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  "@context": "https://schema.org",
  "@type": "ItemList",
  "name": "How GoPDFConverter Works",
  "dateModified": "2026-07-11",
  "url": "https://gopdfconverter.com/claims/",
  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "maintainer": { "name": "Hudley Holdings LLC", "url": "https://hudleyholdings.com/" },
  "description": "Plain-language facts about local file processing, ordinary website requests, pricing, offline use, output quality, and practical browser limits.",
  "facts": [
    {
      "title": "Your document is processed on your device",
      "summary": "The current tools process selected document bytes in browser memory and do not send them to GoPDFConverter for file processing.",
      "sources": ["https://gopdfconverter.com/methodology#privacy-reproduction", "https://gopdfconverter.com/research/browser-pdf-tools-benchmark/"],
      "howToVerify": "Clear the browser Network log, run a non-sensitive sample, and inspect requests made after file selection for document bytes, filenames, passwords, signatures, or extracted text.",
      "keepInMind": "Page assets, public libraries, and analytics still use the network. Test the exact tool you plan to use if the distinction matters to your workflow."
    },
    {
      "title": "The website still uses the internet",
      "summary": "Normal page, library, and analytics requests can occur even while document processing remains local.",
      "sources": ["https://gopdfconverter.com/privacy", "https://gopdfconverter.com/guides/pdf-tools-that-never-upload-your-files/"],
      "keepInMind": "Requests can change with dependencies, analytics, cache state, consent choices, and site configuration."
    },
    {
      "title": "No account, per-file charge, or added watermark",
      "summary": "The current public tools require no account, charge no per-file fee, and do not add a GoPDFConverter watermark to the result.",
      "sources": ["https://gopdfconverter.com/methodology", "https://gopdfconverter.com/research/browser-pdf-tools-benchmark/"],
      "keepInMind": "A watermark already present in the source file remains part of that content unless you remove it yourself."
    },
    {
      "title": "No artificial file-size cutoff",
      "summary": "GoPDFConverter does not impose a configured file-size cutoff. Available memory, browser resources, file size, document structure, and workflow complexity determine what your device can handle.",
      "sources": ["https://gopdfconverter.com/methodology"],
      "keepInMind": "Large or complex files can fail, freeze a tab, or work better in maintained desktop software."
    },
    {
      "title": "Output quality depends on the operation",
      "summary": "Copying PDF pages, rendering pixels, recompressing images, reconstructing editable text, and creating a new document affect files in different ways.",
      "sources": ["https://gopdfconverter.com/research/browser-pdf-tools-benchmark/", "https://gopdfconverter.com/llms-full.txt"],
      "keepInMind": "One test file cannot represent every PDF, font, form, signature, attachment, color profile, or damaged document."
    },
    {
      "title": "Some tools can work offline after loading",
      "summary": "A previously loaded tool may continue to work after its page code and libraries are cached.",
      "sources": ["https://gopdfconverter.com/methodology", "https://gopdfconverter.com/service-worker.js"],
      "keepInMind": "First use, cleared storage, cache eviction, updates, external libraries, or unsupported browser features can prevent offline use."
    },
    {
      "title": "Local processing is one part of confidentiality",
      "summary": "Keeping document bytes out of a file-processing upload removes one exposure path. You still need to consider the device, browser, extensions, network, analytics, saved result, recipient, and any policy that applies.",
      "sources": ["https://gopdfconverter.com/guides/pdf-tools-that-never-upload-your-files/", "https://gopdfconverter.com/privacy"],
      "keepInMind": "GoPDFConverter is not a legal, medical, financial, accessibility, archival, or regulatory certification service."
    },
    {
      "title": "You can inspect the test materials",
      "summary": "Test methods, sample files, results, and known limitations are published so you can examine them or repeat the checks.",
      "sources": ["https://gopdfconverter.com/methodology", "https://gopdfconverter.com/research/data-catalog/", "https://gopdfconverter.com/llms-full.txt"],
      "keepInMind": "Separate validators can still share bugs or incomplete coverage. Published tests reduce uncertainty but cannot eliminate it."
    }
  ]
}