Privacy Policy
Last updated: 20 May 2026
This Privacy Policy explains how PDFtez ("we", "us", "our") handles information when you use our website www.pdftez.com and the tools provided on it.
1. The short version
- Most PDF tools process your files entirely on your device. This includes merge, split, rotate, organize, edit, sign, redact, protect, crop, watermark, page numbers, N-up, text extraction, compression, and JPG/PDF conversion tools.
- Our Office conversion tools (Word, Excel and PowerPoint to/from PDF) have to run on a server. When you use them, your file is uploaded over HTTPS to our conversion provider CloudConvert, converted, and the result is sent back to your browser. Files are deleted by the provider shortly after the job finishes.
- We do not require you to sign up or provide personal information to use our tools.
- We use standard web analytics to measure aggregate traffic to the site (such as visit counts, popular pages, and referring sources). Section 2(d) below details what is collected and how it is used.
- The site is funded by advertising via Google AdSense. AdSense and its partners may set cookies on your browser to serve and measure ads. Section 5b below covers this in detail, including how to opt out of personalised advertising.
- Files you upload, drop, or process with PDFtez are never used for advertising. Ads are based on the page you're viewing and (if you have not opted out) on Google's general profile of you — not on your files.
2. Information we collect
a. Information you provide
We do not ask for your name, email or any account information to use the tools. If you contact us by email, we will receive your email address and the content of your message.
b. Files you process with in-browser tools
Files processed by our in-browser tools stay on your device. They are read into your browser's memory, processed locally by JavaScript, and the result is offered to you as a download. No copy of your files is transmitted to or stored by PDFtez.
c. Files you process with Office conversion tools
Converting between Microsoft Office formats (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and PDF cannot be done reliably inside a browser, so those tools — Word to PDF, PDF to Word, Excel to PDF, PDF to Excel, PowerPoint to PDF, PDF to PowerPoint — run on a server. When you use one of these tools:
- Your file is uploaded over HTTPS to our conversion provider, CloudConvert (Lunaweb Ltd, registered in Germany).
- CloudConvert converts the file and returns the result to your browser, which offers it as a download.
- CloudConvert deletes uploaded files and outputs after a short retention window (typically within 24 hours of the job completing) in line with their privacy policy.
- PDFtez itself does not store a copy of your file. We only transit it through a Cloudflare Worker which proxies the request to CloudConvert and passes the result back.
If you are uploading files containing sensitive, confidential, regulated or personal information about others, please consider that risk before using these server-side tools.
d. Automatically collected information & analytics
When you visit the site, our hosting provider (Cloudflare) processes technical information such as your IP address, request metadata and security signals to deliver the site and protect it from abuse.
We use web analytics to understand aggregate site traffic — visit counts, popular pages, referring sources, approximate location (country/region), browser and device type, and traffic patterns. Depending on the analytics provider in use at the time, this may include products such as Cloudflare Web Analytics (which does not use cookies and does not track individual users) and/or Google Analytics (which does use cookies to measure aggregate traffic). The analytics we run is used to operate and improve the site, not to build advertising profiles. If you would prefer not to be measured by Google Analytics, you can install the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on; for cookie-based analytics generally, your browser's "block third-party cookies" setting also works.
3. Third-party links
Our pages may link to third-party services such as CloudConvert, Cloudflare, or email providers. When you click those links, you leave PDFtez and the third party's privacy policy applies.
4. How we use information
- To operate, maintain and improve the website.
- To understand aggregate usage and traffic patterns.
- To respond to you if you contact us.
- To detect and prevent abuse or security issues.
5. Sharing of information and sub-processors
a. Service providers
We do not sell your personal information. We do not share the contents of files you process with PDFtez with any third party for advertising. We use the following service providers ("sub-processors") to deliver the service:
- Cloudflare, Inc. — hosts the website (Cloudflare Pages), runs our API proxy (Cloudflare Workers), provides our DNS, helps protect the site from abuse, and may also power Cloudflare Web Analytics if enabled. Cloudflare may process visitor IP addresses and request metadata to deliver and secure the site. See Cloudflare's privacy policy.
- CloudConvert (Lunaweb Ltd) — performs the server-side Office↔PDF conversions described in section 2(c). Files are stored only for the short period needed to complete the conversion and are then deleted. See CloudConvert's privacy policy.
- Google LLC — may provide web analytics (Google Analytics) and serves advertising (Google AdSense), as described in sections 2(d) and 5(b). Google processes visitor information including IP address, device, browser, and pages visited. See the Google Privacy Policy.
b. Advertising — Google AdSense
PDFtez is funded by advertising served through Google AdSense. To deliver and measure those ads, AdSense and its certified ad-technology partners may:
- Set and read cookies and similar identifiers in your browser.
- Use information such as your IP address, approximate location, device type, browser, and pages you have visited on PDFtez and on other sites in Google's advertising network to serve ads that may be relevant to you.
- Use a DoubleClick cookie or equivalent to serve ads based on prior visits to PDFtez or other websites.
Files you upload, drop, or process with PDFtez are never shared with Google or used for advertising. Ad selection is based on the URL of the page you are viewing and (if applicable) Google's general advertising profile of your browser — not on the contents of your documents.
How to control ad personalisation:
- You can opt out of personalised advertising by Google at any time via Google's Ads Settings. Ads will still appear but will not be personalised based on your browsing history.
- You can opt out of personalised advertising by third-party vendors via the Digital Advertising Alliance opt-out page (US), the EDAA Your Online Choices page (EU), or the Your Online Choices Australia page.
- For full detail on what Google AdSense does and what cookies it uses, see Google's Advertising privacy & terms page and the Google Privacy Policy.
If you are in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, or another region where consent for advertising cookies is required, PDFtez relies on Google's certified consent solutions to obtain and record your consent where applicable.
c. Legal disclosures
We may also disclose information where required by law, or to protect the rights, safety or property of PDFtez or our users.
6. Data retention
We do not store the files you process with in-browser tools — there is nothing for us to retain. For server-side Office conversions, the file exists only transiently on CloudConvert's infrastructure for the duration of the conversion and is deleted shortly afterwards by the provider. Aggregate analytics data is retained by the analytics provider in use according to their default retention policy (Google Analytics defaults to 14 months; Cloudflare Web Analytics retains rolling aggregates only). Advertising-related cookies are retained according to Google's own policies.
7. Your rights
Depending on where you live (for example, under the EU GDPR, the UK GDPR, the California CCPA, or India's DPDP Act 2023), you may have rights to access, correct, delete or port your personal data, or to object to certain processing. Because we generally do not hold personal data about visitors, most of these rights will not be applicable. Where they are, you can exercise them by emailing us at hello@pdftez.com.
8. Children
The website is not directed to children under 13 (or the equivalent minimum age in your country). We do not knowingly collect personal information from children.
9. Security
We use HTTPS across the site and rely on reputable hosting infrastructure. However, no method of transmission over the Internet is 100% secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.
10. Changes to this policy
We may update this policy from time to time. Material changes will be reflected by updating the "Last updated" date above. Your continued use of the site after any change constitutes acceptance of the revised policy.
11. Contact
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please email us at hello@pdftez.com.