Privacy Policy

Last updated: July 5, 2026

This Privacy Policy explains what information URL Decoder ("we", "us") collects when you visit https://url-decoder.net, how it is used, and the choices you have. The short version: the tools on this site run entirely in your browser, we never see the text you process, and the only data collection on this site comes from advertising and analytics services described below.

1. Data you process with our tools

All encoding, decoding, and URL parsing happens locally in your browser using JavaScript. Text you type, paste, or upload is never transmitted to our servers or to any third party. Uploaded files are read in memory by your browser only and are discarded when you leave the page.

2. Information collected automatically

Like most websites, our hosting provider keeps standard server logs (IP address, browser type, pages requested, timestamps) for security and reliability. These logs are not used to identify individual visitors.

3. Google AdSense and advertising cookies

We display advertising served by Google AdSense to keep this site free. Google and its certified ad partners use cookies, including the DoubleClick cookie, and similar technologies to serve ads and to personalize them based on your prior visits to this and other websites.

• Third-party vendors, including Google, 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 based on your visits to this site and other sites on the internet.
• You can opt out of personalized advertising in Google's Ads Settings or at www.aboutads.info.
• How Google uses information from sites that use its services is described at policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites, and Google's Privacy Policy is available at policies.google.com/privacy.

For visitors in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, and Switzerland, ad and analytics scripts load only after you give consent through our cookie banner. You can change your choice at any time by clearing this site's data in your browser, which makes the banner appear again.

4. Google Analytics

We use Google Analytics to understand aggregate usage, such as which pages are visited and from which countries. IP anonymization is enabled. Analytics cookies load only under the same consent rules as advertising cookies. You can additionally opt out with the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on.

5. Contact form

If you use our contact form, we receive the name, email address, and message you submit, delivered to us by our email provider (Resend). We use this information only to respond to you and do not add you to any mailing list.

6. Your rights

Depending on where you live, you may have rights to access, correct, or delete personal data, and to object to or restrict certain processing. Because we do not maintain user accounts or databases of visitor data, most requests concern our service providers, but we will help where we can. Contact us at hello@url-decoder.net or through the contact page.

7. Children

This site is a general-audience developer tool and is not directed at children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children.

8. Changes to this policy

We may update this policy as the site evolves. Changes appear on this page with an updated date at the top.

9. Contact

Questions about privacy? Email hello@url-decoder.net.