Privacy Policy

1. Scope and the short version

RandomPokemon.net is an independent, fan-made collection of Pokémon generators, calculators, reference pages, and browser games. Most interactive features do not require an account. Many tool settings, recent results, game progress, and preferences are kept in your own browser so that a page can recover after a refresh.

We also use Google Analytics to understand how the site is used, and the site includes Google AdSense code. Advertising services may use cookies or other identifiers to measure, limit, personalize, or report advertising where permitted. Third-party services can therefore receive technical information when your browser requests their resources.

2. Analytics information

RandomPokemon.net uses Google Analytics 4 to measure site usage. Analytics may process information such as the pages you visit, approximate device and browser characteristics, referrer information, general geographic signals derived from network information, interaction events, and timestamps. The site currently uses Google Analytics measurement ID G-XYR6PGFQKE.

We use aggregate analytics to understand which tools are useful, identify broken or confusing experiences, measure performance, and decide which pages need maintenance. We do not intentionally send email addresses, phone numbers, or other directly identifying values to Google Analytics as event parameters.

Google may process analytics data under its own policies and technical controls. Browser privacy settings, consent choices, content blockers, or other tools may prevent some analytics requests from running.

3. Google AdSense, third-party advertising, and cookies

RandomPokemon.net uses Google AdSense and may display advertising after the site is approved and eligible to serve ads. Third-party vendors, including Google, may use cookies to serve ads based on a visitor’s prior visits to RandomPokemon.net or other websites. Google’s use of advertising cookies enables Google and its partners to serve ads based on visits to this site and/or other sites on the Internet.

Other third-party advertising vendors or ad networks may also use cookies, web beacons, IP addresses, or similar identifiers when their advertising technology is used on this site. Those vendors operate under their own privacy policies and controls. We do not control the contents of third-party cookies or the data practices of an advertising provider after information is transmitted to that provider.

You can review or change Google personalized advertising choices through Google Ads Settings. You can also learn about opt-out choices for some participating advertising companies at AboutAds. Availability and effect of these controls can vary by region, browser, and provider.

We do not ask visitors to click advertisements, and advertisements are not intended to be a condition for using the site’s core content or tools.

4. Consent in the EEA, United Kingdom, and Switzerland

Privacy and advertising requirements differ by location. For visitors in regions where consent is required for cookies, local storage, advertising personalization, or related processing, a consent mechanism may be shown before the relevant processing occurs. RandomPokemon.net intends to use consent tooling that is compatible with Google’s publisher requirements for applicable traffic.

Your advertising or analytics choices may affect whether personalized advertising, non-personalized advertising, limited ads, or measurement features are available. If you withdraw or change consent, the effect applies prospectively and may not remove information already processed under a valid prior basis.

Because browser settings, consent systems, and regional rules can change, you should also use your browser’s cookie controls if you want to remove existing site data or block future storage.

5. Browser-local storage and game state

Several tools use localStorage or sessionStorage. Examples include saved generator history, favorite-picking progress, Wordle-style game state, comparison selections, team-planning data, PWA installation prompts, recent Pokédex items, and temporary preferences. This information normally stays in the browser profile where it was created and is used to restore the interface or continue a task.

Local storage is not the same as a RandomPokemon.net cloud account. Clearing site data, using private browsing, changing browsers, switching profiles, or moving to another device can remove or isolate those saved states. Some pages provide copy, CSV, text, PNG, or URL-sharing features so that you can intentionally move a result elsewhere.

Where a tool fetches public Pokémon data and temporarily caches it in your browser, that cache is used to improve reliability or reduce repeat network requests. It is not intended as a user identity record.

6. Share links and URL parameters

Some tools can encode selected settings, seeds, Pokémon choices, or other non-account state in a share URL. A share link is portable by design: anyone who receives the URL may be able to read the configuration represented in it. Do not put private or sensitive personal information into a field if that information could become part of a URL, exported file, copied result, or third-party message.

Normal tool URLs are not designed to contain email addresses, phone numbers, or other personally identifiable information. If you discover a page that unexpectedly puts such information into an address bar or analytics event, please report it through our Contact page so it can be investigated.

7. Third-party services and external requests

The site relies on third-party infrastructure and data sources. Depending on the page, your browser may communicate with services operated by Google for analytics or advertising, with hosting or content-delivery infrastructure, or with public Pokémon data and asset sources. Some game-data features use PokeAPI-derived information, and certain route tools can request PokeAPI data before processing it locally.

External links may take you to websites that we do not operate. Their privacy practices, cookies, security, and content are controlled by those operators. Following an external link does not make that site part of RandomPokemon.net.

8. Location, children, and sensitive information

RandomPokemon.net does not intentionally request browser geolocation or ask visitors to submit precise GPS coordinates. General location can still be inferred by analytics or advertising providers from network information such as an IP address, subject to their settings and applicable law.

The site is a general-audience fan utility and is not designed as a child-directed account service. We do not intentionally build advertising audiences from sensitive categories such as health conditions, religion, sexual orientation, or other highly sensitive personal information. Please do not submit sensitive personal information through share links, exports, or support emails unless it is necessary to resolve your request.

9. Retention and security

Browser-local state lasts until the relevant tool replaces it, its own retention logic removes it, or you clear site data. Third-party analytics, advertising, hosting, and infrastructure providers apply their own retention schedules. We keep only the operational information available to us for as long as reasonably useful for site security, diagnostics, aggregate measurement, or legal compliance.

No website can guarantee perfect security. We reduce unnecessary exposure by keeping many tool states local to the browser and by avoiding an account database for ordinary generator use, but network requests and third-party services still carry normal Internet security risks.

10. Your choices

• Use browser controls to clear or block cookies and site storage.
• Use the consent message shown for your region, when available, to manage eligible advertising and analytics choices.
• Use Google Ads Settings or participating-industry opt-out tools for personalized advertising choices.
• Avoid sharing URLs or exported results that contain information you do not want others to see.
• Use privacy or content-blocking tools, understanding that they may affect site features, analytics, or advertisements.

11. Policy changes and contact

We may update this policy when site features, advertising services, analytics behavior, legal requirements, or data practices materially change. The “Last updated” date at the top identifies the current version.

For privacy questions, suspected data leaks, or incorrect statements in this policy, email [email protected] or use the guidance on the Contact page. Please do not send passwords, payment data, government identifiers, private keys, authentication cookies, or other credentials.