Terms of Service

Last updated: April 2026

These are the terms for using TheToolly at thetoolly.com. They're written to be readable, not to sound lawyerly. If you use the site, you're agreeing to them; if you disagree with any part, the remedy is simple — close the tab. Where something matters legally we've kept the familiar language, but we've tried to explain it in plain English alongside.

1. What the site is

TheToolly is a website that provides free, browser-based utilities — PDF converters, image tools, short calculators, text helpers, and similar small tools. There is no account, no paid tier, and no time-limited trial. You may use any tool as many times as you like for any lawful purpose, personal or commercial, without attribution.

2. How data is handled

Most tools run entirely in your browser and never transmit your files or text anywhere. Two tools behave differently and are named explicitly: PDF to Word uploads your PDF over HTTPS to a conversion server we operate (the file is discarded after conversion); the Grammar Checker sends your text to the public LanguageTool API for analysis. Details are in our privacy policy. By using those two tools specifically, you're agreeing to that data flow. If that isn't acceptable for a particular document, don't use those two tools for it.

3. No warranty

The tools are provided "as is" and "as available" without warranty of any kind, express or implied — including but not limited to warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement. In practice this means: we try hard to make the tools correct, but we don't promise they will be. A PDF converter can subtly reflow your layout; a compressed video may look worse than you expected; a grammar checker can miss mistakes or flag correct prose; OCR can mis-read handwriting. Always keep your original files, and check output that matters before relying on it.

4. Limitation of liability

To the fullest extent permitted by law, TheToolly and its operators are not liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, special, or punitive damages — including lost profit, lost data, business interruption, or reputational harm — arising from use of or inability to use the site. If a court finds some liability unavoidable, it's capped at the amount you paid us, which is zero. You are responsible for keeping backups of your originals and for verifying any output you use in a business, legal, medical, or financial context.

5. Acceptable use

Don't use TheToolly to:

• Break any law applicable to you, including laws about privacy, copyright, CSAM, harassment, or export control.
• Process files you don't have the right to process (someone else's copyrighted PDF you're stripping for redistribution, for example).
• Attempt to overload the site, scrape it at high frequency, or use it as a programmatic API — it isn't one.
• Reverse-engineer the site with intent to clone and relaunch it as a competitor under a confusingly similar name.
• Embed the tools inside another site to present them as your own product.

We may rate-limit, block, or refuse service to anyone abusing the site in ways that make it slower or less reliable for other users.

6. Files you upload to server-backed tools

If you upload a document to PDF to Word or send text through the Grammar Checker, you confirm that you have the right to do so. Files are processed in memory and not archived, but if a file is illegal to possess in your jurisdiction (e.g., material protected by national security or safeguarding laws), it's your responsibility not to submit it. We reserve the right to cooperate with lawful requests from authorities.

7. Advertising and analytics

The site shows ads via Google AdSense and uses Google Analytics for basic traffic measurement. Both are documented in the privacy policy. By using the site you're agreeing to the presence of those two third-party services; you can block them with a content blocker and the tools will continue to work.

8. Intellectual property

The TheToolly name, logo, site design, and original copy on this site belong to us. You can link to us freely, quote us with attribution, and share screenshots. Please don't wholesale-copy the site's layout and SEO copy to stand up a look-alike service — that's the kind of thing we'll send a takedown for. The open-source libraries the tools use (pdf-lib, pdf.js, ffmpeg.wasm, tesseract.js, and others) are owned by their respective authors and distributed under their own licences.

9. Your content

We don't claim any rights over the files or text you put through the tools. For the two server-backed tools, content you submit is used only to produce the immediate output and is discarded. We don't train machine-learning models on your content.

10. Changes

We may update these terms. Material changes — a new server-backed tool, a new restricted use, a change in how data is handled — will be reflected by an updated date at the top of this page. Continued use after an update means you accept the updated terms. If you disagree with an update, stop using the site.

11. Governing law and disputes

Any dispute arising out of or relating to these terms or the site will first be addressed by good-faith contact to the email below. If that doesn't resolve it, the dispute is to be handled under the laws of the operator's home jurisdiction. You agree not to bring class-action claims against us; the site is a free service and we're a small team.

12. Contact

Legal or takedown contact: thetoollyy@gmail.com. Include enough detail that we can find what you're referring to — URL, tool name, and the nature of the issue.