Cookie Policy
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1. What Are Cookies
Cookies are small text files placed on your device when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work, work more efficiently, and to provide information to the site owner. Similar technologies include local storage, pixels, and tracking scripts, which we refer to collectively as "cookies" in this policy.
2. How We Use Cookies
We use cookies to operate our website, remember your preferences, and understand how visitors use the Service. We do not use advertising cookies. The sections below describe each category of cookie we use.
3. Strictly Necessary Cookies
These cookies are essential for the website to function and cannot be switched off in our systems. They are usually set only in response to actions you take, such as setting your language preference or security-related requests.
| Cookie | Provider | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| django_language | PDFbae | Remembers your selected site language. | 1 year |
| csrftoken | PDFbae | Security — protects against cross-site request forgery. | 1 year |
| sessionid | PDFbae | Keeps you signed in and remembers this browser’s uploads and jobs so only you can manage them. | 2 weeks |
| pdfbae_gid | PDFbae | Set only when you use server processing without an account: a random identifier used to apply the free daily limits fairly. Contains nothing about you. | 6 months |
| pdfbae_auth | PDFbae | Set when you sign in: tells the page to show your account menu. Contains no personal data. | 2 weeks |
| __cf_bm, cf_clearance | Cloudflare | Bot detection and security, as part of our CDN/security provider. | Up to 1 day |
4. Analytics Cookies
These cookies help us understand how visitors use the Service, so we can measure and improve performance. We use Google Analytics for this purpose.
| Cookie | Provider | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| _ga | Google Analytics | Distinguishes unique visitors. | 2 years |
| _ga_* | Google Analytics | Persists session state for Google Analytics 4 properties. | 2 years |
5. Storage in Your Browser
Some tools keep small settings in your browser's local storage, which never leaves your device and is not sent to us. For example, the PDF to Flipbook reader remembers your view, background, sound and eye-care settings, and the page you reached and the bookmarks you made in each book, so you can continue where you stopped. You can clear this at any time by clearing your browser's site data for pdfbae.com.
6. Google Sign-in and Google Drive
When you sign in with Google, or choose to open files from or save files to Google Drive, Google's own sign-in and file-picker pages and scripts (from accounts.google.com and apis.google.com) are used, and Google may set its own cookies under the Google Cookie Policy. These are loaded only when you use these features. The Google Drive access token is kept in the page's memory only and is not stored in a cookie.
7. Managing Your Cookie Preferences
You can manage cookies at any time using the following options:
- Adjust your browser settings to block or delete cookies — instructions vary by browser and are usually found under Privacy or Security settings.
- Opt out of Google Analytics using the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.
Please note that blocking some types of cookies may affect your experience of the site and the services we are able to offer.
8. Changes to This Cookie Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in the cookies we use or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. Please revisit this page periodically to stay informed.
9. Contact Us
If you have questions about this Cookie Policy, you can contact us at:
Email: contact@pdfbae.com
See also our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use.