Privacy Policy for PDF Home

Effective date: July 7, 2026

This Privacy Policy explains how PDF Home (com.pdflauncher) accesses, uses, stores, and shares information when you use the Android app.

Developer: the publisher listed on PDF Home's Google Play Store listing.

Privacy contact: the support email listed on PDF Home's Google Play Store listing.

Overview

PDF Home is a local PDF viewer, editor, document utility, and optional Android Home/launcher experience. The app is designed to let you open, annotate, convert, organize, protect, recognize text in, save, and share PDF files on your device.

We do not require an account. We do not sell personal data. We do not upload your PDF files, generated documents, annotations, recognized text, installed-app list, or recent-file history to our own servers.

Information The App Accesses Or Stores

PDF Files, Images, And Documents

PDF Home accesses files that you choose through Android's file picker, files you open through Android PDF intents, and files available through the Android storage permission you grant. The app uses these files to provide PDF viewing, editing, saving, conversion, OCR, export, printing, and sharing features.

The app may read file names, file locations represented by Android content URIs, file contents, page images, annotations, signatures, typed text, links, passwords you enter for PDF lock/unlock features, and output files you choose to create. These items are processed on your device for the requested feature.

Recent File History

PDF Home stores a local recent-PDF list on your device. This list may include the Android URI for a file, the displayed file title, and the time it was opened. This history is used to show recent PDFs in the app and launcher pages.

Installed Apps And Launcher Information

If you use PDF Home as a Home/launcher app, PDF Home accesses the list of launchable apps on your device so it can show app icons, app names, and launch shortcuts. The app may also store local state such as whether PDF Home is the default Home app, prompt counts, the last launcher page shown, and app-launch interaction counters.

PDF Home does not send your installed-app list to our own servers.

Local Usage And Setup State

The app stores local counters and state such as onboarding progress, launcher setup prompts, last local event name, last event time, and feature interaction counts. These are stored on your device to operate the app and improve the local user experience.

OCR And Text Recognition

PDF Home uses Google ML Kit text-recognition libraries to recognize text from documents or images. The app uses ML Kit for on-device text recognition where supported. The document images and recognized text are used to complete the OCR request and are not uploaded to our own servers.

Because the app includes Google ML Kit and Google Play services components, Google SDK components may collect or transmit diagnostic, device, network, or SDK-operation information according to Google's own terms and privacy practices. See Google's Privacy Policy at https://policies.google.com/privacy.

Permissions And Why They Are Used

PDF Home may request or use the following Android permissions and platform access:

• All files access / storage access: used to find, open, edit, convert, and save PDF files and document outputs on your device.
• Home/launcher role: used only if you choose to set PDF Home as your Android Home app for quick PDF access.
• Package visibility for launchable apps and PDF handlers: used to show launchable apps in launcher mode and open PDF files with compatible apps.
• Internet and network-state permissions: these are added by included Google SDK components. PDF Home does not use these permissions to upload your PDFs or personal documents to our own servers.

You can revoke permissions in Android system settings. Some features may stop working if the related permission is removed.

How Information Is Used

PDF Home uses accessed information to:

• Open, display, annotate, sign, redact, watermark, print, and save PDFs.
• Convert files, export pages or text, compress files, and create new local document copies.
• Recognize text using OCR.
• Show recent PDFs and quick PDF actions.
• Provide optional Android Home/launcher functionality.
• Store local preferences, setup status, and app state.
• Let you share a document through Android's system share sheet when you choose to do so.

Sharing And Disclosure

We do not sell personal data.

We do not share your PDFs, document contents, recognized text, annotations, installed-app list, or recent-file history with our own servers.

Information may be shared only in these situations:

• User-initiated sharing: when you choose to share, print, export, or save a file through Android or another app.
• Service providers and SDKs: Google ML Kit and related Google Play services components may process SDK, diagnostic, device, or network information according to Google's policies.
• Legal reasons: if required by applicable law, regulation, legal process, or enforceable governmental request.

Ads, Analytics, And Accounts

PDF Home does not currently include a user account system.

PDF Home does not currently include an advertising SDK, ad personalization, or third-party analytics SDK configured by the developer. If ads, analytics, cloud conversion, remote configuration, or account features are added in a future version, this Privacy Policy and the Google Play Data safety disclosures must be updated before release.

Data Retention And Deletion

PDF Home stores recent-file history, local app state, and local usage counters on your device until you clear them or uninstall the app.

You can delete local app data by using Android system settings to clear PDF Home's storage or by uninstalling the app. You can remove PDF Home's storage access or Home/launcher role in Android settings. Files you export, save, print, or share are stored wherever you choose and must be deleted from that location separately.

Because PDF Home does not provide accounts and does not operate its own backend collection for app data, there is no server account data to delete from us.

Security

PDF Home uses Android platform storage, permissions, and app sandboxing to protect local app data. Files remain under Android's storage and document-provider controls unless you choose to export or share them. No method of storage or transmission is completely secure, but the app is designed to minimize server-side data handling by processing PDF features locally where possible.

Children's Privacy

PDF Home is not directed to children under 13 and is not designed for child-directed use. We do not knowingly collect personal data from children.

International Users

The app is available on Android devices in multiple regions and languages. Local processing happens on your device. Google SDK components may process information in accordance with Google's own privacy practices and infrastructure.

Changes To This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy when the app's features, permissions, SDKs, or data practices change. The updated policy should show a new effective date. If a change materially affects how personal or sensitive user data is accessed, collected, used, or shared, the app and store listing should provide appropriate notice and consent where required.