Privacy Policy for PDF Toolkit
Last Updated: March 2026
Thank you for choosing to be part of our community at PDF Toolkit. We are committed to protecting your personal information and your right to privacy. If you have any questions or concerns about this privacy notice, or our practices with regard to your personal information, please contact us.
This privacy notice describes how we might collect, store, use, and/or share your information when you use our application (“PDF Toolkit”).
1. Information We Collect & Data Retention
A. Information Collected Automatically & Voluntary Submissions
When you use PDF Toolkit, we may automatically collect non-personally identifiable diagnostic information (via Google Analytics for Firebase), including your device IP address, operating system, device manufacturer and model, language, and usage telemetry. This information is used strictly to maintain app stability, security, and performance.
If you voluntarily submit a bug report or contact us for support, you may choose to provide an email address and technical issue description. All collected user data is deleted upon user request (by contacting contact@thealgrow.com) and is automatically deleted within 30 days.
B. Device Permissions
To provide our core features, we request the following device permissions:
- Storage Access: Necessary to read, open, edit, and save your PDF files and images on your device.
- Camera Access: Necessary if you choose to use the Document Scanner feature to digitise physical papers.
2. How We Process Your Information
- Local Processing: All core functions, such as viewing, merging, splitting, compressing, and signing PDFs, are performed locally on your device. Your private document contents are not uploaded to our servers.
- App Improvement: We process analytics data to understand how our users interact with the app, identify crashes, and improve user experience.
- Advertising: We use third-party advertising partners (such as Google AdMob) to display advertisements. These partners may use cookies and device identifiers to provide advertisements.
3. Third-Party Integrations & Disclaimer
We use third-party integrations including Google AdMob (for ads) and Google Analytics for Firebase (for analytics and crash reporting). Data is collected and shared with these third-party providers in accordance with their respective privacy policies and terms of service. TheAlgrow is not responsible for the data collection, privacy practices, or security policies of these third-party providers. We advise you to review their policies directly:
- Google Play Services
- Google AdMob Privacy & Terms
- Google Analytics for Firebase Privacy
- Supabase Privacy Policy
4. Data Security
We have implemented appropriate technical and organisational security measures designed to protect the security of any personal information we process. However, despite our safeguards, no internet transmission is 100% secure, so we cannot promise or guarantee that hackers or unauthorised third parties will not be able to defeat our security.
5. Children’s Privacy
These Services do not address anyone under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under 13. In the case we discover that a child under 13 has provided us with personal information, we immediately delete this from our servers.
6. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. Thus, you are advised to review this page periodically for any changes. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page.
7. Contact Us
If you have any questions or suggestions about our Privacy Policy, do not hesitate to contact us at contact@thealgrow.com.