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- Update AI system prompt example (README + index) - Add copy button for the prompt on the index page - Add GoatCounter to homepage; report image hits server-side via waitUntil (optional GOATCOUNTER_URL/GOATCOUNTER_TOKEN) - Add TERMS.md and PRIVACY.md, linked in the index footer - Remove dead c.planetrenox.com tracker Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Privacy Policy
Last updated: September 26, 2026
direct-img.link has no accounts and doesn't sell data. This page explains what is collected when you use it.
IP addresses
- Your IP address is used to enforce rate limits.
- For the daily search limit, it's stored only as a hash combined with the current date, along with a counter. These records are periodically deleted once they are older than about a day.
- Cloudflare also uses your IP address for burst rate limiting and security.
Search queries and images
- When a query isn't already cached, it's sent to Brave Search, and to Bing if Brave returns nothing. Searches and image downloads are made from our servers, so your IP address isn't shared with Brave, Bing, or the sites images come from.
- Each query and the image it returned are cached for up to 90 days. Failed searches are remembered for 24 hours.
- Cached images are shared: anyone requesting the same query gets the same image.
Operational alerts
Queries and IP addresses may be included in alerts sent to the maintainer through a push notification service (ntfy), used to monitor usage and abuse.
Analytics
We use GoatCounter, a privacy-focused analytics service that doesn't use cookies.
- The homepage loads GoatCounter's script, which records the visit, the referring page, and your screen width.
- Each image request is reported to GoatCounter from our servers, including the query, the referring page (for example, the site embedding the image), your user agent, and your IP address.
- GoatCounter uses your IP address and user agent to work out your country, browser, and operating system, and to count unique visitors. It doesn't store the IP address or user agent itself.
Hosting and third parties
- The service runs on Cloudflare, which processes all requests under its own privacy policy.
- The homepage embeds GitHub's Sponsor button, which is loaded from GitHub under GitHub's privacy statement.
- direct-img.link doesn't set any cookies.
Changes
We may update this policy at any time. The date above shows the latest revision.
Contact
Privacy questions: contact@direct-img.link