Last Updated: September 11, 2026
This Privacy Policy explains how PDFly – PDF Scanner & Editor ("PDFly", "we", "us", or "our") handles information when you use our mobile application.
We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting your information. PDFly is designed to process documents locally on your device whenever technically possible.
By downloading or using PDFly, you agree to the practices described in this Privacy Policy.
Depending on the features you use, PDFly may process certain information.
PDFly allows you to select and process PDF files, images, scanned documents, and other supported files.
These documents may contain personal, financial, business, or other sensitive information.
Whenever technically possible, document processing is performed locally on your device. We do not intentionally upload your PDF files, scanned documents, photographs, or OCR content to our servers for ordinary local processing.
Files remain on your device unless you choose to share, export, upload, or otherwise transfer them using another service.
PDFly may request access to your device camera when you use the document scanner.
Camera access is used to:
Scan documents
Capture receipts
Scan business cards
Scan IDs and other documents
Create images or PDFs
Camera images are processed for the scanning features you request.
We do not intentionally upload camera images to our own servers as part of ordinary local scanning.
PDFly may request access to photos or files when you choose to:
Import images
Select PDF files
Create PDFs
Convert PDFs
Edit documents
Share documents
Export documents
We only use selected files to provide the feature you requested.
PDFly may provide Optical Character Recognition (OCR) features.
OCR may process text contained within your scanned documents.
Where an on-device OCR engine is used, the OCR processing occurs locally on your device.
We do not intentionally collect or store your OCR text on our servers for ordinary local OCR processing.
PDFly may use Google AdMob to display advertisements.
Advertisements may include:
Banner ads
Interstitial ads
App Open ads
Rewarded ads
Rewarded Interstitial ads
Depending on your location, device settings, consent choices, and applicable laws, Google and its advertising partners may process information such as:
Advertising identifiers
Device information
IP address
Approximate location
Application information
Advertising interaction information
Diagnostic information
This information may be used to provide, measure, personalize, and improve advertising.
For more information about Google's privacy practices, please visit:
https://policies.google.com/privacy
You can also learn how Google uses information from apps and websites that use its services:
https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites
Where required by applicable law, PDFly may use Google's consent-management tools to obtain your choices regarding personalized advertising and other applicable data processing.
Depending on your location and consent choices, you may receive personalized or non-personalized advertisements.
You can manage certain advertising and privacy choices through your device settings and Google's available privacy controls.
PDFly may offer optional rewarded advertisements.
For example, you may be able to watch an advertisement to receive an in-app benefit such as:
Additional PDF operations
Additional scanning opportunities
Temporary access to certain features
Additional processing opportunities
Other optional in-app rewards
Rewarded advertisements are optional.
If you close a rewarded advertisement before completing it, the associated reward may not be provided.
We may use third-party analytics and crash-reporting services to understand application performance and improve the reliability of PDFly.
Depending on the services enabled, these services may process information such as:
Device model
Android version
Application version
Application events
Crash information
Performance information
Diagnostic information
We do not intentionally send the contents of your PDFs, scanned documents, OCR text, document passwords, or other document contents to analytics services.
PDFly may store certain information locally on your device, including:
Recently opened files
Favorite files
Processing history
Application preferences
Theme preferences
Language preferences
Usage information
Saved signatures
Temporary processing files
Documents and temporary files may remain on your device until you delete them, clear application data, or they are automatically removed by the application.
PDFly does not intentionally store locally processed documents on our own servers.
PDFly allows you to share documents using Android's sharing functionality.
When you choose to share a document, the document may be transferred to the application or service that you select.
Examples include:
Email applications
Messaging applications
Cloud-storage applications
File-management applications
Other compatible applications
Once a document is transferred to another application or service, that service's own privacy policy applies.
PDFly does not control how third-party applications handle documents that you choose to share with them.
PDFly may use third-party services to provide certain functionality.
These may include:
Google AdMob
Google Play Services
Google Play Billing
Analytics services
Crash-reporting services
Other technical services required to operate the application
Third-party providers may independently process information according to their own privacy policies.
We recommend reviewing the privacy policies of third-party services that you use through PDFly.
PDFly may offer premium features through Google Play Billing.
Purchases may include:
Monthly subscriptions
Annual subscriptions
One-time purchases
Premium upgrades
Payment transactions are processed by Google Play.
We do not collect or store your complete payment card information.
We may receive information necessary to determine whether a purchase or subscription is active.
Google handles payment information according to its own policies.
Google Privacy Policy:
https://policies.google.com/privacy
Premium users may receive benefits such as:
Removal of advertisements
Unlimited PDF operations
Advanced PDF tools
Additional processing capabilities
Advanced scanning features
Batch processing
Other premium functionality
The exact features available may change as the application develops.
PDF documents can contain sensitive information.
We take reasonable measures to protect information handled by the application.
Whenever technically possible, PDF processing and document scanning are performed locally on your device.
However, no electronic storage or processing method can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
You should use appropriate caution when sharing documents with third-party applications or services.
When you use PDF password-protection features, passwords may be temporarily processed by the application to perform the requested operation.
We do not intentionally send PDF passwords to our servers during ordinary local processing.
Users should avoid sharing passwords unnecessarily.
PDFly cannot bypass unknown passwords or security protections on documents when the required password is not provided.
We do not intentionally maintain copies of documents processed locally by PDFly on our servers.
Documents and temporary files may remain on your device until you delete them or they are removed by the application.
Third-party services such as advertising, analytics, crash reporting, and payment providers may retain information according to their own policies and applicable legal requirements.
You can remove locally stored PDFly information by using available delete or clear-history options within the application.
You may also remove application data through your Android device settings or uninstall the application.
Deleting the application does not necessarily delete information that has already been transferred to third-party services.
For example, information processed by Google AdMob, Google Play, or other third-party providers is subject to their respective policies.
PDFly requests permissions only when necessary for specific features.
Used for:
Document scanning
Receipt scanning
Business card scanning
Image capture
Used for:
Selecting images
Selecting PDFs
Saving documents
Importing files
Exporting files
You can manage application permissions through your Android device settings.
If you deny a permission, certain features may not be available.
PDFly is designed to support local, offline document processing wherever technically possible.
Features such as:
Merge PDF
Split PDF
Rotate PDF
Image to PDF
PDF to Image
Compression
Page organization
Local scanning
Local image processing
may be performed directly on your device.
Some third-party services or future advanced features may require an internet connection.
The application will attempt to make this clear when network access is required.
Some features may require an internet connection, including:
Advertisements
In-app purchase verification
Certain analytics services
Crash reporting
Other optional online services
Your PDF files are not intentionally uploaded to our servers merely because you have an internet connection.
PDFly is not specifically directed toward children under the age of 13.
We do not knowingly collect personal information directly from children for our own purposes.
If you believe that a child has provided personal information to us, please contact us using the contact information provided below.
Third-party services, including advertising services, may have additional requirements concerning children's data.
Depending on your location and applicable laws, you may have rights or choices regarding your information.
These may include choices relating to:
Advertising personalization
Device permissions
Analytics
Notifications
Local application data
Document storage
Sharing documents
You can manage application permissions through your Android settings.
Where applicable, you may also manage advertising consent through the consent controls provided by the application.
Some third-party service providers used by PDFly may process information in countries other than your country of residence.
Such processing may be subject to the privacy laws and contractual protections applicable to those providers.
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time.
Changes may be made because of:
New application features
Changes to third-party services
Changes to advertising services
Changes to applicable laws
Changes to our data practices
Security improvements
When this Privacy Policy is updated, we will update the "Last Updated" date at the top of this document.
We encourage you to periodically review this Privacy Policy.
If you have questions, concerns, or requests regarding this Privacy Policy or PDFly's privacy practices, please contact us.
Developer: M Bit Studio
Email: contact@mibtstudio.com
Website: https://mbitstudio.com
By using PDFly – PDF Scanner & Editor, you acknowledge that you have read and understood this Privacy Policy.
Thank you for using PDFly.