Privacy Policy

Overview

OCR Text Extractor ("we", "our", or "the site") is operated at imgtotext.in. This Privacy Policy explains what information we collect, how we use it, and your rights. We are committed to protecting your privacy.

Images and OCR data

Primary path (AI OCR):When you click Extract Text, your image is sent to our server and then to Google's Gemini API solely to extract text. We do not permanently store your images on our servers. Google's processing of the image is subject to Google's Privacy Policy.

Fallback path (browser OCR): If AI OCR fails or is unavailable, recognition falls back to Tesseract.js running locally in your browser via WebAssembly. That fallback pass does not upload the image to our servers.

Information we collect

• Server logs: Our hosting provider may automatically log standard technical data such as IP address, browser type, referring page, and access time. This is common for web hosting and security. We do not run a separate third-party analytics product on this site today.
• Cookies and advertising:We use Google AdSense to display advertisements. Google and its partners may use cookies and similar technologies to serve, measure, and (where allowed) personalize ads. See the "Third-party services" section below.
• Consent preference: We store a small local preference in your browser (localStorage) so we can remember whether you accepted or limited non-essential cookies via our on-site notice.
• Contact email: If you email us, we receive the information you voluntarily provide (such as your email address and message content) solely to respond to your inquiry.

Third-party services

We use third-party services including:

• Google Gemini — to perform AI OCR when you extract text. The image you submit for recognition is transmitted to Google for that request. See Gemini API terms.
• Google AdSense — to display advertisements that help cover hosting and development costs. Google may use cookies to personalize ads where permitted. Learn more at Google's Privacy Policy and How Google uses data in advertising.
• Hosting (e.g. Vercel) — to serve the website. Hosting providers process technical request data as part of delivering the site.

Tesseract.js language models are loaded into your browser from our site or CDN endpoints as part of normal page operation. No image content is sent during this process.

Children's privacy

This site is not directed at children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If you believe a child has provided us personal information, please contact us and we will delete it.

Your choices

• You can stop using the site at any time — no account is required.
• Use the on-site cookie notice to accept or limit non-essential cookies. You can also clear site data in your browser to reset that preference.
• You can control cookies through your browser settings and opt out of personalized Google ads at Google Ad Settings.
• Extracted text and image previews in the page are kept in your browser session. Closing the tab clears that local session data. Images sent for AI OCR are handled by Google for that request and are not permanently stored by us.

Changes to this policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The "Last updated" date at the top will reflect changes. Continued use of the site after changes constitutes acceptance of the updated policy.

Contact

Questions about this Privacy Policy? Email admin@elangodev.com or visit our Contact page.