Cookie Policy
Updated date: 22 July 2026.
Address: Dimostheni Severi 12, 6th floor, Flat/Office 601, 1080, Nicosia, Cyprus.
What Are Cookies
Cookies are small text files placed on your device by websites you visit. They are widely used to make websites work, improve user experience, and provide information to site owners. We also use similar technologies such as web beacons, pixels, and local storage; references to “cookies” in this Policy include these technologies. Session cookies expire when you close your browser; persistent cookies remain until a set expiration date or until you delete them.
Who Sets Cookies on This Site
This Cookie Policy is issued by FLUTTWINGS INVESTMENTS LIMITED, the operator of pdfvault.ai. First-party cookies are set by us; third-party cookies are set by our service providers (see Section 4).
Categories of Cookies We Use
Strictly necessary cookies
Essential for the Service to function; they cannot be disabled. They include authentication and security cookies.
| Cookie | Provider | Purpose | Expiry |
|---|---|---|---|
| __client_uat | Clerk (authentication) | Records whether a user is currently signed in and keeps session state in sync. | Up to 1 year |
| __clerk_db_jwt | Clerk (authentication) | Authentication / session token used to keep you signed in. | Session |
Clerk may set environment-specific variants of the two Clerk cookies above (for example, with a suffix identifying the application instance); these serve the same authentication purpose and are not separately listed.
Functional cookies
Remember your preferences and choices to make the Service more convenient to use.
| Cookie | Provider | Purpose | Expiry |
|---|---|---|---|
| cookie_consent | PDFVault (first-party) | Stores your cookie consent choices so the banner is not shown again. | 1 year |
| ui_theme | PDFVault (first-party) | Remembers your light / dark mode display preference. | 1 year |
| pdfvault:weglot-lang | PDFVault (first-party, local storage) | Stores your selected language so the translation service can restore it across pages. | Until cleared |
Analytics cookies
Help us understand how visitors use the Service so we can improve it. Data is aggregated and does not identify you individually.
| Cookie | Provider | Purpose | Expiry |
|---|---|---|---|
| _ga | Google Analytics | Distinguishes unique visitors by assigning a randomly generated identifier. | 2 years |
| _gid | Google Analytics | Distinguishes visitors for short-term usage analysis. | 24 hours |
Marketing and advertising cookies
We do not currently serve advertising. If we introduce advertising in the future, we will update this Policy and obtain fresh consent before setting any advertising cookies.
Cookies observed from google.com
A July 2026 scan of the /terms page also showed the following cookies associated with google.com. This set includes Google account-linked cookies rather than standard anonymous analytics cookies, so depending on the answer it must be reclassified and disclosed above as an analytics, advertising, or sign-in integration, and gated behind consent accordingly before this Policy is finalized.
| Cookie | Provider | Purpose | Expiry |
|---|---|---|---|
| SID, HSID, SSID | google.com | Google account authentication — helps protect user data and Google Account sign-in from unauthorized access. | 2 years |
| APISID, SAPISID | google.com | Google account authentication — used to verify Google Account identity for signed-in requests. | 2 years |
| __Secure-1PSID, __Secure-1PAPISID, __Secure-1PSIDCC, __Secure-1PSIDTS | google.com | Secure (first-party) variants of the account-authentication cookies above. | 2 years |
| __Secure-3PSID, __Secure-3PAPISID, __Secure-3PSIDCC, __Secure-3PSIDTS | google.com | Secure cross-site variants of the account-authentication cookies above. | 1 year |
| NID | google.com | Per Google, used to store preferences and, where applicable, ad-personalization settings. | — |
| AEC | google.com | Per Google, used for security purposes, including protecting against abusive requests. | — |
| __Secure-ENID | google.com | Per Google, used for ad personalization and measurement. | — |
| __Secure-BUCKET | google.com | Per Google, used for experiment / feature bucketing. | Session |
| SEARCH_SAMESITE, S | google.com | Per Google, session and site-compatibility cookies; the “S” cookie observed referenced a Google billing UI component. | Session |
Third-Party Cookies
Some third-party services we use may set their own cookies, including Clerk (authentication), Adyen (fraud prevention during checkout), GoDaddy (hosting and email), Zendesk (customer support), CloudConvert (file conversion), and Google LLC (analytics). These providers’ own privacy and cookie policies apply to their processing.
Your Choices and Consent
EEA and UK visitors:on your first visit you will see a cookie consent banner allowing you to accept or reject non-essential cookies before they are set. You can change or withdraw your consent at any time via the “Cookie Settings” link in the footer.
US visitors:where state law grants you the right to opt out of “sales,” “sharing,” or targeted advertising via cookies, you may do so via the “Cookie Settings” link. We honor Global Privacy Control (GPC) browser signals where required by law.
You can also control cookies through your browser settings (Chrome, Firefox, Safari, and Edge each provide cookie controls under their privacy settings). Disabling strictly necessary cookies will prevent the Service from functioning.
Do Not Track
Our website does not currently respond to DNT signals but honors GPC.
Changes to This Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy periodically. Material changes will be announced via a notice on the Service, and the “Effective date” above will be updated.
Contact
Questions about this Cookie Policy: support@pdfvault.ai.
FLUTTWINGS INVESTMENTS LIMITED
Dimostheni Severi 12, 6th floor, Flat/Office 601, 1080, Nicosia, Cyprus.