Privacy Policy

Last Updated: January 15, 2025

Welcome to Photo From Emoji ("we," "us," or "our"), accessible at photofromemoji.com. We are committed to protecting your personal information and your right to privacy. This Privacy Policy explains what information we collect, how we use it, and what rights you have.

1. Information We Collect

1.1 Information You Provide Directly

We collect information you voluntarily provide when you fill out the contact form (name, email address, message content) or otherwise communicate with us directly.

1.2 Your Images — Never Uploaded

Your images are never uploaded to our servers. Photo From Emoji processes all images entirely within your web browser using JavaScript and the HTML5 Canvas API. When you upload a photo, it is read locally by your browser and never transmitted to any external server. We have no access to, and collect no data about, the content of images you use with our tool.

1.3 Automatically Collected Information

When you visit our website, certain information is automatically collected including: IP address (anonymized), browser type, device type, pages visited, time spent on pages, referring URL, and date/time of your visit. This data is used in aggregate to improve our website and is not used to personally identify individual users.

2. Cookies and Tracking

We use cookies to: remember your tool preferences, understand site traffic via Google Analytics, and serve advertising via Google AdSense. Types of cookies used:

3. Google AdSense Advertising

We use Google AdSense to display advertisements. Google uses cookies to serve ads based on your visits to this and other websites. You may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings. Google's Privacy Policy: policies.google.com/privacy.

4. How We Use Your Information

5. Data Sharing

We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal information. We share information only with: (a) service providers such as Google Analytics and Google AdSense operating under their own privacy policies; (b) when required by law; (c) in the event of a business merger or acquisition, with prior notice to you.

6. Data Retention

Contact form submissions are retained for up to 24 months. Analytics data follows Google Analytics default retention settings. You may request deletion at any time by contacting us.

7. Your Rights

Depending on your jurisdiction, you may have rights to: access, correct, delete, restrict processing of, or obtain portability of your personal data; object to certain processing; and withdraw consent. To exercise these rights, contact us — we respond within 30 days.

8. Children's Privacy

Our website is not directed at children under 13 (or 16 in the EU). We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If you believe we have done so inadvertently, contact us immediately.

9. Security

We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your personal information. However, no internet transmission is 100% secure and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

10. Changes to This Policy

We may update this policy periodically. We will notify you of significant changes by updating the "Last Updated" date and posting a notice on our website. We encourage you to review this policy periodically.

11. Contact Us

Questions about this Privacy Policy? Contact us at: privacy@photofromemoji.com or via our Contact page.