Your save file is never uploaded
This is the whole point of the site, so it is worth being precise about it. When you
drop a save into an editor, the file is read by JavaScript running inside your own
browser tab, using the standard FileReader API. The parsed values are held in that
tab's memory while you edit them, and the file you download at the end is generated
in the tab as well.
There is no upload step anywhere in that sequence. No request carrying your save is
sent to this site or to anyone else, which also means we never store one, never see
one, and could not hand one over if we were asked to. Close the tab and every trace
of the file is gone from the browser too — nothing is kept in local storage, in a
cache, or in a database.
You can check this yourself rather than taking our word for it: open your browser's
developer tools, switch to the Network tab, and use an editor normally. You will not
see a request containing your save, because there isn't one.
No accounts, no cookies
There is no sign-up, no login and no user profile, so there is no name, email address
or password for us to hold. The site sets no cookies of its own and uses no local
storage, so there is no identifier following you between visits or between pages.
Because nothing here is personalised, there is also no cookie consent banner. That is
not an oversight — with no cookies and no tracking to consent to, a banner would be
asking you to approve something that does not happen.
What we collect
Today: no analytics, no advertising, and no tracking scripts of any kind. The pages
are static HTML, CSS and JavaScript, and they load nothing from a third party.
The one thing that does happen, as it does with every website, is that our hosting
provider handles the request that delivers each page to you. In doing so it processes
standard technical connection data — your IP address, the time of the request, the
page requested, and your browser's user-agent string — to serve the page and to block
abuse. We do not use that data to build a profile of you, and it is not linked to
anything you do inside an editor, because nothing you do inside an editor reaches a
server in the first place.
If we ever add analytics, this section will say so, name the tool, and say what it
measures — before it goes live, not after.
Your rights
Privacy laws such as the GDPR give you rights over personal data held about you: to
access it, correct it, have it deleted, or object to its processing. Those rights
apply here in a fairly short form, because we hold almost nothing — no account, no
save file, no tracking identifier. The technical connection data described above is
processed by our host on our behalf and is not linked to your identity.
If you want to ask about any of this, or believe we hold something about you, get in
touch at the address below and we will answer.
Children's privacy
The site is a utility for editing files you already own and is not directed at
children. Since we collect no personal information from anyone, we do not knowingly
collect any from a child either.
Changes to this policy
If this policy changes, the date at the top of the page changes with it. A change that
affects what is collected — adding analytics or advertising, for example — will be
described in plain language rather than folded into a general update.
Contact
Questions about this policy, or about the site in general:contact@gamesaveeditor.org