Last updated: September 2026.

The short version: your photos never leave your device. BgRemove was designed so that the sensitive thing — your image — physically cannot be collected, because it is never transmitted. The longer version below covers the data the site itself touches.

Your photos are processed locally

The remover is JavaScript and WebAssembly running in your browser tab. When you drop a file in, the browser reads it from your disk, decodes it, masks it and re-encodes it — all locally. You can verify this yourself: load the page, disconnect from the internet, and the tool keeps working. There is no upload endpoint in the site’s code, no image queue, no processing server.

The optional AI mode works the same way: on first use your browser downloads two files — the U²-Netp model (~4.6 MB) and the onnxruntime-web runtime (~12.7 MB) — from this same site, not a third-party CDN. Once fetched, inference runs on your device and works offline. Neither the model nor the runtime ever receives your image over a network.

This design means we couldn’t see, store or leak your photos even if we wanted to — which matters when the files are passport photos, ID documents or anything else personal.

Server logs

The site is hosted on Cloudflare. When your browser fetches a page or the AI model files, Cloudflare processes standard request metadata — IP address, user agent, timestamp, requested URL — to deliver content, protect against abuse and measure aggregate traffic. There are no accounts and no forms that store data, so there is nothing to combine these logs with.

Advertising and cookies

If advertising is enabled on this site, it is served by third-party networks such as Google AdSense. Ad networks may set cookies or similar identifiers to measure impressions and — where permitted — personalize ads. You can opt out of personalized ads via Google’s Ads Settings or a browser that blocks third-party cookies. The remover works identically whether or not ads load.

Analytics

We may use privacy-respecting aggregate analytics (no cross-site tracking, no personal profiles) to see which pages are used. File names, image contents and removal results are never included — that data never reaches the network at all.

Your choices

• Reading the site works with JavaScript disabled; only the remover needs it.
• The AI model is optional — color mode removes backgrounds with zero download.
• Cookie and ad personalization preferences are controlled by your browser settings.
• Questions about this policy: hello@photopassport.online.

Changes

If this policy changes, the updated version will be posted on this page with a new “last updated” date.