Privacy
Privacy policy
PDFNEO is built so that your files never leave your device. This page explains, in plain language, exactly how that works and what data is — and isn't — involved.
Last updated June 1, 2026
- 100% client-side
- No uploads
- Private by design
- Works offline
The short version
- Every tool runs entirely inside your browser
- No file is ever uploaded to a server — ours or anyone's
- No account, login, or email required
- Files vanish from memory the moment you close the tab
What guides us
Privacy principles
A handful of commitments shape how PDFNEO handles — and deliberately doesn't handle — your data.
On-device by default
Your files are read, processed, and saved entirely on your own hardware. Privacy isn't a promise here — it's how the product is built.
Data minimisation
We aim to collect as little as technically possible. The best way to protect data is to never receive it in the first place.
No accounts, no profiles
There's nothing to sign up for, so there's no profile to build, no email to leak, and no login to compromise.
Plain language
No dense legalese designed to obscure. This policy says, in clear terms, exactly what does and doesn't happen to your data.
Your documents
What happens to your files
When you add a file to a tool, your browser uses the standard File API to read it directly from your device.
All processing — merging, splitting, rotating, compressing, or converting — happens on your own hardware using JavaScript and WebAssembly that ran when the page loaded. The result is generated locally and saved with a normal browser download.
Why your files physically can't reach us
Transparency
What we collect vs never collect
The honest version: the column on the right is intentionally almost empty.
What we never collect
- Your documents — never transmitted or stored
- Document contents — text, images, and metadata stay on your device
- Personal accounts — we don't ask you to register
- Cross-site tracking — no advertising or profiling
What may be processed
- A single local theme preference on your device
- Optional anonymous, aggregate page views (cookieless)
- Standard, non-identifying server request logs
- Nothing that can identify you personally
Measurement
Analytics
PDFNEO collects as little as possible, and never tracks you across the web.
Anonymous and aggregate only
External services
Third-party services
The site is served as static files and fonts are self-hosted, so loading a page doesn't hand your browsing data to third parties.
Open-source engines run locally
You're in control
Your rights
Most privacy rights concern data a company holds about you. Here, that set is essentially empty by design.
Nothing to access
We hold no personal data about you, so there's no profile to request, export, or review.
Nothing to delete
Because no files or personal data are stored on our side, there's nothing for you to ask us to erase.
Nothing to opt out of
There's no profiling or ad-targeting to disable — it simply doesn't exist here.
You hold the data
Your files and your single theme preference live on your device, fully under your control.
Staying current
Changes to this policy & contact
If this policy changes, the updated date at the top of the page changes with it.
The core promise — that your files are processed on your device and never uploaded — will not change. PDFNEO is also not directed at children, and because we collect no personal data, no information about any user of any age is gathered.
Questions about your privacy
Frequently asked questions
Do you store or see my documents?
Do you require an account or email?
What cookies does PDFNEO use?
Do you use analytics?
Is PDFNEO suitable for children?
Related resources
See the architecture behind these guarantees, or read why PDFNEO exists.
Privacy that needs no trust
You don't have to take our word for it — your files simply never leave your device.