Split-a-PDF - Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy describes how your personal information is collected, used, and shared when you visit, submit feedback, or upload a document to https://www.splitapdf.com/ (the “Site”).
PERSONAL INFORMATION WE COLLECT
When you visit the Site, we automatically collect certain information about your device, including information about your web browser, IP address, time zone, and some of the cookies that are installed on your device. Additionally, as you browse the Site, we collect information about the individual web pages or products that you view, what websites or search terms referred you to the Site, and information about how you interact with the Site. We refer to this automatically-collected information as “Device Information.”
We collect Device Information using the following technologies:
-“Cookies” are data files that are placed on your device or computer and often include an anonymous unique identifier. For more information about cookies, and how to disable cookies, visit http://www.allaboutcookies.org.
-“Log files” track actions occurring on the Site, and collect data including your IP address, browser type, Internet service provider, referring/exit pages, and date/time stamps.
-“Web beacons,” “tags,” and “pixels” are electronic files used to record information about how you browse the Site.
Additionally when you make a contact form submission from the Site, we collect certain information from you, including your name, email address, and IP address. Additionally when you upload a document to the Site, we collect certain information from you, including whatever personal information may be contained inside the document. We refer to this information as “Provided Information.”
When we talk about “Personal Information” in this Privacy Policy, we are talking both about Device Information and Provided Information.
HOW DO WE USE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION?
We use the Provided Information that we collect generally to fulfill any feedback or support request. Additionally, we use this Provided Information to: Communicate with you; Screen our users for potential risk or fraud; and When in line with the preferences you have shared with us, provide you with information or advertising relating to our products or services. We use the Device Information that we collect to help us screen for potential risk and fraud (in particular, your IP address), and more generally to improve and optimize our Site (for example, by generating analytics about how our customers browse and interact with the Site, and to assess the success of our marketing and advertising campaigns).
SHARING YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
We use Google Analytics to help us understand how our customers use the Site --you can read more about how Google uses your Personal Information here: https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/. You can also opt-out of Google Analytics here: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
Additional privacy policies of 3rd-parties which may collect and use your personal data on this site:
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EZOIC SERVICE PRIVACY POLICY
splitapdf.com ("Website") uses a third party technology called Ezoic.
INFORMATION ABOUT OUR ORGANIZATION AND WEBSITE
Ezoic is committed to protecting your privacy. We will only use the information that we collect lawfully in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) (Regulation (EU) 2016/679).
Ezoic's principal activities are:
- Website analytics
- Website personalization
- Website hosting
Our privacy policy covers Ezoic Inc., Ezoic Limited and this Website:
Ezoic Inc.
6023 Innovation Way, Carlsbad, California, United States
Ezoic Limited
Northern Design Centre, Abbott's Hill, Gateshead, NE8 3DF United Kingdom
DATA
In order to provide our products and services and related support, it is necessary for Ezoic to transfer your personal data outside of the European Union. In such case, the data controller for this data for EU residents is Ezoic Inc. having its registered offices at 6023 Innovation Way, Carlsbad, California, United States. All questions of requests regarding the processing of data may be addresses to [email protected]
PROVIDING VISITORS WITH ANONYMOUS ACCESS
If you do not consent to such collection, you can access this website without disclosing your personal data.
AUTOMATIC COLLECTION OF INFORMATION
Ezoic records data about the individuals and the traffic to this website. Ezoic is this website's limited agent (and data controller in the EU context) for the purpose of providing Internet data and optimization services. Ezoic may use this data to improve its service or enable other services (e.g., using visitor traffic logs or data posted through the service to improve the optimization of other websites).
Personal Information
Ezoic may collect personal information as defined in GDPR (such as IP address and a unique id in a cookie) about visitors to your website for the purposes of statistics, analytics and personalization. In addition, Ezoic works with numerous third parties for the collection and storage of data and the providing of analytics and advertising services.
Use of Personal Information
| Purpose/Activity | Type(s) of Data | Lawful basis for processing |
| To improve user experience |
| Your information helps us to provide you with a more pleasant, efficient experience on this website that may be customized to how you or others respond to content and ads on this or other websites. |
| To improve ad performance |
| Your information helps us to optimize the placement, size, timing and number of ads displayed to you. It enables us to make smart decision that help this website owner earn money but reduce the disruption of ads on your experience. |
| To improve content creation |
| Your information helps us learn what content you care about and enjoy and, the style of content you like and what you engage the most with. This helps us produce more content and features that you might like. |
| To improve website performance |
| Your information helps us measure various performance metrics about our site, such as site speed, so that we can improve the performance of this site. |
PROCESSING OF DATA AND CONSENT
We will process the data we collect about you to improve the operation of this and other websites. This information helps us make decisions about what content to show, how it should be formatted, the number, size and placement of advertisements and how content should be delivered to individuals. This information is also used for analysis of performance and reporting.
USE OF APPLICATION LOGS
Our servers automatically record information (“Application Log Data”) created by your use of this website. Application Log Data may include information such as your IP address, browser type, operating system, the referring web page, pages visited, location, your mobile carrier, device and application IDs, search terms, and cookie information. We use this information to diagnose and improve our services. Except as stated in section (Data Retention), we will either delete the Application Log Data or remove any account identifiers, such as your username, full IP address, or email address, after 48 months.
DATA RETENTION
The personal information we collect is retained for no longer than necessary to fulfill the stated purposes in section “PROCESSING OF DATA AND CONSENT” above or for a period specifically required by law or regulation that Ezoic is obligated to follow. Personal data used to fulfill verification of certain types of services such as SSL certificate, payments, and billing will be retained for a minimum of 5 years depending on the class of product or service and may be retained in either a physical or electronic format. Even if you request deletion or erasure of your data, we may retain your personal data to the extent necessary and for so long as necessary for our legitimate business interests or performance of contractual obligations. After the retention period is over, Ezoic securely disposes or anonymizes your personal information in order to prevent loss, theft, misuse, or unauthorized access.
CONFIDENTIALITY / SECURITY
We have implemented security policies, rules and technical measures to protect the personal data that we have under our control from: unauthorized access improper use or disclosure unauthorized modification unlawful destruction or accidental loss. All our employees and data processors, who have access to, and are associated with the processing of personal data, are obliged to respect the confidentiality of our visitors’ personal data. We ensure that your personal data will not be disclosed to State institutions and authorities except if required by law or other regulation
DATA ACCESS & DELETION
You have the right to view information that we have collected about you and to request deletion of any personal information we may have. You can use this data lookup tool to complete these actions.
Cookies
Below is a list of cookies that are commonly set on this website.
Cookie Name Category Description __utmt_f Necessary Used to throttle the speed of requests to the server. __cfduid Necessary Used by the content network, Cloudflare, to identify trusted web traffic. __utmt_e Necessary Used to throttle the speed of requests to the server. ez_pub_site Necessary Used by the analytics and personalization company, Ezoic, to only show the site with Ezoic's features enabled. ez_rdr Necessary Used by the analytics and personalization company, Ezoic, to track redirects. ez_rdr_count Necessary Used by the analytics and personalization company, Ezoic, to track redirects ezCMPCookieConsent Necessary Used by the analytics and personalization company, Ezoic, to track when a user consents to cookies. cf_use_ob Necessary Used by Content Delivery Network, Cloudflare, to protect against fraud and speed up web delivery. __utmt Necessary Used to throttle the speed of requests to the server. cf_ob_info Necessary Used by Content Delivery Network, Cloudflare, to protect against fraud and speed up web delivery. session_depth Necessary Used to track the number of pages you visit in a session on this site. __atssc Preferences Used to manage an account with social sharing widget AddThis __atuvs Preferences Used to show you an updated share count for an article, if you yourself share it and return to page later, but before the sharing cache was updated. No info from this cookie is sent back to AddThis. It is created and used only on the client. __atuvc Preferences Used by the social sharing widget, AddThis, to enable visitors to share content on social networks. ez_view_original_only Preferences Used by the analytics and personalization company, Ezoic, to show the original site without Ezoic's features. SL_GWPT_Show_Hide_tmp Preferences SL_wptGlobTipTmp Preferences ezpicker_nocache Preferences Used by the analytics and personalization company, Ezoic, to tell the ezpicker app to run without using the cache. ezpicker_nocache Preferences Used by the analytics and personalization company, Ezoic, to tell the ezpicker app to run without using the cache. ezpicker_showall Preferences Used by the analytics and personalization company, Ezoic, to tell the ezpicker app to show all placeholders. ezpicker_showall Preferences Used by the analytics and personalization company, Ezoic, to tell the ezpicker app to show all placeholders. ezpicker Preferences Used by the analytics and personalization company, Ezoic, to turn on ezpicker ezpicker Preferences Used by the analytics and personalization company, Ezoic, to turn on ezpicker GED_PLAYLIST_ACTIVITY Preferences Used to track activity related to embeded YoutTube videos speed_no_process Preferences Used by the analytics and personalization company, Ezoic, to turn off site speed features for this user. sitespeed_preview Preferences Used by the analytics and personalization company, Ezoic, to allow this user to preview certain site speed features. ez_ad_position_version Preferences Used by the analytics and personalization company, Ezoic, to determine if they use the Ad Tester product for this user, used by the Ad Tester extension. ez_ad_position_version Preferences Used by the analytics and personalization company, Ezoic, to determine if they use the Ad Tester product for this user, used by the Ad Tester extension. ez_view_optimized_only
Preferences Used by the analytics and personalization company, Ezoic, to show the original site without Ezoic's features. ez_view_optimized_only Preferences Used by the analytics and personalization company, Ezoic, to show the optimized site with Ezoic's features. ez_autoinsert Preferences Used by Ezoic to determine if this user should see auto-inserted ad placeholders. __utmc Statistics Registers a timestamp with the exact time of when the user leaves the website. Used by Google Analytics to calculate the duration of a website visit. ezohw Statistics Used by the analytics and personalization company, Ezoic, to store the pixel size of your browser to help personalize your experience and ensure content fits. ezepvv Statistics Used by the analytics and personalization company, Ezoic, to track which pages this user has viewed. ezepvv Statistics Used by the analytics and personalization company, Ezoic, to track which pages this user has viewed. ezouspva Statistics Used by the analytics and personalization company, Ezoic, to track how many pages a user has visited all time. ezouspva Statistics Used by the analytics and personalization company, Ezoic, to track how many pages a user has visited all time. __utmb Statistics Registers a timestamp with the exact time of when the user accessed the website. Used by Google Analytics to calculate the duration of a website visit. ezds Statistics Used by the analytics and personalization company, Ezoic, to store the pixel size of your screen to help personalize your experience and ensure content fits. __utma Statistics Collects data on the number of times a user has visited the website as well as dates for the first and most recent visit. Used by Google Analytics. ezCMPCCS Statistics Used by the analytics and personalization company, Ezoic, to track when a user consents to statistics cookies. _gid Statistics Used to distinguish users by Google Analytics ezosuigeneris Statistics Used by the analytics and personalization company, Ezoic, to uniquely identify you across different websites on the internet so your experience can be customized. _ga Statistics Used to distinguish users by Google Analytics __qca Statistics Collects anonymous data on the user's visits to the website, such as the number of visits, average time spent on the website and what pages have been loaded with the purpose of generating reports for optimising the website content. ezouspvv Statistics Used by the analytics and personalization company, Ezoic, to track how many pages a user has visited. __utmz Statistics Collects data on where the user came from, what search engine was used, what link was clicked and what search term was used. Used by Google Analytics. AMP_ECID_EZOIC Statistics Used by personalization and analytics company Ezoic for statistics on Accelerated Mobile Pages ez_recommended_pages Statistics Used by the analytics and personalization company, Ezoic, to track users visiting from the recommended pages widget. ezosuigenerisc Statistics Used by the analytics and personalization company, Ezoic, to uniquely identify you across different websites on the internet so your experience can be customized. ezosuigenerisc Statistics Used by the analytics and personalization company, Ezoic, to uniquely identify you across different websites on the internet so your experience can be customized. ezouspvh Statistics Used by the analytics and personalization company, Ezoic, to track how many pages a user has visited since their last visit. __utmd Statistics Used by Google Analytics to track your activity on a website. __utmv Statistics Used to store visitor-level custom variable data in Google Analytics. _gat Statistics Used to distinguish users by Google Analytics __gads Marketing Used to register what ads have been displayed to the user. cto_lwid Marketing Used by the ad network, Criteo. cto_idcpy Marketing Used by the ad network, Criteo. ezdg Marketing Used by the analytics and personalization company, Ezoic, to store demographic information like age and gender. ezdg Marketing Used by the analytics and personalization company, Ezoic, to store demographic information like age and gender. cto_optout Marketing Used by ad network Criteo to record if you've opted of personalized ads. _ym_uid Marketing Used by Ad Company Yandex Metrica to identify users. cto_sid Marketing Used by the ad network criteo to track your activity during your browser session. _sm_au Marketing Used by Google Adwords to retarget ads to users. cto_idfs Marketing Used by the ad network criteo to track your activity. SSM_UTC_LS Marketing Used by ad personalization company SpeedShiftMedia to track your browsing activity and how many ads have been displayed to you. SSM_GFU Marketing Used by ad personalization company SpeedShiftMedia to track your browsing activity and how many ads have been displayed to you. SSM_UTC Marketing Used by ad personalization company SpeedShiftMedia to track your browsing activity and how many ads have been displayed to you. DigiTrust.v1.identity Marketing Used by online marketers to identify individual users online.
Below is a list of usage, technical and identify metrics that are commonly stored and processed when you use this website
| Your location information, including country, state, city, metro and postal code |
| The webpage your were at before this website |
| The type of browser you use and the version |
| The brand and operating system of your device |
| What time zone you're in and what time it is there |
| What pages on this site you visit |
| How you interact with this website, including time spent, how much you scroll and your mouse movements |
| The size of your devices screen and the size of the browser on that screen |
| What content you share on the page |
| If you copy and paste content on this website |
| What ad or link you clicked on to arrive at this website |
| The type of internet connection you use and your ISP or service provider |
| How long it takes for this website's content to get transferred to your browser, load in your browser and render |
| The weather where you are currently located |
| Your age and gender |
| Your ip address |
| A unique id so that we can recognize you |
| What ads you click on |
A list of Vendors that may be used on this website
Data Usage Purposes
Necessary
Necessary cookies help make a website usable by enabling basic functions like page navigation and access to secure areas of the website. The website cannot function properly without these cookies.
Preferences
Preference cookies enable a website to remember information that changes the way the website behaves or looks, like your preferred language or the region that you are in.
Statistics
Statistic cookies help website owners to understand how visitors interact with websites by collecting and reporting information anonymously.
Marketing
Marketing cookies are used to track visitors across websites. The intention is to display ads that are relevant and engaging for the individual user and thereby more valuable for publishers and third party advertisers.
Contacting Us
If there are any questions regarding this privacy policy or you wish to unsubscribe from our site and services you may contact us using the information below or by writing to us at:
2885 Sanford Ave
Grandville, MI 49418
USA
Summary of Requests
If you'd like to see a summary of the requests to know user information, requests to delete user information and requests to opt-out of CCPA compliance that this business has received: https://g.ezoic.net/privacy/splitapdf.com/annualRequestSummary regarding splitapdf.com
Finally, we may also share your Personal Information to comply with applicable laws and regulations, to respond to a subpoena, search warrant or other lawful request for information we receive, or to otherwise protect our rights.
BEHAVIOURAL ADVERTISING
As described above, we use your Personal Information to provide you with targeted advertisements or marketing communications we believe may be of interest to you. For more information about how targeted advertising works, you can visit the Network Advertising Initiative’s (“NAI”) educational page at http://www.networkadvertising.org/understanding-online-advertising/how-does-it-work.
You can opt out of targeted advertising by: GOOGLE - https://www.google.com/settings/ads/anonymous
Additionally, you can opt out of some of these services by visiting the Digital Advertising Alliance’s opt-out portal at: http://optout.aboutads.info/.
DO NOT TRACK
Please note that we do not alter our Site’s data collection and use practices when we see a Do Not Track signal from your browser.
YOUR RIGHTS
If you are a European resident, you have the right to access personal information we hold about you and to ask that your personal information be corrected, updated, or deleted. If you would like to exercise this right, please contact us through the contact information below.
Additionally, if you are a European resident we note that we are processing your information in order to fulfill requests we might have with you (for example if you make request through the Site), or otherwise to pursue our legitimate business interests listed above. Additionally, please note that your information will be transferred outside of Europe, including to Canada and the United States.
DATA RETENTION
When you place a data submission through the Site, uploaded documents are deleted from the Site servers within 1 hour. We may maintain your other Provided Information for our records unless and until you ask us to delete this information.
MINORS
The Site is not intended for individuals under the age of 18.
CHANGES
We may update this privacy policy from time to time in order to reflect, for example, changes to our practices or for other operational, legal or regulatory reasons.
CONTACT US
For more information about our privacy practices, if you have questions, or if you would like to make a complaint, please contact us by e-mail at [email protected]
