RemoveWatermark.org ("we", "our", "the Service") is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains what information we collect (and don't collect) and how we handle it.
2. Images and Files
We do NOT store your images. When you upload an image for processing:
The image is processed in server memory
The processed result is sent back to your browser
The original and processed images are immediately discarded from memory
Images are never saved or kept: they exist only while your request is processed, and are never logged, cached, or backed up
A large upload may be buffered briefly in a temporary file while it is received; that file is deleted automatically when the request ends
We have no ability to access or recover your images after processing
3. Information We Collect
We collect the following information:
Server logs: Like most websites, our web server records each request: your IP address, browser user agent, the URL requested, the referring page and a timestamp. These logs are kept for about 14 days, then deleted automatically. We use them for security, abuse prevention and aggregate usage statistics, and we do not sell or share them. They never contain image data.
Usage analytics: Page views, feature usage, and general traffic patterns, collected via Google Analytics 4. This sets cookies and is governed by Google's privacy policy. No image data is ever sent to it.
Technical data: Browser type, device type, and screen resolution for improving the Service
Error logs: Server error records used to fix bugs. The web server's error log can include the request's IP address and, like the access log, is deleted after about 14 days; error records never contain image data
Separately, if you choose to fill in the optional volume access form
shown after you have removed several watermarks, we store the email address and the
approximate monthly volume you enter, so that we can reply to you about it. That form is
entirely optional, nothing else on the Service requires it, and we do not store your IP
address alongside it. We use those details only to contact you about volume access — not
for a newsletter, and we do not sell or share them. Ask us and we will delete them.
4. Information We Do NOT Collect
Your uploaded images or any derivative of them
Your name or contact details, unless you type them into the optional volume
access form described above - we require no signup and no account
Payment information (the Service is free)
Precise location data. We never request your device's location; any location we see is approximate, inferred from your IP address
5. Cookies
We use cookies for:
Essential cookies: Required for the Service to function
Analytics cookies: Set by Google Analytics 4 to understand how the Service is used
We do not run any advertising network on this site, and no advertising cookies are set.
6. Affiliate Links
Where an outbound link on this site is an affiliate link, it is visibly labelled and marked with rel="sponsored". If you click one and later buy something, we may earn a commission at no extra cost to you. Affiliate links set no cookies on this site, and whether you click one makes no difference to how the tool works or what it costs you (nothing). This is written to hold whether or not any such link is live at the moment you read it.
7. Data Security
We never store your images, so the risk of a breach affecting your image content is eliminated by design. Apart from the short-lived server logs described in section 3, the only personal data we hold is whatever you chose to type into the optional volume access form described in the same section. Our infrastructure uses HTTPS encryption for all data in transit.
8. Children's Privacy
The Service is not intended for children under 13. We do not knowingly collect information from children under 13.
9. GDPR Compliance (EU Users)
For users in the European Union:
We process minimal data. The personal data we store is the short-lived server logs (kept about 14 days) and anything you entered yourself into the optional volume access form, both described in section 3. Using the tool requires nothing else
Our legal basis for server logs and any analytics data is legitimate interest (keeping the Service secure and understanding how it is used). Our legal basis for the volume access form is your consent, given by submitting it
You have the right to opt out of analytics and advertising cookies
You have the right to access, correct or delete anything you submitted through the volume access form. Email contact@removewatermark.org and we will action it. Server-log entries are deleted automatically after about 14 days; you can also contact us about them before then
10. CCPA Compliance (California Users)
For California residents:
We do not sell personal information, and never have
We do not collect personal information beyond basic analytics and the short-lived server logs described in section 3, except what you may have entered yourself into the optional volume access form (section 3)
You have the right to opt out of analytics data collection by disabling cookies, and to request deletion of anything you submitted through that form
11. Changes to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Changes will be posted on this page with an updated revision date.