Privacy Policy

1. Overview and Publisher Information

This Privacy Policy outlines how Image Size Reducer ("we", "our", or "the Service"), published and operated by James K. Chapman (Publisher) under the brand Kivelo IT based at 1135 Pannipitiya Road, Thalawathugoda, Sri Lanka 10116, handles user data, cookies, and technical information when you access https://imagesizereducer.org.

We are committed to absolute transparency and data minimization. Our core compression, resizing, and format conversion utilities operate on a privacy-first architectural model designed so that your personal image files never leave your device.

2. Local Processing Guarantee: Zero Image Uploads

Unlike traditional online image compression services that upload your files to remote cloud servers for batch processing, Image Size Reducer processes 100% of your images locally within your web browser.

• HTML5 Canvas and JavaScript Execution: When you select or drag and drop an image into our tool, your browser decodes the image into local memory and draws it using the standard HTML5 Canvas 2D API (`toBlob`, `drawImage`) and client-side JavaScript (`upng-js`).
• No Server Transmission: Your image files, photographs, graphic designs, and EXIF metadata (such as GPS coordinates, camera models, and timestamps) are never uploaded, transmitted, copied, or stored on our servers, third-party cloud buckets, or remote databases.
• Volatile Browser Memory: Image buffers exist strictly within the volatile RAM of your device. When you clear an image, refresh the page, or close your browser tab, all in-memory image representations are immediately discarded by your operating system.

Because your images never travel over the network to our infrastructure, neither Kivelo IT nor any unauthorized third party has the capability to intercept, inspect, or retain your private media.

3. Information We Collect

Because our compression tools function entirely client-side without registration or user accounts, we do not collect personal names, home addresses, or billing information. We collect only minimal data strictly necessary for communication and site maintenance:

• Support Inquiries: If you reach out through our Contact Page or send an email to [email protected], we receive your name, email address, inquiry subject, and message. We use this information solely to respond to your technical questions and maintain communication. We never sell, rent, or distribute contact inquiries to marketing third parties.
• Consent Preferences: We store your cookie consent preferences in your browser's local storage (`cookie-consent` and `cookie-preferences`) so you are not repeatedly prompted on subsequent visits.
• Aggregated Performance Metrics: When you provide consent, we collect non-identifiable usage metrics via Google Analytics, as detailed below.

4. Analytics, Cookies, and Measurement

To maintain service stability, optimize compression performance across different operating systems, and identify broken pages, we utilize Google Analytics (Measurement ID: G-3772SZSLW2).

• Consent-Gated Loading: Google Analytics is loaded only after you provide explicit affirmative consent via our cookie banner or settings.
• IP Anonymization: IP anonymization is permanently enabled (`anonymize_ip: true`), truncating your IP address before storage on Google servers.
• Collected Telemetry: Aggregated data points include page view counts, browser family, operating system, approximate geographical location (country or metropolitan area), and session durations. No image names, dimensions, or file contents are ever transmitted to analytics.

5. Google AdSense and Third-Party Advertising Vendors

We finance our free, unlimited image compression tools by displaying non-intrusive advertisements managed by Google AdSense (Publisher ID: ca-pub-2601385501457403).

Please review the following essential disclosures regarding third-party advertising cookies:

• Third-Party Vendor Cookies: Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on a user's prior visits to this website or other websites on the internet.
• Advertising Personalization: Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to our users based on their visits to our site and/or other sites across the web.
• Consent-Driven Script Delivery: AdSense advertising scripts are not loaded on your device until you choose "Accept All" or enable advertising cookies within our cookie management interface.
• Partner Policy: For comprehensive details on how Google collects, shares, and processes information when you visit partner sites, please consult Google's official policy: How Google uses information from sites or apps that use our services.

6. Google Consent Mode v2 and European Rights (EEA, UK, Switzerland)

For visitors accessing our service from the European Economic Area (EEA), the United Kingdom, and Switzerland under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and UK GDPR, we implement Google Consent Mode v2:

• Default Denied State: By default, all four advertising and analytics consent signals (ad_storage, ad_user_data, ad_personalization, and analytics_storage) are set to denied before any Google tags are permitted to execute.
• Dynamic Consent Updates: Only when you grant consent are these parameters updated to granted, initiating the corresponding script libraries.
• Your Legal Rights: Under GDPR, you have the right to access your personal data, request rectification or erasure of communication records, restrict processing, and withdraw your consent at any time without adverse consequences.

7. Managing and Revoking Your Consent

You retain full, persistent control over how cookies and advertising networks interact with your browser:

• On-Site Cookie Settings: You can open our cookie management panel at any time by clicking the "Cookie Settings" link located in the footer of every page. You can switch off analytics or advertising cookies and save your updated preferences instantly.
• Google Ad Settings: You can manage or disable personalized advertising from Google by visiting Google My Ad Center.
• Industry Opt-Out Portals: You can opt out of interest-based advertising from participating member companies through the Digital Advertising Alliance (DAA), the Network Advertising Initiative (NAI), or the European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance (EDAA).
• Browser Cookie Controls: Modern browsers allow you to block third-party cookies, clear existing cookies, or browse in private/incognito mode.

8. Data Retention and Security Protocols

All communications between your browser and our website are secured using modern Transport Layer Security (HTTPS/TLS) encryption.

Because our tools do not accept file uploads, we hold zero user image files in storage. Contact form inquiries and email exchanges are retained only for as long as necessary to answer technical questions and resolve user feedback, after which they are systematically deleted.

9. Contact the Publisher

If you have questions, feedback, or privacy-related inquiries regarding this Privacy Policy or our client-side processing practices, please contact our publisher directly: