Your photos never leave your browser

The short version

ShantiTools resizes your photos and signatures entirely inside your browser using the HTML Canvas API. Your file is never uploaded to any server. We don't require an account, and we never store your photos. When you close the tab, your photo is gone — from your browser memory and everywhere else.

What happens when you upload a photo

When you select a file, your browser reads it into memory and draws it onto an HTML <canvas> element. The compression algorithm adjusts JPEG quality and re-encodes the image until it falls within your target file-size range. The result is offered to you as a download. At no point in this process is the file transmitted over the internet.

You can verify this yourself: open your browser's Developer Tools (F12), go to the Network tab, and use any ShantiTools page. You will see no upload request carrying your image data.

What we don't collect

• •No accounts — we never ask for your name, email, or phone number.
• •No photo storage — your image exists only in your browser's memory.

Analytics

We use Google Analytics and Microsoft Clarity to understand, in aggregate, which pages are visited and how the tools are used. These services may set cookies and collect technical data such as device type, browser, approximate location and pages viewed. We also record anonymous resize results (target size, output size, success or failure) and any optional feedback you choose to type. None of this includes your photo or personal identity.

Advertising and cookies

ShantiTools may show ads served by Google AdSense. Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to this and other websites. Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads based on your visits to this site and/or other sites on the internet.

You can opt out of personalised advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings, or opt out of third-party vendors' cookies at www.aboutads.info. You can also block or delete cookies in your browser settings.

Error reporting

If a page crashes, our platform may automatically collect an anonymous error report — this includes the error message and the page URL, but never your photo or any personal information. This helps us fix bugs. No error report contains your image data, because the image data never leaves your browser in the first place.

Third-party links

Some pages link to official government portals (e.g. UPSC, SSC, Passport Seva) so you can verify file-size requirements at the source. These external sites have their own privacy policies. ShantiTools is not responsible for the content or practices of third-party websites.

Children's privacy

ShantiTools is designed for students and applicants filling out exam and government forms. We don't knowingly collect any personal information from anyone — including children — because we don't collect personal information at all.

Changes to this policy

If we change how the site works in a way that affects your privacy, we'll update this page and change the "Last updated" date above. We won't quietly change the fundamentals: your photos will always be processed in your browser.

Contact

Questions about privacy? Reach out and we'll respond.