These Terms and Conditions govern access to and use of PDFNova, including its document tools, blog content, informational pages, and support channels. By using the website, a visitor agrees to follow these terms and all applicable laws. If a visitor does not agree, the website and tools should not be used. PDFNova provides browser-based utilities and may offer optional server-assisted operations, but users remain responsible for authorization, backups, output review, confidentiality, and compliance with any requirements imposed by employers, institutions, contracts, or law.
Acceptance of These Terms
Accessing a page, processing a file, downloading an output, or contacting support constitutes use of the website. These terms apply together with the Privacy Policy, Cookie Policy, Disclaimer, DMCA Policy, and Acceptable Use Policy. Additional notices shown on a specific tool also apply to that operation. A user acting for a company or organization represents that they have authority to accept these terms for that entity. If that authority is absent, the tools should be used only in a personal capacity and within the user’s own permissions.
Eligibility and Lawful Use
Users must be legally capable of agreeing to these terms and must comply with laws that apply to their location and activity. A parent, guardian, school, or organization should supervise use by minors where required. The website may not be used to access, modify, distribute, or conceal material unlawfully. Availability in a country does not mean every feature is lawful or appropriate there. Users are responsible for export controls, sanctions, data-protection requirements, copyright, confidentiality, records rules, and any professional obligations affecting their documents.
Permission to Use the Website
PDFNova grants a limited, non-exclusive, revocable permission to access the public website and use available tools for lawful personal or business document tasks. This permission does not transfer ownership of the theme, branding, source content, or third-party libraries. Users may not resell access by falsely presenting the public service as their own, remove legal notices, scrape the website in a way that harms performance, or use automated systems to exceed reasonable limits. Separate open-source licenses may apply to software components and remain controlling for those components.
User Files and Authorization
Users retain responsibility for files they select and represent that they own the material or have sufficient permission to process it. Uploading or locally opening a document does not transfer ownership to PDFNova. Users must not process stolen data, unlawfully obtained records, another person’s private communications, or copyrighted material in a way that infringes rights. When a task is performed for an employer or client, the user should confirm that the chosen website and processing method are approved. PDFNova does not independently verify authority for each file.
Browser-Based Processing
Many tools process documents locally in the browser. Local processing can reduce server transfers but still depends on the visitor’s device, browser, extensions, operating system, and security environment. The user grants the browser permission to read the selected file for the requested operation. PDFNova does not promise that browser memory will be sufficient for every document. Users should preserve originals, avoid closing the page during processing, and review the downloaded result. A failed operation does not create an obligation to recover data that never reached the website’s server.
Optional Server Processing
A tool may offer server-assisted processing when browser technology cannot perform the task reliably. Choosing that option authorizes temporary handling of the selected file for the requested conversion or security operation, subject to the Privacy Policy. The server may reject files that exceed limits, contain unsupported data, trigger security controls, or require unavailable software. Users should not submit material that the hosting environment is not authorized to receive. Completion time and output depend on server resources and installed programs, and successful processing is not guaranteed.
Backups and Output Verification
Before using any tool, the user must keep an untouched copy of the source. Generated files should be opened and compared with the original before sharing, filing, printing, signing, archiving, or deleting other copies. Users should verify names, dates, totals, formulas, page order, orientation, links, images, accessibility, signatures, and metadata. PDFNova is not responsible for a missed deadline or loss caused by relying on an unchecked output. Where accuracy is critical, use specialist software and independent review.
Accounts, Comments, and Submissions
Ordinary tool use may not require an account. If comments, forms, memberships, or other submission features are enabled, users must provide accurate information and protect any credentials. The owner may moderate, remove, or refuse submissions that are unlawful, misleading, abusive, promotional, irrelevant, or unsafe. By submitting public text or media, the user grants the permissions reasonably necessary to display, format, back up, and moderate that material, while retaining ownership of original rights. Private support messages are handled according to the Privacy Policy and do not become public merely because they are submitted.
Intellectual Property
PDFNova’s original branding, layout, text, graphics, and custom code are protected by applicable intellectual-property laws, subject to open-source licenses and third-party rights. Users may read content and use tools as intended but may not copy substantial site content, impersonate the brand, remove attribution required by a license, or distribute a misleading modified version. Quotations and links may be used where permitted by law. Claims about material publicly hosted by the website should follow the DMCA Policy.
Prohibited Conduct
Users must not introduce malware, probe private systems without authorization, evade rate limits, disrupt service, automate excessive requests, harvest personal information, manipulate downloads, impersonate others, submit false legal notices, or use the website to facilitate fraud, harassment, exploitation, infringement, or unauthorized access. Password and restriction tools may be used only with proper authority. Security research must avoid accessing other users’ data or degrading availability. Additional examples appear in the Acceptable Use Policy, which is incorporated into these terms.
Third-Party Services
The website may rely on hosting, email, security, analytics, advertising, content-delivery, or static-library providers and may link to external resources. Third parties operate under their own terms and privacy policies. PDFNova does not control their uptime, prices, content, or data handling and is not responsible for transactions made with them. Users should review external terms before installing software, making a purchase, or providing information. An external link or compatible file format does not imply endorsement or partnership.
Availability and Changes
PDFNova may update, limit, suspend, or discontinue any page or feature for maintenance, security, legal, performance, or business reasons. File-size limits, supported formats, processing methods, and library versions can change. The owner does not guarantee continuous availability or compatibility with every browser. Users should not design a critical workflow that depends on permanent access to one free public tool. Material changes to these terms should be published on this page, and additional notice may be provided when required.
Disclaimers and Warranties
The website is provided on an “as available” basis to the extent permitted by law. PDFNova makes no promise that tools will be error-free, uninterrupted, secure against every threat, or suitable for a particular legal, professional, or technical purpose. Educational content is general information, not professional advice. Some jurisdictions provide mandatory consumer rights that cannot be waived, and these terms do not override those rights. The separate Disclaimer provides additional detail and is incorporated by reference.
Limitation of Liability
To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, PDFNova and its contributors are not liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive losses arising from use, inability to use, output errors, file corruption, security incidents, third-party services, or reliance on content. Direct liability, when it cannot be excluded, is limited as allowed by law. These terms do not exclude liability for conduct that applicable law does not permit the owner to exclude. Users should stop processing when the potential loss exceeds what they can safely accept.
Indemnification
To the extent permitted by law, a user agrees to be responsible for claims and reasonable costs arising from unlawful use, infringement, unauthorized file processing, harmful submissions, or violation of these terms. This obligation does not apply where prohibited or to the extent a claim was caused by the website owner’s own conduct. The owner may control the defense of a covered claim while reasonably consulting the user. Users should notify PDFNova promptly if they become aware of a dispute connected to their public submission or misuse of the service.
Governing Rules and Contact
The governing law, venue, dispute process, and mandatory consumer protections depend on the website owner’s legal location and the visitor’s jurisdiction. The owner should customize this section with qualified legal advice before operating a commercial service in a specific region. Nothing here prevents a visitor from using rights that cannot legally be waived. Questions about these terms can be sent through the Contact Us page. Support cannot provide legal advice about whether the terms are enforceable in a particular dispute.
Severability and Entire Understanding
If a particular provision is found invalid or unenforceable, the remaining provisions should continue to operate to the extent permitted by law, and the affected provision may be interpreted as closely as possible to its lawful purpose. These terms and the incorporated policies describe the general understanding for public website use, but they do not replace a separate written agreement for a paid, enterprise, partnership, or professional service. A failure to enforce one provision immediately does not automatically waive the right to enforce it later.