Privacy policy

Last updated: 2026-09-27

This policy explains how Know The Gems (“we”, “us”) handles information when you use https://knowthegems.com.

Information we collect

We do not require an account and we do not ask for personal information. Your favourites, recently viewed profiles, quiz scores and theme preference are stored only in your own browser (local storage) and never sent to us.

Our hosting provider may keep standard server logs (IP address, browser type, pages requested) for security and performance.

Advertising – Google AdSense

We use Google AdSense to show ads. Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to this and other websites. Google’s use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads based on your visits to our site and/or other sites on the Internet.

You may opt out of personalised advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings, or opt out of some third-party vendors’ use of cookies at www.aboutads.info. Learn more in How Google uses information from sites that use its services.

Third-party content

Profile text, images and data are loaded from Wikimedia projects (Wikipedia, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons). Their privacy policy is available at foundation.wikimedia.org.

Children

This site is not directed at children under 13 and we do not knowingly collect their information.

Your rights

You can clear all locally stored data at any time from your browser settings. For any privacy question contact hello@knowthegems.com.