Privacy Policy
Last updated: May 5, 2026
freepdftranslator.com (the service) is a free online PDF translation tool. This page explains exactly what we do with your data, and what we do not.
Your PDFs stay on your device
When you upload a PDF, it is opened and parsed entirely inside your browser using PDF.js. The file itself is never uploaded to our servers. After the text content is extracted from the PDF (also in your browser), only the plain text is sent to the translation API.
For scanned PDFs, the OCR (text recognition) step is performed in your browser using Tesseract.js. The image data does not leave your device.
What is sent to the translation API
Only the extracted text from each page is sent to the /api/translate endpoint, which forwards it to OpenAI's API for translation. OpenAI processes the text under their API data usage policies. They do not use API data to train their models by default.
We do not log, persist, or share the extracted text. The translation is returned to your browser and discarded on the server side as soon as the request completes.
Server logs
Our hosting provider (Vercel) keeps standard request logs containing IP address, timestamp, request path, and response status. These are used only for operational purposes (debugging, abuse prevention) and are retained per Vercel's retention policy.
We use Upstash Redis to store sliding-window request counts per IP address for rate limiting. Counts expire automatically after their window (24 hours maximum). No PDF content is ever stored.
Cookies
We do not set any cookies. No analytics, no tracking, no advertising. The site requires no signup and stores nothing about you between visits.
Third-party services
- Vercel: hosting and serverless function execution.
- OpenAI: text translation via API. Receives only extracted PDF text, never the file itself.
- Upstash Redis: per-IP rate limiting (counts only).
- cdn.jsdelivr.net: serves the PDF.js worker and Tesseract.js language data files. A standard public CDN.
Your rights
Because we do not collect personal data tied to your identity, there is nothing to delete or export on request. If you have a concern about a specific request, you can contact us at the email below.
Contact
For privacy questions, write to hello@freepdftranslator.com.