Privacy

Your PDF never leaves your browser. All parsing, annotating, and exporting happens locally on your device. There is no upload, no server-side processing, no account, and no third-party tracker.

What we measure

So we know whether the tool actually works for people, we log a small anonymous event to our own server when you use FillBuddy. Each event includes:

• The kind of action (e.g. pdf_upload, pdf_download, fillbuddy_save)
• A random ID generated in your browser — no name, no email, no account
• Your country (from Cloudflare's edge — never your IP address)
• Your browser family (Chrome / Firefox / Safari / Edge / other)
• Whether you're on desktop, mobile, or tablet
• The PDF's page count and a coarse file-size bucket (e.g. “1–5MB”)
• The time of the action

What we never collect

• The PDF file or any of its contents
• The filename
• What you typed, drew, or annotated
• Your IP address
• Your exact location (we only get country)
• Your name, email, or any account information — there are no accounts
• Your exact browser version or User-Agent string
• Cookies for tracking, fingerprints, or any third-party analytics

How to opt out

You can disable analytics entirely by opening your browser's developer console on fillbuddy.org and running:

localStorage.setItem('fb_analytics_opt_out', '1')

FillBuddy respects this immediately — no further events will be sent from that browser. To re-enable, run localStorage.removeItem('fb_analytics_opt_out').

Why we collect this at all

FillBuddy is a one-person side project. The numbers above tell us whether the tool is genuinely useful (do people actually finish filling their PDFs?) and where users come from (so support and ad spend land in the right time zone). They do not identify anyone, and they cannot be combined to identify anyone.

Where the data lives

Events are stored in a Cloudflare D1 database (SQLite, edge-located). Only DevTuskers (the studio behind FillBuddy) has access. We do not share, sell, or otherwise transmit this data to anyone.

Contact

Questions, corrections, or you'd like your data removed (we can delete by visitor ID — open dev tools, copy localStorage.fb_visitor_id, and email it to us)? Email hello@devtuskers.com.