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Key points: convertimage.net fully complies with the European Union's ('EU') General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) 2016/6791, the Lei Geral de Proteção de Dados (LGPD), and the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). We do not collect any nominative data. Your files are processed 100% anonymously. We do not keep any file : Every file processed by convertimage.net is automatically deleted from our computers 15 minutes after their processing. None of the convertimage.net team members have access to your files at any moment. Your files are processed 100% anonymously and without the use of any personally identifiable data. convertimage.net previously included a « Publish in the gallery » feature. As this feature is not available for a very long time, please be ensured that no file or picture you process on our website will never be published anywhere nor used by convertimage.net. Every file processed by convertimage.net is automatically deleted from our computers 15 minutes after their processing. We use the information provided by your internet browser to adjust advertising to your interests.

Your privacy is important to us. It is convertimage.net's policy to respect your privacy regarding any information we may collect from you across our website, convertimage.net, and other sites we own and operate. In this Privacy & Cookie Policy we describe how we handle the information you send to us, how we use cookies, their technical or business purpose, and how you can manage the cookies that are stored on your device.

We see protecting your personal data from unauthorized access as a priority. We therefore employ the uttermost care and latest security standards to guarantee the maximum protection of your personal information when you use our website for processing your files, which includes transferring and temporarily storing your data on our servers, which are protected against viruses, malwares and unwanted intrusions. This confidentiality goal is the reason why we use the 256-bit SSL (Secure Socket Layer) security technology for each data you send to an receive from convertimage.net. You can then ensure that your transmissions with convertimage.net are always secure by looking at the lock and key at the top of your browser’s address bar, and by seeing the "https://" prefix in your address bar.

As our site displays advertisements, in application of the GDPR, the LGPD, and the CCPA, if you have not reached the age of consent, or if you wish to only see advertisements targeted according to the theme of our site, and not ads personalized according to your centers of interest, we offer you the possibility of displaying only advertisements which are not targeted according to your centers of interests. To do this, you can uncheck the "More precise ads" option from your preferences.

Under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), personal data about you may be processed by our service providers, but is never sold to a third party.

1. Information we collect

convertimage.net never collect personally identifiable data. All collected data will always be anonymous and aggregated.

• Log data

  When you visit our website, our servers may automatically log the standard data provided by your web browser. It may include your computer's Internet Protocol (IP) address, your browser type and version, the pages you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on each page, and other details. These log data never contain any personally identifiable data. When you visit the convertimage.net website, we collect the following anonymous data transmitted by your computer to our web servers :

  • IP address
  • Date and time of the request
  • Time zone difference from GMT (Greenwich Mean Time)
  • Content of the request
  • HTTP status code
  • Volume transmitted of data
  • Referer the request is initiated from
  • Browser type, version and supported language(s)
  • Operating system and device type
  
  
  
• Device data

  We may also collect data about the device you're using to access our website. This data may include the device type, operating system, unique device identifiers, device settings, and geo-location data. What we collect can depend on the individual settings of your device and software. We recommend checking the policies of your device manufacturer or software provider to learn what information they make available to us. These device data never contain any personally identifiable data. When you visit the convertimage.net website, we collect the following anonymous data transmitted by your computer to our web servers :

  • Browser type, version and supported language(s)
  • Operating system and device type

2. Legal bases for processing

We will process your personal information lawfully, fairly and in a transparent matter. We collect and process information about you only where we have legal bases for doing so.

These legal bases depend on the services you use and how you use them, meaning we collect and use your information only where:

• it is necessary for the performance of a contract to which you are a party or to take steps at your request before entering into such a contract (for example, when we provide a service you request from us);
• it satisfies a legitimate interest (which is not overridden by your data protection interests), such as for research and development, to market and promote our services, and to protect our legal rights and interests;
• you give us consent to do so for a specific purpose (for example, you might consent to us sending you our newsletter); or
• we need to process your data to comply with a legal obligation.

Where you consent to our use of information about you for a specific purpose, you have the right to change your mind at any time (but this will not affect any processing that has already taken place). You can set and update your privacy settings at any time by clicking the "Manage my privacy settings" available at the very bottom of every page available on our website.

We don't keep personal information for longer than is necessary. While we retain this information, we will protect it within commercially acceptable means to prevent loss and theft, as well as unauthorized access, disclosure, copying, use or modification. That said, we advise that no method of electronic transmission or storage is 100% secure and cannot guarantee absolute data security. We will not share your personal data with local authorities or courts, except where we are required to do so by applicable law, a court order or a legally binding injunction. If necessary, we may retain your personal information for our compliance with a legal obligation or in order to protect your vital interests or the vital interests of another natural person.

The duration during which we retain personal information on our computers is the following :

• files you send to our website for processing : 15 minutes.
• log files : 15 days.
• email messages you have sent to our team : 24 months.
• privacy settings preferences : 12 months ⁽¹⁾.

We do not keep any additional personal information.

convertimage.net fully complies with the European Union's ('EU') General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) 2016/6791, the Lei Geral de Proteção de Dados (LGPD), and the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA).

^{(1) : We retain the privacy settings preferences you set only for legal reasons. Indeed the law requires us to keep the proof of the consent we got from you. We will only use this data if we have a legal order to prove your consent.}

3. Collection and use of information

We may collect, hold, use and disclose information for the following purposes and personal information will not be further processed in a manner that is incompatible with these purposes:

• to enable you to customize or personalize your experience of our website;
• to enable you to access and use our website, associated applications and associated social media platforms;
• to contact and communicate with you;
• for internal record keeping and administrative purposes;
• for analytics, market research and business development, including to operate and improve our website, associated applications and associated social media platforms;
• to run competitions and/or offer additional benefits to you;
• for advertising and marketing, including to send you promotional information about our products and services and information about third parties that we consider may be of interest to you only if you have explicitly opted-in;
• to comply with our legal obligations and resolve any disputes that we may have;
• and to consider your employment application.

4. Disclosure of personal information to third parties

We may disclose personal information to:

• our employees, contractors and/or related entities;
• sponsors or promoters of any competition we run;
• third parties, including agents or sub-contractors, who assist us in providing information, products, services or direct marketing to you;
• and third parties to collect and process data.

5. International transfers of personal information

The personal information we collect is stored and processed in France, United States and United Kingdom, or where we or our partners, affiliates and third-party providers maintain facilities. By providing us with your personal information, you consent to the disclosure to these overseas third parties.

We will ensure that any transfer of personal information from countries in the European Economic Area (EEA) to countries outside the EEA will be protected by appropriate safeguards, for example by using standard data protection clauses approved by the European Commission, or the use of binding corporate rules or other legally accepted means.

Where we transfer personal information from a non-EEA country to another country, you acknowledge that third parties in other jurisdictions may not be subject to similar data protection laws to the ones in our jurisdiction. There are risks if any such third party engages in any act or practice that would contravene the data privacy laws in our jurisdiction and this might mean that you will not be able to seek redress under our jurisdiction's privacy laws.

6. Your rights on controlling your personal information

• Choice and consent:

  By providing personal information to us, you consent to us collecting, holding, using and disclosing your personal information in accordance with this privacy policy. If you are under 16 years of age, you must have, and warrant to the extent permitted by law to us, that you have your parent or legal guardian's permission to access and use the website and they (your parents or guardian) have consented to you providing us with your personal information. You do not have to provide personal information to us, however, if you do not, it may affect your use of this website or the products and/or services offered on or through it.

  
  
• Information from third parties:

  If we receive personal information about you from a third party, we will protect it as set out in this privacy policy. If you are a third party providing personal information about somebody else, you represent and warrant that you have such person's consent to provide the personal information to us.

  
  
• Restrict:

  You may choose to restrict the collection or use of your personal information. If you have previously agreed to us using your personal information for direct marketing purposes, you may change your mind at any time by contacting us using the details below. If you ask us to restrict or limit how we process your personal information, we will let you know how the restriction affects your use of our website or products and services. You can set and update your privacy settings at any time by clicking the "Manage my privacy settings" available at the very bottom of every page available on our website.

  
  
• Access and data portability:

  You may request a copy of the personal information we hold about you. Where possible, we will provide this information in TXT or CSV format, or other easily readable machine format. You may request that we erase the personal information we hold about you at any time. You may also request that we transfer this personal information to another third party.

  
  
• Correction:

  If you believe that any information we hold about you is inaccurate, out of date, incomplete, irrelevant or misleading, please contact us using the details below. We will take reasonable steps to correct any information found to be inaccurate, incomplete, misleading or out of date.

  
  
• Notification of data breaches:

  We will comply with the laws applicable to us with respect to any data breach.

  
  
• Complaints:

  If you believe that we have breached a relevant data protection law and wish to make a complaint, please contact us using the details below and provide us with full details of the alleged breach. We will promptly investigate your complaint and respond to you, in writing, setting out the outcome of our investigation and the steps we will eventually take to deal with your complaint. You also may the right to contact a regulatory body or data protection authority in relation to your complaint.

  
  
• Unsubscribe:

  To unsubscribe from our e-mail database or opt-out of communications (including marketing communications), please contact us using the details below or opt-out using the opt-out facilities provided in the communication.

  
  

7. Cookies

We use "cookies" to collect information about your activity across our site, such helping us to improve your experience of convertimage.net.

This cookie policy is part of convertimage.net's privacy policy, and covers the use of cookies between your device and our site. We also provide basic information on third-party services we may use, who may also use cookies as part of their service, though they are not covered by our policy.

If you don't wish to accept cookies from us, you should instruct your browser to refuse cookies from convertimage.net, with the understanding that we may be unable to provide you with some of your desired content and services. You can also set and update your privacy settings at any time by clicking the "Manage my privacy settings" available at the very bottom of every page available on our website.

What is a cookie?

A cookie is a small piece of data that our website stores on your computer, and accesses each time you visit, so we can understand how you use our site. Cookies have a variety of useful roles, such as remembering your preferences, adapting the content that you see, thus helping us to improve your online experience by serving you content based on preferences you have specified. This small piece of data typically contains information about the website itself, a unique identifier that allows the site to recognize your web browser when you return, additional data that serves the purpose of the cookie, and the lifespan of the cookie itself. This definition also includes web beacons, pixel tags, and Local shared objects (LSOs) also known as "Flash cookies".

Cookies are used to enable certain features (eg. logging in), to track site usage (eg. analytics), to store your user settings (eg. timezone, notification preferences), and to personalize your content (eg. advertising, language).

Cookies set by the website you are visiting are normally referred to as "first-party cookies", and typically only track your activity on that particular site. Cookies set by other sites and companies (ie. third parties) are called "third-party cookies", and can be used to track you on other websites that use the same third-party service.

Types of cookies and how we use them:

• Essential cookies:
  

  Essential cookies are crucial to your experience of a website, enabling core features like image processing, user logins, account management, shopping carts and payment processing. We use essential cookies to enable certain functions on our website.

  
  
• Performance cookies:
  

  Performance cookies are used in the tracking of how you use a website during your visit, without collecting personal information about you. Typically, this information is anonymous and aggregated with information tracked across all site users, to help companies understand visitor usage patterns, identify and diagnose problems or errors their users may encounter, and make better strategic decisions in improving their audience's overall website experience. For example, the number of visitors that used our website and the pages that are popular among users. These cookies do not collect information that personally identifies a visitor although they may collect the IP address of the device your are using to visit our website. Such information is collect anonymously and is solely used for the purpose of improving our website and the user experience. These cookies may be set by the website you're visiting (first-party) or by third-party services. We use performance cookies on our site.

  
  
• Functionality cookies:
  

  Functionality cookies are used in collecting information about your device and any settings you may configure on the website you're visiting (like language and timezone settings). With this information, websites can provide you with customized, enhanced or optimized content and services. These cookies may be set by the website you're visiting (first-party) or by third-party service. We use functionality cookies for selected features on our site. convertimage.net uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Ireland Ltd. ("Google"), whose business address is located at Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland. Google Analytics uses "Cookies". convertimage.net uses Google Analytics with the extension "_anonymizeIp()" (IP anonymization) systematically. IP addresses are always processed by Google Analytics in a shortened form with no direct reference to individuals being possible. You have the choice to disable the Google Analytics cookies used for traffic analysis, by using the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.

  The information generated by Google Analytics about your use of convertimage.net is usually transmitted to and stored on a Google server in the USA. If you enable IP anonymization on this website, your IP address from Google will be shortened within Member States of the European Union or other parties to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional circumstances will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. Google has subjected itself to the EU-US Privacy Shield for any such exceptional cases in which your personal data will be transmitted to the USA; further information are available under https://www.privacy-shield.gov/EU-US-Framework. Google will on behalf of convertimage.net use this information to evaluate your use of the website, compile reports on website activity, and provide other services regarding website and internet use to convertimage.net.

  
  
• Social media cookies:
  

  convertimage.net use social media plugins from Facebook, Twitter, AddThis, Google+, and other social networks.

  By using social media plugins, convertimage.net provides you with an opportunity to interact with social media and other social media users on its website. Legal basis for use of the plugins is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) GDPR.

  If you have enabled the use of social media plugins in your privacy preferences, every time you visit our website and any part thereof that contains a plugin, the plugin causes your browser to directly connect with the plugin provider’s server. In this case, your personal data is transmitted to and stored by the plugin provider, likely on a server in the USA. Please note that data collection and processing are beyond convertimage.net control and we have neither been informed of the entire scope of data collection, purpose of the processing, nor any data retention periods. We have also not been informed if and when data is being deleted. With regard to Google and according to its own statement, Google stores your browsing history when you activate a "+1" button for a period of up to two weeks for system maintenance and troubleshooting purposes.

  Plugin provider store data collected about you as user profiles and use such data for advertisement purposes, market research and/or need based design of their websites. Evaluation of such data (even of users not logged in) is particularly used for need-based advertisements and to notify other users of the same social network of your activities on our website. You can choose to disable the use of social media plugins in your privacy preferences.

  
  
• Targeting/advertising cookies:
  

  Targeting/advertising cookies are used in determining what promotional content is more relevant and appropriate to you and your interests. Websites may use them to deliver targeted advertising or to limit the number of times you see an advertisement. This helps companies improve the effectiveness of their campaigns and the quality of content presented to you. These cookies may be set by the website you're visiting (first-party) or by third-party services. Targeting/advertising cookies set by third-parties may be used to track you on other websites that use the same third-party service. We use targeting/advertising cookies on our site.

  The advertisements displayed on convertimage.net are under the responsibility of third party advertisers or third party broadcasters and are submitted to certain terms of use which you can review on the Privacy Policy of each third-party advertising supplier, whose list is provided on this page.

  This website may contain advertisements coming from third party advertisers without any legal relation with convertimage.net. convertimage.net cannot take responsibility for the way or the aim pursued in the collecting process of information from these different services, such as, but not limited to, the advertiser Google Adwords, whose conditions can be reviewed on the following page.

  We adhere to the Self-Regulatory Principles for Online Behavioral Advertising and participate in the opt-out programs established by the Digital Advertising Alliance, the Digital Advertising Alliance of Canada and the European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance. You can opt out from all participating companies through these sites.

  As we comply with the European Union's ('EU') General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) 2016/6791, we provide you with information about Google's use of your personal data on their following page.

  We do not control ads on social networks. You can directly set your preferences on their site according to your interests : Facebook and Twitter.

  
  

Third-party cookies on our site

We may employ third-party companies and individuals on our websites—for example, analytics providers and content partners. We grant these third parties access to selected information to perform specific tasks on our behalf. They may also set third-party cookies in order to deliver the services they are providing. Third-party cookies can be used to track you on other websites that use the same third-party service. As we have no control over third-party cookies, they are not covered by convertimage.net's cookie policy.

Our third-party privacy promise

We review the privacy policies of all our third-party providers before enlisting their services to ensure their practices align with ours. We will never knowingly include third-party services that compromise or violate the privacy of our users.

How you can control or opt out of cookies

If you do not wish to accept cookies from us, you can manage your privacy settings at any time by clicking the "Manage my privacy settings" available at the very bottom of every page available on our website, or you can instruct your browser to refuse cookies from our website. Most browsers are configured to accept cookies by default, but you can update these settings to either refuse cookies altogether, or to notify you when a website is trying to set or update a cookie.

If you browse websites from multiple devices, you may need to update your settings on each individual device.

Here are some information provided by browser manufacturers to help manage your cookies. Please see below for more information:

• https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=en (Google Chrome)
• https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/260971/description-of-cookies (Internet Explorer)
• https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/cookies-information-websites-store-on-your-computer (Mozilla Firefox)
• https://support.apple.com/kb/PH5042?locale=en_US (Safari for Mac)
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201265 (Safari Mobile)
• https://support.google.com/nexus/answer/54068 (Android)
• https://www.opera.com/help (Opera)
• https://www.opera.com/help/mobile/android#privacy (Opera mobile)

Although some cookies can be blocked with little impact on your experience of a website, blocking all cookies may mean you are unable to access certain features and content across the sites you visit.

8. Business transfers

If we or our assets are acquired, or in the event that we go out of business or enter bankruptcy, we would include data among the assets transferred to any parties who acquire us. You acknowledge that such transfers may occur, and that any parties who acquire us may continue to use your personal information according to this policy.

9. Limits of our policy

Our website may link to external sites that are not operated by us. Please be aware that we have no control over the content and policies of those sites, and cannot accept responsibility or liability for their respective privacy practices.

10. Changes to this policy

At our discretion, we may change our privacy policy to reflect current acceptable practices. We will take reasonable steps to let users know about changes via our website. Your continued use of this site after any changes to this policy will be regarded as acceptance of our practices around privacy and personal information.

If we make a significant change to this privacy policy, for example changing a lawful basis on which we process your personal information, we will ask you to re-consent to the amended privacy policy.

11. Contact

Should you want to get in touch with our team, please contact us to the following e-mail address:

• convertimage.net Data Controller & Data Protection Officer:
  M. Alex F.
  

12. Revision

This policy is effective as of July 07, 2018.