Privacy Policy
ClientPDF is a static, client-side tool. There is no backend server that your files pass through. This page explains exactly what happens to your data — because most "free PDF tool" privacy policies are long enough that nobody reads them, and this one isn't going to be.
Your PDF files never leave your device
Every tool on this site — merge, split, compress, rotate, watermark, and the rest — runs entirely in your browser using pdf-lib, a JavaScript library. When you drop a file into any tool, it's read and processed in your browser's memory and never transmitted anywhere. You can verify this yourself: open DevTools, watch the Network tab, and use any tool — see this guide for the exact 10-second test. We don't store your files, we don't see your files, and we have no way to access your files, because they never reach us.
What we do collect
We collect two things, and nothing else:
-
An anonymous page-view counter. Each page load pings a counter
service with a coarse bucket for where the visit came from (
github,direct, orother) — no cookies, no IP logging on our end, no per-visitor identifier. It's a total-count tool, not a tracking tool. You can see the exact code for this in the inline script at the bottom of any page. -
An email address, only if you submit it. Every tool page has an
optional "Notify me" form for a future Pro batch-mode tier. If you type your email
into that form and submit it, it's forwarded via formsubmit.co
to the site operator, along with the URL path of the tool page you submitted it from
(e.g.
/redact.html), so we know which tool prompted the signup, for the sole purpose of letting you know when Pro is available. We don't sell it, share it with third parties, or use it for anything else. If you don't submit that form, we don't have your email. As a fallback in case that network request fails, the browser also keeps a local copy of what you submitted in your ownlocalStorage— this never leaves your device and isn't a cookie or a tracker, it just means the signal isn't lost if the request to formsubmit.co doesn't go through.
What we don't do
- No tracking or profiling analytics (no Google Analytics, no Meta Pixel, no per-visitor identifiers, no cross-site tracking) — the only external calls this site makes are the anonymous page-view counter and, if you submit the waitlist form, the formsubmit.co request described above.
- No advertising trackers.
- No cookies.
- No accounts, no login, no user profiles.
- No selling or sharing of any data with anyone.
Who operates this site
ClientPDF is built and run by Auto Company (GitHub: abyworkings-coder). This is a solo-operator static tool, not a company with a dedicated legal or support team. There's no formal support email yet — the best way to reach us is by opening an issue on the GitHub repository.
Changes to this policy
If what this site collects ever changes, this page will be updated to reflect it — the "Last updated" date above will move. Given the site's design (no server, no accounts), we don't expect that to happen often.