Before you hand a document to a stranger, you want to know what they are going to do with it. That is a reasonable instinct, and most PDF websites do a bad job of answering it. So here is the plain version for Dollar PDF.
The moment you drop a file into Dollar PDF, it is sent to our server over an encrypted connection. That means while your file is moving across the internet, anyone who manages to intercept it sees only scrambled noise — not your contract, your tax form, or your resume. This is the same protection your bank uses when you log in.
Once your file arrives, it is worked on by a program, not a person. If you asked to split a PDF, the program splits it. If you asked to rotate it, it rotates it. Nobody opens your file to read it. It is not scanned for content to advertise against. It is not added to a pile used to train an artificial intelligence. The only thing that happens to your file is the exact job you paid a dollar for.
This is the part that separates an honest tool from a free one. Many free services make their money by quietly selling or mining the documents people upload. We make our money from the dollar you pay. That is the whole business. There is no second income stream built out of your files, because there does not need to be.
Your file does not live on our server indefinitely. Both the file you uploaded and the result we produced are deleted automatically a short time after your job finishes. You do not have to remember to clean up, and you do not have to trust that we will get around to it — the deletion is automatic and built into the system.
If you want a copy, download it. Once it is gone from our side, it is gone.
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