Privacy Policy

1. Files you process with our tools

Photos, signatures, images and PDF files you open in our tools are processed locally in your browser. They are not uploaded to, stored on or viewed by our servers. When you close or refresh the page, the files and results are removed from memory. The AI background remover downloads its model file from our website to your browser; your photo itself still never leaves your device.

2. Information you send us

We receive personal information only when you choose to send it:

• Contact form: your name, email address, subject and message.
• Report outdated rule form: the exam, the change you describe, an optional notice link and an optional email address.
• For both forms we store a one-way hashed version of your IP address for up to 30 days to stop spam and abuse. We cannot read your IP address from this hash.

3. How we use your information

• To reply to your message and keep a record of the conversation.
• To review and correct exam rules.
• To protect the website against spam, abuse and security threats.
• We do not sell your personal information and do not use form messages for advertising.

4. Information stored in your browser

We save your language choice (English or Hindi) and theme (light or dark) in your browser's local storage so the site remembers them. This data stays on your device and is not sent to us.

5. Advertising and Google AdSense

We may show advertisements served by Google AdSense to keep GovtTools free. Google and its partners are third-party vendors that use cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to this website and other websites.

Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to you based on your visits to this and other sites on the Internet. You can opt out of personalised advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings (https://adssettings.google.com). You can also opt out of some third-party vendors' use of cookies for personalised advertising at https://www.aboutads.info/choices.

For more information about how Google uses data, see https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites. In regions where the law requires it, you will be asked for consent before personalised ads or advertising cookies are used.

6. Cookies

GovtTools itself does not set tracking or advertising cookies. Cookies may be set by Google AdSense as described above and by Google services used for website verification and search performance. You can block or delete cookies in your browser settings; the tools will keep working.

7. Service providers

We use a hosting provider to run the website and an email delivery service to forward contact-form and report messages to our inbox. These providers process data only to provide their service to us.

8. Data retention and security

Contact messages and reports are kept for as long as needed to handle them, normally no longer than 12 months, and hashed IP addresses for no longer than 30 days. We use HTTPS encryption and limit access to the people who run GovtTools.

9. Your rights

You can ask us to access, correct or delete the personal information you sent us by writing through the Contact page with the subject Privacy request. We will respond within 30 days, in line with the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023.

10. Children

GovtTools is intended for exam applicants. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13 through our forms.

11. Changes to this policy

We may update this policy from time to time. The date at the top of this page shows when it was last changed.

12. Contact

For any privacy question, contact the GovtTools team, India through our Contact page.