Privacy Policy

Last updated: April 2026

What we do

slicepdf is a browser-based PDF OCR tool. You select regions of a PDF document, and we extract text from those regions using optical character recognition (OCR).

Data we process

• PDF files — rendered entirely in your browser using PDF.js. The file is never uploaded to our servers unless you click "Run OCR".
• Image blocks — when you run OCR, a JPEG crop of the selected region is sent to our server for text recognition. It is processed immediately and not stored.
• OCR language preference — sent as a form parameter with each request. Not stored.

Data we do not collect

• We do not store uploaded files or OCR results.
• We do not use cookies for tracking.
• We do not collect personal information.
• We do not sell or share any data with third parties.

Analytics

We use Plausible Analytics to understand aggregate site traffic (page views, country, device type). Plausible is privacy-friendly, cookieless, and GDPR-compliant. No personal data is collected. See Plausible's data policy.

Third-party OCR

By default, OCR is processed locally on our server using Tesseract. If the ocrspace engine is selected, image data is sent to ocr.space — see their privacy policy.

Security

All traffic is encrypted via HTTPS. Image data sent for OCR is processed in memory and immediately discarded.

Your rights

Since we do not store personal data, there is nothing to request deletion of. If you have questions, contact us at hello@slicepdf.com.

Changes

We may update this policy occasionally. The date at the top will reflect the latest revision.