Privacy

Enquerre runs without accounts, cookies or trackers. One thing is recorded: identification searches, to improve the ranking. This page describes exactly what is kept.

What is recorded

Each time an identification is run, one row is added to the query log:

  • · the query as entered: tinctures, charges, ordinaries, uncertainty options, filters (region, type);
  • · the number of results, the best candidate and its score;
  • · the result you opened, if any, and its rank in the list;
  • · the response time and the date.

The purpose is the one stated on the Introduction page: searches that fail — no results, or the right shield ranked poorly — become permanent test cases. A query promoted to a test case enters the project’s public repository; it contains nothing but a heraldic description, never personal information.

What is not recorded

  • · no accounts, no names, no email addresses;
  • · no IP addresses in the query log;
  • · no cookies, no trackers, no third-party analytics.

The hosting infrastructure produces ephemeral technical logs (IP addresses included), used only to run the service and protect it from abuse; they are neither kept durably nor cross-referenced with the query log.

Retention

The query log is kept for at most twelve months, then deleted. Test cases derived from it are kept indefinitely — that is their purpose.

Questions

For any question about this data — or to have a query you just ran deleted:

Write to: contact@enquerre.app

A searchable armorial — coat-of-arms identification

Sources: Rietstap · Wikipedia (fr/nl) · Siebmacher · D’Hozier · Mailhol · Rolland

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