Processing Personal Data
We prioritize transparency and are committed to informing our customers about how we use and process their personal data.
Personal data usage
Nitro requires certain personal data—such as email addresses—for normal product operations and communication purposes. Importantly, Nitro does not use customers' personal data for AI services or modeling activities.

Data Processing and Storage
Personal data processing and retention may vary depending on the Nitro Service being used. Here’s how your data is handled:
Encryption: Data uploaded by users to Nitro Services is encrypted both in transit and at rest using industry-standard encryption algorithms, ensuring your information remains secure.Anonymous Product Usage Data
In addition to the data required for product operation, Nitro collects anonymous product usage data, such as which features are used. This data helps improve our products. If account holders have this option enabled, they can view aggregated data from this telemetry on our analytics dashboards.Knowledge Assistant: Nitro's large language model chat tool
Nitro offers a chat tool called Knowledge Assistant, available on our website and in our key products (Nitro PDF Pro for Windows, Mac, and iOS, Nitro Workspace, Nitro Admin, Nitro Sign.
How it operates:
- Foundation: Is based on GPT foundation models and hosted on Azure.
- Data controls: Ensures data entered as questions is not used by third parties for their models.
- Functionality: Uses data from Nitro’s support documentation to provide specific help on our products in multiple languages. It is designed solely to assist with Nitro products and does not offer advice on other topics.
- Data access: Knowledge Assistant does not have access to user data and, therefore, cannot train on it.
Product Details
Nitro Pro
Process |
Data Subject |
Data Type |
Storage |
Retention Period |
Enterprise License Generator User | Business: No individual | Name of company | AWS S3 | No delete function provided |
Enterprise License Generator User | Users | email, firstname, lastname, timezone, locale, title, company, remote_ip, department, country | AWS RDS | Upon request via privacy rights |
Sign-up and Account Service | Business user End user |
First name Last name |
Database | End of the contractual agreement OR Upon request via privacy rights |
Licensing Service | Business user End user |
First name Last name |
Database | End of the contractual agreement OR Upon request via privacy rights |
Nitro Sign Essentials / Advanced / Enterprise | Business user End user |
First name Last name Signature image Phone number Document name Document content IP address |
Database / Document | End of the contractual agreement OR Upon request via privacy rights OR Document deletion |
Nitro online tools and services
Process |
Data Subject |
Data Type |
Storage |
Retention Period |
Nitro Workspace, Nitro Sign, and other services |
Business user End user |
First name Last name Signature image Phone number Document name IP address |
Database / Document |
End of the contractual agreement |
Nitro Sign Premium
Process |
Data Subject |
Data Type |
Storage |
Retention Period |
Portal API WYSIWYS |
Business: No individual |
First name Last name Avatar/image Date of birth Phone number Belgian Lawyer Identification Belgian National Registry Number Document name |
Database | Until package deletion OR Configuration of the Auto Deletion OR End of the contractual agreement |
Portal API WYSIWYS |
Business user |
Document name Document/content Personal Signing Certificate |
File System | Until package deletion OR Configuration of the Auto Deletion OR End of the contractual agreement |
WYSIWYS Manual signature |
Business user End user |
First name Last name Document name Handwritten image Image input type: Draw – Type – Upload |
Database | Until package deletion OR Configuration of the Auto Deletion OR End of the contractual agreement |
WYSIWYS Belgian Electronic ID |
Business user End user |
First name Optional: |
Database | Until package deletion OR Configuration of the Auto Deletion OR End of the contractual agreement |
WYSIWYS SMS code |
Business user End user |
First name Last name Document name Phone number |
Database | Until package deletion OR Configuration of the Auto Deletion OR End of the contractual agreement |
WYSIWYS Email code |
Business user End user |
First name Last name Document name Phone number |
Database | Until package deletion OR Configuration of the Auto Deletion OR End of the contractual agreement |
WYSIWYS iDIN |
Business user End user |
First name Optional: |
Database | Until package deletion OR Configuration of the Auto Deletion OR End of the contractual agreement |
WYSIWYS Wacom Signing Pad |
Business user End user |
First name Last name Document name Biometric signature image |
Database |
Until package deletion OR Configuration of the Auto Deletion OR End of the contractual agreement |
WYSIWYS Belgian Lawyer Card |
Business user End user |
First name Optional: |
Database | Until package deletion OR Configuration of the Auto Deletion OR End of the contractual agreement |
WYSIWYS Itsme |
Business user End user |
First name Optional: |
Database | Until package deletion OR Configuration of the Auto Deletion OR End of the contractual agreement |
WYSIWYS OpenIDConnect |
Business user End user |
First name Optional: |
Database | Until package deletion OR Configuration of the Auto Deletion OR End of the contractual agreement |
WYSIWYS Debit Card Softkey Hardkey Password |
Business user End user |
First name Last name Document name |
Database | Until package deletion OR Configuration of the Auto Deletion OR End of the contractual agreement |
eSignatures Logging |
Business user End user |
Email First name Last name Package title Initiator first name Initiator last name |
File | Deletion of the logs OR End of the contractual agreement |
eSignatures Audit Proofs |
Business user End user |
Encrypted Not Encrypted |
File | Until package deletion +30 days OR Configuration of the Auto Deletion |
eSignatures Audit Trail |
Business User End user |
• Package information, including name and date of package, e-mail and IP address of the initiator, package status, document names, etc. • In case the document is refused: date, time, name, email, and IP address of the refuser. • In case of approval: date, time, name, and email of the approver. • In case of reassignment approver: date, time, name, email, and IP address of the one who reassigned and the one who is reassigned. • Viewers: date, time, name, email, and IP address of the viewers. • In case of reassignment signer: date, time, name, email, and IP address of the one who reassigned and the one who is reassigned. • In case of signing: date time, name, email, and IP address of the signer. • In case of receivers: date, time, name and email of the receiver. |
Database (however a separate file can be requested including the audit trail) | Anonymization upon package deletion OR Anonymization upon Auto Deletion |
Nitro digital signature services (DSS)
Process |
Data Subject |
Data Type |
Storage |
Retention Period |
Manual signature | Business user End user |
First name Last name Handwritten image |
Database | Until session time-out (standard setting: 30 minutes) |
Belgian Electronic ID | Business user End user |
First name from signing certificate Last name from signing certificate Personal signing certificate |
Database | Until session time-out (standard setting: 30 minutes) |
SMS code | Business user End user |
First name Last name Telephone number |
Database | Until session time-out (standard setting: 30 minutes) |
Mail code | Business user End user |
First name Last name |
Database | Until session time-out (standard setting: 30 minutes) |
iDIN | Business user End user |
First name Last name |
Database | Until session time-out (standard setting: 30 minutes) |
Wacom Signing Pad | Business user End user |
First name Last name Biometric signature image |
Database | Until session time-out (standard setting: 30 minutes) |
Belgian Lawyer Card | Business user End user |
First name from signing certificate Last name from signing certificate Personal signing certificate |
Database | Until session time-out (standard setting: 30 minutes) |
Itsme | Business user End user |
First name from signing certificate Last name from signing certificate Personal signing certificate |
Database | Until session time-out (standard setting: 30 minutes) |
OpenIDConnect | Business user End user |
First name Last name Personal data coming from configured idP |
Database | Until session time-out (standard setting: 30 minutes) |
Debit card Softkey Hardkey Password |
Business user End user |
First name Last name |
Database | Until session time-out (standard setting: 30 minutes) |
Nitro worker
Process |
Data Subject |
Data Type |
Storage |
Retention Period |
Manual signature | Business user End user |
First name Last name Handwritten image |
Memory | End of the session |
Belgian Electronic ID | Business user End user |
First name Optional |
Memory | End of the session |
SMS code | Business user End user |
First name Last name Telephone number Signed document |
Memory | End of the session |
Mail code | Business user End user |
First name Last name Document name Signed document |
Memory | End of the session |
iDIN | Business user End user |
First name Last name Document name Signed document |
Memory | End of the session |
Wacom Signing Pad | Business user End user |
First name Last name Document Biometric signature image Signed document |
Memory | End of the session |
Belgian Lawyer Card | Business user End user |
First name Optional: |
Memory | End of the session |
Itsme | Business user End user |
First name Optional: |
Memory | End of the session |
OpenIDConnect | Business user End user |
First name Last name Document Signed document Personal data coming from configured idP |
Memory | End of the session |
Debit Card Softkey Hardkey Password |
Business user End user |
First name Last name Document Signed document |
Memory | End of the session |
Nitro identity services (IDS)
Process |
Data Subject |
Data Type |
Storage |
Retention Period |
Personal info | End user | eID card number First name Last name Two given first names Letter third given name Nationality Registered address Birth location Gender Noble condition Document type Special status Issuing municipality |
IDS database | Deletion of the session OR Time configured for auto deletion (15 min. by default) |
Include National Number | End user | Belgian National Registration number | IDS database | Deletion of the session OR Time configured for auto deletion (15 minutes by default) |
Photo | End user | Identity card picture | IDS database | Deletion of the session OR Time configured for auto deletion (15 minutes by default) |
Nitro Identity Hub
Process |
Data Subject |
Scope |
Data Type |
Storage |
Retention Period |
Identification using itsme® v2 |
End user |
openid profile |
Identifier | Identity Hub database | Deletion of the session OR Time configured for auto deletion (15 minutes by default) |
profile | Family name Given name Name Gender Locale Picture Date of birth |
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Identification using BankID Norway |
End user | openid | Identifier Unique user ID Certificate issuer Certificate subject Date of birth Social security number Family name Given name Name Country |
Identity Hub database | Deletion of the session OR Time configured for auto deletion (15 minutes by default) |
Identification using BankID Sweden |
End user | openid | Identifier Social security number Name Family name Given name IP address Country |
Identity Hub database | Deletion of the session OR Time configured for auto deletion (15 minutes by default) |
Identification using MitID |
End user | openid | Identifier Social security number Danish MitID Person-ID Date of birth Age Name Country |
Identity Hub database | Deletion of the session OR Time configured for auto deletion (15 minutes by default) |
Identification using FTN |
End user | openid | Identifier Display name Country Given name Family name Date of birth Finnish unique ID Social security number |
Identity Hub database | Deletion of the session OR Time configured for auto deletion (15 minutes by default) |
Identification using One.id |
End User | openid | Identifier | Identity Hub database | Deletion of the session OR Time configured for auto deletion (15 minutes by default) |
profile | Name Given Name Family Name |
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Identification using Belgian eID |
End user | openid | Identifier | Identity Hub database | Deletion of the session OR Time configured for auto deletion (15 minutes by default) |
connective:beid_personalinfo | Card validity date from Card validity date to Card delivered in town Name Two given first names First letter of third given name Nationality Birth location Date of birth Gender Nobility Document type Special status |
Nitro smart documents
When using Nitro Sign Premium Smart Documents, the user may submit personal data.
The client informs Nitro about the personal data it will process via the Data Processing Agreement, signed between Nitro and the Client.
The retention period for documents generated with Nitro Sign Premium's ConnectR Service is set by default at seven days. The input XML is deleted immediately after its generation.
Process |
Data Subject |
Data Type |
Storage |
Retention Period |
Smart Document Account | Business user | First nameLast nameEmail | Database | End of contractual agreementORDeletion of the account |
Customer Support
Client Control
Process |
Data Subject |
Data Type |
Storage |
Retention Period |
Support | Business user | First name Last name |
Client Control database | End of contractual agreement |
Salesforce Service Cloud
Process |
Data Subject |
Data Type |
Storage |
Retention Period |
Support | Business end user | First name Last name |
Salesforce database | End of contractual agreement |
Support | End user | Any personal information | Salesforce database | Delete when closing support ticket (ASAP) |
JIRA
Process |
Data Subject |
Data Type |
Storage |
Retention Period |
Support | Business user | First name Last name |
Jira database | End of contractual agreement |
Support | End user | Any personal information | Jira database | Deleted when closing the support ticket (ASAP) |