Last Updated: September 2026 • Effective Date: September 2026
LensForest is committed to respecting your privacy and being transparent about our data handling practices. This Privacy Policy explains what information we collect, how it is used to deliver free stock imagery, and your privacy rights.
Core Privacy Principle: No Public User Accounts
LensForest does not require public registration, account creation, or login to browse images or download high-resolution assets. We do not sell your personal information, nor do we build invasive personal advertising profiles from your browsing behavior.
1. Information We Collect
A. Information You Voluntarily Provide
When you communicate with us through our Contact Page or send us an email, you may voluntarily provide personal details such as:
Your name and email address
Inquiry category (general support, copyright/DMCA notice, metadata correction, or business inquiry)
Subject line, message body, and any supporting documentation you attach
B. Automated Technical Telemetry & Server Logs
When you browse LensForest or request photo downloads, our web servers and application middleware automatically process technical information essential to delivering services and securing our infrastructure:
IP Addresses: Processed from standard connection headers for the specific operational purposes of preventing automated scraping, enforcing our fair download rate limit (10 downloads per minute per IP), and security audit logging.
User-Agent & Browser Data: Browser version, operating system, and language preferences to deliver compatible layout rendering and WebP image formats.
Download Events: When a photo is downloaded, our system logs the image identifier, timestamp, and anonymous download counter to maintain catalog download statistics.
HTTP Referrers & Request Paths: Used internally to detect broken links and diagnose system errors.
2. Cookies and Tracking Technologies
Current Cookie Status
At present, LensForest uses no public tracking, marketing, or advertising cookies. Cookies are used strictly for administrative authentication (auth-session) when authorized administrators access the private catalog studio. Regular public visitors to the photo library receive no commercial tracking cookies from LensForest.
For detailed technical specifics on our cookie architecture, please review our Cookie Policy.
To keep all image downloads 100% free without charging subscription fees, LensForest plans to display third-party advertisements through networks such as Google AdSense in future updates.
When Google AdSense is integrated:
Third-party vendors, including Google, will use cookies to serve ads based on a user’s prior visits to this website or other websites on the internet.
Google’s use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads based on your visit to LensForest and/or other sites across the web.
Users may opt out of personalized advertising at any time by visiting Google Ads Settings. Alternatively, you may opt out of a third-party vendor’s use of cookies for personalized advertising by visiting www.aboutads.info.
3. How We Use Collected Information
We use the technical and communicative information we collect solely for legitimate operational purposes:
Providing Free Image Downloads: Streaming unwatermarked, original camera files securely to end users.
Abuse Prevention & Rate Limiting: Enforcing rate-limiting policies to protect server infrastructure against automated scraping, bulk extraction bots, and Denial of Service (DoS) attempts.
Support & Legal Inquiries: Responding to user feedback, DMCA takedown notices, and catalog correction requests.
System Diagnostics & Performance: Monitoring website uptime, caching efficiency, image delivery speed, and technical reliability.
4. Data Sharing and Third Parties
We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal information. We only share information in the following limited circumstances:
Infrastructure & Hosting Providers: Trusted cloud infrastructure, content delivery networks (CDNs), and server hosting providers that process technical network requests strictly to deliver the website.
Legal & Compliance Obligations: When required by law, subpoena, court order, or governmental authority to investigate fraud, enforce our Terms of Service, or protect the security and rights of LensForest and its users.
5. Data Retention and Security
We implement industry-standard technical and organizational safeguards to protect data:
Encryption in Transit: All web traffic and image delivery are encrypted via modern Transport Layer Security (TLS/HTTPS).
Retention Periods: Ephemeral rate-limiting counters are discarded automatically after short rolling time windows. Server audit logs are periodically rotated and purged. Contact form messages are retained only as long as necessary to address the corresponding matter.
Access Control: Administrative studio endpoints are password-protected and restricted with cryptographic session validation.
6. Your Privacy Rights (GDPR & CCPA Considerations)
Depending on your jurisdiction (such as the European Economic Area, United Kingdom, or California), you may hold legal rights regarding your personal information, including:
The right to request confirmation of whether we process personal data relating to you.
The right to request access to or deletion of contact communications you have submitted.
The right to object to or restrict processing of your information.
The right to opt out of third-party personalized advertising.
Because LensForest does not operate user accounts, we hold no user profiles or personal accounts. To exercise any privacy rights concerning a contact message or communication you submitted, please contact us at our designated address below.
7. Children’s Privacy
LensForest is a general audience stock photography platform intended for professional, creative, and educational use. We do not knowingly collect or solicit personal information from children under the age of 13 (or under 16 in the European Union). If we learn that we have received personal data from a child without appropriate consent, we will take steps to delete that information promptly.
8. Changes to this Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our legal obligations, technical features, or advertising partnerships. Any modifications will be posted on this page with an updated “Last Updated” date. We encourage users to periodically review this page for the latest information on our privacy practices.
9. Privacy Inquiries & Contact Information
If you have questions, comments, or requests regarding this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please reach out via our Contact Page or directly to our designated privacy desk: