Privacy

Last updated 7 September 2026.

This site turns a flat image into an editable file. To do that it has to send your image to services that read it. This page says which ones, what is kept, and for how long. There is no advertising. Analytics are used to measure how the site is used, and are described below.

Your image

• The file you upload is stored so the recovery can run against it. It is deleted automatically 24 hours after upload, along with its database row.
• What a run produces is kept for the same 24 hours, against your account. A conversion takes the better part of a minute and costs credits, so the result is stored rather than lost if you close the tab — you can reopen it from your account page instead of paying for it twice. It is reachable by you and by nobody else, and it goes when the upload does.
• Processing sends your image to third-party services listed below. Their own terms govern retention and use; we do not promise that they exclude model training.
• A copy of it also stays in your own browser (IndexedDB), so a refresh or a move between tools does not lose your work. Clearing site data removes it. Using a tool sends the image for server-side processing.

Who else sees the image

Depending on which tool you use, your image is sent to one or more specialist processors we contract with, each performing a single step and returning the result:

• A document layout service — reads the page layout and its text.
• An image segmentation service — traces the outlines of icons, arrows and figures.
• Image generation models — redraw text, separate layers, rebuild backgrounds.
• A vision model — reads a page when the layout cannot be parsed directly.

Each provider has its own terms and its own retention, and we do not control what they keep. We will name our current providers on request — write to the address below.

What we record about you

• No IP address is stored. The paid tools have a daily allowance, and to count it your address is salted and hashed on arrival; only the resulting digest is written, against a date and a number. It cannot be turned back into an address.
• Those counters are kept as operating records; nothing links them to an image.
• One flag is kept in sessionStorage to tell a fresh visit from a reload, and it disappears when you close the tab.
• Three analytics services measure how the site is used: Google Analytics, Plausible, and Ahrefs Analytics. They record which pages are opened and a short list of events — an image taken up, a conversion started, finished or refused, a file downloaded, a purchase completed. Google Analytics is configured to shorten your IP address before storing it. None of them receives your image, your file names, or anything you type into the editor.
• No advertising, and nothing here is sold or shared with advertisers.

If you sign in

Running a tool needs an account, so everything below applies to anyone who uses one.

• Google tells us your account id, email address, name and profile picture. We store those, and nothing else about you. We never receive your password.
• A cookie holds your account id and email, signed so it cannot be altered. It is not readable by scripts, lasts thirty days, and is used for nothing but knowing who you are. Signing out clears it.
• We keep a record of every credit granted, bought and spent, so a balance can be explained and a refund can be worked out. Payments are handled by PayPal — we never see a card number.
• Ask at the address below to have an account and its records deleted.

Asking for deletion

Uploads and their results go on their own after 24 hours. For an account and its records, or anything else, write to support@editableimage.com.