PRIVACY · FREE SCAN · ON-DEVICE
Privacy Policy
The free FaceGrader scan runs in your browser. Your chosen photo is read by your device, the measurements are calculated there, and no photo or measurement is sent to our servers.
LAST UPDATED 2026-09-21 · September 21, 2026
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The short version
| Question | Free scan answer |
|---|---|
| Does the photo leave the browser? | No |
| Do our servers receive facial measurements? | No |
| Is a server result record created? | No |
| Is a sign-in needed? | No |
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What happens during a free scan
- You choose a clear, front-facing photo. The browser opens it and keeps it on your device.
- A facial landmark model runs inside your browser as WebAssembly. The model and application files may be downloaded; the chosen photo travels nowhere.
- The model produces 478 landmark coordinates. Your browser turns those into four ratios and a composite score.
- When the scan finishes, the result is placed briefly in this tab’s sessionStorage so the result page can display it. It is consumed once and removed. The result contains no source photo.
There is no step in which the photo, landmarks, ratios, or score reach FaceGrader servers.
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What we receive when you visit
FaceGrader does not intentionally collect a photo, face landmarks, a score, or a profile from the free scan. Ordinary hosting infrastructure may process basic request information needed to deliver and protect a website, such as the requested address, browser type, and time of a request.
We do not use advertising cookies or behavioral tracking in the free scan, and we do not sell personal information.
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The legal context
Illinois — Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA). BIPA treats a scan of face geometry as a biometric identifier whether or not it is used to identify anyone. During the free scan, the geometry remains on your device and is not collected by FaceGrader servers.
Washington — My Health My Data Act. Measurements of a person’s body can fall within the Act’s broad definition of consumer health data. FaceGrader does not collect or sell such data from the free scan.
EU and UK — GDPR Article 9. Article 9 covers biometric data processed for uniquely identifying a natural person. FaceGrader measures proportions, does not recognise or match anyone, and holds no matching database.
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How long things remain
| What | What happens |
|---|---|
| Chosen photo | Read and processed in the browser |
| Facial landmarks | Used locally for the calculation |
| Facial measurements | Not sent to our servers |
| The single result | Briefly in this tab, consumed once |
| Server result record | None |
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Your choices and questions
You can close the tab or clear its session data at any time. Because the free scan is processed locally and its result is removed after display, there is no server result history for FaceGrader to retrieve or edit.
For questions about this policy or information we actually hold, contact [email protected].
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Children and young people
The free tool does not require a sign-in or transmit a chosen photo. Young people should use it with the guidance of a parent or guardian and should not choose another person’s photo without permission.
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Changes to this policy
If the way the free scan handles information changes, this page will be updated and the effective date above will change.