Privacy Policy

Last updated: 20 July 2026

Your privacy matters, especially with documents. This policy explains what is and isn't handled when you use PDF Tools.

Your files never leave your device

Every tool on this site (merging, splitting, and compressing) runs entirely inside your web browser. The PDFs you open are read and processed locally on your own computer. They are never uploaded to any server, never stored by us, and never transmitted anywhere. When you close the page, they're gone from the tool.

Information we collect: none

We do not ask for, collect, or store any personal information about you. There are no accounts and no sign-ups.

Cookies and advertising

To keep these tools free, we display advertising served by Google, using Google AdSense. Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on a user's prior visits to this and other websites.

• Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to you based on your visit to this site and/or other sites on the Internet.
• You can opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings.
• You can also opt out of a third-party vendor's use of cookies for personalized advertising at aboutads.info/choices.

These cookies are set by Google, not by us, and we do not have access to the information they contain. Advertising cookies relate to the page you're viewing, never to the contents of your files, which we can't see.

Analytics

We do not run any personal analytics or tracking of our own. Our hosting provider may keep standard, aggregated server logs (such as anonymized request counts) for security and reliability, which do not identify you.

Children's privacy

This site is a general-audience tool and is not directed at children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect information from them.

Changes to this policy

We may update this policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page with a revised "last updated" date.

Contact

If you have any questions about this policy, you can reach us at our support address.