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    <h1>Privacy Policy</h1>
    <p class="article-meta">Last updated 2026-08-05 · plain-language version, no legalese</p>

    <p>
      ClientPDF is a static, client-side tool. There is no backend server that your files
      pass through. This page explains exactly what happens to your data — because most
      "free PDF tool" privacy policies are long enough that nobody reads them, and this one
      isn't going to be.
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    <h2>Your PDF files never leave your device</h2>
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      open DevTools, watch the Network tab, and use any tool — see <a href="./guide.html">this guide</a>
      for the exact 10-second test. We don't store your files, we don't see your files, and
      we have no way to access your files, because they never reach us.
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    <h2>What we do collect</h2>
    <p>We collect two things, and nothing else:</p>
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        <strong>An anonymous page-view counter.</strong> Each page load pings a counter
        service with a coarse bucket for where the visit came from (<code>github</code>,
        <code>direct</code>, or <code>other</code>) — no cookies, no IP logging on our end,
        no per-visitor identifier. It's a total-count tool, not a tracking tool. You can see
        the exact code for this in the inline script at the bottom of any page.
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        <strong>An email address, only if you submit it.</strong> Every tool page has an
        optional "Notify me" form for a future Pro batch-mode tier. If you type your email
        into that form and submit it, it's forwarded via <a href="https://formsubmit.co" target="_blank" rel="noopener">formsubmit.co</a>
        to the site operator, along with the URL path of the tool page you submitted it from
        (e.g. <code>/redact.html</code>), so we know which tool prompted the signup, for the
        sole purpose of letting you know when Pro is available.
        We don't sell it, share it with third parties, or use it for anything else. If you
        don't submit that form, we don't have your email. As a fallback in case that network
        request fails, the browser also keeps a local copy of what you submitted in your own
        <code>localStorage</code> — this never leaves your device and isn't a cookie or a
        tracker, it just means the signal isn't lost if the request to formsubmit.co doesn't
        go through.
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    <h2>What we don't do</h2>
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      <li>No tracking or profiling analytics (no Google Analytics, no Meta Pixel, no per-visitor identifiers, no cross-site tracking) — the only external calls this site makes are the anonymous page-view counter and, if you submit the waitlist form, the formsubmit.co request described above.</li>
      <li>No advertising trackers.</li>
      <li>No cookies.</li>
      <li>No accounts, no login, no user profiles.</li>
      <li>No selling or sharing of any data with anyone.</li>
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    <h2>Who operates this site</h2>
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      ClientPDF is built and run by <a href="https://github.com/abyworkings-coder" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Auto Company</a>
      (GitHub: <a href="https://github.com/abyworkings-coder" target="_blank" rel="noopener">abyworkings-coder</a>).
      This is a solo-operator static tool, not a company with a dedicated legal or support team.
      There's no formal support email yet — the best way to reach us is by opening an issue on
      the <a href="https://github.com/abyworkings-coder/clientpdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">GitHub repository</a>.
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    <h2>Changes to this policy</h2>
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      If what this site collects ever changes, this page will be updated to reflect it —
      the "Last updated" date above will move. Given the site's design (no server, no
      accounts), we don't expect that to happen often.
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