Local Privacy tool
Privacy Risk Scanner
Privacy Risk Scanner is a local leak-and-identifier pass. It highlights text-layer matches, reports metadata and hidden text, then rasterizes confirmed hits so those tokens cannot be copied from the download.
Drop your file here
PDF files only up to 100 MB
Files stay local on this device
- • Aadhaar Number
- • PAN Number
- • Credit / Debit Card
- • Bank Account
- • Passport Number
- • Email Address
- • Phone Number
- • IFSC & GST Codes
- • Hidden Metadata
- • Embedded URLs & IPs
- • Invisible Text Layers
- • Date of Birth
Private by design. Your files stay on this device and are never uploaded.
How it works
How Privacy Risk Scanner works
Privacy Risk Scanner is a local leak-and-identifier pass. It highlights text-layer matches, reports metadata and hidden text, then rasterizes confirmed hits so those tokens cannot be copied from the download.
Guided steps
How to use Privacy Risk Scanner
- 1Drop a PDF from your device. The scan runs in this tab.
- 2Review highlighted identifiers and structure notes.
- 3Uncheck any match you want to keep visible.
- 4Download a redacted copy. Confirmed regions are rasterized and common metadata is stripped.
Questions
Privacy Risk Scanner FAQs
Does the scanner upload my PDF?
No. Pattern matching, metadata inspection, and redaction run in this browser tab.
Will every Aadhaar or card number be found?
Only selectable text is searched, with checksums for Aadhaar and payment cards. Scans without a text layer, split glyphs, or unusual spacing can miss hits. Use Redact PDF to draw a box instead.
Is the download a guarantee of emptiness?
No. Confirmed tokens are rasterized black and common metadata is cleared. Unknown encodings, images of text, and some objects can remain. Spot-check the file before sharing.
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