Privacy & Data Policy
Your privacy is absolute. Learn why our local-first approach guarantees that your files, texts, and operations remain completely yours.
🛡️ Our Local-First Privacy Guarantee
Most online converters, compressors, and document builders upload your files and text to remote web servers for processing. This exposes your proprietary code, customer records, and sensitive files to third-party databases.
aFolksDigital Tools Hub operates on a fundamentally different philosophy: Local-First. All tools hosted on this platform run entirely within your local device's browser sandbox. No file is ever uploaded, processed, or saved on our servers.
Client-Side Security: Since all operations run locally in your browser, our tools are fully secure and work even when your device is completely offline.
📊 What Data We Extract or Save
The short answer is: None. We do not extract, read, parse, or save any of the data you enter or upload into our utilities. Specifically:
- No File Uploads: When you drop a PDF, image, or text file into our tools (e.g. PDF converter, image compressor, or OCR reader), the file stays strictly on your hard drive. The browser loads it directly into local memory, processes it, and lets you download the result.
- No Input Extraction: Any texts, keywords, resumes, or codes you copy-paste into our fields are evaluated client-side. We do not extract or send these strings to any server.
- No Databases for Tools: There is no backend database connected to our tools that logs your input files or outputs. Your workflows are private, secure, and ephemeral.
🛠️ How Client-Side Sandbox Works
When you navigate to any tool page, your browser downloads the HTML, CSS, and JavaScript files associated with that utility. From that moment on, all processing occurs using your computer's CPU and RAM inside the browser's execution context.
This design means:
- Network Isolation: You can load a tool page, turn off your Wi-Fi, and complete your entire task (compressing files, generating hashes, or drafting resumes) without any internet connection.
- No Third-Party Snooping: Because no data is sent across the network during processing, it is impossible for third-party entities, network sniffers, or cloud servers to intercept your data.
🍪 Cookies & Local Storage Preferences
We use standard browser features to improve your overall experience on our hub, which do not involve reading your utility data:
- Local Storage: We use your browser's local storage (e.g.,
localStorage) to save interface settings such as your light/dark theme preference. This ensures that the hub fits your preferred style each time you visit. - Analytics: We may use lightweight, privacy-focused, anonymous analytics tools to count total visits, identify popular tools, and monitor website speed. This analytics data contains zero information about the files or texts you process.
🔗 External Websites & Third-Party Services
Our website may contain links to external sites, including our main agency site (afolksdigital.com) and our support channels (e.g., WhatsApp and client forms). We are not responsible for the privacy practices of external websites. We encourage you to read the privacy statements of any external site you visit.
📞 Contact and Support
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or want to learn more about the client-side architecture of our tools, feel free to contact us through our official support channel:
Email: info@afolksdigital.com
Main Site: afolksdigital.com