Last updated: 10 September 2026
Your images are compressed inside your own browser. Image data is never sent to a PixelCinch server, because no PixelCinch server processes images. We store your Google account identifier, your email address, your plan, and a count of how many images you processed this month. Nothing else.
PixelCinch requests a single Google Drive permission, drive.file. This scope grants access only to the specific files you choose through the Google file picker, plus files PixelCinch itself creates. It does not allow us to list, read, or search the rest of your Drive.
We also request drive.install. This scope does not grant access to any file — it only lets PixelCinch appear as an option in Drive’s Open with menu, so you can right-click an image and send it straight to PixelCinch. The file you open that way is covered by drive.file above, like any other file you pick yourself.
We also request openid and email so we can identify your account and count your monthly usage against the right plan.
When you run a batch, your browser downloads the selected files directly from Google Drive, processes them locally, and uploads the results directly back to Google Drive. The image bytes travel between Google and your browser. They do not pass through our infrastructure, and we never store, copy, inspect, or transmit them elsewhere.
| Data | Why | How long |
|---|---|---|
| Google account ID | Identify your account across sessions | Until you delete your account |
| Email address | Support, billing, service notices | Until you delete your account |
| Plan and billing reference | Know whether you are on Free or Pro | Until you delete your account |
| Monthly image count | Enforce the free tier limit | Reset at the start of each month |
| Lifetime totals — number of runs, number of images, bytes in and out | Know whether the product is actually used and how much it saves | Until you delete your account |
We do not store file names, file contents, thumbnails, folder structures, or a history of your jobs. The totals above are running sums on your account row — we can see that you compressed 240 images, not which ones. There is no per-job record to look up, and no third-party analytics service receives anything.
PixelCinch's use and transfer of information received from Google APIs adheres to the Google API Services User Data Policy, including the Limited Use requirements. We do not transfer this data to third parties except as necessary to provide the service, we do not use it for advertising, and we do not allow humans to read it.
PixelCinch is not directed at children under 13 and we do not knowingly collect their data.
If this policy changes in a way that affects how your data is handled, we will update the date at the top and notify active users by email.
