Privacy Policy

Overview

FindPicSource lets you search with an uploaded image, an image link or a keyword, and look up IP address information. This policy explains what data is processed, why, and what choices you have. We do not require an account and we do not ask for your name or email address to use the tools.

Images you upload

Your image is first resized and re-encoded in your browser, which removes metadata such as EXIF and location data when this succeeds. If your browser cannot process the image, the original file may be uploaded instead. To let search engines fetch the image, it is uploaded to temporary storage on Cloudflare R2 and given a random, hard-to-guess web address. We do not store your original file name.

How long images are kept

Temporary images expire after 10 minutes and are then deleted. Choosing Start Over removes the image sooner where possible. Images are not intended for permanent storage, and we do not use them for any purpose other than the search you requested.

Image links and keywords

Image links and keywords you enter are not stored by us. They are placed in the address of the search engine you choose, so that engine receives them.

IP address lookup

When you open the IP Lookup page, your browser sends a request to the third-party service ipwho.is to detect your public IP address and show its details. When you enter an address, that address is sent to the same service. The map preview is loaded from OpenStreetMap, which receives technical information such as your IP address and browser details. We do not store the addresses you look up. These providers have their own privacy policies.

Third-party search engines

When you open Google Lens, Bing Visual Search, Yandex Images, TinEye or a keyword image search, that provider receives or fetches your image, link or keyword. Anyone with the temporary address of an uploaded image could also view it until it expires. Each provider has its own privacy policy and retention rules, which we do not control. Do not upload images you are not comfortable sharing with these services.

Abuse protection

To prevent misuse we limit how often images can be uploaded from one network address, and we may use Cloudflare Turnstile to check that uploads come from a real browser. Turnstile may collect browser and device signals. See the privacy policy of Cloudflare for details.

Cookies and analytics

Cookies are small files stored on your device. We may use Google Analytics to understand how the site is used, for example which pages are visited and which device types are common. Analytics data is aggregated and we do not use it to identify you. You can opt out with the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on.

Advertising (Google AdSense)

We may show ads through Google AdSense. Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on your previous visits to this and other websites. Google’s use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to you based on your visit to our site and/or other sites on the internet.

• You can opt out of personalised advertising in Google Ads Settings.
• You can also opt out of some third-party vendors’ use of cookies for personalised advertising at aboutads.info (or youronlinechoices.com in Europe).
• Learn how Google uses information from sites that use its services at policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites.

Where required by law, for example in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom and Switzerland, you will be asked for consent through a consent message before advertising or analytics cookies are used, and you can change your choice later.

Technical logs

Our hosting provider may log technical information such as IP address, browser type and request time to keep the service secure and working. Error logs never contain image contents.

Children

The service is not directed at children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect their data.

Your rights and choices

Depending on where you live, you may have the right to ask about the data we hold, to request its deletion or to object to certain processing. Because we do not keep accounts and uploaded images expire automatically, there is usually little data to delete. To ask about your data or to request removal of a temporary image, contact contact@findpicsource.com and include the approximate time of upload.

Changes

We may update this policy. The date at the top shows when it last changed.