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Privacy
ScanReviver is built to keep as little as possible. You do not need an account, your files are deleted quickly, and they are never used for AI training or sold or shared. This page explains exactly what happens to your files and what little data the site records.
How your files are handled
When you clean a document, the files pass through a short, self-cleaning lifecycle:
- Original uploads are deleted right after successful processing. Once your document has been processed, the file you uploaded is removed.
- Intermediate working files are deleted as soon as the job finishes or fails. Any temporary files created while cleaning your document are cleared immediately once the job completes or stops.
- Result files stay downloadable for up to 45 minutes, then are automatically deleted. This gives you time to download your cleaned result before it is removed for you.
- A "Delete now" button lets you delete your result immediately at any time. You don't have to wait for the automatic cleanup: one click removes your result straight away.
- Failed or abandoned jobs are cleaned up automatically. If a job errors out or you leave without finishing, its files are removed by the same cleanup process.
Logs
The service keeps basic operational logs to run and troubleshoot the tool. Logs never contain original filenames, document content, or OCR text. Nothing that could reveal what your document says is written to a log.
What we never do
Files are never used for AI training and are never sold or shared. Your documents are processed to clean them for you, and for nothing else.
No account needed
You can use ScanReviver without signing up or logging in. There is no account, so there is no profile of you tied to your files.
Visit counts
The site records anonymous visit counts: a privacy-light page-view beacon and counts of how many times the tool has been run. These are simple tallies. We do not use them to build user profiles or track individuals across the web.
IP addresses & rate limits
To keep the free tool available and prevent abuse, the service briefly uses your IP address to enforce limits (how many documents you can process at once). This is used only for rate-limiting and basic abuse prevention, not to identify you or build a profile.
Who processes your data
ScanReviver runs behind Cloudflare, which proxies traffic and provides security and HTTPS; Cloudflare may process connection metadata (such as your IP address) as part of delivering the site. Document processing itself happens on the server that hosts ScanReviver. We do not sell or share your files with any third party, and no other processor receives your documents.
Legal basis (EEA/UK)
Where the GDPR or UK GDPR applies, we process your upload to deliver the cleanup service you asked for, and we use IP-based rate-limiting and basic logs on the basis of our legitimate interest in keeping the service running and secure. Any advertising cookies are used only with your consent where consent is required.
Advertising
If and when ads are shown, they are served by Google AdSense, which may use cookies to show and measure ads. You can learn more from Google's advertising policies.
Contact form
If you use the contact form, the message you send (and your email address, if you provide one) is stored so we can read it and reply. It is used only to handle your message, is not used for marketing, and is kept no longer than needed to deal with your request; in any case it is automatically deleted after 180 days. Please only include what you're comfortable sharing.
Security
In production, data is sent over HTTPS between your browser and the service. We do not claim end-to-end encryption — files are decrypted on the server so they can be processed, and then deleted as described above.
Your rights
Depending on where you live, you may have the right to access, correct or erase your personal data, to object to or restrict certain processing, and to data portability. Because we keep so little (your files are deleted within 45 minutes and there is no account), there is usually very little to act on. If you have sent us a contact message, you can ask us to delete it. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with your local data-protection supervisory authority.
Making a privacy request
To make any privacy request, reach us through the contact page. To act on a request about a specific cleaned document, contact us within the 45-minute window while the result still exists — after that it has already been deleted.
Questions
If you have any privacy questions, reach us through the contact page.