WebToolGrid

Privacy Policy

Last updated: 5 October 2026

At WebToolGrid, your privacy is important to us. This Privacy Policy explains what information is (and isn't) collected when you use this website and the WebToolGrid Android app, and the choices available to you.

Information we do not collect

WebToolGrid does not require an account, login, or any personal information to use our calculators or tools. The numbers you type into a calculator, and the files you open in a file tool, are processed locally in your browser using JavaScript and are not uploaded to our servers or stored by us. The limited diagnostic reports and third-party requests described below are the exceptions.

Diagnostics and error logging

To find and fix bugs, the site sends small diagnostic reports to our own server (a Netlify Function at /.netlify/functions/log) when something goes wrong, and a few tools also report basic progress events.

  • Sent for errors on any page: the error message and the first few lines of its stack trace, the page path (for example /tools/merge-pdf), your browser's user-agent string (browser, operating system and device type), and the time it was received.
  • Also sent by PDF to Excel, PDF to Text, Image to PDF, Text to Speech and Video Converter: short progress or outcome events that can include the file's size, the number of pages or images, the chosen output format, the output size, or the length of the text (a character count). File names are not sent.
  • Never sent: the contents of your files, or the text and numbers you type. Note that an error message can occasionally contain personal information.

Retention and access: the log keeps only the most recent 300 entries; older entries are overwritten automatically as new ones arrive, and there is no other retention period. It can be read only by the site operator with a private access token. This log function does not record your IP address, although our hosting provider may log standard request data as described below.

Third-party services used by some tools

Some tools load resources from, or hand data to, third parties. Your browser contacts these directly, so they can see your IP address and request details:

  • The OCR features (Image to Text, Scanned PDF to Text, and the OCR fallback in PDF to Text and PDF to Excel) download their engine and language data from the jsDelivr CDN on first use.
  • Text to Speech's offline voices, used by both Play and Download audio, download their voice model from Hugging Face on first use and may load supporting files from a CDN. If those voices can't be loaded, Play falls back to your browser's built-in voices (Download is then unavailable); some cloud-based browser voices send the text to the browser vendor.
  • Speech to Text uses your browser's built-in speech recognition, which typically sends the audio to the browser vendor's service (Google, in Chrome). WebToolGrid never receives the audio or the transcript.

Information collected automatically

Like most websites, our hosting provider and advertising partners may automatically log standard technical data such as your general location (derived from IP address), browser type, device type, and pages visited. This is typical, aggregated web-traffic data and is not used to personally identify you by us.

Cookies

WebToolGrid may use cookies and similar technologies to remember basic preferences and to allow third-party services, such as Google Analytics and Google AdSense, to measure usage and display advertisements.

Google AdSense and advertising cookies

We use Google AdSense to display advertisements. Google, as a third-party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads based on a user's prior visits to this and other websites. Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads based on your visit to this site and/or other sites on the internet.

You may opt out of personalised advertising by visiting Google's Ads Settings, or opt out of some third-party vendors' use of cookies for personalised advertising by visiting www.aboutads.info/choices.

Google Analytics

We use Google Analytics 4 (GA4), a web analytics service provided by Google, to understand how the site is used, such as which pages are visited and how visitors arrive. GA4 sets cookies in your browser and collects usage data, including pages viewed, approximate location derived from your IP address, and browser and device information. This data is sent to Google and processed under Google's own privacy policy. We do not send the numbers you enter into calculators or the contents of your files to Google Analytics.

You can opt out by installing the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on, or by blocking cookies in your browser settings. See How Google uses information from sites that use its services for details.

The WebToolGrid Android app

The Android app is a wrapper around this website. It opens webtoolgrid.com inside the app and uses the same calculators and tools, so everything above about files, diagnostics and third-party resources applies in the app too. The sections below cover what is different.

Internet connection required

The tools run in the app's built-in web view, in the same way they run in a browser, and the app loads them from our website each time. It therefore needs an internet connection and does not work offline. Your files and the numbers you type are still processed on your device and are not uploaded to us.

Files saved to your device

When you download a result, the app saves it to your device's Documents folder and shows a short "Saved to Documents" message. The file stays on your device. We never receive a copy, and you can open, move or delete it like any other file. The app asks for no access to your photos, contacts, camera, microphone or location. Speech to Text is not offered in the app.

Advertising in the app (Google AdMob)

The app shows a banner ad at the bottom of the screen using Google AdMob. Google AdSense, which serves the ads on the website, is switched off inside the app. To show and measure ads, the Google Mobile Ads SDK in the app may collect and use your device's advertising ID, your IP address (which gives an approximate location), device and operating system information such as the model and Android version, and basic information about how ads are shown and interacted with. This data is processed by Google under Google's own privacy policy, and we do not receive your advertising ID.

Consent. Where the law requires it, including in the European Economic Area and the United Kingdom, the app shows Google's User Messaging Platform (UMP) consent form before any ad is requested. The app requests ads only after this step has finished. If you decline personalised advertising, ads are still shown, but they are limited, non-personalised ads that do not use your advertising ID to tailor them to you. Your choice is stored on your device by Google's consent SDK.

Your choices. You can reset your advertising ID or turn off ads personalisation in your device's Settings (Google > Ads), or use Google's Ads Settings. Uninstalling the app stops all data collection by the app.

Analytics in the app (Google Analytics)

Because the app loads our website, Google Analytics 4 runs inside it the same way it does in a browser. It collects pages viewed, approximate location derived from your IP address, and device and app information, and may set cookies in the app's web view. It does not receive the numbers you enter or the contents of your files. The app adds "WebToolGridApp" to its user agent so the site can tell it is running in the app. The diagnostic reports described above include the user agent, so reports from the app can be identified as coming from it.

Third-party privacy policies

This Privacy Policy applies only to WebToolGrid and does not extend to advertisers or other third-party websites linked from this site. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of those third parties for details on their own data practices.

Notice for California residents (CCPA/CPRA)

We do not run user accounts, and we do not sell personal information in exchange for money. The advertising cookies that Google AdSense sets on the website (described above) can count as "sharing" personal information for cross-context behavioural advertising under California law. If you are a California resident, you have the right to know what personal information we collect and how it is used, to ask us to delete or correct it, to opt out of that kind of sharing, and not to be treated differently for using these rights.

To opt out of personalised ads from Google, use Google's Ads Settings, or choose a non-personalised ads option where Google offers one. For any other request, write to us through the Contact page and say that it is a California privacy request. Because we hold so little data about visitors, we may not find anything to delete, and we will tell you so.

Children's privacy

WebToolGrid is not directed at children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children.

Your rights

We do not run user accounts, and the only data we store ourselves is the limited diagnostic log described above, so there is generally little or no personal data of yours held by us to access, correct, or delete. If you believe we hold information about you, or you have a privacy question, contact us using the details on our Contact page.

Changes to this policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or for legal reasons. Changes take effect when posted on this page, so please check back periodically.

Consent

By using WebToolGrid, you consent to this Privacy Policy and agree to its terms.