Summary
InBrowserPDF is designed around a simple idea: your files are your business. We process the PDFs you upload in volatile memory, send the result back to your browser, and then forget about them. We don't keep a copy, we don't profile the content, and we don't sell anything to anyone.
1. Data we collect
There are two categories:
- Files you upload: the PDFs and any text fields you submit to one of the tools. These are processed in memory only.
- Operational metrics: anonymous, aggregate numbers about how the service is used (for example, "X requests served in the last hour"). These come from Spring Boot Actuator and are used to keep the service healthy. They contain no file content and no personal data.
We do not require an account. We do not ask for your name or email. If you write to us at [email protected], we keep your message so we can reply and so we have a record of the conversation, and we delete it once it's no longer needed.
2. How we process your files
When you submit a file, it travels over HTTPS to our server, is held in memory while the requested operation runs, and the result is sent back to your browser as a download. The original upload and the resulting file exist only in the working memory of the request that handled them. As soon as the response is delivered, the references are released and the memory is reused. Nothing is written to disk on our end.
Processing happens in a single region (currently the Oracle Cloud free-tier instance that hosts the app). We don't replicate your files to other regions, share them with subprocessors, or feed them to any third-party service.
3. Retention
We do not retain your files. Once a request finishes, the file is gone from our server. The browser download that lands on your computer is, of course, under your control. We have no view into what you do with it after that.
Server access logs (which record the URL path, status code, and timing of each request, but never the body of your upload) are kept briefly for operational debugging and then rolled out.
4. Cookies
We don't set any tracking cookies. We don't use any analytics scripts. The service is functional without cookies, local storage, or any other client-side state.
5. Your rights
Because we don't hold your files and we don't have an account system, there's nothing personal for us to export, correct, or delete. If you have a specific concern, like a support email you sent and want removed, write to [email protected] and we'll handle it.
6. Children
The service is not directed at children under 13, and we do not knowingly process data of children under 13.
7. Changes to this policy
If we make a material change, we'll update the "Last updated" date above. Significant changes will be called out on the home page for a short time.
8. Contact
Questions? [email protected].