Privacy Policy for PicoToolx

Last Updated: October 26, 2023

PicoToolx ("we," "us," or "our") operates the picotoolx.com website (the "Service"). This page informs you of our policies regarding the collection, use, and disclosure of personal data when you use our Service and the choices you have associated with that data.

Your privacy is of utmost importance to us. This Privacy Policy explains what information we collect from you, how we use it, and how we protect it. By using the Service, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy.

1. Information Collection and Use

We collect several different types of information for various purposes to provide and improve our Service to you.

Personal Data

While using our Service, we may ask you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify you ("Personal Data"). This may include, but is not limited to:

Email address (if you contact us directly)
Name (if you provide it in your communication)

We only collect this information when you voluntarily provide it to us, for example, by sending us an email through our contact page.

Usage Data

We may also collect information on how the Service is accessed and used ("Usage Data"). This Usage Data may include information such as your computer's Internet Protocol (IP) address, browser type, browser version, the pages of our Service that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, and other diagnostic data.

2. Client-Side Processing and Your Files (Our Core Privacy Feature)

This is the most important section of our Privacy Policy.

Many of our tools, especially our PDF tools (such as PDF to Word, Unlock PDF, PDF Cropper, etc.), are designed to work entirely within your web browser. This is known as **client-side processing**.

We do not upload your files to our servers. When you select a file to process, it is not transmitted over the internet to us. The entire process of converting, cropping, unlocking, or otherwise modifying your file happens locally on your own computer.
Because your files are never uploaded, we never see, access, or store them. This ensures the highest level of privacy and security for your sensitive documents.
Your files remain on your device at all times. The only data transfer that occurs is when you download the final, processed file back to your own computer.

3. Tracking & Cookies Data

We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on our Service and hold certain information.

Cookies are files with a small amount of data which may include an anonymous unique identifier. Cookies are sent to your browser from a website and stored on your device. You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our Service.

Examples of Cookies we use:

Session Cookies: We use Session Cookies to operate our Service.
Preference Cookies: We use Preference Cookies to remember your preferences and various settings.
Security Cookies: We use Security Cookies for security purposes.

4. Use of Data

PicoToolx uses the collected data for various purposes:

To provide and maintain our Service
To improve our Service and develop new features
To monitor the usage of our Service to identify trends and prevent technical issues
To respond to your inquiries and provide customer support
To provide you with news and general information about our services, if you opt-in

5. Advertising

We use third-party Service Providers to show advertisements on our Service to help support and maintain it.

Google AdSense

Google, as a third-party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads on our Service. Google's use of the DART cookie enables it to serve ads to our users based on their visit to our Service and other sites on the Internet. Users may opt out of the use of the DART cookie by visiting the Google Ad and Content Network privacy policy.

For more information on the privacy practices of Google, please visit the Google Privacy & Terms web page.

6. Service Providers

We may employ third-party companies and individuals to facilitate our Service ("Service Providers"), to provide the Service on our behalf, or to assist us in analyzing how our Service is used.

These third parties have access to your Personal Data only to perform these tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose. An example is Google Analytics, which helps us understand website traffic.

7. Security of Data

The security of your data is important to us. As our primary tools process files on your device without uploading them, the risk of data breaches related to your documents is eliminated. For any data we do collect (like analytics), we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect it. However, remember that no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure.

8. Your Data Protection Rights

Depending on your location, you may have the following rights regarding your personal data:

The right to access, update, or delete the information we have on you.
The right of rectification.
The right to object.
The right of restriction.
The right to data portability.
The right to withdraw consent.

If you wish to exercise any of these rights, please contact us.

9. Children's Privacy

Our Service does not address anyone under the age of 13 ("Children"). We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 13. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your Children has provided us with Personal Data, please contact us.

10. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page. We will let you know via a prominent notice on our Service, prior to the change becoming effective and update the "Last Updated" date at the top of this Privacy Policy.

11. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us:
By email: contact@picotoolx.com