Privacy policy

The short version

The formatter runs entirely in JavaScript on your device. Your draft text stays in your browser's local storage — it is never sent to our servers, because there are no servers involved in the formatting. We don't run advertising. We don't use Google Analytics. We don't require an account.

If you want to verify this yourself: open your browser's developer tools, switch to the Network tab, and use the tool. You'll see zero outbound requests once the page has loaded.

What stays on your device

Everything below is stored in your browser's localStorage, on the device you're using right now. It stays there until you clear your browser data for this site, or use the Clear buttons in the tool itself.

• Your source draft — the text you type or paste into the editor.
• Your formatted versions — the per-platform splits the tool generates when you click Format.
• Your history — snapshots of drafts you've formatted, kept so you can restore earlier work.
• Your display name and handle — optional, only if you set them in Settings. Used only to personalize the preview avatars with your initial.
• Your theme preference — whether you've chosen light or dark mode.

None of this data is transmitted anywhere. We have no way to read it.

What we don't do

• We don't store drafts on any server. There is no backend database that holds your text.
• We don't use Google Analytics, Facebook Pixel, or similar trackers. No JavaScript on this site sends your behaviour to a marketing or ad-tech company.
• We don't display advertising. No AdSense, no sponsored posts, no affiliate tracking pixels on the tool page.
• We don't require signup. There is no account system, no email capture, no password.
• We don't send your text to AI services. The splitter is rule-based. Nothing is routed to OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, or any other LLM provider.
• We don't set advertising or cross-site tracking cookies.

Analytics — our current and future stance

As of the "last updated" date above, Threadformatter does not run any analytics or tracking on this site. There is no measurement script of any kind on the tool page.

We may add lightweight, privacy-respecting analytics in the future — for example, to understand how many people visit the blog, or which guides get read most. If and when we do, we will only use tools that meet all of the following criteria:

• No cookies or persistent client-side identifiers.
• No tracking of individual users across sessions, and no cross-site tracking.
• No collection or transmission of the text you type into the tool.
• Aggregated, page-level data only — the kind of information a basic server access log would contain, but with better anonymization.
• The tool or its data processor must be GDPR-compliant without requiring a cookie banner.

Tools that currently meet this standard include Plausible, Fathom, and self-hosted Umami. If we add analytics, it will be one of these or something equivalent. We will not add Google Analytics, and we will not add any tool that records individual user behaviour.

When this changes, we will update this page before or at the same time as the change goes live, note the update in the "Last updated" date at the top, and — because we believe in it — say so publicly on the blog.

Server logs

Like every website, our hosting provider logs basic HTTP request metadata (IP address, user agent, requested URL, timestamp) for the purpose of delivering the page and preventing abuse. These logs are retained by the hosting provider under their standard policy. They contain request metadata only — never the content you type into the tool, because that content is never sent to any server in the first place.

Children's privacy

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

Your rights

Because we don't collect personal data about you, there is effectively nothing for us to give, correct, or delete on request — your data lives on your own device, under your own control.

If you're in a jurisdiction that grants data-subject rights (GDPR, CCPA, DPDP Act, and similar), and you have a specific question about what we hold, you can email us and we'll answer honestly: in almost every case, the answer is "nothing."

Changes to this policy

If we make material changes to this policy — particularly anything that changes what we collect or who sees it — we will update the "Last updated" date, note the change in our blog, and keep the previous version available on request. Minor wording improvements that don't change the meaning may be made without notice.

Contact

Privacy questions, data requests, or just want to say hi: hello@threadformatter.com.