Privacy Policy
Understand how Shadow Remover collects, uses, and protects your information.
Effective Date: September 28, 2026
1. Information We Collect
We collect limited information needed to operate the Service, process images, support users, and keep accounts secure.
1.1 Account & Contact Information
- Your email address, profile details, and authentication identifiers when you register or sign in.
- Messages, support requests, and other communications you send to [email protected].
1.2 Uploaded Content
- Images, files, masks, prompts, and editing instructions you submit for shadow removal or other image processing.
- Generated outputs, previews, download selections, and account history associated with your content.
- Technical metadata needed to process uploads, deliver results, prevent abuse, and troubleshoot failures.
1.3 Usage & Device Data
- Browser, device, operating system, IP address, approximate country, referral URL, timestamps, and device identifiers.
- Logs and analytics relating to page views, feature usage, credit usage, performance, errors, and diagnostics.
1.4 Transaction Data
If you purchase paid features, we and our billing providers may process plan type, payment status, billing dates, country, and limited transaction identifiers. We do not store full payment card numbers on our own servers.
2. How We Use Information
- Provide, operate, maintain, and improve our shadow removal and related image tools.
- Process uploads, generate outputs, maintain account history, and deliver downloads.
- Manage accounts, credits, subscriptions, transactions, support requests, and service notices.
- Remember preferences and improve workflow efficiency.
- Monitor service health, enforce usage limits, secure accounts, and prevent fraud or abuse.
- Analyze aggregated usage trends and develop new image-processing features.
- Comply with legal obligations and enforce our Terms of Use.
3. Legal Bases for Processing
- Consent: When you upload content or opt in to optional communications.
- Contract: When processing is necessary to provide features or purchases you request.
- Legitimate Interests: To secure, maintain, analyze, and improve the Service and prevent misuse.
- Legal Compliance: To satisfy applicable laws, regulations, and lawful requests.
5. Data Retention
We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary to provide the Service, maintain records, resolve disputes, enforce agreements, and comply with legal obligations.
Uploaded images and generated outputs may remain available until you delete them, close your account, or the applicable retention period expires. Retention may vary by account type, feature, system needs, and legal requirements.
Temporary processing files, caches, security logs, and backups may remain for a limited period before deletion or overwrite.
We may retain aggregated or de-identified information for analytics, security, and product improvement.
6. Security
We use reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational safeguards, including encryption in transit, access controls, monitoring, and restricted service credentials. No transmission or storage system is completely secure, so absolute security cannot be guaranteed.
7. Children’s Privacy
The Service is not directed to children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from them. If you believe a child has provided personal information, contact [email protected] so we can take appropriate action.
8. International Transfers
Your information may be processed in countries other than the country where you live. Where required, we use appropriate safeguards for international data transfers consistent with applicable law.
9. Your Privacy Rights
Depending on your location, you may have rights to access, correct, delete, restrict, or object to certain processing; receive a portable copy of certain data; or withdraw consent. Contact [email protected] to submit a request. We may need to verify your identity before responding.
11. Third-Party Links & Services
The Service may link to or integrate with third-party services. Their privacy practices are governed by their own policies, and we encourage you to review those policies before using them.
12. Changes to this Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will post the revised version on this page and update the effective date. Your continued use after an update becomes effective is subject to the revised Policy.
13. Contact Us
Shadow Remover is available at https://shadowremover.org. For privacy questions or requests, contact [email protected].