Privacy Policy

The short version

• We do not require an account or sign-up.
• Images and PDF files you choose are processed inside your own browser. We do not upload them to our servers and we do not store them.
• We do not sell your personal information.

Files and text you process

When you upload, paste or drop an image or PDF, the file is read by your browser. The text recognition (OCR) runs on your device using open-source software (Tesseract.js, and PDF.js for PDF files). The extracted text stays in your browser until you copy it, download it, clear the tool or close the page.

Image links (URL feature)

If you load an image from a web link, your browser first tries to fetch it directly from the website that hosts it. If that website does not allow direct reading, and the option “fetch the picture through a free image proxy” is switched on, the link is sent to the third-party image proxy service wsrv.nl, which downloads the public image and returns it to your browser. You can switch this option off at any time. Please do not use private or confidential image links with this option. The proxy service has its own privacy policy.

Third-party software loaded when you convert

To read text, your browser downloads the OCR engine and language data from public content delivery networks (such as jsDelivr and unpkg). Those services receive standard request data such as your IP address and browser type, as with any website resource.

Information stored on your device

The tool saves your last settings (for example language and clean-up options) in your browser local storage so they are remembered next time. This stays on your device. You can remove it by clearing your browser site data.

Information we may collect automatically

Like most websites, our hosting provider and WordPress may record basic technical data in server logs, such as IP address, browser type, pages visited and time of visit, for security and to keep the site running. [If you use analytics or advertising services such as Google Analytics or Google AdSense, add them here and describe what they collect.]

Cookies

We use only the cookies needed to run the site [and, if you enable them, analytics or advertising cookies]. See our Cookie Policy for details.

Contact forms and email

If you contact us by email or through a form, we use your name, email address and message only to reply to you, and keep them only as long as needed.

Children

Our site is not directed to children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from them.

Your rights

Depending on where you live (for example the EU, UK or California) you may have rights to access, correct or delete personal information we hold about you. Because we do not keep your files or require accounts, there is usually little to delete, but you can contact us at any time.

External links

Our pages may link to other websites. We are not responsible for their content or privacy practices.

Changes to this policy

We may update this policy from time to time. The date at the top shows when it was last changed.

Contact

Questions about this policy? Email us at imageocrtool@gmail.com.