Last Updated: February 06, 2026
GenerateForge operates an AI-powered platform at https://www.generateforge.com designed to assist users in creating unique names for businesses, projects, and creative endeavors. To enhance your experience with our name generation tools, we employ cookies and similar technologies. These tools help deliver personalized suggestions, track usage patterns, and ensure seamless functionality across sessions.
What Are Cookies?
Cookies consist of small text files stored on your device by websites you visit. They serve multiple purposes, from remembering login details to analyzing site performance.
- Essential cookies maintain core operations, such as keeping you logged in while generating multiple name variations.
- Analytics cookies gather data on how visitors interact with our AI tools, informing improvements to name suggestion algorithms.
- Functional cookies enable features like saving favorite generated names for later review.
- Targeting cookies tailor advertisements based on your exploration of name styles, such as brand or domain-focused generators.
Our platform also utilizes similar technologies like web beacons and local storage to support these functions without compromising core privacy standards.
Types of Cookies on GenerateForge
We categorize cookies based on their purpose and duration, ensuring transparency for users leveraging our AI name generators.
- Strictly Necessary Cookies: These are vital for site functionality. Examples include session cookies that preserve your current name generation inputs, preventing loss of progress during tool use. They expire when you close your browser.
- Performance Cookies: These collect anonymized data on page loads and tool interactions. For instance, they measure how quickly our AI processes requests for 100 business name ideas, helping optimize server response times.
- Functional Cookies: Enhance user experience by recalling preferences, such as preferred name lengths or industry filters. A cookie might store your selection for “tech startup names” to refine future generations.
- Targeting/Advertising Cookies: From third-party partners, these track interests to display relevant ads, like promotions for domain registrars after generating available domain names.
Duration varies: session cookies last until browser closure, while persistent ones remain for up to 2 years to support returning users’ name generation history.
Purposes of Cookies in Our AI Tools
- Facilitating smooth navigation across our name generator interfaces, ensuring AI prompts load efficiently.
- Personalizing outputs; cookies remember past generations to suggest similar styles, boosting creativity.
- Analyzing aggregate usage to refine algorithms, such as increasing fantasy name options if popular.
- Preventing fraud by verifying sessions during high-volume generations.
- Integrating with tools like domain checkers, where cookies track availability scans.
Users generating names via our platform receive suggestions for their exclusive use. However, we advise verifying trademarks independently, as our AI does not perform legal clearances. Cookies may store temporary generation logs to improve future accuracy but do not retain full name lists unless opted into save features.
Third-Party Cookies and Partners
GenerateForge integrates trusted third parties whose cookies support enhanced features.
- Google Analytics: Tracks visitor metrics to better understand AI tool engagement, such as popular name categories. Learn more at their privacy policy.
- Hotjar: Provides heatmaps of user interactions with generators, anonymized for insights. Details at Hotjar’s policy.
- Facebook Pixel: Delivers targeted ads for name generation services. See Facebook’s cookie info.
- Cloudflare: Secures site performance with cookies for DDoS protection during peak usage. Policy at Cloudflare.
These parties set cookies independently; managing them requires visiting their sites directly. Our consent banner at first visit allows category-based acceptance.
Your Cookie Preferences and Management
Control cookies through multiple avenues on https://www.generateforge.com.
- Consent Banner: Upon arrival, select preferences for non-essential cookies. Toggle categories like analytics or advertising.
- Cookie Settings: Access via footer link to update choices anytime, applying site-wide.
- Browser Controls: Most browsers let you block cookies entirely. Note: disabling may impair name generator functionality, like unsaved sessions.
- Do Not Track (DNT): We honor DNT signals where supported, limiting tracking cookies.
- Mobile Apps: If using our tools via app, refer to device settings for storage management.
For comprehensive lists, review our cookie table below, updated periodically:
| Cookie Name | Provider | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| _ga | Analytics | 2 years | |
| _hjid | Hotjar | Session recording | 1 year |
| session_id | GenerateForge | Necessary | Session |
| pref_names | GenerateForge | Functional | 30 days |
| cf_clearance | Cloudflare | Security | Session |
Cookies and Name Generation Disclaimer
Our AI tools generate creative names tailored to user inputs, stored transiently via cookies for session continuity. These outputs belong to you for personal or commercial application, subject to external verifications.
- Always check trademark databases like USPTO or EUIPO before use.
- Domain availability shown uses real-time checks; cookies cache results briefly for speed.
- We disclaim liability for conflicts arising from unverified names.
- Cookies do not capture personally identifiable data in generations unless explicitly saved.
This integration ensures cookies enhance without overstepping into legal advice territory.
International Data Transfers
As a global service, cookies may involve data processed in the US or EU via partners. We adhere to GDPR and CCPA standards, using Standard Contractual Clauses for adequacy.
- EU users: Consent required for non-essential cookies per ePrivacy Directive.
- California residents: Opt-out rights via “Do Not Sell My Personal Information” link in footer.
- Transfers logged for compliance audits.
Children’s Privacy
GenerateForge targets adults; no cookies knowingly collect data from under 13s. Parents can contact us to review family activity.
Security Measures
Cookies employ HTTPS encryption on https://www.generateforge.com. We audit regularly against breaches, notifying affected users promptly.
- Secure flag prevents transmission over HTTP.
- SameSite attributes block cross-site requests.
- Regular scans by third-party experts.
Changes to Our Cookie Policy
We may update this policy to reflect new AI features or regulations. Key changes appear here first, with site notifications for major revisions. Continued use post-update signifies acceptance.
Review date: Last Updated: February 06, 2026. Check back periodically.
Contact Information
For cookie-related queries, reach our team at [email protected]. Include details like browser type and issue description for swift resolution. Responses typically within 48 hours during business days.
We prioritize user trust, responding to all valid concerns about our practices on the platform.