Privacy Policy
Your privacy is our priority. Learn how we collect, use, and protect your information.
Last updated: January 1, 2025
Our Privacy Commitment
At PicSquash, we believe in privacy by design. Our tools are built to process your files entirely within your browser, ensuring that your personal data and creative work never leave your device.
Information We Collect
Information You Provide
We may collect information that you voluntarily provide to us, such as when you contact us through our support form, subscribe to our newsletter, or provide feedback. This may include your name, email address, and the content of your communications.
Automatically Collected Information
We may automatically collect certain information about your visit to our website, including your IP address, browser type, operating system, referring URLs, and pages visited. This information is collected through standard web technologies such as cookies and server logs.
File Processing Information
Our tools process your files entirely within your browser. We do not collect, store, or have access to the files you upload or process using our tools. All processing happens locally on your device.
How We Use Your Information
Service Provision
We use the information we collect to provide, maintain, and improve our services, respond to your inquiries, and send you technical notices and support messages.
Communication
With your consent, we may send you newsletters, updates, and promotional materials about our services. You can opt-out of these communications at any time.
Analytics and Improvement
We use aggregated, anonymized data to understand how our services are used and to improve their functionality and user experience.
Data Security
Client-Side Processing
Our core philosophy is privacy by design. All image processing happens entirely within your browser using client-side JavaScript. Your files never leave your device, ensuring maximum privacy and security.
Data Protection Measures
We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your personal information against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction.
Secure Communications
All data transmitted between your browser and our servers is encrypted using SSL/TLS protocols.
Information Sharing
We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer your personal information to third parties. This does not include trusted third parties who assist us in operating our website, conducting our business, or servicing you, as long as those parties agree to keep this information confidential.
We may release your information when we believe release is appropriate to comply with the law, enforce our site policies, or protect ours or others' rights, property, or safety.
Cookies and Tracking
We use cookies to enhance your experience on our website. Cookies are small files that a site or its service provider transfers to your computer's hard drive through your web browser that enable the sites or service providers systems to recognize your browser and capture and remember certain information.
We use cookies to help us remember and process items in your shopping cart, understand and save your preferences for future visits, keep track of advertisements, and compile aggregate data about site traffic and site interaction so that we can offer better site experiences and tools in the future.
You can choose to have your computer warn you each time a cookie is being sent, or you can choose to turn off all cookies. You do this through your browser settings. If you turn cookies off, some features will be disabled that make your site experience more efficient, but our tools will still function normally.
Your Rights
Depending on your location, you may have certain rights regarding your personal information, including:
- The right to access your personal information
- The right to rectify inaccurate personal information
- The right to erase your personal information
- The right to restrict processing of your personal information
- The right to data portability
- The right to object to processing of your personal information
To exercise these rights, please contact us using the information provided in the "Contact Us" section below.
Children's Privacy
Our services are not directed to children under the age of 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If we become aware that we have collected personal information from a child under 13, we will take steps to delete such information.
Changes to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the "last updated" date at the top of this policy.
You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us: