Privacy Policy
PdfPixel is built so that the private thing you are working on stays private. This page explains — without legal fog — what happens to your documents and what little data the website collects.
The short version
- Your files never leave your device. Every tool runs in JavaScript and WebAssembly inside your browser tab. There is no upload endpoint.
- No accounts, no email, no profile. There is nothing to sign up for and no document history to store.
- We count page views anonymously with Google Analytics 4 — page path, which tool was opened, device type and approximate city-level location. Never file names or file contents.
- We never sell data and we do not run cross-site trackers on your documents.
1. Your files and documents
When you choose a PDF, it is read directly by your browser. All merging, splitting, compressing, editing and rendering happens on your device using local CPU and memory. The finished file is written back out by your browser as a download.
We cannot access, read, store, log or recover your documents. If you close the tab before saving, the in-memory copy is gone — that is a property of the architecture, not a limitation. Keep your original file as the master copy of anything important.
2. What the website collects
| Data | Why | Set by |
|---|---|---|
| Page path viewed, tool opened, referrer, screen size, browser and device type, approximate location derived from IP (city/country level) | Understanding which tools are useful so the roadmap can be prioritised | Google Analytics 4 (G-S4XRVK3LSW) |
| A random client identifier and session identifier | So one visitor is not counted as hundreds | Google Analytics 4, in cookies |
| Basic, transient request logs | Keeping the site online and safe from abuse (handled by our host, Cloudflare) | Cloudflare Pages |
We do not collect: file names, file contents, document metadata, the text of anything you type into a tool, your name, your email address, your payment details (there is nothing to pay) or your exact address.
3. Cookies
PdfPixel itself sets no cookies to make the tools work — there is no login and no cart. The only cookies present come from analytics, and they are only set after the analytics script loads:
| Cookie | Purpose | Typical lifetime |
|---|---|---|
_ga | Distinguishes one browser from another so visits can be counted correctly | Up to 2 years |
_ga_S4XRVK3LSW | Keeps the session state for this specific property | Up to 2 years |
You can delete or block these at any time in your browser settings. Blocking them does not affect any PDF tool — the processing code is embedded in the page itself.
4. Advertising
The plan is to keep the suite free without a premium tier, which may mean funding part of it with advertising. If advertising such as Google AdSense is switched on, then:
- Google and its partners may set cookies (including the DoubleClick/“DART” style identifier) to serve and measure ads.
- Ads may be personalised based on your prior browsing of other sites, unless you opt out.
- You can opt out of personalised advertising at adssettings.google.com, aboutads.info (US) or youronlinechoices.eu (EU/UK).
- Where consent is legally required (EEA, UK, Switzerland), a consent message is shown before any advertising cookie is set, and you can decline without losing access to any tool.
- This policy will be updated with the exact vendor list before the first ad is served.
5. Cloud storage pickers
The interface shows Google Drive and Dropbox buttons marked SOON. They are placeholders today and connect to nothing. If they are enabled later, the file picker is served by Google or Dropbox inside their own domain and your use of it is governed by their privacy policies — the selected file would still be processed locally in your browser.
6. Legal bases and your rights
Where the GDPR applies, our legal basis for analytics is legitimate interest in understanding aggregate usage; where consent is required for advertising, it is your consent, which you can withdraw at any time. Depending on where you live you may have the right to access, correct, delete, port or restrict processing of personal data, to object to it, and to complain to your local data protection authority. For India, the Digital Personal Data Protection Act 2023 applies on the same principles. To exercise any right, email us — because we hold no document data and no account, most requests resolve immediately.
7. Data retention
Document data: never retained — it never reaches us. Analytics data: retained in Google Analytics under its default user-data retention setting (up to 14 months) and then deleted. Server logs: kept by Cloudflare briefly for security and then rotated out.
8. Security
The site is served over HTTPS with HSTS enabled. Because there is no upload, no database of user documents and no account system, the categories of data that are usually stolen in a breach simply do not exist here. That is the main reason the architecture was chosen.
9. Children
PdfPixel is a general-purpose document tool, not a child-directed service, and it is not intended for children under 13 (or under 16 where local law sets that age). We do not knowingly collect personal information from children.
10. International transfers
Analytics data is processed by Google on its global infrastructure, which may involve transferring data outside your country under Google's standard contractual clauses.
11. Changes to this policy
If this policy changes, the “last updated” date above changes with it, and material changes — such as enabling advertising — will be called out on this page rather than slipped in silently.
12. Contact
Questions, corrections or privacy requests: [email protected]. See also the Terms of Service.