Privacy Policy

1. Introduction

Free Digital Utilities ("we", "our", or "us") operates the website freedigitalutilities.com. We are committed to protecting your privacy and being transparent about how we handle data.

The short version: we collect as little as possible, process your files locally in your browser wherever possible, and we never sell your information.

2. What We Don't Collect

We are proud to confirm that we do not collect:

• Personal identifiers such as your name, email address, or physical address
• Files you process through our PDF, signature, or conversion tools
• Signatures, QR codes, or images you create
• Passwords or other sensitive values you generate
• Temporary email addresses or their message content
• Detailed browsing behaviour or clickstream data
• Location data beyond your country (derived from IP, used only for analytics aggregates)

3. What We May Collect

We may collect limited, non-personal technical data to operate and improve the site:

4. Browser Storage

We use your browser's localStorage to remember your preferences (such as dark/light theme). This data never leaves your device and can be cleared at any time by clearing your browser's site data.

We do not use sessionStorage or IndexedDB to persist sensitive information.

5. Third-Party Services

Some tools rely on third-party services:

• Temporary Email (mail.tm) — The temporary email tool connects to the mail.tm public API. Emails are stored on mail.tm's servers temporarily. Do not use temporary email addresses for sensitive communications. Refer to mail.tm's privacy policy for their data practices.
• Hosting (Hostinger) — Our website is hosted on Hostinger. Their infrastructure may log technical data as described above.
• API Server (Render.com) — Our AI processing server is hosted on Render.com. Data sent for AI features is processed and discarded; it is not logged or stored.

We do not embed advertising networks, social media tracking pixels, or any third-party scripts that build user profiles.

6. Cookies

We use a small number of cookies to operate the site:

• Essential cookies — store your theme preference (dark/light mode) in localStorage. These never leave your device.
• Consent cookie — records your cookie consent choice so you are not asked again on every visit.
• Analytics cookies — if you accept optional cookies, aggregate analytics data (page views, referrer, browser type) may be collected. No personal profiles are built.
• Advertising cookies — if you accept optional cookies, third-party advertising services (such as Google AdSense) may set cookies to serve relevant ads. See the Advertising section below for details.

You can withdraw or change your consent at any time by clearing your browser's site data or by clicking "Cookie details" in the consent banner at the bottom of the page.

7. Advertising

We may display advertisements on this site to help fund the free tools we provide. We use or may use the following advertising services:

For more information on how Google collects and uses data, visit policies.google.com/privacy.

8. Children's Privacy

Our tools are not directed at children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect information from children. If you believe a child has provided us with personal information, please contact us and we will delete it promptly.

9. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. When we do, we will update the "Last updated" date at the top of this page. Continued use of the site after changes are posted constitutes your acceptance of the updated policy.

We encourage you to review this page periodically.