In short
- We use the files you upload only to make the resized versions you ask for.
- Your uploaded file is deleted from our server's disk as soon as it is read. Its layers and results stay in memory for at most 2 hours after your last action.
- We don't sell information, show ads or use analytics, and we don't send your files to other companies' AI services.
- We don't use your files or your edits to train models.
- You can ask what we hold about you, have it corrected or erased, and withdraw your consent at any time.
1. Who we are
SvgForge is operated by Nonith Rao ("we", "us"). This policy explains what information we process when you use the SvgForge website and editor, why we process it, and the choices you have.
For information we decide how to use, such as the record of your agreement and our server logs, we are the Data Fiduciary under India's Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023. Section 9 explains our role for information about other people inside the files you upload.
2. What we process
Files you upload
The SVG, Photoshop (PSD or PSB) or Illustrator (AI) files you upload, and what we make from them: extracted layers, previews, the resized versions and the ZIP file you download. The file name is shown in the editor and included in the ZIP file.
Your agreement
When you accept the terms, we store a random identifier, the date and time, and the versions of the terms and this policy you accepted. This record doesn't include your name, email address or IP address.
Technical information
To deliver pages and keep the service secure, our server processes your IP address, the time of each request and the page or action requested.
Messages
If you email us, we receive your email address and whatever you write.
What we don't collect
There are no accounts or passwords. We don't collect payment details, contact lists, location or advertising identifiers, and we don't use analytics.
3. Why we process it
- Files: to produce the resized versions you request and show them to you in the editor.
- Your agreement: to show what you agreed to and when.
- Technical information: to run the service, prevent abuse, investigate security problems and meet legal requirements for keeping security logs.
- Messages: to reply to you.
We process your information on the basis of the consent you give before adding files, and without consent only where the law requires or allows it, for example to keep security logs. The automatic processing decides where layers go in your design; it doesn't make decisions about you.
4. How long we keep it
- Uploaded file
- Deleted from the server's disk as soon as its layers are read. An Illustrator file with several artboards is kept until you choose an artboard, and no longer than 2 hours.
- Layers, previews and results
- Kept in the server's memory while you work, and removed 2 hours after your last action, or sooner if the server restarts or needs the space. The ZIP file is created when you download it; we don't store a copy.
- Your agreement
- 3 years after you accept, so we can show what you agreed to.
- Technical information
- Up to 180 days.
- Messages
- Until your question is resolved, then up to 12 months.
7. How we protect it
Files are processed only on our server and are deleted as described in section 4. The server rejects SVG files that contain scripts or links to outside resources. Each editing session is identified by a random code that only your browser receives. The website is served over an encrypted HTTPS connection.
No system is perfectly secure. If a security breach affects personal data, we will inform the Data Protection Board of India and the people affected, as the law requires.
8. Your rights and choices
Under the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023, you can:
- ask for a summary of the personal data we process about you and how we use it;
- ask us to correct, complete, update or erase your personal data;
- withdraw your consent at any time;
- nominate another person to exercise these rights if you die or become unable to;
- complain to us about how we handle your information.
Write to nonithrao@icloud.com. Because there are no accounts, tell us roughly when you used the service so we can find the right records. We will reply within 30 days. If you are not satisfied with our reply, you can complain to the Data Protection Board of India.
Withdrawing consent
Withdrawing consent stops this browser from adding files. Anything you already uploaded is removed when your session ends, within 2 hours of your last action. Processing that happened before you withdrew is not affected.
Uploads are paused, so this website doesn’t store an agreement in your browser at the moment.
9. Information about other people in your files
Adverts often contain personal data, such as photos of models or customers, names and phone numbers. When you upload a file, you decide why that information is used, and you are responsible for having the right to use it, including any permission needed from the people shown. We process it only on your behalf, to make the resized versions, and delete it as described in section 4.
10. Children
SvgForge is meant for businesses and professionals, and you must be 18 or older to use it. We don't knowingly collect personal data from children. If a file you upload shows a child, you must have the permissions the law requires; we process it only to produce your resized versions.
11. Changes to this policy
When we change this policy, we update the version and date at the top of this page. If a change affects how we use your information, the editor will ask you to accept the new version before you add another file.
12. Contact and grievance officer
Grievance Officer
nonithrao@icloud.com
For anything else about this policy, write to nonithrao@icloud.com.