Privacy

Your picture is processed on your device and never uploaded.

How that is possible

CropPicture is published as static files — HTML, JavaScript and a few small codec files. There is no application server, no upload endpoint and no database. When you open a picture, your browser reads it from your device into memory, and the cropping, rotating and encoding all happen in that browser tab. The file you download is created there too.

This is checked, not just stated: before every release an automated test crops a picture that carries a unique hidden marker and a unique file name, exports it in every format, copies it and runs a batch, while recording every network request the page makes. The release is blocked if any request contains any part of the picture, the file name or its metadata.

What happens to metadata

• Location (GPS) is always removed from exported pictures. If the picture you open contains location, you are told.
• Other metadata is removed by default. You can choose to keep camera make, model and date in JPG files — never location.
• Lossless JPG crops keep the colour profile so colours stay correct.

What the site remembers

Your browser’s local storage keeps a few preferences on your device — output format, quality, grid, the last ratio and any presets you save. It never stores pictures, thumbnails or file names. The offline app cache holds the site’s own code, never your pictures.

Advertising and analytics

Two third-party scripts are allowed on this site and no others: Google AdSense, which pays for the site, and an analytics script that counts anonymous events such as “a picture was cropped” with coarse size buckets. Neither receives your pictures or file names: the events are filtered through a fixed list of allowed fields before they leave the page, and a Content Security Policy restricts where the page may send data. Session-recording, heatmap and screen-capture tools are banned from this site permanently, because they capture page content by design.

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Contact

Questions about privacy can be sent through PictureEditor.com. Terms of use.