Privacy Policy

Last updated: November 8, 2026

1. The short version

All image processing on ImageToolForge — compression, format conversion and metadata removal — happens locally in your browser, on your own device. Your files are never uploaded to our servers or to any third-party server. We could not look at your images even if we wanted to: the site's architecture has no upload endpoint. When you close the tab, your images exist only on your machine, exactly as before.

2. How your images are processed

When you select a file, it is read into your browser's memory and decoded using standard web APIs. Resizing and re-encoding are performed by WebAssembly code that is downloaded once and executed on your device. The only network requests the tool pages make are for the site's own static assets (HTML, CSS, JavaScript, WebAssembly). No file contents, file names derived from your images, or processing results are transmitted anywhere by our code.

3. Server logs

Like most websites, our hosting provider (Cloudflare) automatically records basic request logs: IP address, browser user agent, requested URL, timestamps and similar technical data. These logs exist for security, abuse prevention and aggregate traffic statistics. They are retained for a limited period by the hosting provider under its own data policies. We do not use these logs to build individual profiles, and they contain no information about your image files.

4. Cookies and local storage

The core tools work without any cookies. We may store minor preferences (such as your last used output format) in your browser's local storage; this data stays on your device and never leaves it. We do not use tracking cookies for our own purposes.

5. Third-party advertising

We plan to display advertising to support the free tools. At present no ads are served. When advertising is introduced, we intend to use a privacy-respecting provider and to update this policy before any ad code goes live. Third-party ad networks may use cookies subject to their own policies; we will always link to those policies here. You can block third-party cookies and all tools will continue to function normally.

6. Analytics

We use privacy-friendly, cookieless analytics (Cloudflare Web Analytics) that measure aggregate page views without collecting personal identifiers and without fingerprinting visitors. No cross-site tracking is performed.

7. Children's privacy

The site is safe for all ages and collects no personal information from anyone, including children under 13.

8. Changes to this policy

If we change this policy, the revised version will be posted on this page with an updated "last updated" date. Material changes will be highlighted at the top of the page.

9. Contact

Questions about this policy? Reach us through the Contact page.