Privacy Policy

Last updated: August 2023

Summary

This privacy policy outlines how base64-encoder.com collects, uses, and protects your information. We use cookies for analytics and advertising purposes, but all encoding/decoding operations happen locally in your browser - your data never leaves your device.

Introduction

At base64-encoder.com, we respect your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal data. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and safeguard your information when you visit our website.

We've designed our service with privacy in mind, ensuring that all encoding and decoding operations are performed locally within your browser. This means the actual content you're working with never passes through our servers, providing you with a secure and private experience.

Data We Collect

We may collect the following types of information:

  • Usage Data: Information about how you use our website, including browser type, referring site, time spent on pages, and dates/times of visits.
  • Cookies: Small data files stored on your device that help us improve your experience.
  • Analytics: We use Google Analytics to understand how visitors interact with our site.

Important Note About Your Data

Our Base64 encoding and decoding operations are performed entirely within your browser. The text and images you enter or upload are never sent to our servers. We cannot access or store the content you process.

How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect to:

  • Improve our website functionality and user experience
  • Analyze usage patterns and optimize performance
  • Prevent fraudulent activities and ensure security
  • Comply with legal obligations

Our primary goal in collecting usage data is to understand how our tools are being used, which helps us make informed decisions about future improvements. We carefully analyze patterns to identify potential enhancements that would benefit our users the most.

Advertising

We use Google AdSense to display advertisements on our website. Google AdSense uses cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to our website or other websites. Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to you based on your visit to our site and/or other sites on the Internet.

You can opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings.

The advertisements displayed on our site help us cover the costs of maintaining and improving base64-encoder.com. We strive to ensure the ads are relevant and non-intrusive to provide the best possible user experience while supporting our service.

Third-Party Services

We use the following third-party services that may collect information:

  • Google Analytics: For website usage statistics
  • Google AdSense: For displaying advertisements

Each of these services has its own privacy policy that describes how they use your information.

Your Rights

Depending on your location, you may have the following rights:

  • Access to your personal data
  • Correction of inaccurate data
  • Deletion of your data
  • Restriction or objection to processing
  • Data portability

We take these rights seriously and aim to provide you with control over your data. If you have any concerns or would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the information provided at the end of this policy.

Cookies Policy

Our website uses cookies to enhance your browsing experience. You can control cookies through your browser settings, but disabling cookies may limit some features of our site.

Cookies are essential to some of the functionality on our site, particularly for remembering your preferences and providing analytics that help us improve the service. We use both session cookies (which expire when you close your browser) and persistent cookies (which remain on your device for a specified period).

Children's Privacy

Our website is not intended for children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13.

Changes to This 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 and updating the "Last updated" date.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at: privacy@base64-encoder.com

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