Privacy and file handling

When you use a tool, your file is sent over an encrypted connection (HTTPS) to GlobTool’s server, processed there, and the result is made available for you to download.

Results are deleted automatically after about an hour and the download link stops working. Uploads are only held in memory or temporary folders while they are processed. Files are not looked at, shared or sold.

Result links use long random names, so they cannot be guessed. Anyone who has the exact link can download the result until it is deleted, so do not share the link if the file is private.

Images and PDFs are processed by GlobTool’s own software. Office and text documents are converted with LibreOffice, and PDF compression uses Ghostscript, both running on the same server. No outside processing service receives your files.

GlobTool has no accounts and does not ask for your name or email address. The server keeps short technical logs (time, page requested, response status) to keep the service running and to limit abuse. File names and contents are not written to those logs.

To apply the free daily limit, the server counts successful tasks per IP address for the current day only. The count is kept in memory and discarded the next day.

Pro and API plans are sold by Lemon Squeezy, our merchant of record. Lemon Squeezy collects your name, email and payment details, handles tax, and sends you a license key. GlobTool never receives your card details. Lemon Squeezy’s privacy policy is at lemonsqueezy.com/privacy.

Your license key is stored in your browser (local storage) and sent with each request so the server can apply your plan. The server checks the key with Lemon Squeezy and keeps the result for a few minutes. Keys are never written to logs. For the API plan, the server stores a count of requests per key for the current month to apply your credits.

The free plan is supported by ads from Google AdSense; Pro and API customers see no ads. Google and its partners may use cookies to show ads and measure them, depending on your consent choices. You can read how Google uses data at policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites and manage ad personalisation at adssettings.google.com.

GlobTool itself stores only your light or dark theme choice in your browser, and your license key if you entered one.