Temporary files
Guest uploads and results expire automatically after the task window.
No document ad targeting
We do not use file content, filenames, or extracted text to target ads.
Clear consent choices
You can choose essential storage, non-personalized ads, or personalized ads.
User control
You can start over, delete local browser state, or use account controls as they are released.
What We Collect
- Files you upload, task options you choose, and processing results needed to run the PDF tool you selected.
- Basic technical data such as browser type, approximate device information, request logs, rate-limit events, and error reports.
- Account details such as email address, display name, password hash, saved preferences, and task history when you create an account.
How We Use Information
- To validate uploads, process PDFs, show progress, generate results, prevent abuse, and keep the free tools reliable.
- To remember consent choices, enforce file limits, maintain security logs, and improve product performance.
- To show clearly-labeled sponsored messages that help keep OpenPDFKit free. Document content is not used for ad targeting.
File Processing Permission
- Before processing, every tool asks you to confirm that you have the rights to upload and modify the files.
- That confirmation allows OpenPDFKit to temporarily store, scan, transform, and deliver the result for the requested task.
- For unlock and security tools, you must also confirm that you own the file or are authorized to change it.
Storage And Retention
- Anonymous task files are designed to expire automatically after two hours unless deleted sooner by system cleanup.
- Account features may keep task history or preferences longer so users can repeat workflows, subject to product controls.
- Backups, logs, and fraud-prevention records may remain for a limited operational period when required for security.
Cookies, Local Storage, And Ads
- Essential browser storage remembers consent, session, upload, and task state so the PDF workflow works correctly.
- Optional ad personalization is controlled by the consent banner. If you reject optional choices, ads remain non-personalized where supported.
- Sponsored messages appear at tool entry and download moments, not inside the active editing workspace.
Your Choices
- You can avoid account storage by using tools as a guest.
- You can clear local browser storage to reset consent and session state.
- When account export, deletion, and preference controls are available, they will be reachable from the account area.
Plain-language promise
No hidden document-content permissions: the permission request is shown before processing, and it is limited to running the free PDF tool the user selected.