Cookie Policy
Last updated: September 5, 2026
This policy sets out the cookies and similar technologies used on Pixpoo, who sets them and what for. It sits alongside our Privacy Policy, which covers what happens to the files you process.
What these things are
A cookie is a small file a website asks your browser to keep and send back on later visits. Related technologies do similar jobs by different means — local storage holds data in your browser that is never sent anywhere, and device identifiers let a service recognise a browser across visits without a traditional cookie.
The distinction that matters most on this site is between the two: cookies set by advertising and analytics travel back to those services, while the local storage our tools use stays on your machine and is unreadable to us.
What is set on Pixpoo
| Category | Set by | Purpose | Can you refuse it? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Essential | Pixpoo | Keeping a signed-in session and basic security | Only by not signing in — no tool requires an account |
| Preferences | Pixpoo (local storage) | Theme, toolbar position, recent colours, saved whiteboards | Yes, by clearing site data — this also deletes saved boards |
| Analytics | Google Analytics | Which pages and tools are used, and how visitors arrive | Yes, via browser controls or a blocker |
| Feedback | Pixpoo (local storage) | A random id so a love tap or star rating is counted once, not twice | Yes, by clearing site data, or simply by not rating anything |
| Advertising | Google AdSense | Selecting, delivering and measuring adverts | Yes — see the controls below |
Advertising cookies
Pixpoo is free, and the advertising it carries is served by Google AdSense — that is what pays for the servers behind the image tools. Where an advert appears, AdSense and its partners set cookies and use device identifiers to choose which adverts to show, to limit how often you see the same one, and to measure whether they worked.
Ad units are still being rolled out across the site, so you may not see advertising on every page yet. Where it does appear, it behaves as described here.
Google acts as an independent controller of that data rather than processing it on our behalf, so its handling is governed by Google’s policies. You can read how Google uses data from sites that run its services at policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites.
Analytics cookies
Google Analytics tells us which tools people actually use, which is how we decide what to fix and what to build. It records page views, tool usage, an approximate location derived from your IP address, and where you arrived from, and it assigns an identifier to your browser. It is aggregate reporting in the sense that we look at totals rather than individuals, but the underlying collection does involve an identifier, and it would be misleading to call it anonymous.
Preferences and local storage
The tools keep a few things in your browser’s own storage: light or dark mode, the position you dragged a toolbar to, colours you picked recently, and — importantly — whiteboard boards, which are saved on your device and nowhere else.
One further item is kept there only if you use it: a random id created the first time you tap the heart or leave a star rating on a tool. It exists so the same rating is not counted twice, it is a string of random characters tied to no account, and it is the only piece of this storage that is ever sent to us. Clearing site data removes it.
Worth knowing before you clear site data: your saved whiteboards go with it. Export a board as a JSON file first if it matters, and it will re-import exactly as it was.
What is not set
- No cookie contains, references or is derived from the contents of a file you process.
- No cookie is used to build a profile of you for sale to anyone. We do not sell data.
- The tools that run in your browser set no cookies of their own in the course of doing their work.
Controlling cookies
Every browser lets you view, delete and block cookies, usually under privacy or site settings, and most let you do it per site. You can also use an extension to block analytics and advertising outright.
Blocking advertising and analytics cookies does not affect any tool on Pixpoo — nothing depends on them, and the file-processing tools will work exactly as before. Blocking cookies entirely only prevents an account session from persisting, which matters only if you signed in.
For advertising specifically, Google’s own control at adssettings.google.com turns off personalised advertising across sites that use its services. Industry opt-out pages at youronlinechoices.eu and optout.aboutads.info cover a wider set of providers.
Changes
If we add or remove a service that sets cookies, we will update this page and the date at the top of it.
Contact
Questions about cookies go to our contact page. Our Privacy Policy covers what happens to your files, which is a separate matter from anything on this page.