Legal Terms

Terms of Service

Please read these terms carefully before using PDFly's online PDF tools and services.

Last updated: 2025-07-19
Effective: 2025-07-19
Agreement to Terms

These Terms of Service ("Terms") constitute a legally binding agreement between you ("User," "you," or "your") and PDFly ("Company," "we," "us," or "our") regarding your use of our website and online PDF processing services.

By accessing or using PDFly's services, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by these Terms. If you do not agree to these Terms, you must not use our services.

⚖️ Legal Capacity: By using our services, you represent that you are at least 18 years old or have parental consent to use our services.

Description of Services

PDFly provides free online PDF processing tools and services, including but not limited to:

Core Services

  • • PDF compression and optimization
  • • PDF merging and splitting
  • • PDF to Word/Excel conversion
  • • PDF rotation and editing
  • • Image to PDF conversion

Service Characteristics

  • • Web-based processing
  • • No software installation required
  • • Temporary file storage
  • • Automatic file deletion
  • • Cross-platform compatibility
User Responsibilities and Conduct

Acceptable Use

You agree to use our services only for lawful purposes and in accordance with these Terms. You are responsible for:

Ensuring you have rights to process uploaded files
Complying with applicable laws and regulations
Respecting intellectual property rights
Maintaining confidentiality of sensitive information
Using services for legitimate business purposes
Reporting any security vulnerabilities

Prohibited Activities

You agree NOT to engage in any of the following prohibited activities:

Uploading copyrighted content without permission
Processing illegal, harmful, or offensive content
Attempting to hack or compromise our systems
Using automated tools to abuse our services
Distributing malware or viruses
Violating privacy rights of others
Reverse engineering our software
Reselling or redistributing our services
Intellectual Property Rights

Our Intellectual Property

PDFly and all related content, features, and functionality are owned by us and are protected by international copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret, and other intellectual property laws.

Protected Elements: Website design, logos, software code, algorithms, user interface, documentation, and all proprietary technology used in our services.

Your Content Rights

You retain all rights to the content you upload to our services. By using our services, you grant us:

  • A temporary, non-exclusive license to process your files
  • Permission to store files temporarily for service provision
  • Right to automatically delete files after processing
  • Authority to use anonymized usage data for service improvement

Copyright Infringement

We respect intellectual property rights and expect our users to do the same. If you believe your copyrighted work has been infringed, please contact us with detailed information about the alleged infringement.

Privacy and Data Handling

Your privacy is important to us. Our data handling practices include:

Automatic File Deletion

All uploaded files are automatically deleted within 1 day

SSL Encryption

All data transmission is protected with industry-standard encryption

No Data Sharing

We do not sell, rent, or share your personal information with third parties

Privacy Policy

Detailed privacy practices are outlined in our Privacy Policy

Disclaimers and Limitations of Liability

Service Disclaimers

No Warranty

We provide our services "as is" and "as available" without any warranties, express or implied, including but not limited to merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement.

Service Availability

We do not guarantee that our services will be uninterrupted, secure, or error-free. Services may be temporarily unavailable due to maintenance, technical issues, or other factors beyond our control.

Processing Accuracy

While we strive for accuracy in PDF processing, we cannot guarantee perfect results for all file types and formats. Users should verify processed files before use.

Limitation of Liability

To the maximum extent permitted by law, PDFly shall not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, including but not limited to:

  • Loss of profits, data, or business opportunities
  • Interruption of business or service
  • Cost of substitute services
  • Damage to reputation or goodwill
  • Any other commercial damages or losses

Our total liability for any claims arising from or related to these Terms or our services shall not exceed $100 USD or the amount you paid us in the 12 months preceding the claim, whichever is greater.

Indemnification

You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless PDFly, its officers, directors, employees, agents, and affiliates from and against any and all claims, damages, obligations, losses, liabilities, costs, and expenses (including attorney's fees) arising from:

  • Your use or misuse of our services
  • Your violation of these Terms
  • Your violation of any third-party rights, including intellectual property rights
  • Any content you upload or process through our services
  • Your violation of any applicable laws or regulations
Termination

Termination by You

You may stop using our services at any time. Since no account registration is required, simply discontinuing use of our website constitutes termination.

Termination by Us

We may terminate or suspend your access to our services immediately, without prior notice, for any reason, including:

  • Violation of these Terms
  • Suspected fraudulent or illegal activity
  • Abuse of our services or systems
  • Technical or security reasons

Effect of Termination

Upon termination, your right to use our services will cease immediately. All uploaded files will be deleted according to our standard deletion policy, and any outstanding obligations will survive termination.

Governing Law and Dispute Resolution

Governing Law

These Terms and any disputes arising from or related to these Terms or our services shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of [Your Jurisdiction], without regard to its conflict of law principles.

Dispute Resolution

We encourage users to contact us directly to resolve any disputes. For formal disputes:

Informal Resolution

Before initiating formal proceedings, parties must attempt to resolve disputes through good faith negotiations for at least 30 days.

Binding Arbitration

Any unresolved disputes shall be settled through binding arbitration in accordance with the rules of [Arbitration Organization].

Class Action Waiver

You agree to resolve disputes individually and waive any right to participate in class action lawsuits.

Changes to These Terms

We reserve the right to modify these Terms at any time. When we make changes, we will:

  • Update the "Last Updated" date at the top of these Terms
  • Provide notice of material changes through our website
  • Give users reasonable time to review changes before they take effect
  • Consider changes effective immediately for new users

Your continued use of our services after changes take effect constitutes acceptance of the revised Terms. If you do not agree to the changes, you must stop using our services.

Miscellaneous

Severability

If any provision of these Terms is found to be unenforceable, the remaining provisions will remain in full force and effect.

Entire Agreement

These Terms, together with our Privacy Policy, constitute the entire agreement between you and PDFly.

No Waiver

Our failure to enforce any provision of these Terms does not constitute a waiver of that provision.

Assignment

You may not assign these Terms without our written consent. We may assign these Terms at any time.

Contact Information

If you have any questions about these Terms of Service, please contact us:

Website: www.pdfly.com
Subject Line: "Terms of Service Inquiry"

We will respond to your inquiry within 5 business days.