WorkWithPDF is built so that your documents are processed in your browser, on your own device. The contents of your files are not uploaded to our servers, and there are no user accounts. We do collect a small amount of other data — analytics about how the site is used and standard hosting logs, plus your email address if you choose to contact us. This policy explains what we collect, why, and who handles it.
1. How File Processing Works
Every PDF tool on WorkWithPDF — merging, splitting, compressing, converting, redacting, signing, annotating — runs inside your web browser using JavaScript and Web Workers. Your files are loaded into your browser's memory, processed there, and the result is offered to you as a download. The contents of your files are not sent to our servers or to any third-party service for processing.
Results are also saved in your browser's own storage (the Origin Private File System or IndexedDB) on your device, so you can come back to them. They stay there until you clear the workspace or your browser data. This storage lives on your device and is not sent to us.
You can check this yourself: open your browser's DevTools (F12 → Network tab) while using a tool and you will see that your file is not included in any request.
2. Who We Are
WorkWithPDF is operated by Stipple AI Pty Ltd, an Australian proprietary limited company. For any privacy matter, contact us at gaurav@stipple.sh.
3. What We Do Not Collect
We do not collect, receive, or store:
- The contents of any PDF or document you process
- The names of your files, or the text and images inside them
- Any output files you create or download
- Account or sign-in details — WorkWithPDF has no user accounts
- Payment details — WorkWithPDF is free and does not take payments
Because we never receive your documents, we also cannot recover them for you.
4. What We Do Collect
4.1 Analytics
We use two analytics services to understand how the site is used:
- Vercel Analytics — cookieless page analytics, such as the pages visited, the referring site, and general device, browser and country information.
- Google Analytics 4 (measurement ID G-10DB42V0NP) — uses cookies to measure visits, the pages viewed, approximate location, device and browser information, and how people move through the site. Google processes this data under its own privacy terms.
When you run a tool, the site also sends a small usage event to our server: which tool ran, your browser type, the number of pages and output files, and an error category if something went wrong. These events do not include your file contents or file names. They are recorded in our hosting logs.
4.2 Hosting Logs
WorkWithPDF is hosted on Vercel. Like most web hosts, Vercel keeps standard request logs, which can include your IP address, browser user agent, the pages requested, and the time of each request.
4.3 Support Emails
If you email us, we receive your email address and whatever you include in your message. We retain that correspondence to respond to your enquiry and for up to 12 months thereafter. Please do not attach sensitive documents to support emails — we do not need them to help you, and emailing a file is one way its contents could reach us.
5. Cookies and Browser Storage
Our own site does not set any cookies. Google Analytics 4 sets its own cookies (such as _ga) to tell visits and visitors apart. Vercel Analytics does not use cookies. We do not use advertising or marketing cookies.
Separately from cookies, the site keeps some data in your browser's storage on your device: your tool results (see section 1), your invoice draft if you use the Invoice Generator, and a short log of recent tool events. This data stays on your device until you clear the workspace or your browser's site data.
6. How We Use Information
- To understand how the site is used and improve it
- To keep the service secure and working
- To respond to support requests
- To comply with our legal obligations
We do not sell, rent, or share your personal information with third parties for their own marketing or commercial purposes.
7. Service Providers
We use two third-party services that handle limited personal data. Neither of them receives the contents of your files.
- Vercel — hosting, request logs, and Vercel Analytics
- Google — Google Analytics 4
Each provider handles this data under its own terms and privacy policy.
8. Your Rights
Depending on your jurisdiction you may have the right to access, correct, delete, or export your personal data, and to object to or restrict certain processing. Because we hold very little personal data — there are no accounts, and we only have your email address if you have written to us — these requests are straightforward to fulfil. Email us at gaurav@stipple.sh and we will respond within 30 days.
You can also block or delete Google Analytics cookies in your browser settings, or use Google's opt-out browser add-on.
9. Data Retention
- Support correspondence is retained for 12 months.
- Analytics data and hosting logs are kept by Vercel and Google under their own retention settings.
- Results and other data in your browser's storage stay on your device until you clear them.
10. Security
Because your files are processed in your browser and not uploaded, there is no server-side store of your documents that could be breached, and because there are no user accounts, there are no passwords or user records to protect. For the limited data we do handle (analytics, hosting logs, and support emails), we use HTTPS encryption in transit and restrict access to the provider accounts that hold it. Results saved in your browser are only as secure as your device, so clear the workspace when you finish on a shared computer. See our Security page for more detail.
11. Children
WorkWithPDF is not directed at children under 16. We do not knowingly collect personal data from children under 16. Contact us immediately at gaurav@stipple.sh if you believe this has occurred.
12. International Transfers
Stipple AI Pty Ltd is based in Australia. Our service providers (Vercel and Google) may store and process data outside Australia, including in the United States.
13. Changes to This Policy
We may update this policy as the product evolves. We will post changes at workwithpdf.io/legal/privacy with a new effective date.
14. Contact
Privacy questions or requests: gaurav@stipple.sh
Stipple AI Pty Ltd, Australia