Privacy Policy for PhotoPik

Last updated: November 23, 2025

This Privacy Policy describes Our policies and procedures on the collection, use, and disclosure of Your information when You use the Service and tells You about Your privacy rights and how the law protects You.

Interpretation and Definitions

Interpretation

The words of which the initial letter is capitalized have meanings defined under the following conditions. The following definitions shall have the same meaning regardless of whether they appear in singular or in plural.

Definitions

For the purposes of this Privacy Policy:

• Account means a unique account created for You to access our Service or parts of our Service.
• Company (referred to as either "the Company," "We," "Us," or "Our" in this Agreement) refers to PhotoPik.
• Cookies are small files that are placed on Your computer, mobile device, or any other device by a website, containing the details of Your browsing history on that website among its many uses.
• Country refers to: The location of Our primary operations, which is the United States. However, our Service is globally accessible.
• Device means any device that can access the Service such as a computer, a cellphone, or a digital tablet.
• Personal Data is any information that relates to an identified or identifiable individual.
• Service refers to the Website.
• Service Provider means any natural or legal person who processes data on behalf of the Company. This includes third-party companies or individuals employed to facilitate the Service, or to assist the Company in analyzing how the Service is used, such as analytics providers and advertising networks.
• Usage Data refers to data collected automatically, either generated by the use of the Service or from the Service infrastructure itself (for example, the duration of a page visit).
• Website refers to PhotoPik, accessible from https://photopik.com
• You means the individual accessing or using the Service, or the company, or other legal entity on behalf of which such individual is accessing or using the Service, as applicable.

Collecting and Using Your Personal Data

Types of Data Collected

1. User-Uploaded Images and Content

Crucial Policy: Browser-Based Processing

PhotoPik uses advanced client-side (browser-based) technologies to perform all image processing (Resizing, Compression, Conversion) locally on Your Device.

• No Server Uploads: Your uploaded images and files never leave your computer or Device and are never transmitted to our servers.
• No Storage: We do not store, view, share, or use your uploaded images or the processed output for any purpose other than facilitating the specific function you requested on your Device.
• Image Metadata (EXIF Data): Because processing is local, any embedded metadata (like GPS location, time stamps, camera details) within your image remains private and is only handled by your browser, not by PhotoPik's servers.

2. Personal Data

While using Our Service, if You create an Account or contact Us, We may ask You to provide Us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify You. Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to:

• Email address
• First and last name (if provided)

3. Usage Data

Usage Data is collected automatically when using the Service.

Usage Data may include information such as Your Device's Internet Protocol address (e.g., IP address), browser type, browser version, the pages of our Service that You visit, the time and date of Your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers, and other diagnostic data.

When You access the Service by or through a mobile device, We may collect certain information automatically, including, but not limited to, the type of mobile device You use, Your mobile device unique ID, the IP address of Your mobile device, Your mobile operating system, the type of mobile Internet browser You use, unique device identifiers, and other diagnostic data.

Tracking Technologies and Cookies

We use Cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on Our Service and store certain information. The technologies We use may include:

• Cookies or Browser Cookies: A cookie is a small file placed on Your Device. You can instruct Your browser to refuse all Cookies or to indicate when a Cookie is being sent. However, if You do not accept Cookies, You may not be able to use some parts of our Service.
• Web Beacons: Certain sections of our Service and our emails may contain small electronic files known as web beacons (also referred to as clear gifs, pixel tags, and single-pixel gifs) that permit the Company, for example, to count users who have visited those pages or opened an email and for other related website statistics.

We use both session cookies (which are deleted when you close your browser) and persistent cookies (which remain on your device).

Use of Your Personal Data

The Company may use Personal Data for the following purposes:

• To provide and maintain our Service, including to monitor the usage of our Service.
• To manage Your Account: To manage Your registration as a user of the Service.
• To contact You: To contact You by email, SMS, or other equivalent forms of electronic communication, regarding updates or informative communications related to the functionalities or contracted services.
• To provide You with news, special offers and general information about other goods, services and events which we offer unless You have opted not to receive such information.
• To manage Your requests: To attend and manage Your requests to Us.
• For Business Transfers: We may use Your information to evaluate or conduct a merger or transfer of some or all of Our assets.
• For other purposes: Such as data analysis, identifying usage trends, and to evaluate and improve our Service, products, and your experience.

Disclosure of Your Personal Data to Service Providers (Including Ad Networks)

We may share Your Personal Data with Service Providers under the following circumstances:

1. With Third-Party Ad Networks: We utilize third-party advertising networks (such as Google AdSense) to serve advertisements on our Website. These Service Providers may use Cookies and Usage Data to collect information about your visits to this and other websites to provide advertisements about goods and services of interest to you.
2. For Analytics: We use analytics services to monitor and analyze the use of our Service.
3. For Business Transfers: If the Company is involved in a merger, acquisition, or asset sale, Your Personal Data may be transferred.

Retention and Transfer of Your Personal Data

• Retention: The Company will retain Your Personal Data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy.
• Transfer: Your information, including Personal Data, is processed at the Company's operating offices and wherever the Service Providers involved in the processing are located. This means this information may be transferred to — and maintained on — computers located outside of Your jurisdiction. By submitting Your information, You agree to this transfer.

Security and Legal Compliance

• Security of Your Personal Data: While We strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect Your Personal Data, remember that no method of transmission over the Internet is 100% secure.
• Law Enforcement: Under certain circumstances, the Company may be required to disclose Your Personal Data if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities.
• Other Legal Requirements: The Company may disclose Your Personal Data in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: comply with a legal obligation, protect the rights or property of the Company, protect the personal safety of Users or the public, or protect against legal liability.

Children's Privacy

Our Service does not address anyone under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 13. If We become aware that We have collected Personal Data from anyone under the age of 13 without verification of parental consent, We will take steps to remove that information.

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. We will also update the "Last updated" date at the top of this Privacy Policy. If You have provided an email address, We may also notify You via email prior to the change becoming effective.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, You can contact us:

• By email: support@photopik.com
• By visiting this page on our website: Contact Us