Privacy policy

1. Your files

When you open a file in LocalPDF, it is read and processed by code running inside your browser. Your file is never uploaded to our servers or sent to any third party.

• Files are held only in your browser tab's memory while you work.
• Closing or refreshing the tab clears them.
• We cannot see, access, recover or share your files — they never reach us.

2. What we don't collect

• No accounts, sign-ups, names, email addresses or passwords.
• No session recording or advertising networks.
• No marketing profiles built from your documents.
• We don't sell your files or tool inputs — they never reach us.

3. What happens when you visit

Like every website, the app itself — its code, styles and fonts — is delivered to your browser by our hosting provider. To do that, the provider's servers handle standard technical information that is part of any web request, such as your IP address, browser type and the page requested. This is used only to deliver the site and protect it from abuse. It never includes your documents, and we don't use it to identify you.

4. Usage statistics

To understand which pages are visited and how the site performs, we use Vercel Analytics, Vercel Speed Insights and Google Tag Manager (container GTM-M2NQNG3N), which may load Google Analytics. These tools receive typical web request data such as page URL, browser type and approximate location. They never receive your files, file names, file contents, passwords or anything you type into a tool.

Google and Vercel may set cookies or similar storage for this measurement. You can block them with your browser settings or an ad/tracker blocker.

5. Future AI and OCR tools

Upcoming tools like OCR and summaries will need a model or language data. When they launch, your browser will download it from our servers just like any other app file, and the model will run on your device. Your document will never be sent anywhere for processing.

6. Passwords you type into tools

When you add or remove a PDF password, the password is used only in your browser to encrypt or decrypt the file. It is never transmitted or stored.

7. Data stored on your device

LocalPDF doesn't save your files or keep a history of what you've opened. After your first visit, your browser caches the app's own code and pages — never your documents — so it can work without a connection. You can remove this at any time from your browser settings.

8. Children

Because we don't collect personal information from anyone, we don't knowingly collect information from children.

9. Check it yourself

You don't have to take our word for it. Open your browser's developer tools, watch the Network tab while you use a tool, and confirm your file is never sent. After the app has loaded, the tools keep working with your internet turned off.

10. Changes to this policy

If anything about how LocalPDF handles data changes, we'll update this page and the date at the top before the change takes effect.

11. Contact

Questions about privacy? Email hello@editlocalpdf.com.