Privacy Policy

What FreePanda collects, what it does not, and who else is involved.

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The short version

Whatever you type, paste or drop into a tool on this site is processed by your own browser and is never transmitted to us. We do not ask for an account, and we do not collect names, email addresses or payment details. The site does use Google Analytics to count visits, and it does show advertising; both set their own cookies. Those two sections are below, and they are the parts most worth reading.

What never leaves your device

Every tool computes locally. JSON you format, tokens you decode, PDFs and images you open, spreadsheets you convert, salary and tax figures you enter — none of it is sent anywhere. There is no upload request carrying it, so we have nothing to store, log or disclose. You can confirm this in your browser's developer tools: open the Network tab and use any tool.

What the site does record

  • Aggregate page views per tool. When a tool page opens, the server increments a counter for that tool. The record is the tool's name, the event and the date. It contains nothing about you and nothing you entered.
  • Google Analytics. We use Google Analytics 4 to see which pages are visited and how people move between them. It records the page you are on, roughly where in the world you are, your device and browser type, and which site sent you here. It sets its own cookies and gives your browser a random identifier so that several page views in one visit count as one visit rather than several.
    We send it one event of our own, tool_view, carrying the name of the tool opened and its category — never anything typed into that tool. Nothing you enter into a calculator, formatter or converter reaches any measurement, because it never leaves your browser to begin with.
  • Standard server logs. Our hosting provider records request metadata, including IP address and user agent, for security and reliability. These are kept only as long as the provider's retention window and are not used to profile visitors.

You can opt out of Google Analytics everywhere at once with Google's browser opt-out add-on, or by blocking it with an extension. Every tool works identically either way — nothing here depends on being measured.

The two tools that need the network

  • What Is My IP reads the public IP address of the request and returns it to you. A browser cannot determine its own public address, so this one has to ask the server. The address is read from the request and sent straight back — it is not written to a database.
  • Internet Speed Test transfers meaningless random bytes to and from the server in order to time them. The payload carries no information about you and is discarded.

Storage in your browser

We use localStorage to remember interface preferences — the light or dark theme, and some tools' last-used settings. This stays on your device, is readable only by this site, and is never transmitted to us. Clearing your browser storage removes it.

Advertising and cookies

This site is funded by advertising, which is what keeps every tool free and unlimited. Advertising is served by third parties, including Google.

  • Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to this and other websites.
  • Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to you based on your visit to this site and other sites on the internet.
  • You can opt out of personalised advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings. You can opt out of a third-party vendor's use of cookies for personalised advertising at aboutads.info or youronlinechoices.com.
  • Where required by law, advertising partners obtain consent for the use of cookies and device identifiers before personalised ads are shown.

Advertising is entirely separate from the tools. An advertising partner never receives what you enter into a tool, because that data never leaves your browser in the first place.

Children

This site is not directed at children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from them.

Your rights

Because we do not collect personal information or operate accounts, there is normally no personal data of yours for us to access, correct or delete. If you believe we hold something about you, write to us at the address below and we will look into it.

Changes

If this policy changes, the revised version will be posted here with a new “last updated” date.

Contact

Questions about this policy can go to freepanda.in@gmail.com, or through the contact page.