Privacy Policy

Last updated: September 13, 2026

This Privacy Policy explains how MinoPDF ("MinoPDF", "we", "us", or "our") handles information when you visit minopdf.com or use our PDF tools and related services (collectively, the "Service").

MinoPDF is designed around privacy-conscious, browser-based document processing. For tools identified in the interface as local or browser-based, your files are processed on your device and are not uploaded to our servers for processing.

By using the Service, you acknowledge that you have read this Privacy Policy.

This policy is provided for general informational purposes and is not legal advice. You should review it with qualified legal counsel before relying on it as a final legal notice for a specific business, jurisdiction, or data-processing setup.

1. Our Privacy Approach

We aim to minimize the information we collect and to process files locally in your browser whenever technically feasible.

For a tool that is labeled as browser-based or local:

Your selected PDF, image, text, and document files are processed in your browser.
We do not intentionally upload the content of those files to MinoPDF servers for processing.
We do not store a copy of those files on our servers as part of the normal local-processing workflow.
Files and processing data generally remain available only in your browser memory or local browser storage for as long as needed to operate the tool.

Some current or future tools may require server-side processing because of technical, performance, model, or feature requirements. If a tool sends files or document content to a server for processing, MinoPDF will provide a clear notice in or before that tool's upload or processing flow. The notice may identify the type of data sent, the reason server processing is needed, and any applicable retention period.

Do not upload files that you are not authorized to process.

2. File and Document Processing

Local processing

For browser-based tools, file processing occurs on your device using technologies such as JavaScript, WebAssembly, browser APIs, and local browser storage where applicable.

Depending on the tool and your browser, temporary processing data may exist in:

Browser memory while the page is open
Temporary browser-managed caches
Local storage, IndexedDB, or similar browser storage used for essential settings or in-progress functionality

We design our local workflows so that document content is not intentionally sent to our servers. However, you remain responsible for reviewing your browser, extensions, network, device, and organizational policies, particularly when working with confidential or regulated documents.

Processing limitations

Local processing has practical limits. Large files, complex PDFs, encrypted documents, unsupported formats, browser memory limits, or device performance may cause a tool to fail, slow down, or produce incomplete output.

MinoPDF does not guarantee that every file can be processed successfully or that extraction, OCR, layout analysis, table recognition, redaction detection, or similar features will be error-free.

How to verify local processing

Technical users can inspect browser network activity to understand how a specific tool operates:

Open your browser's Developer Tools.
Select the Network tab.
Open a MinoPDF tool and add a test file.
Run the tool and inspect outgoing network requests.
Review whether any request includes file content or document-derived data.

Normal page-load requests may include HTML, CSS, JavaScript, fonts, images, security resources, analytics requests, or CDN resources. For a tool labeled as local, your file content should not be included in requests made for document processing.

3. Information We May Collect

We may collect limited information needed to operate, secure, improve, and understand use of the Service.

Information you provide directly

If you contact us by email or submit a form, we may receive information such as:

Your name, email address, and message content
Any files, screenshots, links, or other information you voluntarily attach or include
Information needed to respond to a support, privacy, security, or business inquiry

Please do not send sensitive document content to us unless it is necessary for your request and you are authorized to share it.

Automatically collected technical information

When you visit the Service, our hosting, security, or analytics providers may automatically receive or generate limited technical information, such as:

IP address or a truncated, hashed, or otherwise transformed version of it
Browser type, operating system, device type, and language settings
Pages viewed, referring page, approximate visit time, and interaction events
Approximate geographic region inferred from network information, such as country or region
Security, performance, diagnostic, and abuse-prevention information
Error reports that may include technical context about the browser or application state

We use this information to deliver the website, protect it against abuse, diagnose errors, measure aggregate use, and improve the Service.

Information we do not intentionally collect through local tools

For tools labeled as local or browser-based, we do not intentionally collect:

The content of the PDF, image, text, or document files you process
Personal information contained in those files, such as names, addresses, account numbers, email addresses, identification numbers, or document text
File names, page contents, images, extracted text, table data, or metadata from your files for our own storage or analysis
Data used to reconstruct your original local input files

This section does not apply if you separately send us a file or document content by email, a contact form, or another support channel, or if you use a tool that clearly states it uses server-side processing.

4. Analytics

We may use privacy-focused analytics to understand how visitors use the Service and to improve usability, performance, and content.

Analytics may include aggregated or pseudonymous information such as:

Page views and navigation paths
Referrer source, such as a search engine, direct visit, or social-media link
Device, browser, language, and approximate region
Feature or tool usage events, such as opening a tool, starting a workflow, completing a workflow, or downloading an output
Performance and error events

We do not intentionally include the contents of your files, extracted document text, file names, or document metadata in analytics events.

We do not use analytics to create advertising profiles based on your document content. We do not sell or share your file content for cross-context behavioral advertising.

5. Cookies and Browser Storage

MinoPDF uses browser storage only where reasonably necessary for the Service or where you have enabled an optional feature.

Depending on the version of the Service and your settings, browser storage may be used for:

Remembering light or dark theme preferences
Remembering language or locale preferences
Remembering recent tool identifiers so shortcuts can be shown
Keeping essential interface state or consent choices
Preventing abuse, maintaining security, or measuring basic site performance

The recently used tools feature stores only a tool identifier, such as image-to-pdf or extract-text. It is not intended to store file names, file contents, document metadata, or text that you enter into a tool.

You may clear cookies, local storage, IndexedDB, cache data, and other site data through your browser settings. Disabling or clearing this data may affect features such as language persistence, theme persistence, recently used tools, or other saved interface preferences.

We do not use cookies or local storage to:

Store the contents of files processed by local tools on our servers
Sell personal information to third parties
Build cross-site advertising profiles from your document content
Deliver third-party behavioral advertising based on your files

6. Hosting, Security, and Service Providers

We may use carefully selected service providers to host, secure, maintain, analyze, or support the Service. These providers may process limited technical information on our behalf as necessary to provide their services.

For example, our hosting, content-delivery, security, and analytics providers may process information such as IP address, request metadata, browser details, performance data, or security logs.

We do not authorize service providers to use your local-tool file content for their own purposes. For browser-based tools, files are intended to remain on your device unless a tool explicitly tells you otherwise before processing.

We may disclose information where reasonably necessary to:

Comply with applicable law, regulation, legal process, or lawful government request
Enforce our terms, policies, or legal rights
Detect, investigate, prevent, or address fraud, abuse, security incidents, or technical issues
Protect the rights, privacy, safety, and property of MinoPDF, users, or others
Support a merger, acquisition, financing, reorganization, bankruptcy, or sale of assets, subject to applicable law

7. Advertising

MinoPDF does not currently display third-party advertising and does not use advertising cookies or file-content-based advertising.

If this changes, we will update this Privacy Policy before introducing advertising technology that materially changes our data practices.

8. Data Retention

For local browser-based tools, MinoPDF does not retain your files on our servers as part of normal processing because the files are intended to remain on your device.

We may retain limited non-file information for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this Policy, including:

Security and server logs
Aggregated analytics data
Technical diagnostics and error reports
Support and contact correspondence
Records needed to meet legal obligations, resolve disputes, or enforce agreements

Retention periods may vary according to the nature of the information, the purpose of processing, security needs, and applicable legal requirements.

9. Your Choices and Rights

Depending on where you live and applicable law, you may have rights relating to personal information we hold about you. These may include rights to request access, correction, deletion, restriction, objection, portability, or information about our processing practices.

You can also:

Stop using the Service at any time
Clear MinoPDF-related browser storage through your browser settings
Disable non-essential cookies where available
Contact us to ask privacy-related questions or make a request regarding personal information you provided directly to us

To make a privacy request, contact us at hello@minopdf.com with the subject line Privacy Request. We may need to verify your identity and request before responding. Because local browser-based file processing occurs on your device, we generally cannot access, retrieve, modify, or delete files that remain only in your browser.

10. California Privacy Notice

This section applies to California residents to the extent the California Consumer Privacy Act, as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act ("CCPA/CPRA"), applies to MinoPDF.

Categories of personal information

In the preceding 12 months, depending on how you interact with the Service, we may have collected the following categories of personal information:

Identifiers, such as an email address when you contact us
Internet or other electronic network activity information, such as pages viewed, browser information, device information, IP address, and interaction data
Approximate geolocation information derived from an IP address or network connection
Communications content that you voluntarily send to us

We use these categories to operate, secure, maintain, analyze, and improve the Service; respond to inquiries; and comply with legal obligations.

For local browser-based tools, we do not intentionally collect the contents of documents processed in your browser.

MinoPDF does not sell personal information. MinoPDF does not knowingly share personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising.

If our practices change in a way that constitutes a sale or sharing under applicable California law, we will update this Policy and provide any required notices or opt-out mechanisms before that change takes effect.

California rights

Subject to applicable law and verification requirements, California residents may have the right to request:

Information about the categories and specific pieces of personal information collected
Information about the sources, purposes, and disclosures of personal information
Correction of inaccurate personal information
Deletion of personal information
A copy of personal information in a portable format where applicable
To opt out of a sale or sharing of personal information, if applicable
Non-discrimination for exercising applicable privacy rights

To submit a request, email hello@minopdf.com with the subject line California Privacy Request.

11. International Users

MinoPDF may be accessed by users from different countries and regions. Information collected through the Service may be processed in countries where we or our service providers operate, which may have data-protection laws that differ from those in your country.

Where required, we will use appropriate safeguards for international transfers of personal information. Because local tools are designed to process files in your browser, your document content ordinarily remains on your device unless you use a feature that clearly states otherwise.

12. Children's Privacy

MinoPDF is not directed to children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13.

If you believe that a child has provided personal information to us, please contact us at hello@minopdf.com. We will take appropriate steps to review and address the request in accordance with applicable law.

13. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes to the Service, our data practices, or applicable legal requirements.

When we make changes, we will revise the Last updated date at the top of this page. If a change is material, we may provide additional notice where appropriate, such as through the Service or by another reasonable method.

We encourage you to review this Policy periodically, especially before using a new tool or feature.

14. Contact

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, our privacy practices, or your privacy choices, contact us at:

hello@minopdf.com

We will respond to privacy-related inquiries as promptly as reasonably possible.