Privacy
Short version: your files stay on your computer, and the site does not use accounts or advertising. We use Google Analytics to count visits.
Your files
Every converter on shapefileconverter.com runs entirely in your web browser. When you choose a file, it is read by JavaScript on your device, converted there and offered back to you as a download. The file is never transmitted to our servers or to any third party, and nothing about its contents is logged. Closing the tab removes it from memory.
What the site loads from the network
- The pages and scripts themselves, served from our hosting provider (Cloudflare). Like any web host, it may keep standard, short-lived server logs containing your IP address and the pages requested.
- Two small badge images in the footer, loaded from the directories that list this site (tooldirs.com and launchfree.io). They are plain images and receive only the usual request data.
- An anonymous page-load analytics beacon (Cloudflare Web Analytics), which counts page views without cookies, fingerprinting or any personal identifier, and never sees your files.
- Google Analytics, which records the pages you visit, how you reached the site, your approximate location, device and browser, and interactions such as scrolling and clicks on outbound links. It sets first-party cookies (
_ga,_ga_*) to recognise a returning browser. It never receives your files or their contents. Google's explanation of how it uses this data applies; you can opt out with the Google Analytics opt-out add-on or by blocking cookies for this site. - Map tiles for the preview map, loaded from the OpenStreetMap tile servers when a preview is shown. Your browser requests only the tiles needed for the area of your data; the data itself is not sent. OpenStreetMap's own privacy policy applies to those requests.
What the site does not do
- No user accounts, no sign-up, no email collection.
- No advertising networks or social media trackers, and Google Analytics data is not shared with Google for advertising.
- The only cookies are the Google Analytics cookies described above. Your browser's own storage is not used to keep your files.
Questions
If you have a question about privacy, contact us.