Privacy notice

Last updated: 28 October 2026

FilePDQ is designed to collect as little information as possible. This notice describes what actually happens today. It will be updated before any tool that changes this opens.

Files you use with our tools

Each tool page says where processing happens before you add a file:

• In your browser (every tool available today): the file is read and processed by your own device. It is not uploaded to us or to anyone else. Finished results are kept in your browser for up to one hour so you can continue an interrupted download, then deleted automatically (see cookies and storage).
• On our server (not used yet): the file would be uploaded, processed, made available for you to download, then deleted. The retention period will be stated here before any such tool opens.
• By an external service (not used yet, for example AI photo colourisation): the file would be sent to a named third party. We will name the service and link to its terms before you upload.

We do not use the contents of your files for analytics, advertising or training.

Information collected when you visit

The site is hosted by Vercel Inc.. Like most web hosts, it processes technical information such as your IP address, browser type, the page requested and the time of the request, to deliver the site and protect it from abuse. See Vercel Inc.’s privacy policy.

We do not run advertising or tracking scripts, and we do not load content from third-party servers.

Visitor analytics, only if you allow it

If you choose Allow in the privacy banner, we use Vercel Web Analytics and Vercel Speed Insights to understand which tools are used and how fast pages load. They collect the page address (without search terms), the referring site, country, browser, operating system, device type and page-speed measurements. No cookies are set; Vercel uses an anonymised identifier that resets every day, and we cannot identify you. Our lawful basis is your consent, which you can withdraw at any time on the cookies page or with “Privacy choices” at the bottom of every page. See Vercel’s analytics privacy policy.

Cookies

We do not set cookies. Two small items are stored on your device only. Seecookies and storage.

Accounts

There are no user accounts.

Your rights

If you are in the UK, you have rights under UK data protection law, including the right to access and erase personal data. You can also complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ico.org.uk).

Contact

Questions about privacy: a contact address that will be published here before launch.