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A "Get Updates" form subscribes emails to the direct-img pool on newsletter.planetrenox.com, behind the shared "newsletter" Turnstile widget (direct-img.link was added to its allowed domains). The privacy policy now covers what sign-up stores and the Turnstile script. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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# Privacy Policy
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_Last updated: October 12, 2026_
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direct-img.link has no accounts and doesn't sell data. This page explains what is collected when you use it.
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## IP addresses
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- Your IP address is used to enforce rate limits.
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- 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.
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- Cloudflare also uses your IP address for burst rate limiting and security.
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## Search queries and images
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- When a query isn't already cached, it's sent to Brave Search, and to Bing if Brave returns nothing. On free.direct-img.link, it's sent to Openverse and/or Wikimedia Commons instead. Searches and image downloads are made from our servers, so your IP address isn't shared with these search providers or the sites images come from.
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- Each query (with its `i` and `src` options) and the image it returned are cached for up to 90 days. Failed searches are remembered for 24 hours.
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- Cached images are shared: anyone requesting the same query and options gets the same image.
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## Operational alerts
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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.
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## Analytics
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We use [GoatCounter](https://www.goatcounter.com), a privacy-focused analytics service that doesn't use cookies.
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- The homepage loads GoatCounter's script, which records the visit, the referring page, and your screen width.
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- 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.
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- 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](https://www.goatcounter.com/help/sessions).
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## Newsletter
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- If you sign up for updates on the homepage, your email address, the sign-up date, and your IP address are stored by our newsletter service (newsletter.planetrenox.com, also run on Cloudflare) and used only to email you about direct-img.link.
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- The sign-up form uses [Cloudflare Turnstile](https://www.cloudflare.com/privacypolicy/) to block bots.
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- The maintainer gets a push notification (ntfy) with your email address when you sign up or unsubscribe.
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- Every email has an unsubscribe link. Unsubscribing stops all emails right away.
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## Hosting and third parties
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- The service runs on Cloudflare, which processes all requests under its own [privacy policy](https://www.cloudflare.com/privacypolicy/).
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- The homepage embeds GitHub's Sponsor button, which is loaded from GitHub under GitHub's [privacy statement](https://docs.github.com/en/site-policy/privacy-policies/github-general-privacy-statement).
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- The homepage loads Cloudflare Turnstile for the newsletter sign-up form.
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- direct-img.link doesn't set any cookies.
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## Changes
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We may update this policy at any time. The date above shows the latest revision.
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## Contact
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Privacy questions: [contact@direct-img.link](mailto:contact@direct-img.link)
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