Effective Date: July 19, 2026
1. Introduction Welcome to Gmail PDF Downloader, a software tool developed by Nikanshu Kumar / Nika Software (“we,” “our,” or “us”). This Privacy Policy explains how our desktop application accesses, collects, uses, and protects your information when you use our service.
2. Information We Access and Collect When you use Gmail PDF Downloader, you are required to authenticate using your Google Account. Our application requests access to the following data:
- Email Address: To verify your identity and authenticate the session.
- Gmail Read-Only Access (
[https://www.googleapis.com/auth/gmail.readonly](https://www.googleapis.com/auth/gmail.readonly)): To search for, filter, and read emails based on the sender and timeframe you specify, in order to extract messages and attachments (such as PDFs).
3. How We Use Your Information The data accessed by Gmail PDF Downloader is used strictly for the core functionality of the application:
- To locate emails from specific senders as requested by you.
- To download the filtered emails and their attachments directly to your local computer/device.
4. Data Storage and Security Gmail PDF Downloader is a local desktop application.
- Local Processing: All email data, attachments, and authentication tokens are processed and saved locally on your computer.
- No Cloud Storage: We do not transmit, store, or host your emails, attachments, or Google account passwords on our servers or any third-party cloud infrastructure.
5. Data Sharing and Disclosure We respect your privacy. We do not share, sell, rent, or distribute your personal data, emails, or attachments to any third parties, advertisers, or affiliates.
6. Google API Services User Data Policy Compliance (Limited Use Requirement) Gmail PDF Downloader’s use and transfer to any other app of information received from Google APIs will adhere to the Google API Services User Data Policy, including the Limited Use requirements. Specifically:
- The app only uses access to read Gmail message bodies (including attachments), metadata, and headers to provide the core feature (downloading selected files to your local device).
- The app does not transfer this Gmail data to others unless doing so is necessary to provide and improve these features, comply with applicable law, or as part of a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets.
- The app does not use this Gmail data for serving advertisements.
- The app does not allow humans to read this data unless we have your affirmative agreement for specific messages, doing so is necessary for security purposes such as investigating abuse, to comply with applicable law, or for the app’s internal operations and even then only when the data has been aggregated and anonymized.
7. Your Rights and Revoking Access You have complete control over your data. You can revoke Gmail PDF Downloader’s access to your Google Account at any time. To do this:
- Go to your Google Account settings (myaccount.google.com).
- Navigate to “Security” > “Third-party apps with account access.”
- Select “Gmail PDF Downloader” and click “Remove Access.”
8. Changes to This Privacy Policy We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Any changes will be reflected on this page with an updated “Effective Date.”
9. Contact Us If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or how your data is handled, please contact us at: Email: nikanshukumar@gmail.com Website: https://nikasoftware.com
