Who is responsible for your data
TextEditor.com is run by Ruwix Services SRL, a company based in Romania. This company decides how data on this site is used.
- Trade register number: J26/374/2017
- Tax and VAT number: RO37189732
- Address: Str. Navodari nr. 18, Tirgu Mures, Mures County, Romania
- Email: our email address (turn on JavaScript to see it)
The site has no user accounts and no sign up. We do not ask for your name or your email to use any tool.
Text and files you use in our tools
The tools run in your browser, on your own device. Text you type or paste is not sent to our server.
The same goes for files. When you open a Word, PDF, spreadsheet or HTML file in one of our editors, your browser reads and changes it on your device. The file is not uploaded. The code that does this work comes from our own server.
A few buttons share your text, but only when you click them:
- The "TextPaint" button opens our sister site TextPaint.com with your drawing inside the link, so TextPaint receives the drawing.
- "Share as link" in the online HTML editor packs your page into the part of the link after the # sign. Browsers do not send that part to any server. But anyone who gets the link can open the page.
- If your HTML shows a picture from another website, the editor preview loads that picture from that website.
What the site saves in your browser
Some tools remember your work and your settings, so they are still there when you come back. This data is saved in your browser, on your device. We cannot see it.
| What is saved | Where |
|---|---|
| Your theme choice and how previews look (font, size, colors) | Local storage, names that start with "te:" |
| The last text you typed in a tool and the options you picked | Local storage |
| The last six pages you opened, so the search shows them first | Local storage |
| Your document in the editors and writing tools: the text editor, the rich text, Word, HTML, Markdown, code, JSON, CSV and table editors, the Markdown table generator, the word and character counters, the readability checker, text compare and the word cloud generator | IndexedDB database "te-editor". When you close the page, a copy also goes to local storage, in case the browser stops the first save. |
| Your notes in the online notepad | IndexedDB database "te-notes". When you close the page, a copy also goes to local storage. |
| A signature you save in the PDF signer | Local storage, as a picture |
| A file you drop on one editor that another editor opens | IndexedDB database "te-files". It is deleted when the other editor opens it. |
After you write in the text editor or the notepad for a while, the page asks your browser to keep this data even when the disk gets full. Your browser may agree or refuse.
To delete all of this, clear the data for texteditor.com in your browser settings. Private or incognito windows delete it when you close them.
Who else can read it
Data in your browser is not locked away from other code on our pages. Any script that runs here can read it. That includes the Google ad and visit statistics scripts on most pages, and the code that each ad brings along. We never ask them to read your text, but we cannot fully control what they do.
Code outside our site can read it too. Browser add-ons that you allow on all websites can see what you type and what the page saves. So can harmful programs on your device, and anyone who uses your computer with the same browser profile.
For private text or a signature, use a private window, or clear the site data when you are done. Only install add-ons you trust.
Cookies
Our own code does not set any cookies. Google sets cookies for ads and visit statistics, as explained below. Cloudflare, which protects the site, may set a cookie that helps it tell people from harmful bots.
Ads by Google
Most tool pages show ads from Google AdSense. A few pages have no ads: this page, the About and Terms pages, the password generator, the PDF signer, the emoji page and two of the text face pages.
Google and its partners use cookies and similar tools to show ads, count how often ads are seen and stop ad fraud. They may show ads based on your interests if you allow it. Google explains this in how Google uses information from sites that use its services.
If you visit from the EEA, the UK or Switzerland, you see Google's consent message on your first visit to a page with ads. You can accept, refuse or pick what Google may do. If you refuse, Google shows ads that are not based on your past browsing.
Your privacy choices
You can change your answer to the consent message at any time. Use the button below, or the "Privacy choices" link at the bottom of every page.
The consent message comes with the ads, and this page has no ads. Open a tool page, like the fancy text generator, and click "Privacy choices" at the bottom of that page.
Outside the EEA, the UK and Switzerland, you can turn off ads based on your interests in your Google account settings.
Visit statistics
We count visits with Google Analytics. It records the pages you open, the page you came from, your browser and device type and your rough location, like your country or city. It uses cookies to tell a new visit from a return visit. We only see totals, like how many people opened a page, not who you are.
In the EEA, the UK and Switzerland, Google Analytics sets no cookies until you agree in the consent message. Before that, it only counts visits without knowing if you came before. You can change that answer under your privacy choices.
The password generator loads no Google Analytics, no ads and no other outside scripts.
Server logs
The site runs on a server rented from Bluehost, a hosting company. It also runs behind Cloudflare, which speeds it up and blocks attacks. Like almost every web host, Bluehost and Cloudflare may write a short record of each request. It holds your IP address, the time, the page asked for, your browser name and the page you came from.
We do not collect these records ourselves. Bluehost and Cloudflare keep them for as long as their own rules allow, to keep their services working and safe. You can read the Cloudflare privacy policy.
Why we may use your data
The GDPR, the European data law, asks us to give a reason for each use of personal data.
- Ads based on your interests and Google Analytics: your consent, given in Google's consent message.
- Security cookies and the host's server records: the interest in running a safe site.
We do not sell your data, and we do not share it with anyone other than the partners named on this page.
Your rights
You can ask us what personal data we hold about you. You can also ask us to correct it, delete it or stop using it. Write to our email address (turn on JavaScript to see it). We answer within one month, as the law requires.
The work you save in your browser never reaches us, so only you can see or delete it. For data held by Google, Bluehost or Cloudflare, you can also contact them directly.
If you think we broke data law, you can complain to the data protection authority in your country. In Romania, that is the ANSPDCP.
Links to other websites
Some pages link to other websites. When you leave our site, this policy no longer applies. Check the privacy policy of the site you visit.
Changes to this policy
When we change this policy, we update the date at the top of the page. Our terms of use explain the rules for using the tools.