Privacy Policy

1. Introduction

Welcome to SimplePDF ("we," "our," or "us"). We are committed to protecting your personal information and your right to privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you use our free PDF converter and online PDF tools at SimplePDF.

By using our services, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy. If you do not agree with the terms of this privacy policy, please do not access our website.

2. Data We Collect

2.1 Information You Provide

• Contact Information: When you use our contact form, we collect your name, email address, and message content.
• PDF Files: When you upload PDF files to use our online PDF tools, these files are processed temporarily to perform the requested operation.
• Newsletter Subscription: If you subscribe to our newsletter, we collect your email address.

2.2 Automatically Collected Information

• Usage Data: We may collect information about how you access and use our free PDF converter, including your IP address, browser type, operating system, referring URLs, and pages viewed.
• Device Information: We collect information about the device you use to access our services, including device type, operating system, and unique device identifiers.

3. How We Use Your Data

We use the information we collect to:

• Provide, operate, and maintain our online PDF tools
• Process your PDF files and deliver the requested conversions
• Respond to your inquiries and provide customer support
• Send you newsletters and marketing communications (with your consent)
• Improve and personalize your experience
• Analyze usage patterns to enhance our services
• Protect against fraudulent or illegal activity

4. Cookies and Tracking Technologies

We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track activity on our website and store certain information. Cookies are files with a small amount of data that may include an anonymous unique identifier.

Types of Cookies We Use:

• Essential Cookies: Required for the website to function properly, including theme preferences and session management.
• Analytics Cookies: Help us understand how visitors interact with our website to improve our free PDF converter services.
• Functional Cookies: Enable enhanced functionality and personalization.

You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our service.

5. Third-Party Services

We may employ third-party companies and services to facilitate our service. These third parties have access to your personal information only to perform these tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose.

• Analytics: We use Vercel Analytics to help analyze how users use our site.
• reCAPTCHA: We use Google reCAPTCHA to protect our forms from spam and abuse.
• Email Services: We may use third-party email service providers to send newsletters.

6. Data Retention

PDF Files: Files uploaded to our online PDF tools are processed in real-time and are automatically deleted from our servers immediately after processing. We do not store your PDF files permanently.

Contact Information: We retain your contact form submissions for as long as necessary to respond to your inquiry and for our records, typically no longer than 2 years.

Newsletter Data: We retain your email address until you unsubscribe from our newsletter.

7. Data Security

We implement appropriate technical and organizational security measures to protect your personal information against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. However, please note that no method of transmission over the Internet or electronic storage is 100% secure.

8. Your Rights (GDPR)

If you are a resident of the European Economic Area (EEA), you have certain data protection rights under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR):

• Right to Access: You have the right to request copies of your personal data.
• Right to Rectification: You have the right to request correction of inaccurate personal data.
• Right to Erasure: You have the right to request deletion of your personal data under certain conditions.
• Right to Restrict Processing: You have the right to request restriction of processing of your personal data.
• Right to Data Portability: You have the right to request transfer of your data to another organization.
• Right to Object: You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data.
• Right to Withdraw Consent: You have the right to withdraw consent at any time where we relied on consent to process your personal information.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the information provided below.

9. Consent

By using our website and free PDF converter tools, you consent to our Privacy Policy and agree to its terms. For the processing of personal data that requires explicit consent, we will ask for your consent at the time of data collection.

10. Children's Privacy

Our service is not directed to anyone under the age of 16. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 16. If you are a parent or guardian and believe your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us so we can take necessary action.

11. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the "Last updated" date. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes.

12. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or wish to exercise your data protection rights, please contact us:

• Via Contact Form: Contact Us
• Email: privacy@simplepdf.site