Privacy Policy

A. Introduction

Welcome to Utility Seva (available at UtilitySeva.com), an independent collection of online utilities built and published by Amit Kumar Yadav, operating from Darbhanga, Bihar, India.

Traditional online utilities often require you to upload your sensitive personal files, documents, and calculation parameters to remote servers or cloud databases for remote processing. Utility Seva was founded on a fundamentally different, privacy-first architectural approach: all 41 tools—spanning Image Tools, Student Tools, Calculators, and PDF Tools—are engineered to execute client-side directly within your web browser using modern web standards (HTML5 Canvas, FileReader APIs, Web Workers, and client-side JavaScript libraries).

This Privacy Policy explains how our website operates, what technical information is processed, what data may be stored locally on your device, and how we protect your privacy in accordance with applicable legal principles, including the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 (DPDP Act) of India.

B. Information We Collect and Process

We believe in complete transparency regarding information processing. To ensure clarity, we distinguish between the different categories of technical and voluntary information:

1. Information Users Voluntarily Provide

Utility Seva does not require you to register an account, log in, create a profile, or submit your name, phone number, or payment details to access any tool. You can freely use all utilities anonymously. The only instance where you voluntarily provide personal information is if you choose to contact us directly via email (at support@utilityseva.com). In that event, we receive only the sender name, email address, subject line, and message content you transmit, used solely to address your specific inquiry or feedback.

2. Technical Information Processed by Your Browser

When you use our tools (such as calculating interest, cropping an image, counting words, or merging PDF pages), your input values and selected files are loaded into your device's local memory (RAM) and parsed by your web browser's JavaScript engine. This processing occurs locally on your machine. This data is temporary and volatile; it is automatically discarded as soon as you close, refresh, or navigate away from the browser tab.

3. Information Present in Standard Web Hosting & Server Logs

Like virtually all internet websites, when your browser requests static web pages, stylesheets, or icons from our web host (such as Hostinger), standard HTTP server access logs are automatically generated by the web server (Apache/Nginx) as an inherent part of internet routing. These automated logs may record:

• Your Internet Protocol (IP) address
• Date, time, and duration of the page request
• Requested file paths and URLs (e.g. /index.html, /css/style.css)
• HTTP response status codes (e.g. 200 OK, 404 Not Found)
• Referring website addresses (HTTP Referer header)
• Browser type, browser version, and operating system (User-Agent string)

Purpose of Server Logs: These technical logs are maintained by the web hosting provider for operational integrity, bandwidth monitoring, technical diagnostics, and network security defenses (such as detecting and mitigating distributed denial-of-service attacks or automated abuse). Utility Seva does not correlate, sell, or combine these server logs with individual personal identities, nor do we attempt to de-anonymize visitors.

4. Data Stored Locally on Your Device

Certain tools provide convenience features (like retaining calculation history or remembering custom study timetables) by storing data directly in your browser's local storage (explained in Section C below). This information resides exclusively on your local device and is never synchronized to a central Utility Seva database.

C. Local Storage and Browser Data

Utility Seva is a database-free website. We do not operate a remote server database to store your inputs, profiles, or histories. Instead, where persistence improves user convenience, tools utilize your browser's built-in HTML5 Local Storage (localStorage) API.

Every single storage key used in our application has been verified against the production JavaScript source code. Below is the complete, accurate inventory:

Your Absolute Control Over Local Storage: Because this data is stored strictly inside your web browser on your computer, tablet, or phone, you retain complete authority over it:

• Every calculator and utility that stores history includes a visible "Clear History" or "Reset" button that immediately purges its stored data.
• You can clear all site data at any time through your browser's Settings (e.g. Settings → Privacy & Security → Clear Browsing Data → Cookies and Site Data).
• If you use your browser's "Private Browsing" or "Incognito" mode, all local storage data is automatically wiped as soon as your private session ends.

D. PDF and Image Processing

Based on a complete and thorough inspection of our source code, we confirm how files are handled across all 11 Image Tools and 10 PDF Tools:

• 11 Image Tools: (Image Compressor, Image Resizer, Image Cropper, Passport Photo Maker, JPG to PNG/WebP, PNG to JPG/WebP, Image to Base64, Increase Image Size, Image Rotator & Flipper, Image Dimensions Checker, Favicon Generator).
  Verified Technical Implementation: These tools use the HTML5 <canvas> element, native FileReader API, and browser image encoding (canvas.toBlob, canvas.toDataURL). Images you select are loaded locally into browser RAM, transformed via client-side graphics routines, and rendered directly to download links. Your images are never sent over the internet or uploaded to any server.
• 10 PDF Tools: (Merge PDF, Split PDF, Compress PDF, JPG to PDF, PDF to JPG, Rotate PDF, Remove PDF Pages, Organize PDF, Add Page Numbers, Add Watermark).
  Verified Technical Implementation: These tools rely exclusively on Mozilla's open-source PDF.js rendering engine and the open-source pdf-lib manipulation library, both hosted locally as client-side script files in our repository (js/lib/). Selected PDF documents are read into local typed arrays (ArrayBuffer/Uint8Array) in browser memory. Page manipulation, extraction, reordering, rotation, numbering, and merging occur purely on your device's CPU/GPU. Your PDF files and their document contents are never transmitted across the network to our or any third-party server.

E. Cookies and Analytics

Utility Seva takes a clean, non-intrusive approach to web browsing:

• No Third-Party Analytics Installed: We currently do not have third-party web analytics tools installed. There is no Google Analytics (gtag.js), Google Tag Manager, Facebook Pixel, Microsoft Clarity, Matomo, or Hotjar running on UtilitySeva.com.
• No Tracking or Advertising Cookies: We do not place advertising cookies, cross-site tracking cookies, or commercial profiling beacons on your device.
• No Cookie Consent Popups: Because we do not use invasive or non-essential tracking cookies, there is no need to display intrusive cookie consent banners.
• Browser Session State: Any UI state retained during your visit (such as mobile drawer toggles or active tabs) operates purely through in-memory JavaScript variables and local storage as documented in Section C.

F. Third-Party Services and External Resources

To maintain full transparency, we disclose all external assets and third-party integrations used on UtilitySeva.com:

• Google Fonts (Typography):
  Utility Seva requests the clean open-source font families Inter and JetBrains Mono from Google Fonts servers (fonts.googleapis.com and fonts.gstatic.com). When your browser loads these fonts, your IP address and browser User-Agent are transmitted to Google to deliver the required font files. Google's processing of this request is governed by the Google Privacy Policy.
• Local Library Delivery (No External CDNs for Scripts):
  All JavaScript libraries powering our PDF and image tools (including pdf-lib and PDF.js) are hosted directly on our own domain within js/lib/. We do not load executable functional JavaScript from third-party public CDNs (such as cdnjs, unpkg, or jsdelivr), eliminating external script tampering risks.
• External Web Links:
  Our website may contain informational hyperlinks to external documentation or resources. We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of external third-party sites.

G. Data Security

Utility Seva employs reasonable, industry-standard organizational and technical practices to protect user data:

• Transport Layer Security (HTTPS): All communications between your web browser and UtilitySeva.com are encrypted using modern SSL/TLS protocols to guard against interception and eavesdropping on public networks.
• Client-Side Isolation: By avoiding server uploads for calculations and file transformations, your confidential documents remain inside your browser's protected sandbox.
• Database-Free Exposure Minimization: Because we do not store customer records, credentials, or file databases on our servers, the risk of centralized data breaches or bulk credential leaks is fundamentally minimized.

Security Notice: While we implement robust privacy-by-design standards, no method of electronic internet transmission or hardware memory storage is 100% invulnerable. We encourage users to maintain security patches on their devices, exercise care on shared computers, and clear browser caches after processing sensitive materials.

H. Children's and Minors' Privacy

Utility Seva provides calculation utilities, student tools (such as Attendance Calculator, CGPA Calculator, and Exam Countdown), and productivity tools that are frequently utilized by students and young learners, including individuals under the age of 18.

Because Utility Seva does not require account registration, does not maintain user databases, does not upload files, and does not deploy behavioral profiling or advertising trackers, we do not knowingly collect, profile, or monetize personal information from children or minors.

All academic calculations and exam countdown schedules remain strictly on the student's local device. Parents, legal guardians, and educators are encouraged to monitor minors' online activity. If a parent or guardian believes that a minor has contacted us via email and provided identifiable personal data without consent, they may reach out to support@utilityseva.com, and we will promptly delete the correspondence.

I. Changes and Updates to this Policy

We may review and update this Privacy Policy periodically to reflect additions to our tools, browser capability enhancements, hosting infrastructure updates, or evolving regulatory requirements.

Any modifications will be published directly on this page (UtilitySeva.com/pages/privacy policy.html) with an updated "Effective Date" at the top of the document. We recommend checking this page occasionally to stay informed about how we maintain your privacy.

J. Legal Accuracy & Indian Privacy Framework

Utility Seva is published and operated from Darbhanga, Bihar, India. We manage our operations in accordance with applicable Indian data protection and information technology laws, notably:

• The Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 (DPDP Act): Recognizing the rights of individuals ("Data Principals") regarding their digital personal data.
• The Information Technology Act, 2000 and applicable Information Technology (Reasonable Security Practices and Procedures and Sensitive Personal Data or Information) Rules.

In alignment with the core principles of the DPDP Act:

• Data Minimization: We do not collect personal data to enable tool usage.
• Purpose Limitation: Any voluntarily transmitted email inquiry is used strictly to respond to the sender's communication.
• Storage Limitation: User files and calculation data are not collected, stored, or archived on our servers.
• Data Principal Rights: Users have the right to request clarification or deletion of any email correspondence they have transmitted to us by contacting our official email address.

K. Contact Information & Grievance Redressal

If you have questions, feedback, concerns, or requests regarding this Privacy Policy, our browser-based data processing, or your privacy rights, please contact the website owner and publisher directly:

We review incoming inquiries diligently and aim to respond to genuine inquiries as soon as reasonably possible.