Privacy Policy

The short version

pdfia is built so that we know as little about you as possible. The tools on this site process your files entirely in your browser — your documents are never uploaded to us. We don't have user accounts, we don't use advertising or tracking cookies, and we never sell data, because we barely collect any.

Your files

When you use a tool page (merge, split, compress, convert, and so on), all processing happens locally on your device using JavaScript and WebAssembly. Your files never leave your computer, are never transmitted to our servers, and we cannot see them. Closing the tab removes everything.

The one exception is our developer API and MCP server, where files are sent as part of the request by design. Those files are processed in memory at the network edge, the result is returned in the response, and nothing is written to disk or stored. We don't keep copies of API inputs or outputs.

Analytics

We use a self-hosted instance of GoatCounter, a privacy-friendly analytics tool, to count page views. It does not use cookies, does not track you across other websites, and does not build a profile of you. It records aggregate information such as which page was viewed, the referring site, browser type, and country. We run it ourselves — no data is shared with an analytics company or ad network.

Hosting

The site is served by Cloudflare. Like any host, Cloudflare may process standard technical data (such as IP addresses) to deliver the site and defend against abuse; see theCloudflare privacy policy. For the API, we apply rate limits per IP address in memory only, to keep the service free and available; these counters are not stored durably.

What we don't do

• No user accounts, sign-ups, or email collection
• No advertising, ad trackers, or third-party marketing scripts
• No tracking cookies of any kind
• No storing, reading, or scanning of your documents
• No selling or sharing of data with third parties

Changes

If we change this policy, we'll update this page and the date at the top. Because we collect so little, changes are likely to be rare and minor.