Privacy Policy
Last Updated: May 2026
This Privacy Notice for PDFSimplified (referred to as "we," "us," or "our"), describes how and
why we might access, collect, store, use, and/or share ("process") your personal information when you use our tools and applications ("Services").
This includes instances when you:
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Visit our website at
https://www.pdfsimplified.com
or any platform of ours that links directly to this Privacy Notice.
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Create a user account, manage configurations, or purchase document
processing units.
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Interact with us through support systems, feature requests, or
developer feedback channels.
Questions or concerns? Reading this notice will help you
understand your privacy rights and choices. If you do not agree with our operational
guidelines, please refrain from using our Services. For immediate validation
or explicit questions regarding data processing pipelines, you can contact
us directly at
contact@pdfsimplified.com
.
- Use PDFSimplified. easy-to-use online PDF editor
- Engage with us in other related ways, including any marketing or
events
Questions or concerns? Reading this Privacy Notice
will help you understand your privacy rights and choices. We are
responsible for making decisions about how your personal information
is processed. If you do not agree with our policies and practices,
please do not use our Services. If
you still have any questions or concerns, please contact us at contact@pdfsimplified.com.
SUMMARY OF KEY POINTS
This summary provides key points from our Privacy Notice, but you
can find out more details about any of these topics by clicking
the link following each key point or by using our
table of contents below to find the section you are looking for.
What personal information do we process? When you visit,
use, or navigate our Services, we may process personal information depending
on how you interact with us and the Services, the choices you make, and
the products and features you use. Learn more about
personal information you disclose to us.
Do we process any sensitive personal information?
Some of the information may be considered "special" or "sensitive" in certain jurisdictions, for
example your racial or ethnic origins, sexual orientation, and religious
beliefs. We do not process
sensitive personal information.
Do we collect any information from third parties? We may collect information from
public databases, marketing partners, social media platforms, and
other outside sources. Learn more about
information collected from other sources.
How do we process your information? We process your information
to provide, improve, and administer our Services, communicate with you,
for security and fraud prevention, and to comply with law. We may also process
your information for other purposes with your consent. We process your information
only when we have a valid legal reason to do so. Learn more about
how we process your information.
How do we keep your information safe? We have adequate
organizational and technical processes and
procedures in place to protect your personal information. However, no electronic
transmission over the internet or information storage technology can be
guaranteed to be 100% secure, so we cannot promise or guarantee that hackers,
cybercriminals, or other unauthorized third
parties will not be able to defeat our security and improperly collect,
access, steal, or modify your information. Learn more about
how we keep your information safe.
What are your rights?
Depending on where you are located geographically, the applicable privacy
law may mean you have certain rights regarding your personal information.
Learn more about
your privacy rights.
How do you exercise your rights?
The easiest way to exercise your rights is by
contacting us. We will consider and
act upon any request in accordance with applicable data protection
laws.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. WHAT INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT?
Personal information you disclose to us
In Short:We collect personal information that you provide to us.
We collect personal information that you voluntarily provide to us
when you register on the Services,
express an interest in obtaining information about us or our
products and Services, when you participate in activities on the
Services, or otherwise when you contact us.
Personal Information Provided by You. The personal information
that we collect depends on the context of your interactions with us and
the Services, the choices you make, and the products and features you
use. The personal information we collect may include the following:
Sensitive Information. We do not process sensitive
information.
Payment Data. We may collect data necessary to process
your payment if you choose to make purchases, such as your payment instrument
number, and the security code associated with your payment instrument.
All payment data is handled and stored by Paddle . You may find their privacy notice link(s) here: https://www.paddle.com/legal/privacy .
Document and Processing Data: When you use our
Services to edit, or create PDF files, you upload documents to our
servers. We process these documents strictly on our local server
infrastructure to execute your requested action.
We do not use your documents, text data, or metadata to train
AI models under any circumstances. Furthermore, we respect
your data autonomy: immediately after your processed document is generated and
downloaded, both the original file and the output file are
permanently purged and deleted from our servers. We do not store, archive, or back up your files.
Social Media Login Data. We may provide
you with the option to register with us using your
existing social media account details, like your
Facebook, X, or other social media account. If you
choose to register in this way, we will collect certain
profile information about you from the social media
provider, as described in the section called
"HOW DO WE HANDLE YOUR SOCIAL LOGINS? " below.
All personal information that you provide to us must be
true, complete, and accurate, and you must notify us of any
changes to such personal information.
Information collected from other sources
In Short: We may collect limited data from public databases,
marketing partners, social
media platforms, and other outside sources.
In order to enhance our ability to provide relevant
marketing, offers, and services to you and update our records,
we may obtain information about you from other sources, such
as public databases, joint marketing partners, affiliate
programs, data providers, social media platforms, and from other third parties. This information includes
mailing addresses, job titles, email addresses, phone numbers,
intent data (or user behavior data),
Internet Protocol (IP) addresses, social media profiles, social
media URLs, and custom profiles, for purposes of targeted advertising
and event promotion.
If you interact with us on a social media platform
using your social media account (e.g., Facebook or X),
we receive personal information about you from such platforms
such as your name, email address, and gender. You may have
the right to withdraw your consent to processing your personal
information. Learn more about
withdrawing your consent. Any personal information that we collect from your
social media account depends on your social media
account's privacy settings. Please note that their own
use of your information is not governed by this Privacy
Notice.
2. HOW DO WE PROCESS YOUR INFORMATION?
In Short: We process your information to provide, improve, and
administer our Services, communicate with you, for
security and fraud prevention, and to comply with law. We process the personal
information for the following purposes listed below. We may also
process your information for other purposes only with your prior
explicit consent.
We process your personal information for a variety of
reasons, depending on how you interact with our Services,
including:
- To facilitate account creation and authentication and
otherwise manage user accounts.
We may process your information so you can create
and log in to your account, as well as keep your account in
working order.
- To deliver and facilitate delivery of services to the user.
We may process your information to provide you with the
requested service.
- To respond to user inquiries/offer support to users.
We may process your information to respond to your
inquiries and solve any potential issues you might have with the
requested service.
- To
fulfill and manage your
orders. We may process your information to fulfill and manage
your orders, payments, returns, and exchanges made through the Services.
- To save or protect an individual's vital interest. We
may process your information when necessary to save or protect an individual’s
vital interest, such as to prevent harm.
3. WHAT LEGAL BASES DO WE RELY ON TO PROCESS YOUR INFORMATION?
In Short: We only process your personal
information when we believe it is necessary and we have a valid
legal reason (i.e.,
legal basis) to do so under
applicable law, like with your consent, to comply with laws, to provide
you with services to enter into or fulfill our contractual
obligations, to protect your rights, or to fulfill our legitimate business interests.
If you are located in the EU or UK, this section applies to
you.
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and UK GDPR require us
to explain the valid legal bases we rely on in order to process your
personal information. As such, we may rely on the following legal
bases to process your personal information:
- Consent. We may process your information if you
have given us permission (i.e.,
consent) to use your personal information for a specific purpose. You
can withdraw your consent at any time. Learn more about
withdrawing your consent.
- Performance of a Contract.
We may process your personal information when we believe it is necessary
to fulfill our contractual obligations
to you, including providing our Services or at your request prior to entering
into a contract with you.
- Legal Obligations. We may process your information where
we believe it is necessary for compliance with our legal obligations,
such as to cooperate with a law enforcement body or regulatory agency,
exercise or defend our legal rights, or disclose your information as evidence
in litigation in which we are involved.
- Vital Interests. We may process your information where
we believe it is necessary to protect your vital interests or the vital
interests of a third party, such as situations involving potential threats
to the safety of any person.
If you are located in Canada, this section applies to you.
We may process your information if you have given us specific
permission (i.e., express consent) to use your
personal information for a specific purpose, or in situations where your
permission can be inferred (i.e.,
implied consent). You can
withdraw your consent at any time.
In some exceptional cases, we may be legally permitted under
applicable law to process your information without your consent,
including, for example:
- If collection is clearly in the interests of an individual and
consent cannot be obtained in a timely way
- For investigations and fraud detection and prevention
- For business transactions provided certain conditions are met
- If it is contained in a witness statement and the collection is
necessary to assess, process, or settle an insurance claim
- For identifying injured, ill, or deceased persons and communicating
with next of kin
- If we have reasonable grounds to believe an individual has been,
is, or may be victim of financial abuse
- If it is reasonable to expect collection and use with consent would
compromise the availability or the accuracy of the information and
the collection is reasonable for purposes related to investigating a
breach of an agreement or a contravention of the laws of Canada or a
province
- If disclosure is required to comply with a subpoena, warrant, court
order, or rules of the court relating to the production of records
- If it was produced by an individual in the course of their
employment, business, or profession and the collection is consistent
with the purposes for which the information was produced
- If the collection is solely for journalistic, artistic, or literary
purposes
- If the information is publicly available and is specified by the
regulations
- We may disclose de-identified information for approved research or
statistics projects, subject to ethics oversight and confidentiality
commitments
4. WHEN AND WITH WHOM DO WE SHARE YOUR PERSONAL
INFORMATION?
In Short:
We may share information in specific situations described in this
section and/or with the following third parties.
We may need to share your
personal information in the following situations:
- Business Transfers. We may share or transfer your
information in connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger,
sale of company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion
of our business to another company.
- Affiliates. We may share your information with
our affiliates, in which case we will require those affiliates
to
honor
this Privacy Notice.
Affiliates include our parent company and any subsidiaries, joint
venture partners, or other companies that we control or that are under
common control with us.
5. DO WE USE COOKIES AND OTHER TRACKING TECHNOLOGIES?
In Short:
We may use cookies and other tracking technologies to collect and
store your information.
We may use cookies and similar tracking technologies (like web
beacons and pixels) to gather information when you interact with our
Services. Some online tracking technologies help us maintain the
security of our Services and your account, prevent crashes, fix
bugs, save your preferences, and assist with basic site functions.
We also permit third parties and service providers to use online
tracking technologies on our Services for analytics and advertising,
including to help manage and display advertisements, to tailor
advertisements to your interests, or to send abandoned shopping cart
reminders (depending on your communication preferences). The third
parties and service providers use their technology to provide
advertising about products and services tailored to your interests
which may appear either on our Services or on other websites.
Specific information about how we use such technologies and how you
can refuse certain cookies is set out in our Cookie Notice .
6. HOW DO WE HANDLE YOUR SOCIAL LOGINS?
In Short: If you choose to register or log in to our Services using a
social media account, we may have access to certain information
about you.
Our Services offer you the ability to register and log in using
your third-party social media account details (like your Facebook or
X logins). Where you choose to do this, we will receive certain
profile information about you from your social media provider. The
profile information we receive may vary depending on the social
media provider concerned, but will often include your name, email
address, friends list, and profile picture, as well as other
information you choose to make public on such a social media
platform.
We will use the information we receive only for the purposes that
are described in this Privacy Notice or that are otherwise made
clear to you on the relevant Services. Please note that we do not
control, and are not responsible for, other uses of your personal
information by your third-party social media provider. We recommend
that you review their privacy notice to understand how they collect,
use, and share your personal information, and how you can set your
privacy preferences on their sites and apps.
7. HOW LONG DO WE KEEP YOUR INFORMATION?
In Short: We keep your information for as long as necessary to
fulfill the purposes outlined in
this Privacy Notice unless otherwise required by law.
We will only keep your personal information for as long as it is
necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Notice, unless a
longer retention period is required or permitted by law (such as
tax, accounting, or other legal requirements). No purpose in this notice will require
us keeping your personal information for longer than the period of time in which users
have an account with us .
When we have no ongoing legitimate business need to process your
personal information, we will either delete or anonymize such information, or, if this
is not possible (for example, because your personal information has been
stored in backup archives), then we will securely store your personal
information and isolate it from any further processing until deletion
is possible.
8. HOW DO WE KEEP YOUR INFORMATION SAFE?
In Short: We aim to protect your personal information through a system of organizational
and technical security
measures.
We have implemented appropriate and reasonable technical and organizational security measures designed
to protect the security of any personal information we process. However,
despite our safeguards and efforts to secure your information, no electronic
transmission over the Internet or information storage technology can be
guaranteed to be 100% secure, so we cannot promise or guarantee that hackers,
cybercriminals, or other
unauthorized third parties will not be
able to defeat our security and improperly collect, access, steal, or
modify your information. Although we will do our best to protect your
personal information, transmission of personal information to and from
our Services is at your own risk. You should only access the Services
within a secure environment.
9. WHAT ARE YOUR PRIVACY RIGHTS?
In Short: Depending on your state of
residence in the US or in some
regions, such as the European
Economic Area (EEA), United Kingdom (UK), Switzerland, and Canada, you have rights that allow you
greater access to and control over your personal information. You may review, change, or terminate your account at any
time, depending on your country, province, or state of residence.
In some regions (like the EEA,
UK, Switzerland, and Canada), you
have certain rights under applicable data protection laws. These may
include the right (i) to request access and obtain a copy of your
personal information, (ii) to request rectification or erasure;
(iii) to restrict the processing of your personal information; (iv)
if applicable, to data portability; and (v) not to be subject to
automated decision-making. If a decision
that produces legal or similarly significant effects is made solely by
automated means, we will inform you, explain the main factors, and offer
a simple way to request human review. In certain circumstances,
you may also have the right to object to the processing of your personal
information. You can make such a request by contacting us by using the
contact details provided in the section "
HOW CAN YOU CONTACT US ABOUT THIS NOTICE? " below.
We will consider and act upon any request in accordance with
applicable data protection laws.
Withdrawing your consent: If we are relying on
your consent to process your personal information, which may be express and/or implied consent
depending on the applicable law, you have the right to withdraw
your consent at any time. You can withdraw your consent at any time by
contacting us by using the contact details provided in the section "HOW CAN YOU CONTACT US ABOUT THIS NOTICE? " below or updating your preferences.
However, please note that this will not affect the lawfulness of the
processing before its withdrawal nor, when applicable law allows, will it affect the processing
of your personal information conducted in reliance on lawful processing
grounds other than consent.
Opting out of marketing and promotional communications:You can unsubscribe from our marketing and
promotional communications at any time by clicking on the unsubscribe link in the emails that we send, replying "STOP" or "UNSUBSCRIBE" to the SMS messages that we
send, or by contacting us using the details
provided in the section " HOW CAN YOU CONTACT US ABOUT THIS NOTICE? " below. You will then be removed
from the marketing lists. However, we may still communicate with you — for
example, to send you service-related messages that are necessary for the
administration and use of your account, to respond to service requests,
or for other non-marketing purposes.
Account Information
If you would at any time like to review or change the information in
your account or terminate your account, you can: - Log in to your account settings and update your user account.
Upon your request to terminate your account, we will deactivate or
delete your account and information from our active databases.
However, we may retain some information in our files to prevent fraud,
troubleshoot problems, assist with any investigations, enforce our
legal terms and/or comply with applicable legal requirements.
Cookies and similar technologies: Most Web browsers
are set to accept cookies by default. If you prefer, you can usually choose
to set your browser to remove cookies and to reject cookies. If you choose
to remove cookies or reject cookies, this could affect certain features
or services of our Services.
10. CONTROLS FOR DO-NOT-TRACK FEATURES
Most web browsers and some mobile operating systems and mobile
applications include a Do-Not-Track ("DNT")
feature or setting you can activate to signal your privacy
preference not to have data about your online browsing activities
monitored and collected. At this stage, no uniform technology
standard for
recognizing
and implementing DNT
signals has been
finalized. As such, we do not
currently respond to DNT browser signals or any other mechanism
that automatically communicates your choice not to be tracked
online. If a standard for online tracking is adopted that we must
follow in the future, we will inform you about that practice in a
revised version of this Privacy Notice.
California law requires us to let you know how we respond to web
browser DNT signals. Because there currently is not an industry or
legal standard for recognizing or honoring DNT signals, we do not respond
to them at this time.
Global Privacy Control:We recognize and honor Global Privacy Control (GPC) signals. If you
use a browser or extension that supports GPC, we will treat this as
a valid request to opt out of the sale or sharing of your personal
information for targeted advertising purposes under applicable state
privacy laws, including the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA).
When we detect a GPC signal from your browser, we will automatically
apply your opt-out preference without requiring you to take any
additional action. For more information about GPC and how to enable
it, visit
globalprivacycontrol.org.
11. DO UNITED STATES RESIDENTS HAVE SPECIFIC PRIVACY
RIGHTS?
In Short: If you are a resident of California,
Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky,
Maryland, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey,
Oregon, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, or Virginia, you may have the right to request
access to and receive details about the personal information we
maintain about you and how we have processed it, correct
inaccuracies, get a copy of, or delete your personal
information. You may also have the right to withdraw your
consent to our processing of your personal information. These
rights may be limited in some circumstances by applicable law.
More information is provided below. Categories of Personal Information We Collect
The table below shows the categories of personal information we
have collected in the past twelve (12) months. The table includes
illustrative examples of each category and does not reflect the
personal information we collect from you. For a comprehensive
inventory of all personal information we process, please refer to
the section " WHAT INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT? "
| Category | Examples | Collected |
| A. Identifiers | Contact details, such as real name, alias, postal
address, telephone or mobile contact number, unique
personal identifier, online identifier, Internet Protocol
address, email address, and account name |
|
| B. Personal information as defined in the California
Customer Records statute | Name, contact information, education, employment,
employment history, and financial information |
|
We may also collect other personal
information outside of these categories
through instances where you interact with us
in person, online, or by phone or mail in
the context of:
- Receiving help through our customer support
channels;
- Participation in customer surveys or
contests; and
- Facilitation in the delivery of our
Services and to respond to your inquiries.
| C. Protected
classification characteristics under state or
federal law
| Gender, age, date of birth, race and ethnicity,
national origin, marital status, and other
demographic data |
|
| D. Commercial
information
| Transaction information, purchase history,
financial details, and payment information |
|
| E. Biometric
information
| Fingerprints and voiceprints |
|
| F. Internet or
other similar network activity
| Browsing history, search history,
online behavior, interest data, and interactions
with our and other websites,
applications, systems, and
advertisements |
|
| G. Geolocation data
| Device location |
|
| H. Audio, electronic, sensory,
or similar information
| Images and audio, video or call
recordings created in connection
with our business activities | |
| I. Professional or
employment-related information
| Business contact details in order
to provide you our Services at a
business level or job title, work
history, and professional
qualifications if you apply for a
job with us | |
| J. Education Information
| Student records and directory
information | |
| K.
Inferences drawn from
collected personal information
| Inferences drawn from any of
the collected personal
information listed above to
create a profile or summary
about, for example, an
individual’s preferences and
characteristics | NO |
| L. Sensitive
personal Information
| | NO |
Will your information be shared with anyone else?
We may use your personal information for our own business purposes,
such as for undertaking internal research for technological
development and demonstration. This is not considered to be "selling" of your personal information.
We have not disclosed, sold, or shared any personal information to
third parties for a business or commercial purpose in the preceding
twelve (12) months. Wewill not sell or share personal information in the future
belonging to website visitors, users, and other consumers.
Your Rights
You have rights under certain US state data protection laws. However,
these rights are not absolute, and in certain cases, we may decline
your request as permitted by law. These rights include:
- Right to know whether or not we are processing your personal
data
- Right to access your personal data
- Right to correct inaccuracies in your personal data
- Right to request the deletion of your personal data
- Right to obtain a copy of the personal data you
previously shared with us
- Right to non-discrimination for exercising your rights
- Right to opt out of the processing of your personal data
if it is used for targeted advertising
(or sharing as defined under California’s privacy law), the sale of personal
data, or profiling in furtherance of decisions that produce legal or
similarly significant effects ("profiling")
Depending upon the state where you live, you may also have the
following rights:
- Right to access the categories of personal data being processed (as
permitted by applicable law, including the privacy law in Minnesota)
- Right to obtain a list of the categories of third parties to which we
have disclosed personal data (as permitted by applicable law,
including the privacy law in California,
Delaware, and Maryland )
- Right to obtain a list of specific third parties to which we have
disclosed personal data (as permitted by applicable law, including the
privacy law in Minnesota and Oregon)
-
Right to obtain a list of third parties to which we have sold personal
data (as permitted by applicable law, including the privacy law in
Connecticut)
- Right to review, understand, question, and depending on where you
live, correct how personal data has been profiled (as permitted by
applicable law, including the privacy law in Connecticut and Minnesota)
- Right to limit use and disclosure of sensitive personal data (as
permitted by applicable law, including the privacy law in California)
- Right to opt out of the collection of sensitive data and personal
data collected through the operation of a voice or facial recognition
feature (as permitted by applicable law, including the privacy law in
Florida)
How to Exercise Your Rights
To exercise these rights, you can contact us by submitting a
, by emailing us at contact@pdfsimplified.com,
or by referring to the contact details at the bottom of this document.
We will
honor your opt-out preferences if
you enact the
Global Privacy Control
(GPC) opt-out signal on your browser.
Under certain US state data protection laws, you can designate an authorized
agent to make a request on your behalf. We may deny a request from an authorized agent that does not submit proof
that they have been validly authorized to act on
your behalf in accordance with applicable laws.
Request Verification
Upon receiving your request, we will need to verify your identity to
determine you are the same person about whom we have the information
in our system. We will only use personal information provided in your
request to verify your identity or authority to make the request.
However, if we cannot verify your identity from the information
already maintained by us, we may request that you provide additional
information for the purposes of verifying your identity and for
security or fraud-prevention purposes.
If you submit the request through an authorized agent, we
may need to collect additional information to verify your identity before
processing your request and the agent will need to provide a written and
signed permission from you to submit such request on your behalf. Appeals
Under certain US state data protection laws, if we decline to take
action regarding your request, you may appeal our decision by emailing
us at contact@pdfsimplified.com . We will inform you in writing of any
action taken or not taken in response to the appeal, including a
written explanation of the reasons for the decisions. If your appeal
is denied, you may submit a complaint to your state attorney general.
12. DO WE MAKE UPDATES TO THIS NOTICE?
In Short: Yes, we will update this notice as
necessary to stay compliant with relevant laws.
We may update this Privacy Notice from time to time. The updated
version will be indicated by an updated "Revised" date at
the top of this Privacy Notice. If we make material changes to this Privacy
Notice, we may notify you either by prominently posting a notice of such
changes or by directly sending you a notification. We encourage you to
review this Privacy Notice frequently to be informed of how we are protecting
your information.
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14. HOW CAN YOU REVIEW, UPDATE, OR DELETE
THE DATA WE COLLECT FROM YOU?
Depending on where you live, you may have the right to
access, update, correct, or delete the personal
information we collect from you, or withdraw your
consent to our processing of your data. To manage,
update, or completely delete your account and personal
information instantly, please visit your Account Settings. For any specialized data requests or if you need
assistance, you can also contact us directly at
contact@pdfsimplified.com.
17. REFUND POLICY
We strive to provide a fair experience for all users. To
be eligible for a refund, you must maintain an active
account with us so that we can verify your transaction
history and resource usage data.
Full Refunds: We offer a full refund only
if the processing units (credits) added to your account have
not been used. Once you begin utilizing your units to process,
convert, or edit documents, the service is considered partially
or fully rendered, and the purchase becomes non-refundable.
This policy ensures that computing resources are not consumed
before a refund request is made.
To request a refund or if you encounter a processing
error that consumed your credits unfairly, please
contact our support team directly at
contact@pdfsimplified.com.
6. HOW DO WE HANDLE YOUR SOCIAL LOGINS?
In Short: If you choose to register or log in to our Services using a social media account, we may have access to certain information about you.