Legal & Compliance

Privacy Policy

Last updated: September 2026

Executive Summary

Your images and documents never leave your browser. All text recognition is computed locally on your device via WebAssembly. We do not collect, transmit, store, or sell any of your images, documents, or extracted text.

1. Data We Do NOT Collect

Because Extracts Text is architected entirely as a client-side web application, our servers do not receive or process your content. Specifically:

  • No Image Uploads: Files dropped, uploaded, or pasted remain strictly in your browser's local RAM.
  • No Extracted Text Retention: Recognized characters and words are rendered directly to your screen; they are never transmitted across the network.
  • No Personal Identifiers: We do not require accounts, logins, email addresses, or phone numbers to use the tool.
  • No Tracking Cookies or Behavioral Profiling: We do not deploy invasive third-party ad trackers or cross-site tracking cookies.

2. Technical Execution & Web Workers

Extracts Text operates using Tesseract.js, a port of the Tesseract OCR engine compiled into WebAssembly (Wasm). When an image or PDF screenshot is loaded:

  1. The file is read by your browser using standard HTML5 File/Blob APIs.
  2. A local Web Worker executes the OCR engine in a sandboxed thread in your browser.
  3. Bounding box coordinates and character strings are generated locally.
  4. An interactive overlay is drawn over your image so you can select and copy words directly.

3. Local Storage Usage

The only data saved locally on your device is your UI preference (such as dark mode / light mode toggle) via standard browser localStorage. This data never leaves your computer or phone.

4. External CDN Assets

When you first perform OCR or select an alternative language model (e.g. Spanish, German, Japanese), the open-source language dictionary file (.traineddata.gz) is fetched directly from an open-source CDN (such as jsDelivr or GitHub Releases). These are public static data files; no personal data or image information is transmitted during this retrieval.

5. GDPR & CCPA Compliance

Under both the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), because we do not collect, process, or sell personal data or identifiable information, your privacy is protected by design.

6. Contact Us Regarding Privacy

If you have questions about our architecture or privacy standards, please reach out via our Contact Page or review our Terms & Conditions.