Image privacy
What actually happens to a photo when you use a tool here. The short answer: it never leaves your device.
Most online image tools upload your file to a server, process it there, and send it back. That means a copy of your photo, with everything in it, sits on someone else's computer for some length of time. ImgCruncher works differently, and this page explains exactly how, because a privacy promise is only worth as much as your ability to check it.
Processed in your browser, not on a server
When you drop an image into any tool here, your browser reads it into its own memory and processes it on your device using the Canvas and FileReader APIs that every modern browser provides. Resizing, compressing, converting, cropping, redacting: all of it happens locally. The finished file is handed back to you as a download. At no point is the original or the result sent to us or to anyone else.
This is structural, not a promise to trust
The privacy here does not depend on us choosing to be careful. It depends on how the tools are built. If the processing happens in your browser, there is simply nothing for us to store, log or leak, because we never receive the file. That is a stronger guarantee than any policy, because it removes the possibility rather than just prohibiting it.
What about EXIF and GPS data
Photos, especially from phones, carry hidden metadata: the camera model, the date, and often the GPS coordinates of where the photo was taken. Because our tools read the image and hand it back without sending it anywhere, that data stays with you throughout. Better still, most of our tools that re-encode an image, like the compressor and the converter, rebuild it from raw pixels, which strips that metadata out of the file you download. If you want to see what a photo is carrying before you share it, the metadata viewer shows you, and the blur and pixelate tool lets you redact anything visible.
How to verify it yourself
You do not have to take our word for it. Two simple checks:
- Open your browser's developer tools, go to the Network tab, and use any tool. You will not see your image being uploaded, because it is not.
- Load a tool page, then turn off your internet connection, and use the tool anyway. It still works, because everything needed is already on your device and nothing needs to be sent.
What we do collect
The site uses basic analytics and advertising that record ordinary visit information like which pages are viewed, and it stores your cookie choice in your browser. None of that involves the content of your images. The full detail is in our privacy policy and cookie policy.