Your file stays here. A page request does not.
ViewExif separates file processing from ordinary website traffic. Your selected file stays in this browser. The page itself still uses hosting and aggregate analytics, which are explained below.
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Your file is processed in this browser
Supported files are read from browser memory. Parsing and format-specific metadata cleanup run locally, generally in Web Workers. Some image privacy workflows also use browser decoding and Canvas re-encoding; the result explains the operation used. C2PA verification loads its browser library only on the relevant tool page.
Selected files, filenames, generated hashes, local paths, and extracted metadata values are not uploaded to a ViewExif server. Analytics requests do not include file contents or extracted values.
Results are short-lived
The selected file and its result live in the current page session. ViewExif does not store them in local storage (localStorage), IndexedDB, a ViewExif URL, or a Cookie. Refreshing or closing the tab clears that working state. If you choose to open a map, coordinates enter the third-party link described below.
Temporary Object URLs used for previews or downloads are revoked after use. Workers terminate when their task ends or the page unmounts.
Opening a location on OpenStreetMap
ViewExif reads GPS coordinates from your file locally. It does not request your browser location or automatically load a map. Activating the “View on OpenStreetMap” button opens that service in a new tab to display the stored location.
OpenStreetMap receives the coordinates in the link URL and normal network request information, including your IP address and browser details. ViewExif does not send the original file, its name, hash, or other metadata through this link. If you do not click, no map request is made.OpenStreetMap Foundation privacy policy
Aggregate traffic statistics
ViewExif uses Ahrefs Web Analytics to understand page traffic and basic interaction patterns. Ahrefs may process the page URL, referrer, browser and device details, language, city-level location derived from the request, and page interaction signals.
Ahrefs describes this service as Cookie-free by default. It says raw IP addresses are not stored and that an IP address plus User-Agent is used to create a daily rotating hash. Analytics requests from ViewExif do not include selected file contents, filenames, local paths, file hashes, or extracted metadata values.Ahrefs privacy policy
Hosting and performance signals
Cloudflare Pages delivers this site and may process normal request information such as IP address, User-Agent, requested URL, security events, and delivery logs. Cloudflare Web Analytics or browser RUM may also process page-level performance timing and technical events.
ViewExif uses that information to deliver, secure, and diagnose the site, not to build a cross-site profile of you. Cloudflare applies its own retention and security practices.Cloudflare privacy policy
AdSense is not active in the application build
This pre-approval version does not load the Google AdSense script, request Google ads, or create Google advertising Cookies. The published AdSense account identifier and ads.txt entry are used only to verify site ownership and seller authorization.
If ads are enabled later, Google and its third-party advertising technology partners may place or read Cookies and local storage, use web beacons, receive IP addresses or other device identifiers, and process page information and ad interactions. Those signals can be used to serve ads, control frequency, measure performance, prevent fraud, and provide personalized or non-personalized advertising.How Google uses data on partner sites
Consent and advertising controls
Before advertising is enabled for visitors in the EEA, United Kingdom, or Switzerland, ViewExif intends to use a Google-certified IAB TCF consent platform with clear options to consent, decline, or manage choices. Personalized advertising will be requested only where the required consent exists.
When advertising is active, the site will provide a way to reopen consent choices. Google also provides account-level advertising controls.Google Ads Settings
Questions, corrections, and requests
You can ask what information ViewExif controls, report an unexpected data flow, or request a correction by emailing contact@viewexif.com. This page has no contact form, so the website does not collect a form submission.contact@viewexif.com
Do not attach an original file that contains private information. A redacted screenshot or a list of field names is usually enough to investigate a problem.
What local processing cannot promise
Local processing protects the file-transfer path. It does not anonymize visible content, prove that metadata is true, or make an untrusted file safe. A cleaned copy should still be inspected before sharing.
This policy will be updated before a new service materially changes these data flows. The effective date above identifies the version currently published.