Privacy policy

Last updated October 19, 2026

Filekin is built to know as little about you as possible. There are no accounts, no analytics, and no record of who uses which tool. Your files are deleted the moment you've downloaded the result. This page explains exactly what happens to your data, and the few places where other companies are involved.

Who is responsible

Filekin (filekin.io) is responsible for the processing described here. For anything about privacy, email [email protected].

Your files

• When you use a tool, your file travels over an encrypted (HTTPS) connection to our server, which runs in a Hetzner data center in the European Union.
• Each job runs in its own temporary folder. The folder, including your upload and the result, is deleted as soon as your download has been sent, or straight away if the job fails. Files never sit on our server waiting for you.
• Nobody looks at your files. We don't analyze them, copy them, back them up, or use them for anything except producing your result.
• Because files are deleted immediately, we can't recover one for you later. Keep your own copies.

If you use Filekin for business and your documents contain other people's personal data, you may need a data processing agreement with us. Email us and we'll work one out with you.

What we don't collect

• No visitor logs. Our server doesn't record your IP address, the pages you visit, or the tools you use. It keeps only error messages, which contain no visitor information.
• No accounts. We never ask for your name or email to use a tool.
• No analytics, no social media buttons, no newsletter. No tracking scripts from Facebook, X, Google Analytics or anyone else run on Filekin.
• No third-party fonts. The site's typefaces are served from Filekin itself, so loading a page doesn't contact Google Fonts.

The one thing we keep briefly

To stop a single visitor from overloading the service, we count how many jobs each IP address runs in a 10-minute window. The count lives only in the server's memory, is never written to disk, and disappears after 10 minutes, or whenever the server restarts.

Services we rely on

• Cloudflare delivers every page and protects the site from attacks. It processes your IP address and request details to do that, and may set a strictly necessary security cookie. See Cloudflare's privacy policy.
• Hetzner provides the server in the European Union that processes your files.
• Google AdSense shows the ads that keep Filekin free. Google and its partners may use cookies, tracking pixels and your IP address to show ads, measure them, and prevent fraud. Where allowed and where you've agreed, they may personalize ads based on your visits to this and other sites. This data goes to Google, including in the United States. Learn more in how Google uses information from sites that use its services.

Cookies

Filekin itself sets no cookies. The cookies you may see come from Cloudflare (security) and Google (ads).

• In the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom and Switzerland, we ask for your consent before any personalized ads are shown. You can change your choice at any time through the privacy settings link in the consent message.
• Everywhere, you can turn off personalized ads in Google's Ads Settings, and you can block or delete cookies in your browser. The tools work the same either way.

If you email us

If you write to us, we keep your email and our reply only as long as we need them to answer you and follow up. We don't add you to any list or share your email with anyone.

Legal basis (visitors in the EU and UK)

• Processing your files: to provide the service you asked for.
• The fair-use counter and security through Cloudflare: our legitimate interest in keeping Filekin running and safe.
• Personalized ads: your consent, which you can withdraw at any time.

Your rights

Depending on where you live, including under the GDPR in Europe and privacy laws in California and other US states, you may have the right to access, correct or delete your personal data, to object to or limit its use, to withdraw consent, and to opt out of targeted advertising. Because we don't keep files, logs or accounts, we usually hold no data about you at all, but you can always email [email protected] to ask. If you're in the EU or UK, you can also complain to your local data protection authority.

We don't sell your personal information.

Children

Filekin isn't directed at children under 13, and we don't knowingly collect information from them.

Changes

If we change how Filekin handles data, for example by adding a new service, we'll update this page and the date at the top before the change takes effect.