At Pic Detective, we take privacy seriously. This Privacy Policy explains how we handle your information when you use our reverse image search service.
Temporary Storage: When you upload an image for search, we store it temporarily on secure cloud servers for up to 24 hours to process your search request and handle any repeat searches. After 24 hours, all uploaded images are automatically deleted. We never permanently store, index, or make your uploaded images searchable by others.
URL-Based Searches: When you provide a URL to an image instead of uploading, we download the image temporarily to process your search, then immediately delete it from our servers. The original image remains only at the URL you provided.
Local Caching: Search results may be temporarily cached in your browser's local storage for up to 30 minutes to improve your experience if you return to the same search. This data is stored only on your device and is not sent to our servers.
We may collect anonymous usage data to improve our service, including:
This information is used solely for service improvement, troubleshooting, and ensuring system availability. It is not used to identify individual users.
We use cookies and similar technologies to enhance your experience, analyze site traffic, and for advertising purposes. Below is a detailed breakdown of how we use cookies:
We use Google Analytics to understand how visitors interact with our website. Google Analytics collects information such as:
This data helps us improve our service and understand user needs. Google Analytics uses cookies to collect this information. You can opt out of Google Analytics tracking by installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.
We use essential cookies that are necessary for the functioning of our service. These include cookies for remembering your preferences (such as theme settings and cookie consent choices).
The Website works with Mediavine to manage third-party interest-based advertising appearing on the Website. Mediavine serves content and advertisements when you visit the Website, which may use first and third-party cookies. A cookie is a small text file which is sent to your computer or mobile device (referred to in this policy as a "device") by the web server so that a website can remember some information about your browsing activity on the Website.
First party cookies are created by the website that you are visiting. A third-party cookie is frequently used in behavioral advertising and analytics and is created by a domain other than the website you are visiting. Third-party cookies, tags, pixels, beacons and other similar technologies (collectively, "Tags") may be placed on the Website to monitor interaction with advertising content and to target and optimize advertising. Each internet browser has functionality so that you can block both first and third-party cookies and clear your browser's cache. The "help" feature of the menu bar on most browsers will tell you how to stop accepting new cookies, how to receive notification of new cookies, how to disable existing cookies and how to clear your browser's cache. For more information about cookies and how to disable them, you can consult the information at All About Cookies.
Without cookies you may not be able to take full advantage of the Website content and features. Please note that rejecting cookies does not mean that you will no longer see ads when you visit our Site. In the event you opt-out, you will still see non-personalized advertisements on the Website.
The Website collects the following data using a cookie when serving personalized ads:
Mediavine Partners (companies listed below with whom Mediavine shares data) may also use this data to link to other end user information the partner has independently collected to deliver targeted advertisements. Mediavine Partners may also separately collect data about end users from other sources, such as advertising IDs or pixels, and link that data to data collected from Mediavine publishers in order to provide interest-based advertising across your online experience, including devices, browsers and apps. This data includes usage data, cookie information, device information, information about interactions between users and advertisements and websites, geolocation data, traffic data, and information about a visitor's referral source to a particular website. Mediavine Partners may also create unique IDs to create audience segments, which are used to provide targeted advertising.
If you would like more information about this practice and to know your choices to opt-in or opt-out of this data collection, please visit National Advertising Initiative opt out page. You may also visit Digital Advertising Alliance website and Network Advertising Initiative website to learn more information about interest-based advertising. You may download the AppChoices app at Digital Advertising Alliance's AppChoices app to opt out in connection with mobile apps, or use the platform controls on your mobile device to opt out.
For specific information about Mediavine Partners, the data each collects and their data collection and privacy policies, please visit Mediavine Partners.
Our service utilizes third-party providers to deliver functionality:
We employ industry-standard security measures to protect our systems and the data processed during your use of our service. These measures include:
Under applicable privacy laws, you have the right to:
To exercise these rights, please contact us using the information below or use the opt-out links provided in this policy.
Pic Detective does not sell, rent, or share your personal information with third parties for monetary or other valuable consideration. We have never sold personal information in the past, and we will not sell it in the future.
While we use advertising services to display advertisements, this does not constitute a "sale" of personal information under privacy laws such as the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). Ad services use cookies for ad personalization, but this is a standard advertising practice and not a data sale.
We are committed to transparency and protecting your privacy. If our practices ever change, we will update this policy and notify you accordingly.
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or for legal reasons. We will notify users of any significant changes by posting the new policy on this page with an updated effective date.
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at [email protected]
Last updated: January 28, 2026