Privacy Policy

Effective Date: June 14, 2025

This Privacy Policy provides detailed information on privacy topics relevant to the use of the website slimpicture.com. It covers the following areas:

• our policy on the collection and use of your information
• the privacy-preserving solutions used in image processing
• the concept of cookies and our use of cookies
• our use of third-party services, including links to their data use policies and their use of cookies
• tools for opting out of cookies or controlling the use of your data

DEFINITIONS

For the purposes of this Privacy Policy:

• "our website" refers to this website - slimpicture.com
• "we", "us", and "our" refer to the owner and operator of this website
• "you" and "your" refer to the users of this website

CONTENTS

• Information we collect
• Privacy-preserving image processing
• What are cookies?
• Cookies we set
• Third-party services
  • Google Analytics
    • Why we use Google Analytics
    • How Google Analytics uses cookies and data
  • AddToAny
    • Why we use AddToAny
    • How AddToAny uses cookies and data
• Opt-out tools
• Contact Us

Information we collect

We collect and use personally identifiable information (PII) only when you provide it to us.

Our website has only one place, the Contact Us page, where you can optionally provide your name and email address.

We will retain this information for as long as necessary to review your message and to respond. The information will be deleted when we reasonably believe there will be no further communication.

We do not sell or share any collected information.

Please note that we have added to our website a few third-party services that do collect information - Google Analytics and AddToAny. The relevant details are covered in the section Third‑party services.

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Privacy-preserving image processing

The home page of our website, the Slim Picture Maker, is an interactive tool that has image processing capabilities. The Slim Picture Maker allows you to view and modify your photos in total privacy because your images are not uploaded to the web server. All processing takes place in the web browser of your device. Therefore, only you can access and see your images as a result of your interaction with the Slim Picture Maker.

- When you select a photo file, its pixel information is loaded directly to a program running in your browser. This temporarily held pixel information will be deleted after you leave the Slim Picture Maker page (or close the browser), because that will end the execution of the program.

- When you modify an image, the same program running in your browser performs the required processing to render the changes on the screen.

- When you save a modified image as a new photo file, the same program running in your browser saves the modified pixel information directly to a new photo file in the Downloads of your device.

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What are cookies?

A cookie is a small block of data that may be stored on your browser when you visit a website.

There are two types of cookies depending on how long they last:

Session cookies are created when you start to interact with a website and they exist only during your browser session. These cookies are stored in temporary memory and are deleted when you close the browser.
Persistent cookies are actually stored on the browser of your device and have an expiration date. The information stored in these cookies can be retrieved when you revisit the website.

There are also two types of cookies depending on the domain to which they belong:

First-party cookies are set for the domain of the website you are visiting.
Third-party cookies belong to a domain other than the domain of the website you are visiting. Third-party cookies may be set when a website uses a third-party service, such as online advertising.

In terms of purpose or function, cookies can be divided into two broad categories:

Essential cookies, also referred to as strictly necessary cookies, are technically required for the operation of a website.
Non-essential cookies may be used for other purposes, such as displaying relevant advertisements, analytics, or other non-essential features.

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Cookies we set

The code of our website uses the following cookies:

slpi_cont_id   (cookie type: session)
This cookie is used to identify a user's session on the Contact Us page.

Please note that we have added to our website a few third-party services that do use cookies - Google Analytics and AddToAny. The relevant details are covered in the section Third‑party services.

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Third-party services

Our website uses third-party services to enhance user experience and to allow us to analyze our traffic. Such services may use cookies and collect data when they perform their functions.

Please note that we have no control over the information collected by third-party services. The privacy practices of the corresponding third parties, including details on the information they collect and use, as well as their use of cookies, are subject to the terms and policies of these parties.

The following sections cover each third-party service individually, and provide links to the resources that explain their data use policies, including their use of cookies.

• Google Analytics
• AddToAny

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Google Analytics

Why we use Google Analytics

Google Analytics is a web analytics service offered by Google. Its main purpose is to track and report website traffic.

Our use of Google Analytics serves the following purposes:
1) to analyze the basic page view patterns and statistics
2) to determine how we can improve the site
3) to ensure that our web hosting arrangements are suitable for our traffic

How Google Analytics uses cookies and data

Since Google Analytics functions on our website as a third-party service, we have no control over its use of cookies. We also have no control over the collection, storage, and use of information by Google Analytics.

Google has an informative resource that explains how Google uses information from websites or apps that use Google services, including Google Analytics.

Please read the following link:
https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites - "How Google uses information from sites or apps that use our services".

More details are provided under the following link:

https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245 - "Safeguarding your data" - Analytics Help. This article is a summary of data practices used in Google Analytics.

Make sure you also review the section Opt-out tools in this Privacy Policy.

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AddToAny

Why we use AddToAny

We use AddToAny on our website to provide our users with a convenient menu of share buttons. The service of AddToAny can be easily configured on any website and offers a large collection of share buttons that point to wide range of social networks.

How AddToAny uses cookies and data

Since AddToAny functions on our website as a third-party service, we have no control over the use of cookies and the collection, storage, and use of information by AddToAny and the social networks included in its menu. You should read the privacy policy of AddToAny and the privacy policies of the social networks you intend to access before you use any of their features.

Please read the following links:

https://www.addtoany.com/privacy - AddToAny - Privacy Policy

https://www.addtoany.com/buttons/faq/#data-privacy - AddToAny - FAQs covering data privacy

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Opt-out tools

In response to growing privacy concerns among Internet users, regulators in different countries and jurisdictions have introduced laws on data protection and privacy. Examples of such laws include the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA).

A growing number of countries have enacted their own information privacy laws - Brazil (LGPD), Canada (PIPEDA), and Japan (APPI), just to name a few. Some countries are also reforming their laws to match the GDPR.

As a result of these legal developments, owners and operators of websites are required to post a transparent privacy policy that explains their data practices, including the use of cookies. The policy should also disclose the use of third-party services (vendors and ad networks) and provide links to the websites of the corresponding third parties.

Most importantly, end users must be provided with reliable tools for controlling privacy settings.

The following list shows several ways how you can opt out of cookies or control the use of your data:

• Ad Settings allows you to control ad personalization on websites and apps that use Google ad services. Ad personalization can also be controlled in Google Search and YouTube.
  
  
• Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on is browser plugin developed by Google that prevents your data from being used by Google Analytics (a web analytics service used by many websites). The plugin is compatible with Chrome, Safari, Firefox, and Microsoft Edge.
  
  
• Private Browsing is a privacy feature available in most web browsers. It allows you to open a "private window" in which the browser will not save your browsing history, cookies, and information entered in forms. Make sure you read the details displayed after you open a "private window".
  If you intend to use private browsing in Chrome, read Incognito mode in Chrome.
  
  
• Blocking cookies in web browsers
  Every browser allows you to clear your browsing history, cached files, and cookies. In addition, most browsers can be configured to block cookies (third-party or all). Please note that blocking all cookies is not recommended, because it could negatively impact the usability of many websites.
  If you use Chrome, read about managing cookies in Chrome.
  
  
• My Activity is a tool that allows Google Account holders to review and manage their activity saved in their Google accounts. The information can be deleted selectively.
  

You can also opt out of interest-based advertising (IBA) using the consumer choice tools described below. Your opt-out request will be applied to the browser from which you submit it.

• https://thenai.org/opt-out/ - The NAI opt-out page is a tool provided by the Network Advertising Initiative (NAI), a self-regulatory association comprised of digital advertising companies. You can opt out of interest-based advertising by selecting companies from the list of participating NAI members or using the "select all" option.
  
  
• https://optout.aboutads.info/ - DDA WebChoices is a US-based consumer choice tool provided by the Digital Advertising Alliance (DAA), a non-profit consortium of advertising companies. You can opt out of interest-based advertising by selecting companies from the list of participating members or using the "select all" option.
  
  
• https://www.youronlinechoices.com - Your Online Choices is a EU-based consumer choice tool provided by the European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance (EDAA). You can opt out of interest-based advertising by selecting companies from the list of participating members.
  
  

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Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, you can contact us using the Contact Us page.

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