Privacy Policy for Advanced Image Analyzer

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Welcome to Advanced Image Analyzer (the "Service", "we", "us", or "our"). We are committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we handle information when you use our website and its image analysis tool, located at [Your Domain Here, e.g., onlineimageanalyzertool.com]. Our tool is designed with your privacy in mind, performing all core image processing directly within your web browser.

1. Information We Collect (and What We Don't)

Our Service is primarily a client-side tool, meaning most operations happen in your browser without sending data to our servers.

  • Image Data (URLs and Uploaded Files): When you enter an image URL or upload an image file for analysis, we do not upload, store, or transmit the image itself or its content to our servers. All processing, including fetching image data from URLs (done by your browser), reading uploaded files (using your browser's FileReader API), extracting dimensions, EXIF metadata, and sampling colors, occurs locally within your web browser using JavaScript. For more details on EXIF, see our article on EXIF data.
  • Analysis Results: The results of the image analysis (e.g., dimensions, file size, format, EXIF data, color palette) are displayed to you in your browser and are not stored on our servers.
  • Personal Information: We do not require you to create an account, register, or provide any direct personal information (like your name or email address) to use the core image analysis tool.
  • Usage Data (Non-Personally Identifiable): We may use web analytics services (like Netlify Analytics, or a self-hosted privacy-focused alternative like Plausible/Umami if implemented) to collect anonymous, aggregated data about website traffic and usage patterns. This may include your IP address (often anonymized by the analytics service), browser type, operating system, pages visited on our site, time spent on pages, and referring URLs. This information is used solely to understand how our Service is being used, to improve its functionality, and to ensure its stability. It is not used to identify individual users or track them across other websites.

2. How We Use Information

Since we do not collect personal information or specific image data from your analyses, our use of any collected data is limited:

  • To Provide and Maintain the Service: The client-side processing is essential for the tool to function.
  • To Improve the Service: Aggregated and anonymized Usage Data helps us understand which features are popular, identify potential issues, and make informed decisions about future developments of the Advanced Image Analyzer.
  • To Monitor for Abuse (Potentially): In rare cases, server logs (if any are maintained for basic hosting purposes, separate from the tool's function) might be reviewed to investigate technical issues or potential misuse of the website infrastructure, but not the content of your image analyses.

3. Cookies and Tracking Technologies

Our Service aims to be minimal in its use of cookies.

  • Essential Cookies (Potentially): We do not currently set essential cookies for site functionality beyond what third-party services (below) might use. If basic preferences (like a remembered input) are stored, it would be via `localStorage` which is browser-local.
  • Third-Party Services and Cookies (Advertising & Affiliates): To support the continued development and free availability of the Advanced Image Analyzer, we may display advertisements from third-party networks (e.g., Google AdSense, if implemented in the future) or include affiliate links to relevant tools and services.
    • These third parties may use cookies, web beacons, or similar technologies to collect information about your visits to this and other websites to provide advertisements about goods and services of interest to you. This data collection is governed by their respective privacy policies.
    • For example, Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to your users based on their visit to your sites and/or other sites on the Internet. Users may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google's Ad Settings. Alternatively, you can direct users to opt out of a third-party vendor's use of cookies for personalized advertising by visiting www.aboutads.info/choices.
    • Current Status: Please check our website for current ad implementations. As of [Current Date of Policy], specific third-party ad networks may or may not be active. We will update this section if our advertising partners change.
    • Our affiliate links (e.g., for TinyPNG, Canva, Photopea, as shown on the homepage) may place a cookie on your device if you click them, to track referrals if you subsequently make a purchase or sign up. This is standard affiliate marketing practice and is governed by the privacy policy of the respective affiliate partner.
  • Analytics Cookies (Potentially): If we use a third-party analytics service that relies on cookies, those will be governed by the analytics provider's privacy policy. We aim to use privacy-respecting analytics where possible.

You can instruct your browser, by changing its options, to stop accepting cookies or to prompt you before accepting a cookie from the websites you visit. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use all portions of the Service or all functionality of the Service (though core analysis should still work).

4. Data Security

We take reasonable precautions to protect the information handled by our Service. Since all image analysis is performed client-side, the security of your image data during analysis primarily depends on the security of your own device and browser. For any Usage Data collected by analytics, we rely on the security measures of our hosting provider and any analytics services used. Our website is served over HTTPS to encrypt data in transit between your browser and our server (for fetching the website files themselves).

5. Children's Privacy

Our Service is not directed to individuals under the age of 13 (or the relevant age of consent in your jurisdiction). We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If we become aware that a child has provided us with personal information without parental consent, we will take steps to remove such information.

6. Links to Other Websites

Our Service may contain links to other websites (e.g., affiliate links, links in the FAQ section on the homepage). If you click on a third-party link, you will be directed to that third party's site. We strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of every site you visit. We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites or services.

7. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update our 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 Privacy 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.

8. Your Data Rights

Since we primarily process data client-side and do not store your image data or personal information related to analysis:

  • You have full control over the images you choose to analyze.
  • You can clear your browser's cache and cookies to remove any site data (like preferences stored in `localStorage` or cookies set by third parties).
  • For Usage Data collected by analytics, it is typically anonymized or aggregated, and requests for access or deletion would need to be directed to the specific analytics provider, if applicable, or based on general data protection regulations (like GDPR or CCPA if they apply to your interaction with us).

9. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact us:

  • By email: [Your Contact Email, e.g., [email protected]]
  • By visiting this page on our website: [Link to your contact page, if different]

This Privacy Policy is intended to be a general guide. For specific legal advice related to your jurisdiction and website operations, please consult with a legal professional. Replace placeholders like "[Your Domain Here]" with your actual information.