Privacy policy

The short version

Every tool on this site runs as JavaScript inside your browser. When you compress an image, format some JSON or generate a password, that work happens on your computer or phone. The content never reaches our servers, because there is no upload step to reach them with.

We do not ask you to create an account, and we do not collect names, email addresses or any other identifying information from visitors.

What we store on your device

We use your browser’s local storage for one thing: remembering whether you chose light or dark mode. It holds a single value, it never leaves your browser, and clearing your site data removes it. It is not used to identify or track you.

Analytics

We may use a privacy-focused analytics service to count page views and see which tools are used, so we know what to build next. Where we do, the data is aggregated and does not identify individual visitors.

Advertising

This site is funded by advertising, which is what keeps every tool free and unrestricted. We may display ads served by Google AdSense and its partners.

Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to this and other websites. Google’s use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to you based on your visit to this site and other sites on the internet.

You can opt out of personalised advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings. You can also opt out of third-party vendors’ use of cookies for personalised advertising at aboutads.info.

Advertising is the only part of this site that involves a third party receiving anything about your visit. It does not change how the tools work: your files are still never uploaded, and ad providers have no access to the content you process.

Server logs

The pages themselves are served by our hosting provider, which keeps standard technical logs — the page requested, the time, an IP address, and the browser reported. These are used for security and to keep the site running, and are retained for a limited period. They contain no information about what you did inside a tool.

Your rights

Because we do not collect personal data from visitors, there is generally no personal information for us to correct or delete. If you contact us by email we will hold that message so we can reply to you, and you can ask us to delete it at any time.

If you are in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom or Brazil, the GDPR and the LGPD give you rights over any personal data an organisation holds about you. To exercise them, or to ask anything about this policy, email us at hello@toolbench.tools.

Children

This site is not directed at children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect information from them.

Changes to this policy

If this policy changes we will update the date at the top of the page. Material changes — anything that alters what is collected or who receives it — will be described here rather than made quietly.