Privacy and terms
Last updated 21 October 2026
Elsetest is made by Claes Svensson IT AB (org.nr 556997-4503), Rovägen 2, 74142 Knivsta, Sweden. In short: we only keep what we need to run your account. We never see the sites you test, your logs or your videos: they stay on your computer.
Questions about any of this: info (at) elsetest.com.
Elsetest on your computer
What it connects to
- elsetest.com: to log in, check and use your testing time, look for updates, and download ffmpeg (for the videos) and new versions.
- Google's Chrome for Testing downloads (storage.googleapis.com): once, to download the Chrome that Elsetest tests with, and again when a new version of Elsetest needs a newer one.
- The sites you test, from that Chrome, like any browser.
- An AI provider, only if you set one up with your own API key. Then screenshots and the text of the pages you test go to that provider, under your agreement with them. Without a key, nothing goes to any AI.
What it installs
Elsetest needs no administrator rights, installs no services, and doesn't start by itself. It puts files only here:
- The program, where you unpack it. The Windows installer puts it in
%LOCALAPPDATA%\Programs\Elsetest, with a Start menu shortcut. - Chrome for Testing, in
.cache/puppeteerin your home folder. - ffmpeg, in
~/.cache/elsetest(%LOCALAPPDATA%\elseteston Windows,~/Library/Caches/elseteston macOS). - Your login and the sites you've said you may test, in
~/.config/elsetest(%APPDATA%\elseteston Windows,~/Library/Application Support/elseteston macOS). - The results of your tests, a log and a video per run, in
Elsetestin your Documents folder, or wherever you choose.
To uninstall Elsetest, delete the program and these folders. On Windows, you can uninstall it under Installed apps instead.
What it sends us
- When you log in: your email address, your computer's name (to name the login), and a fingerprint of your computer (a one-way hash of its machine id; it can't be turned back into the id).
- When you test: that a run started, each minute it goes on, and that it ended.
- With every request: Elsetest's version and your platform, e.g.
elsetest/1.0.0 (linux-x64).
It never sends us the addresses or content of the sites you test, your logs, videos or screenshots, the usernames and passwords you give it for logging in to your sites, or your AI keys.
Every download from elsetest.com is checked before it's used: new versions against a list we sign with a key that never leaves our own computer, ffmpeg against a checksum built into Elsetest.
Privacy
Claes Svensson IT AB is responsible for the personal data described here (the data controller, under the EU's General Data Protection Regulation, GDPR).
What we keep, and why
- Your email address, for your account and to email you login codes. Basis: our agreement with you.
- Your computers' names, one per login, so the logins can be told apart. Basis: our agreement with you.
- Your testing time and runs: when each run started and ended and the minutes it used, to keep track of your testing time. Basis: our agreement with you.
- Fingerprints: a one-way hash of your email address and one of your computer's machine id, so the free trial is given once per person and computer. Basis: our legitimate interest in preventing misuse of the free trial.
- Downloads: a log of downloads from elsetest.com, with the address shortened so it doesn't identify you (the last part of an IP address removed), to count downloads. Basis: our legitimate interest in knowing how Elsetest is used.
The website uses no cookies, no analytics and no third-party scripts or fonts. We don't sell your data or use it for advertising.
Who else handles it
- Hetzner Online runs the server elsetest.com is on, in Helsinki, Finland.
- Amazon Web Services sends our emails, from its Stockholm region in Sweden.
Both handle the data only on our behalf, within the EU.
How long we keep it
- Your account, its logins and runs: until you ask us to delete your account.
- Login codes: until they're used or expire, after a few minutes.
- Download logs: 90 days.
- The free trial's fingerprints: also after your account is deleted, so the trial isn't given again. They can't be turned back into your email address or machine id.
Your rights
You may ask us what data we have about you, and to correct or delete it, or object to how we use it: email us. You can also complain to the Swedish Authority for Privacy Protection, IMY.
Terms of use
By downloading or using Elsetest you agree to these terms.
Test only what you're allowed to test
Elsetest clicks, types and submits forms at random. It can create, change and delete data on the sites you test, and it types input that looks like attacks, which can set off security alerts. Test only sites you own or have permission to test, preferably a test or staging copy rather than the live site. You're responsible for what your tests do to the sites you test. Don't use Elsetest to attack, overload or get into sites you aren't allowed to.
Your account and testing time
- Your first login gives you a free trial of testing time, once per person and computer.
- Testing time is counted per started minute of a run. While we offer free testing, as the front page says, runs don't use your testing time.
- Prices and terms for buying more testing time will be shown before you buy.
- Keep your login to yourself.
Using the program
You may use Elsetest to test sites for yourself or for your work. Don't copy, sell, reverse engineer or modify it, or get around its counting of testing time. If you use an AI provider with Elsetest, their terms apply to that use too.
No guarantees
Elsetest is new, and we improve it all the time. It's provided as it is, without any guarantee that it finds every bug, or any particular bug, or that it works without interruption. Our liability for any damage is limited to what you have paid us in the 12 months before it, except where the law doesn't allow that, such as for damage caused deliberately or by gross negligence. If you're a consumer, these terms don't limit the rights the law gives you.
Changes and ending
We may change these terms, and say so here with a new date; for bigger changes, we'll also email you. You can stop using Elsetest at any time and ask us to delete your account. We may close an account that breaks these terms.
Law
Swedish law applies, and disputes are settled by Swedish courts. If you're a consumer in the EU, you also keep the protection of your own country's law, and in Sweden you can turn to the National Board for Consumer Disputes, ARN.