Introduction
PDF Tools Hub ("we", "us", or "our") is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website or use our services.
We believe in transparency and minimal data collection. We only collect information that's necessary to provide and improve our services, and we never sell your personal data to third parties.
Information We Collect
Information You Provide
- Contact information — If you email us, we collect your email address and any information you include in your message.
- Newsletter subscription — If you subscribe, we collect your email address. You can unsubscribe at any time.
- Feedback and comments — Any information you choose to share when providing feedback or suggesting content.
Information Collected Automatically
- Log data — Standard server logs including IP address, browser type, referring pages, and timestamps. This data is used for security and analytics and is typically deleted within 30 days.
- Cookies — We use minimal cookies for essential functionality (like remembering your preferences) and analytics. We do not use tracking cookies for advertising.
- Usage data — Aggregated, anonymized data about which pages are visited, how long users stay, and general interaction patterns. This helps us improve our content.
How We Use Your Information
We use the information we collect for the following purposes:
- To provide and maintain our services — Ensuring our website works properly and content is accessible.
- To respond to your inquiries — Answering your questions, providing support, and addressing feedback.
- To improve our content — Understanding which tutorials are most helpful and where we need to add more guidance.
- To send newsletters — If you subscribe, we'll send you updates about new tutorials and tips. You can opt out anytime.
- For security — Detecting and preventing abuse, spam, and security threats.
- For analytics — Aggregated, anonymized statistics about website usage to help us improve.
We Do NOT
- ❌ Sell your personal data to any third party, for any reason.
- ❌ Share your email address with advertisers or marketing companies.
- ❌ Use tracking cookies for targeted advertising.
- ❌ Process or store PDF files — We are a tutorial website, not a PDF processing service. We never access or store your documents.
- ❌ Require account creation to browse our tutorials. All content is freely accessible without signup.
Third-Party Services
We may use the following third-party services, each with their own privacy policies:
- Website hosting — Our hosting provider (Cloudflare) stores website files and serves content. They may collect standard server log data for security and performance.
- Analytics — We use privacy-respecting analytics that collect aggregated, anonymized usage data without tracking individual users across websites.
- Fonts — We use Google Fonts for typography. Loading fonts may send standard request data to Google's servers.
- External links — Our tutorials link to external tools (Smallpdf, iLovePDF, etc.). We are not responsible for the privacy practices of these external sites. We recommend reviewing their privacy policies before uploading documents.
Cookies
We use a minimal set of cookies:
- Essential cookies — Required for basic website functionality. These cannot be disabled.
- Preference cookies — Remember your settings (like dark mode preference, if enabled).
- Analytics cookies — Collect anonymized usage data. You can opt out through your browser settings.
You can control or delete cookies through your browser settings. Disabling cookies may affect some website functionality.
Your Rights
Depending on your location, you may have the following rights regarding your personal data:
- Right to access — Request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
- Right to correction — Request correction of inaccurate data.
- Right to deletion — Request deletion of your personal data.
- Right to restrict processing — Request restriction of how we process your data.
- Right to data portability — Request your data in a portable format.
- Right to object — Object to processing of your data for certain purposes.
- Right to withdraw consent — Withdraw consent for newsletter subscription at any time.
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at vluky@outlook.com. We will respond to valid requests within 30 days.
Data Retention
- Contact emails — Retained for as long as needed to respond to your inquiry and for up to 12 months thereafter for record-keeping.
- Newsletter subscriptions — Retained until you unsubscribe. Upon unsubscribing, your email is deleted within 30 days.
- Server logs — Retained for up to 30 days for security purposes, then deleted or anonymized.
- Analytics data — Retained in aggregated, anonymized form for up to 12 months.
Children's Privacy
Our website is not directed to children under the age of 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If you believe a child has provided us with personal information, please contact us and we will promptly delete it.
Changes to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new policy on this page with an updated "Last updated" date. For significant changes, we may provide additional notice (such as a banner on our website or email to newsletter subscribers).
We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically to stay informed about our data practices.
Contact Us
If you have any questions, concerns, or requests regarding this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact us:
Email: vluky@outlook.com
Subject: Privacy Policy Inquiry
We aim to respond to all privacy-related inquiries within 30 days.