Cookie Policy

1. What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files stored on your device when you visit a website. They help us remember your preferences, enhance performance, and deliver relevant content or ads.

Cookies can be:

• Session Cookies: Temporary and deleted when you close your browser.
• Persistent Cookies: Remain on your device until deleted or expired.

2. How We Use Cookies

Blackpdf uses cookies for essential functionality, analytics, and advertising. These cookies do not store your files or any personal document content.

• Essential Cookies: Required for site operation, user session management, and preserving preferences.
• Analytics Cookies: Help us understand how users interact with our site to improve usability and performance. We use Google Analytics for this purpose.
• Advertising Cookies: Used by Google Ads and partners to show personalized or non-personalized ads to users on the free tier. These cookies collect anonymous identifiers such as browser type or approximate location.

Cookies used for analytics and advertising are never used to access or analyze your files.

3. Google Analytics

We use Google Analytics to collect anonymous usage data, such as page visits and user behavior patterns. This helps us improve the performance and reliability of Blackpdf.

Google Analytics may use cookies to track aggregate user interactions. You can opt out of Google Analytics by using the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.

4. Google Ads & Personalized Advertising

Blackpdf may display ads to free users through Google Ads and its partners. These ads support our operations and infrastructure.

• Ads may be personalized or non-personalized depending on your cookie consent.
• Personalized ads use anonymous identifiers (such as browsing behavior) but never access your files.
• You can learn more or opt out of personalized ads by visiting Google Ads Settings.

We comply with all Google Ads Data Usage and Consent Policies, including the EU User Consent Policy.

5. Managing Cookies

You can control or delete cookies through your browser settings. Most browsers allow you to:

• Block or delete existing cookies
• Receive alerts before new cookies are stored
• Disable third-party cookies

Note that disabling cookies may impact the functionality of certain features, including preferences and ad opt-outs.

6. Consent & Legal Basis

When visiting Blackpdf for the first time, you may see a cookie banner requesting consent for non-essential cookies. Your consent forms the legal basis for processing cookies related to analytics and advertising under GDPR.

Essential cookies are required to provide core site functionality and do not require consent.

7. Third-Party Cookies

Some third-party services we use may place their own cookies, such as:

• CDNs (e.g., cdnjs) for faster content delivery
• Google Analytics for performance metrics
• Google Ads for displaying advertisements

These third parties do not have access to your files or any sensitive data processed through Blackpdf.

8. Updates to This Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy occasionally to reflect changes in law or technology. The latest version will always be available on this page.

Last modified: 21-10-2025

9. References

For more information on how we handle data and files, see our Privacy Policy.

For user rights and service conditions, see our Terms of Service.