Summary
- You can use every tool and template without creating an account.
- Most tools process your files and text in your browser; we do not receive them.
- We and our partners use cookies for essential functions, analytics and advertising, as described below.
- We never sell your personal information.
Who we are
This Privacy Policy applies to the website tolket.com (“Tolket”, “we”, “us”). If you have any questions, contact us at contact@tolket.com or through our contact page.
Files and text you use with our tools
Our image, PDF, text, JSON, password and QR code tools run entirely in your web browser using JavaScript. Images, documents, text and generated passwords are processed on your device and are not uploaded to or stored on our servers. When you close the page, that data is gone unless you have saved a download.
A few tools need resources from third parties, which we describe on each tool page:
- The Background Remover downloads an open-source AI model from Google’s servers (storage.googleapis.com) and code from a public content delivery network the first time you use AI mode. Your image is not sent.
- The YouTube Thumbnail Downloader loads public thumbnail images directly from YouTube (img.youtube.com), so YouTube receives a standard request from your browser.
- Some tools load open-source code libraries from public content delivery networks such as cdnjs and jsDelivr.
Information we collect
Information you give us
If you contact us or subscribe to our newsletter, your email app sends us your name, email address and the content of your message. We use this information only to reply to you or to send the newsletter you requested.
Information collected automatically
Like most websites, our hosting servers automatically record technical information such as your IP address, browser type, device type, referring page, pages visited and the date and time of your visit. This is used to keep the site secure, prevent abuse and understand how the site is used. Server logs are kept for a limited period.
Information stored on your device
We store your light or dark theme preference in your browser’s local storage so the site remembers your choice, and a short list of the tools you used recently so the quick search (Ctrl+K) can show them first. These values never leave your device. See our Cookie Policy for details about cookies.
When you send a file from one tool to the next (for example, from the Image Cropper to the Image Resizer), the file is kept briefly in your browser’s IndexedDB storage so the next page can open it. It is deleted as soon as the next tool loads it, and any unused hand-off expires after one hour. Your browser may also cache the open-source code libraries and AI models that some tools download, so they load faster next time; you can clear this cache in your browser settings at any time.
How we use information
- To provide, maintain and improve the website, tools and templates.
- To respond to your messages and requests.
- To send newsletters you have asked for (you can unsubscribe at any time).
- To measure traffic and understand which resources are useful.
- To display advertising that funds the free service.
- To protect the website against spam, fraud and security threats, and to comply with legal obligations.
Advertising and Google AdSense
Tolket may display advertisements served by Google AdSense and other advertising partners. Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to this website or other websites. Google’s use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to you based on your visits to this and other sites on the internet.
You may opt out of personalised advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings. You can also opt out of some third-party vendors’ use of cookies for personalised advertising at www.aboutads.info or www.youronlinechoices.eu. Learn more about how Google uses information from sites that use its services.
Where required by law, for example for visitors in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom and Switzerland, we will ask for your consent before personalised advertising cookies are used.
Analytics
We may use privacy-conscious analytics services to understand aggregate usage, such as the number of visitors and the most popular pages. These services may set cookies and collect information such as your IP address (often shortened), browser and pages visited. We do not use analytics to identify individual visitors.
Third-party services
Our pages load web fonts from Google Fonts and may load scripts from content delivery networks. These providers receive your IP address and browser information as part of delivering the files. Links to external websites are provided for convenience; we are not responsible for the privacy practices of those sites.
To run heavy tasks on your own device, some tools download open-source components the first time you use them:
- jsDelivr (cdn.jsdelivr.net): WebAssembly image encoders (MozJPEG, libwebp, AVIF and OxiPNG via jSquash), the MediaPipe image segmentation runtime, ONNX Runtime Web and the Transformers.js library.
- Hugging Face (huggingface.co): the background-removal models used by AI Pro mode: BiRefNet (MIT licence) on graphics cards with WebGPU, or U²-Net (Apache 2.0) on the processor.
- Google (storage.googleapis.com): the MediaPipe people-segmentation model used by the standard AI mode.
- cdnjs (cdnjs.cloudflare.com): libraries for creating PDFs, ZIP files and QR codes.
- YouTube (i.ytimg.com): thumbnail images, only when you use a YouTube thumbnail tool.
These services receive the technical request (such as your IP address and browser type) needed to deliver the files. Your images, text and other content are processed on your device and are never sent to them or to us.
Sharing of information
We do not sell or rent your personal information. We share information only with service providers who help us run the website (such as hosting, email and advertising partners), when required by law, or to protect our rights and the safety of our users.
Data retention
We keep personal information only for as long as needed for the purposes described above. Correspondence is kept for as long as necessary to handle your request and any follow-up, and newsletter subscriptions are kept until you unsubscribe.
Your rights
Depending on where you live, including under the EU and UK General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA/CPRA), you may have the right to access, correct, delete or receive a copy of your personal information, to object to or restrict certain processing, and to withdraw consent at any time. California residents have the right to know what personal information is collected and to opt out of its “sale” or “sharing”; we do not sell personal information. To exercise your rights, contact us at contact@tolket.com. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority.
Security
We use HTTPS encryption and follow reasonable security practices to protect information. No method of transmission over the internet is completely secure, but processing most data in your browser means much of it never reaches us in the first place.
Children’s privacy
Tolket is a general-audience website and is not directed at children under 13 (or under 16 in the European Economic Area). We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If you believe a child has sent us personal information, please contact us and we will delete it.
Changes to this policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The “Last updated” date at the top shows when it was last changed. Significant changes will be highlighted on this page.
Contact
For privacy questions or requests, email contact@tolket.com or use our contact form.