Privacy Policy
iChangePDF is built around a single principle: the PDFs you edit never leave your device. This page explains that in plain English, and is also the disclosure required by our advertising partners.
1. The documents you edit
When you open a PDF in iChangePDF, the file is read by JavaScript running in your browser tab. No part of the file is uploaded to our servers; we operate no server that could receive it. When you export your edited file, your browser writes the new PDF directly to your downloads folder.
Because we never receive your files, we cannot recover, search, or share them. You retain sole custody at all times.
2. Information we do collect
The site itself collects a small amount of information so that it can run and improve:
- Server logs. Like every website, our host records standard request data — IP address, user agent, referring URL, time of request — for security and abuse prevention. Logs are retained for 30 days and then discarded.
- Cookies you allow. If you accept advertising or analytics cookies, those systems may store identifiers in your browser as described below.
- Anonymous performance metrics. With your consent, we record aggregate statistics — pages viewed, broad geographic region, browser family — to understand which features are used.
3. Advertising — Google AdSense
iChangePDF is supported by advertising delivered by Google AdSense. AdSense is a third-party ad network operated by Google LLC.
- Google, as a third-party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads on this site.
- Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to you based on your visits to this site and other sites on the internet.
- You may opt out of personalised advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings or, for participating advertisers, aboutads.info and youronlinechoices.com.
- Some third-party advertisers may also place cookies. We have no control over the cookies set by these third parties; review their privacy policies for details.
4. Your consent choices
On your first visit, you were presented with a consent banner offering three options:
Accept all, Reject non-essential, or Customize.
Your choice is stored in your browser's local storage under the key
icpdf:consent:v1 and is honoured on subsequent visits.
You can change your decision at any time by clicking Cookie settings in the footer. Strictly necessary cookies (used to remember your consent choice itself, and to keep the editor's UI state) are always enabled because the site cannot function without them.
5. Categories of cookies
- Strictly necessary. Remember your consent choice and editor preferences. Set by iChangePDF. Always active.
- Advertising. Set by Google AdSense and its partners. Used to deliver and measure ads.
- Analytics. Set by privacy-respecting analytics. Used in aggregate to understand site usage.
6. Data sharing
We do not sell your personal information. We share data only with:
- Our infrastructure providers (hosting, DNS, CDN) under standard data-processing agreements;
- Advertising and analytics partners you have consented to, as described in section 3;
- Authorities, where required by valid legal process.
7. Children's privacy
iChangePDF is not directed at children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you believe we have inadvertently received such information, contact us and we will delete it.
8. Your rights
Depending on where you live, you may have the right to access, correct, port, or delete personal information we hold about you, and to object to certain processing. To exercise these rights, email us at the address on the contact page. Because we do not store your documents, most data-access requests concern only your consent record and standard server logs.
9. Changes to this policy
We will update this policy when the underlying practices change. Material changes will be announced on the homepage and the "Last updated" date above will be revised.
10. Contact
Questions about this policy can be sent via our contact page.