercial data (e.g., order details)
• Online and network activity (e.g., interactions with services, device information, traffic data, cookies, browser settings)

You can opt out of such disclosures by adjusting your privacy settings.

Profiling

While we engage in automated processing to detect and prevent fraud or illegal activities, we are not required to offer an opt-out for this type of profiling. We do not engage in other profiling as defined under the NJDPA.

New Jersey Consumer Privacy Rights

As a New Jersey resident, you have the right to request a notice detailing the categories of personal information we share with third parties for their marketing purposes. We do not share or sell your personal information to third parties for marketing purposes unless you give them direct consent.

If you have any questions, you can reach us through the Contact page on our website. We may ask for confirmation of your identity and New Jersey residency. We do not accept requests via mail, phone, or fax, and are not responsible for improperly labeled or incomplete notices.

Review, Update, or Delete the Data We Collect From You

Depending on the laws of your country, you may have the right to access, update, or delete the personal information we collect from you. To request a review, update, or deletion of your personal data, please submit a request form by clicking here.

Links to the Third-Party Websites

Our Service may include links to external websites that we do not operate. You will be directed to that website if you click on a third-party link. We strongly recommend reviewing the Privacy Policy of every site you visit.

We are not responsible for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party websites or services.

Changes and Updates to This Policy

We may update this policy from time to time. If any changes are significant, we will notify you by posting the updated policy on our website. We encourage you to review it regularly.

Contact Us About This Policy

If you have any questions or comments regarding this notice, you can reach us by emailing [email protected] or by using the contact form on our website.