Privacy Policy
Last updated: [Month D, YYYY]
The short version
- You don’t need an account. We don’t ask for your name or email to use the tool.
- Your photo is sent to a third-party AI service to create your line drawing. We don’t show your photos or drawings to anyone else.
- We process images in request memory and return the drawing directly to your browser. We do not save your photos or drawings in an image store or keep a result history.
- We don’t sell your personal information, and we don’t use your photos to train AI models.
- Questions? Email [[email protected]].
1. Who we are
Photo to Line Drawing (phototolinedrawing.com, the “Service”) is operated by [Company legal name], [Registered address] (“we”, “us”). We are responsible for the personal information described in this policy. Contact us about privacy at [[email protected]].
2. Information we collect
We collect only what we need to turn your photo into a drawing, keep the Service working and prevent abuse.
| Information | What it includes | How long we keep it |
|---|---|---|
| Photos you upload | The image file. Your browser resizes it and removes embedded metadata (such as EXIF camera and location data) before upload, and our server removes any that remain. | Only in request memory during processing; no image file is saved by our service |
| Generated drawings | The PNG created from your photo | Returned directly to your browser; available on this page until cleared or the page is closed or refreshed |
| Anonymous session | A random identifier stored in a cookie for anonymous usage limits | 7 days |
| Technical and security data | IP address (kept only as a one-way hash in rate-limit counters), browser type, request times | Rate-limit counters: up to 2 hours (daily totals: 2 days). Server logs: [up to 30 days] |
| Usage analytics | Events such as upload started, drawing created or download clicked, with the style, file-size range, resolution range, processing time range and error code | [Retention period of the analytics provider] |
| Messages you send us | Your email address and what you write | As long as needed to answer you, then up to [12] months |
We do not collect your file name, your photo or its content in analytics. We do not use your photos to identify people or to create face templates or other biometric identifiers.
3. How we use your information
| Purpose | Legal basis (EEA/UK) |
|---|---|
| Create, show and let you download your line drawing | Performance of the service you request |
| Clear images from your browser when you ask | Performance of the service you request; legal obligation |
| Prevent abuse, enforce usage limits and keep the Service secure | Legitimate interests in running a safe, available service |
| Understand how the tool is used and fix problems | Legitimate interests in improving the Service |
| Reply to your messages | Legitimate interests in answering you |
| Comply with the law | Legal obligation |
We do not use your information for advertising, and we do not make decisions about you based solely on automated processing.
4. Service providers we share information with
We share information only with providers that help us run the Service, under contracts that limit how they use it. We do not sell or rent your personal information.
- [AI provider name] converts your photo into a line drawing. It receives your photo and the processing instructions for your chosen style. [Insert the provider’s stated retention period and whether it uses customer inputs for training, with a link to its policy.]
- [Hosting provider] hosts the website and its servers and receives IP addresses, request data and server logs.
- [Analytics provider name] measures how the tool is used, without cookies, photos or file names.
- Cloudflare Turnstile checks generation requests using browser and network signals, including the visitor’s IP address. Its verification token is checked for each new drawing, style change or retry.
We may also disclose information if required by law, to protect the rights and safety of users or the public, or as part of a merger or sale of the Service, in which case this policy will continue to apply.
5. Image processing and clearing results
Our service keeps image bytes only in memory to handle your request. We return the drawing directly and do not save image files, persistent job records or a history you can recover later. Keep this page open during generation and download the result before leaving.
- Delete My Images. This clears the photo and drawing from this page and releases their temporary browser addresses.
- Refreshing or closing. Results cannot be restored. Another generation is a new request.
- Other copies. Clearing this page does not delete files you downloaded or copies held by the AI provider under its own policy (see section 4).
6. Cookies and local storage
| Name | Purpose | Type | Expires |
|---|---|---|---|
ptl_sid (cookie) | Identifies your anonymous browser session for usage limits | Strictly necessary | 7 days |
We don’t use advertising or tracking cookies. Our analytics does not set cookies.
7. What we don’t do
- We don’t publish, display or share your photos or drawings with other users. There is no public gallery and no public page for results.
- We don’t sell or “share” your personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising.
- We don’t use your photos or drawings to train AI models.
- We don’t use your photos to identify you or anyone in them.
8. Your privacy rights
Depending on where you live, you may have the right to know what personal information we hold about you and get a copy; correct it; delete it; object to or restrict how we use it; withdraw consent where we rely on it; receive it in a portable format; opt out of the sale or sharing of personal information (we do neither); and not be treated differently for exercising these rights.
The fastest way to delete your images is Delete My Images on the result screen. For any other request, email [[email protected]]. We will reply within 30 days (45 days where US state law allows). Because the Service is anonymous, we may need details such as the approximate upload time to find your data. If you are in the EEA or UK, you may also complain to your local data protection authority.
9. International transfers
We and our providers may process your information in [the United States and other countries] where data protection laws may differ from yours. Where required, we rely on safeguards such as the European Commission’s Standard Contractual Clauses.
10. Security
Photos and drawings are processed in server memory and returned to the requesting browser. We do not publish result URLs or save an image history. Connections use HTTPS, and service keys stay on our servers. No system is perfectly secure, so please don’t upload photos you aren’t comfortable sending to an online service.
11. Children
The Service is not directed at children under 13 [or under 16 in the EEA and UK], and we do not knowingly collect their personal information. If you believe a child has uploaded a photo, contact us and we will delete what we can find.
12. Photos of other people
If you upload a photo that shows other people, make sure you have the right to do so. See our Terms of Use.
13. Changes to this policy
We will post changes on this page and update the date above. If a change materially affects how we handle photos, we will also show a notice on the homepage before it takes effect.
14. Contact
[Company legal name], [Registered address] — [[email protected]]