Privacy Policy

Effective July 13, 2026

The short version

PDF Bench collects nothing. It cannot collect anything.

No network access

PDF Bench is built without the macOS network entitlement. The operating system itself prevents the app from making any network connection. Your documents, your annotations, your signatures, and anything you type never leave your Mac — this is enforced by the macOS App Sandbox, not merely promised by us.

What we don't do

• No accounts, no sign-in, no email collection
• No analytics or tracking SDKs
• No cloud processing — every feature, including AI features, runs entirely on your Mac
• No advertising, no data sharing, no data selling

On-device AI

Summarize, Ask, auto-naming, and redaction use Apple's on-device Foundation Models and on-device text analysis. Document content processed by these features is processed locally on your Mac and is never transmitted.

What stays on your Mac

Saved signatures are stored in your Mac's Keychain. Recovery copies of documents (created only if a save fails) are stored in the app's local container. Both are under your control and deletable at any time.

Purchases

The one-time Pro purchase is processed entirely by Apple through the Mac App Store. We never see your payment details. Apple's privacy policy governs that transaction.

Changes & contact

If this policy ever changes, the updated version will be posted here with a new effective date. Questions: ankit@utenx.com