Your documents stay
on your device. Full stop.
Pyrbit PDF for Android is built on a single principle: everything you do to your documents happens locally. The only things that ever leave your device are what Google needs to show ads to free-tier users, to process Google Play purchases and Google sign-in, and โ only if you switch them on โ anonymous usage statistics. An account is optional.
Every PDF you open, edit, scan, sign, OCR or convert is processed locally and never uploaded anywhere โ to us or to anyone.
Anonymous Firebase Analytics stays switched off until you turn it on in Settings โ and never includes your documents, file names, or anything you type.
All subscriptions and the lifetime purchase are processed by Google Play. We never see or store your payment card.
Free (non-subscriber) users see ads via Google AdMob. Pro subscribers never see an ad, anywhere in the App.
Introduction
At Pyrbit, we believe your documents are your business โ not ours. Pyrbit PDF was built with a single guiding principle: everything that happens to your documents happens on your device, and they never leave it.
This Privacy Policy explains what information the Android app collects, how it is used, how it is stored, and what choices you have โ including the parts of the App (ads, purchases, sign-in and optional analytics) that do involve Google as a third party. Please read it carefully. By downloading or using Pyrbit PDF, you agree to the practices described here.
If you do not agree with any part of this policy, please do not use the App.
Scope
This Privacy Policy applies to:
com.pyrbit.pdfstudio)This policy covers every tool in the App, including PDF editing, compression, merging, splitting, conversion (to and from Word, Excel, PowerPoint, HTML, RTF, text and images), OCR, document scanning, digital signing and signature verification (including documents like e-Aadhaar), redaction, and password protection. It does not govern third-party services you interact with outside the App (Google Play, your email client, or apps you share files to). The iPhone, iPad and Mac versions of Pyrbit PDF have their own privacy policy.
What We Collect โ and What We Don't
We DO store locally on your device (never transmitted to us): your optional Google profile (name, email, photo), app settings, drafts and recently opened file details, your daily free-use record, your trusted-certificate list, and subscription status sourced from Google Play.
We do NOT collect, upload, or transmit: your PDF files or images, their contents or file names, your phone number, your location, or your contacts โ to us or to anyone. We do not run servers that hold user accounts or documents.
Google is the only third party involved: Google AdMob (ads, free tier only), Google Play Billing (purchases), Google sign-in (optional), and Google Firebase Analytics (only if you opt in). None of them ever receives your documents or their contents โ see Sections 6, 11 and 19.
Aadhaar Digital Signature verifies documents already digitally signed by an issuing authority (e.g. e-Aadhaar), and lets you sign with a certificate you already have. It does not ask for, collect, or store your Aadhaar number, date of birth, or gender.
Information You Provide
a) Google Account (Optional)
You can sign in with Google or continue as a guest. If you sign in, Google shares your name, email address and profile photo with the App. They are kept privately on your device to show your profile โ there are no server-side accounts, and we never see your Google password. Every tool works the same as a guest.
b) Digital Signatures โ Aadhaar Digital Signature
This tool works two ways, and neither one involves us receiving your identity details:
If the certificate you bring was itself issued to you via an Aadhaar-based identity check (by a licensed Certifying Authority, outside this App), whatever identity fields that certificate contains become part of any PDF you sign with it โ the same as with any digital signature. The App doesn't add, read, or transmit anything beyond using the certificate to sign.
c) Support Communications
If you tap Send Feedback, your email app opens a pre-filled email to himanshu0rjn@pyrbit.com. Any information you include is received solely to respond to your inquiry and is never used for marketing.
AI Features
The Android version of Pyrbit PDF does not include an AI chat assistant and does not use any cloud AI service. The "AI" entry in the editor only shows an information message; nothing you type or open is sent to any AI model, by us or by anyone else.
Features that use machine learning โ text recognition (OCR) in English, Hindi and other Latin and Devanagari scripts, and automatic page-edge detection when scanning โ run on your device using Google ML Kit. The images and text they read are not uploaded.
If AI features are added to the Android app in the future, this policy will be updated before they ship, and you will be asked to agree to the new version in the App.
Information Collected Automatically
| Data | Purpose | Storage | Transmitted? |
|---|---|---|---|
| App preferences & settings | Theme, quality defaults, export format, quick actions | App-private storage (on-device) | Never |
| Drafts & recent file details | File names, page counts, sizes, dates โ so you can reopen your work (not shared) | App-private storage (on-device) | Never |
| Daily free-use record | Remembers when you last used your one free tool use of the day | App-private storage (on-device) | Never |
| Subscription status | Pro/Free status and plan โ to unlock features and remove ads | On-device, sourced from Google Play Billing | Never |
| Ad consent choice | Remembers your answer to Google's consent form (EEA, UK, Switzerland) | On-device, by Google's consent SDK | With ad requests |
| Advertising ID | Show and measure ads for free (non-subscriber) users only | Not stored by us | By Google AdMob |
| Anonymous analytics ID + app events | Understand app opens, sessions and screens used โ only if you opt in | Not stored by us | By Firebase (opt-in) |
Information We Do Not Collect
Pyrbit PDF does not collect any of the following, by us or on our behalf:
- Your documents, images, or anything inside them
- Phone numbers
- Physical address or location data (precise or approximate)
- Contacts, calendar, SMS or call logs
- Microphone audio โ the App does not request the microphone
- Biometric data of any kind
- Web browsing history or cookies (the App is not a browser)
- Your Google password (sign-in uses Google's token-based Credential Manager; we never see it)
- Device identifiers such as IMEI, serial number or Android ID
- Crash logs or diagnostics sent to any server we operate
The App does use the camera โ only when you scan a paper document into a PDF โ and Android's photo and file pickers, which give the App only the items you choose. Everything captured or picked that way is processed on your device and never transmitted.
App backups are switched off (allowBackup="false"),
so the App's private data โ settings, drafts, your profile and trusted certificates โ is not copied to Google Drive
backups. It stays on the device it was created on.
How We Use Information
Because most data never leaves your device, our use of information is limited:
| Purpose | Data Used | Legal Basis |
|---|---|---|
| App features & functionality | Locally stored preferences, drafts, file details | Contract |
| Subscription entitlements | Purchase status from Google Play Billing | Contract |
| Profile display | Name, email and photo from Google sign-in (optional) | Contract |
| Verify / sign PDF documents | The certificate already in the document, or a certificate you bring โ no identity data collected | Contract |
| Free-tier usage limit | On-device daily free-use record | Legitimate interest |
| Show & measure ads (free tier) | Advertising ID and ad-request data; personalised only where you consent | Consent / Legitimate interest |
| Understand app usage | Anonymous Firebase installation ID + app events | Consent (opt-in) |
| Support communications | Your email and message content | Legitimate interest |
Legal Bases for Processing
Where applicable law (EU/UK GDPR, India DPDPA 2023) requires a legal basis for processing personal data:
- Contractual necessity โ Processing subscription status, preferences and your optional Google profile is required to provide the App as you use it. Signature verification and signing use only certificates already present or brought by you.
- Consent โ In the EEA, the UK and Switzerland, Google's consent form asks before ads are personalised, and you can change your choice later in Settings โ Ad privacy options. Anonymous analytics are collected only after you switch them on, and stop the moment you switch them off.
- Legitimate interests โ Keeping a local record of your daily free use and of recent files makes the free tier and the App work. None of this leaves your device or identifies you to us.
Sharing of Information
We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal information, ever. The sharing below is limited to the specific purposes named.
The data sharing that occurs:
Third-Party Services
| Service | Purpose | Data Exposed to Third Party |
|---|---|---|
| Google Play Billing | Pro subscriptions (weekly, monthly, yearly) and the one-time lifetime purchase | Handled by Google Play. Your payment card is never exposed to us. |
| Google Sign-In (Credential Manager) | Optional account sign-in | Google receives the sign-in request; the App receives name, email and photo. |
| Google Mobile Ads (AdMob) | Ads for free-tier (non-subscriber) users | Advertising ID, IP address, device and ad-interaction data. |
| Google User Messaging Platform | Ad consent form in the EEA, UK and Switzerland | Your consent choice, stored on the device and sent with ad requests. |
| Google Firebase Analytics | Anonymous usage statistics โ off unless you opt in | Installation ID, device model, Android version, app events. |
| Google ML Kit (text recognition, document scanner) | On-device OCR and camera page detection | Images and text stay on the device. Google Play services may download the scanner component and may send Google basic diagnostic information about the SDK โ never your images or text. |
| PDFBox, Tesseract, OpenCV, CameraX, Pyrbit document engine | PDF processing, OCR fallback, image processing, camera, conversion and export | Nothing โ these run entirely on the device and make no network requests. |
Those are the only third-party services in the App, used only for what's named above. None of them ever receives your documents, their contents, or file names. There is no crash-reporting, A/B-testing, attribution or cloud storage SDK of any kind. Google's handling of data is described at policies.google.com/privacy and How Google uses information from apps that use its services.
App Permissions and Why They Are Needed
| Permission | Required For | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Camera | Scanning paper documents into PDFs (Scan PDF) โ scans are processed entirely on-device | Asked when used |
| Photos / Files (system pickers) | Opening PDFs and choosing images โ Android's pickers give the App only the items you select | Only what you pick |
| Storage (Android 10 and older) | Reading and saving files on older Android versions that have no system picker for it | Older Android only |
| Internet & network state | Ads, Google Play purchases, Google sign-in and optional analytics โ never your documents | Automatic |
| Google Play Billing | Buying and restoring Pro | Automatic |
| Advertising ID | Lets AdMob measure and, where you consent, personalise ads | Controlled in Android Settings |
| Location, Contacts, Microphone, SMS, Calls, Calendar, Notifications | Not used | Not requested |
Data Retention
| Data | Where Stored | How to Delete |
|---|---|---|
| Google profile (name, email, photo) | Device โ until you sign out, delete your account or uninstall | Settings โ Delete Account |
| App settings | Device (app-private storage) | Android Settings โ Apps โ Pyrbit PDF โ Clear storage, or uninstall |
| Drafts & recent files | Device (app-private storage) | Delete them in the App, clear storage, or uninstall |
| Daily free-use record | Device (app-private storage) | Uninstall the App |
| Subscription status | Device, sourced from Google Play | Uninstall (the subscription itself is managed in Google Play) |
| Processed / output files | App folder, or wherever you saved or shared them | Delete in the App or with your file manager |
| Trusted certificates | Device (app-private storage) โ never uploaded | Remove from the trust list in the App, or uninstall |
| Support emails | Developer's email inbox | Email himanshu0rjn@pyrbit.com to request deletion |
The App does not keep PDF files or document contents on any server. Uninstalling the App removes everything it stored on your device. Data held by Google (ads, purchases, analytics) is retained under Google's own policies.
Data Security
We take reasonable technical precautions to protect the data stored by the App:
- Everything is stored in the App's private storage, protected by Android's app sandbox and the device encryption that modern Android enables by default. App backups are disabled, so this data is not copied off the device.
- Passwords for protected PDFs you open, and passwords for certificates you sign with, are held in memory only for that one action and are never written to disk.
- Documents you protect with a password are encrypted inside the PDF itself.
- Signature verification checks certificate chains against Certifying Authority roots built into the App โ no online lookup is made.
- The App transmits no document content or file data over any network connection. Network traffic is limited to ads, Google Play, Google sign-in and, if you opt in, anonymous analytics.
No method of data storage is 100% secure. While we protect your device-resident data, we cannot guarantee absolute security against physical device theft. Use a screen lock (PIN, pattern, fingerprint or face unlock) to protect your device.
International Data Transfers
Because Pyrbit PDF stores all document and personal data locally on your device and does not operate a backend server, we do not transfer personal data internationally in the ordinary course of business.
The instances in which data may cross borders โ none of them run by us โ are:
- Google Play purchases โ processed through Google's global infrastructure under Google's privacy practices.
- Google AdMob, Google sign-in & Firebase Analytics โ processed on Google's global infrastructure under Google's Privacy Policy and its standard contractual safeguards.
- Support email โ emails to himanshu0rjn@pyrbit.com travel through our email provider's infrastructure, which may span multiple countries.
Children's Privacy
Pyrbit PDF is intended for general audiences and is not directed at children under the age of 13 (or under 16 where applicable, such as in the EU under GDPR). It is not part of Google Play's Families programme. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13 โ and, as described throughout this policy, we collect very little personal information from anyone.
If you are a parent or guardian and believe your child has provided personal information through this App (for example, via the support email), please contact us at himanshu0rjn@pyrbit.com and we will promptly delete it.
Your Rights and Choices
For All Users
| Right | How to Exercise |
|---|---|
| Access your data | Your data lives on your device. The Account screen shows your profile; Settings shows all preferences. |
| Delete your data | Settings โ Delete Account, clear the App's storage, or uninstall the App. |
| Turn analytics on or off | Settings โ Share Anonymous Usage Data. Off by default; switching it off stops collection immediately. |
| Change ad consent | In the EEA, UK and Switzerland, reopen Google's consent form at any time from Settings โ Ad privacy options. |
| Limit ad personalisation | Android Settings โ Privacy โ Ads (or Google โ Ads) โ Delete advertising ID. Ads still show; they simply aren't personalised. |
| Remove ads entirely | Subscribe to Pro or buy the lifetime plan โ subscribers never see ads. |
For EU/EEA, UK & Switzerland Residents (GDPR)
You have additional rights including data portability, restriction of processing, the right to object, and the right to lodge a complaint with your national data protection authority. Contact us at himanshu0rjn@pyrbit.com. All requests are answered within 30 days.
For California Residents (CCPA/CPRA)
You have the right to know, delete, and opt out of the sale or sharing of personal information. We do not sell personal information. Ads shown by Google AdMob may use your advertising ID; you can delete it at any time in Android Settings as described above.
For India Residents (DPDPA 2023)
Under the Digital Personal Data Protection Act 2023, you have rights including access, correction, erasure, and grievance redressal. The Aadhaar Digital Signature feature does not collect your Aadhaar number, so there is no such identity data of yours held by us.
Account Deletion / Data Deletion Request
Delete your account in the App: go to Settings โ Delete Account. This signs you out of Google in the App and erases your profile from the device immediately. Because there are no server-side accounts, nothing else needs to be deleted on our side.
If you can't delete your account in the App for any reason, or no longer have the App installed, email himanshu0rjn@pyrbit.com with the subject "Account deletion" and we will confirm within 30 days.
To remove other data associated with your use of Pyrbit PDF:
Uninstall the App โ or go to Android Settings โ Apps โ Pyrbit PDF โ Storage โ Clear storage. This removes all settings, drafts, profile and certificates the App stored.
Delete saved files you exported to Downloads or shared to other apps, with your file manager.
Remove the App's access to your Google account at myaccount.google.com/connections if you signed in.
Cancel any subscription in Google Play โ Payments & subscriptions. Uninstalling the App does not cancel it.
For support emails: email himanshu0rjn@pyrbit.com with a deletion request. We will delete your email records within 30 days.
Advertising, Subscriptions & Analytics
How the Free Tier Works
Free users get one free tool use per 24 hours, with no ad. After that, Standard tools show a short interstitial ad before they open, and Premium tools (such as Edit PDF, OCR, Compress, Merge and conversions) ask you to watch a rewarded ad โ or subscribe โ to unlock that use. If you are offline and no ad can load, tools stay usable. The free-use record is kept only on your device.
Advertising
Ads are supplied by Google AdMob. To show and measure them, AdMob uses your device's advertising ID, your IP address and basic device information. In the EEA, the UK and Switzerland, Google's consent form asks for your choice before ads are personalised, and you can change it later. Everywhere, you can delete or reset your advertising ID in Android Settings. We do not receive or store the advertising ID ourselves; it is handled by Google under Google's Privacy Policy.
Subscriptions
Pyrbit PDF Pro is available as an auto-renewing weekly, monthly or yearly subscription, or a one-time lifetime purchase, all billed through Google Play. Pro removes every ad and unlocks every tool. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the period, and can be managed or cancelled in Google Play โ Payments & subscriptions. We never see your payment details.
Analytics
Google Firebase Analytics is switched off when you install the App and stays off unless you turn on Share Anonymous Usage Data in Settings. When on, it collects a random installation ID (not your name, email or Google account), your device model and Android version, and app events such as app opens, sessions and screens viewed โ never the contents of your documents, their file names, or anything you type. It is not linked to your Google sign-in.
Cookies & Browser-Based Tracking
Pyrbit PDF is a native Android app. Its document engine runs inside the App on your device and loads only the App's own built-in files; it does not load web pages, and the App deploys no cookies, web beacons, pixel tags or fingerprinting scripts.
Everything else the App does โ document processing, OCR, scanning, editing, signing, redaction and conversion โ never involves any ad network, analytics SDK, or online service, and none of it leaves your device.
Google Play Data Safety Summary
This summary matches what the App declares in its Google Play Data safety section:
| Data Type | Collected / Shared | Purpose | Optional? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Device or other IDs (advertising ID, Firebase installation ID) | Collected and shared with Google | Advertising, analytics | Analytics optional |
| App interactions (ad interactions; app events if analytics is on) | Collected and shared with Google | Advertising, analytics | Analytics optional |
| Approximate location (from IP address, for ads) | Collected by Google AdMob | Advertising, fraud prevention | Free tier only |
| Purchase history | Processed by Google Play | App functionality | Only if you buy |
| Name, email, photo | Received from Google sign-in, kept on device | Account management | Optional |
| Files, documents and photos | Processed on device only โ not collected | App functionality | Never leaves device |
- All data in transit is encrypted (HTTPS), as required by Google's SDKs.
- You can request deletion of your data โ see Section 18.
- We do not sell data, and no data is collected from children knowingly.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in the App, applicable law, or our practices. When we make material changes, we will:
- Update the Version and Last updated date at the top of this policy
- Show the updated policy in the App and ask you to agree again before you continue
- Post the revised policy at this same URL
Your continued use of Pyrbit PDF after the effective date of any revised policy constitutes your acceptance of the changes. If you do not agree, please stop using the App.
Contact Information
If you have questions, concerns, or requests regarding this Privacy Policy or your personal data, please contact us:
We will respond to all legitimate privacy inquiries within 30 calendar days.