Privacy Policy

Last updated: March 15, 2026

Welcome to Next Icons ("we," "our," or "us"). We are committed to protecting your personal information and your right to privacy. This Privacy Policy explains what information we collect, how we use it, and your rights when you visit our website https://www.nexticons.com (the "Site").

1. Information We Collect

We collect minimal data necessary to provide our services and ensure the security of our website.

a) Information You Provide Voluntarily

  • Contact Form: When you contact us via our form, we collect your E-mail Address, Subject, Message, and the "Tag" (category) of your inquiry. We also record your consent to process this data.

b) Automatically Collected Information

  • Security Data (IP Address): We transiently process your IP address to generate and verify a Proof-of-Work (PoW) challenge and to enforce rate limiting on our API. This is a security measure to prevent spam and automated abuse. This data is stored in temporary memory and is not persisted in a database.
  • External API Requests: Our website fetches public statistics (GitHub Stars, NPM Downloads) directly from your browser. These requests are made to GitHub and NPM registries, which may see your IP address as a result of these standard web requests.

2. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect for the following purposes:

  • To communicate with you: To respond to your inquiries, bug reports, or feature requests submitted via the contact form.
  • To ensure security: To protect our website from spam, bots, and brute-force attacks using our custom Proof-of-Work and Rate Limiting systems.
  • To analyze trends: We monitor aggregate statistics (like stars and downloads) to understand the popularity of our project.

3. Cookies and Tracking Technologies

  • Essential Cookies: We do not currently use persistent tracking cookies.
  • Local Storage: We may use browser local storage to save your preferences (e.g., UI settings) locally on your device.
  • Third-Party Scripts: We do not use third-party tracking pixels or analytics services (like Google Analytics) that track your behavior across other websites.

4. Third-Party Services

We may share data with the following service providers solely for the purpose of operating our website:

  • Vercel: Our hosting provider. They may process standard server logs (IP addresses) for security and performance monitoring.
  • Email Service Provider: When you send a message, it is transmitted via SMTP (using Nodemailer) to our email hosting provider (e.g., Seznam.cz) so we can receive and read it.
  • GitHub & NPM: As mentioned, your browser connects to these services to fetch public stats. Please refer to their respective privacy policies for details on how they handle API requests.

5. Data Retention

  • Contact Messages: Emails sent through our form are delivered to our mailbox and retained as long as necessary to resolve your inquiry or for record-keeping purposes. We do not store these messages in a database on our web server.
  • Security Logs: IP addresses used for rate limiting are held in memory and automatically cleared (typically within minutes).

6. Your Rights

Depending on your location (e.g., EEA/GDPR), you may have the following rights:

  • The right to access the personal information we hold about you.
  • The right to request correction or deletion of your data.
  • The right to withdraw consent (e.g., for us to contact you).

To exercise these rights, please contact us at: contact@nexticons.com.

7. Updates to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The updated version will be indicated by an updated "Revised" date and will be effective as soon as it is accessible.

8. Contact Us

If you have questions or comments about this policy, you may email us at: contact@nexticons.com.