We use cookies sparingly. No advertising cookies, no cross-site tracking.
1. What's a cookie
A small piece of data a site stores in your browser. Most of the web uses them. Formatly uses a few; none of them are for tracking you elsewhere.
2. What we set
| Type | Why | How long | Essential? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Session | Keep track of your upload while it's converting. | Until tab closes | Yes |
| Security | CSRF protection, abuse detection. | 24 hours | Yes |
| Preferences | Remember last-used target format, if you set one. | 30 days | No |
| Analytics | Aggregate usage stats. IP-anonymized. | 2 years | No |
3. Third-party cookies
The analytics service we use sets a cookie on the formatly.app domain. It's configured with IP anonymization and no cross-site advertising. Google Cloud's infrastructure may set technical cookies for load balancing and DDoS protection.
We do not use ad networks. We do not share data with ad networks. There is no "Accept All / Reject All" banner because there's nothing to reject except the analytics cookie, which you can disable in your browser directly.
4. Managing cookies
Every modern browser lets you see, delete, and block cookies per site:
- Chrome: Settings → Privacy & Security → Cookies.
- Firefox: Settings → Privacy & Security → Cookies.
- Safari: Preferences → Privacy → Manage Website Data.
- Edge: Settings → Cookies and site permissions.
Blocking essential cookies will break uploads. Blocking the analytics cookie won't affect anything you can see.
5. Local storage
We use HTML5 localStorage to remember small UI preferences between sessions, and sessionStorage for temporary state during a single conversion. Neither contains personally identifying information.
6. Changes
We'll update this page if anything changes. Material changes get a notice on the site.
7. Contact
Questions: privacy@formatly.app.