Privacy Policy

The short version: the tools on Useful Drawer run entirely inside your browser. Files you open are never uploaded to us, because there is no server on our side that receives them.

Files and images you use in the tools

When you add a photo or file to a tool on this site, your browser reads it locally and renders it on the page. It is not transmitted to us or to any third party. Images are not kept — when you close or reload the tab, they are gone. Anything you export is written directly by your browser to your own device.

Tools that remember what you type

Some tools save your input so you don't have to enter it again. The Random Name Picker, the Random Group Generator, and the Raffle & Giveaway Winner Picker each keep your list of names or entries, for example, so the same list is there next time. Names in a Hat and the Random Partner Generator keep the names you put in them, the Chore Wheel keeps your chores and people, the Secret Santa Questionnaire keeps your questions and event details, and the Secret Santa Generator keeps your group list along with its rules, event name, budget, and date — though never the result of a draw.

That is stored by your browser, on your own device. It is not sent to us, and we have no way to see it — these tools run entirely in your browser.

Saving a tool with the bookmark button works the same way: the site keeps a list of which tools you saved, in your browser, so they're easy to find next time. It's a list of tool names and nothing else.

If you turn analytics off for a browser, as described below, that choice is stored the same way — a single flag on your own device.

It stays until you remove it. Editing the field replaces it, unsaving a tool removes it from the list, and clearing site data for usefuldrawer.com in your browser settings deletes all of it. A private or incognito window keeps nothing once you close it.

This matters most if you are typing other people's names — a class list, a team roster. Those names stay on the device they were typed on.

Information we collect

We do not operate user accounts, and we do not collect names, email addresses, or passwords, with one exception: buying a PageStill license means we keep the email you bought with, as described in the PageStill section below. To understand which tools are worth continuing to build, we use Google Analytics, which reports aggregated site usage — such as which pages are visited, general referral sources, and coarse country-level location. We also record how the site gets used: which pages and tools you open, which controls you press, how far through a page you read, and which links you follow. On pages where we sell something we also record the steps along the way, so we can see which part of a page loses people. We may add to or change what we measure as the site changes.

What those records never contain is the substance of what you do here: never an image, never a file name, and never anything you type — not into a tool, not into a form, not your email address. Anything you type into a form goes to the service that handles that form, and nowhere near our analytics.

Google Analytics sets cookies and processes this data under Google's privacy policy. It is not tied to your identity by us, and we do not sell it.

Like nearly all websites, our hosting provider — Vercel — processes standard server request data, which can include IP address and browser type, for the purpose of serving pages and preventing abuse.

Turning analytics off. Adding ?analytics=off to the end of any page address on this site stops that browser being measured at all — no page views, no record that a tool was used. The choice is remembered by your browser on your own device, in the same way described above, and applies until you visit ?analytics=on or clear site data. Nothing about the choice is sent to us; the tools themselves work exactly the same either way.

Contact, suggestion, and feedback forms

The forms are the one place on this site where information you enter is transmitted somewhere. That means the contact and suggestion pages, the feedback panel that opens from the tab on the right-hand edge of every page, and the “tell me when it’s ready” box on the PageStill page. Those submissions are processed by Formspree, a third-party form service, which delivers them to us by email and retains them under its own privacy policy.

Whatever you type into those forms — your message, and your name and email address if you provide them — goes to Formspree and then to us. We use it to reply to you and to decide what to build next. We don't add you to a mailing list, and we don't sell or share it. We keep submissions for as long as they are useful for replying and for deciding what to build; if you want a message you sent deleted, contact us and we will delete our copy. If you would rather not use a third-party service, simply don't use the forms.

The feedback panel also sends the address of the page you opened it on, so we know which tool or article a comment is about. It has no access to the tool on that page: nothing you typed into a tool, and no image you added to one, is included or can be. Only what you type into the panel itself is sent.

This does not change how the tools work. The tools themselves still transmit nothing.

PageStill, our Chrome extension

PageStill is a paid screenshot extension we sell for Chrome. It is not one of the tools on this site and it works differently, so it gets its own section. Nothing here changes what is said above about the tools on this site. This section is the privacy policy for the extension, and the Chrome Web Store listing points here.

The short version: PageStill is a Chrome extension that takes a screenshot of a web page and lets you mark it up. The screenshot, the page, and everything you draw on it stay on your computer. The only thing the extension ever sends us is your license key, once a day, so we can confirm it is still valid. If you never buy a license, it sends nothing at all.

What the extension does on your computer

When you click the PageStill button, the extension scrolls the page you are looking at, captures it in pieces, and stitches those pieces into one image in a new tab. The editor in that tab lets you highlight, draw, add notes and arrows, box or circle things, blur parts, crop, and save the result as a PNG or a PDF. All of that happens in your browser. There is no upload step, and no copy of the image exists anywhere but on your computer unless you save or share it yourself.

The extension only touches the page you are on at the moment you click. It does not run on pages in the background, it cannot read other tabs, and it has no permission to access any website on its own. In Chrome's terms it uses activeTab, scripting, downloads, and storage, and no host permissions.

What it stores on your computer

Three small things, kept in Chrome's local extension storage on the device you are using:

• Your license key, if you have entered one. The key contains the email address you bought with, so the editor can show "Licensed to" that address.
• A random install ID: a made-up identifier created the first time the extension runs, such as a3f1…. It is not derived from your computer, your account, or anything about you.
• The date of the last license check, so the extension knows whether a day has passed.

Removing the extension deletes all three. Nothing is written anywhere else, and screenshots are never stored by the extension.

The one thing it sends: the license check

If you have entered a license key, then once a day, the first time you open the editor that day, the extension contacts our license server and sends two things: the license key (including the email inside it) and the random install ID. It also does this when you click Refresh key in the unlock panel. The server answers with your current key, so a renewal reaches you without doing anything, or tells the extension that the key has been refunded or cancelled.

That is the complete list. The check does not include the page you were on, the screenshot, anything you drew, your browsing history, or anything about your computer. The connection is encrypted (HTTPS).

You are told this before it ever happens: the notice sits directly under the box where you paste your key, and clicking Unlock is your consent. If you would rather the extension never contact us, don't enter a key. Capturing and saving PNGs work without one, and no check ever runs.

If the server cannot be reached, because you are offline or it is down, nothing changes. Your key keeps working. The extension only ever locks the editor when our server explicitly says a key was refunded or cancelled.

What we keep about you when you buy

When you buy a license, our server records the email address you bought with, the license keys issued to it, the plan and its expiry date, the identifiers Polar assigns to your customer record, order, and subscription, and the time of the last license check. As the extension checks in, it also records each install ID, with the first and last time it was seen, so we can tell how many computers a key is being used on. We use this to deliver your key, honour renewals and refunds, help you if you lose your key, and notice when a key is being shared far beyond one person.

The owner of MRBN, LLC can see this list, in order to provide support. Nobody else has access to it. We do not sell it, share it with advertisers or data brokers, use it for advertising, or use it for anything unrelated to running PageStill.

Payments

Purchases are handled by Polar (Polar Software Inc.), which acts as the merchant of record. Polar collects your payment details, charges your card, handles sales tax, sends receipts, and manages renewals and refunds under Polar's privacy policy. We never see your card number. Polar tells our server the email address of the buyer and the status of the purchase, which is how your key gets issued.

Email

We email your license key to the address you bought with, again when a subscription renews, and when you ask for it through the "lost my key" form. Those emails are delivered by Resend, an email delivery service, which processes the address and the message under its own privacy policy. We don't add you to a mailing list.

The "lost my key" form

The form on the PageStill page takes an email address and, if a license exists for it, emails the key to that address. It gives the same reply whether or not a license exists, and it sends at most one email per address every ten minutes, so it cannot be used to find out who is a customer.

Chrome Web Store user data policy

PageStill's use of information received from Google APIs and from the extension adheres to the Chrome Web Store User Data Policy, including the Limited Use requirements. In plain words: we collect only what is needed to run the license, we use it only for that, and we never transfer it to anyone except the services named on this page that are needed to run it.

How long we keep it

License records are kept for as long as the license is valid, plus a reasonable period afterwards so a refund, dispute, or renewal can be resolved. If you want your license record deleted, contact us at the address below and we will delete it. Deleting it means the key stops working, so we will confirm first.

Cookies and advertising

We may in the future display advertising on this site. If and when we do, third-party advertising vendors — including Google — may use cookies or similar technologies to serve ads based on your prior visits to this or other websites. Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads based on your visits to our site and other sites on the internet.

You can opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings, or opt out of third-party vendor cookies at aboutads.info. This section will be updated with specific vendor disclosures before any advertising runs.

Children

This site is not directed at children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from them.

Your rights

Because we do not collect personal information tied to your identity, there is generally nothing for us to retrieve or delete on request. The exception is a PageStill license record, which you can ask us to show or delete at any time. If you believe we hold information about you and want it removed, contact us and we will address it.

Changes

We may update this policy as the site changes — particularly before introducing advertising. Material changes will be reflected in the date at the top of this page.

Contact

Questions about this policy can be directed to MRBN, LLC. through the contact address listed on the site.