Privacy Policy

Short version: we do not ask you to create an account, we do not run ads on this pages.dev experiment, and the PDF files you compress are not uploaded. Processing runs in your browser. This policy says what that includes, what hosting can still see, and how to reach us about wording. A hands-on Network check is on the trust page.

PDFs and the downloads

When you use the PDF compressor, the file you pick is read with the browser File API. It stays in the tab’s memory. The tool does not post those bytes to us, and it does not offer a box where you paste a remote PDF URL for us to fetch.

Downloads are PDF blobs created in the tab. Closing the tab, reloading, or pressing Clear drops the selection. We do not have a copy to restore, email back, or delete on request, because we never stored the file. If you later attach the download to email or a ticket, that send is between you and that service.

Guides that expand the same facts: why a local PDF compressor matters, plus the job pages for compress without upload, reduce file size, and limits.

Do not send us the PDFs by email either, unless we have explicitly asked for a non-sensitive sample. The contact address is for wording and bugs, not for an upload side door.

What we do not collect in the tool

Formats are standard PDF (.pdf). Encrypted or damaged files may fail in the browser. That rejection is a product limit, not a scan of your disk.

Analytics

We may use Cloudflare Web Analytics, a privacy-first analytics service that does not use cookies, does not track you across sites, and does not collect personal data. It records aggregate metrics such as page views and performance. Cloudflare’s own docs say Web Analytics does not collect or use your visitors’ personal data. It is not a record of your documents or of the compressed PDF. See Cloudflare Web Analytics and Cloudflare’s privacy policy.

Hosting and request logs

The site is hosted on Cloudflare Pages. Cloudflare may process standard request logs (for example IP address, user agent, and the URL of the page) for security and delivery. Those logs do not include your PDF payloads. Fetching /assets/vendor/pdf-lib.min.js is the page loading its PDF library, not an upload of your documents. Response headers for this site include a Content-Security-Policy with script-src 'self' that does not list an advertising script host.

Mail you choose to send

If you email contact@localpdfcompress.pages.dev, we receive whatever you put in that message, the same as any other mailbox. That is optional and separate from compress. You can use the tool without ever writing to us. Please do not include sensitive PDFs in mail; describe the problem instead. See contact.

Honest limits that affect privacy expectations

Local compress reduces exposure versus an upload converter during the process step. It does not make the PDF secret after you download it, email it, or sync your downloads folder. Soft guidance is about 25 MiB per file because the work uses device memory. Encrypted PDFs may fail; we do not ask for a password and we do not crack one. Image downsampling is not performed, so “still large after compress” is a capability limit, not evidence that bytes were sent to us. Verify with trust.

Children

This site is a general utility for rewriting PDFs you already have. It is not directed at children under 13, and it does not knowingly collect personal information from children. There is no account signup aimed at a minor audience. If you believe a child sent personal information to the contact address, write to that same address so we can delete the message from the mailbox.

Changes

We may update this policy by changing this page. The date of a change will be visible in the public deployment of the site. Continued use after an update means you accept the revised wording for later visits. Material changes about ads, accounts, or PDF handling would need an honest rewrite here and on about.

Contact

Questions about this wording: contact@localpdfcompress.pages.dev. Related pages: about, terms, trust, contact.