Privacy Policy

Introduction

NotepadAnon ("we," "us," "our," or "Company") is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and otherwise handle your information when you use our website and services.

1. Information We Collect

2. How We Use Your Information

• To provide, maintain, and improve our service
• To process and deliver notes according to your specified expiration time
• To respond to your inquiries and provide customer support
• To monitor and analyze usage patterns to enhance functionality
• To prevent fraud, abuse, and security threats
• To comply with legal obligations and protect our rights

3. End-to-End Encryption

NotepadAnon uses client-side encryption. Your notes are encrypted in your browser before being sent to our servers. We never have access to the unencrypted content of your notes. Only the person with the decryption key (typically the recipient of the note) can decrypt and read the content.

This means:

• We cannot read your notes
• Law enforcement cannot request your unencrypted notes from us
• Even if our servers were compromised, encrypted notes would remain secure

4. Data Storage and Retention

• Encrypted notes are stored in our database and automatically deleted after the expiration time you specified
• Server logs are retained for 30 days for security and debugging purposes
• You can manually delete notes at any time by requesting the delete after sharing
• We perform regular backups for data integrity and disaster recovery

5. Third-Party Services

We may use third-party services for analytics, hosting, and monitoring. These services have access to limited information necessary to perform their functions. We recommend reviewing their privacy policies:

• Hosting provider: Vultr
• Google AdSense (for advertising)

6. Your Rights

Depending on your location, you may have the following rights:

• Right to Access: Request a copy of the information we hold about you
• Right to Rectification: Correct inaccurate information
• Right to Erasure: Request deletion of your information (subject to legal retention requirements)
• Right to Restrict Processing: Limit how we use your information
• Right to Data Portability: Receive your information in a portable format
• Right to Object: Object to certain processing activities

7. Children's Privacy

NotepadAnon is not intended for children under 13 years of age. We do not knowingly collect information from children under 13. If we become aware that a child under 13 has provided us with information, we will take steps to delete such information and terminate the child's account.

8. Security

We implement industry-standard security measures to protect your information, including:

• HTTPS encryption for all data in transit
• Client-side encryption before data leaves your browser
• Regular security audits and vulnerability assessments
• Secure database access controls
• Automatic expiration of notes for data minimization

However, no method of transmission over the internet is 100% secure. We cannot guarantee absolute security.

9. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy periodically. We will notify you of any material changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the "Last updated" date. Your continued use of our service following such notification constitutes your acceptance of the updated Privacy Policy.

10. Contact Us

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or our privacy practices, please contact us at:

11. GDPR Compliance

If you are a European resident, you have additional rights under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). We comply with GDPR requirements including:

• Processing data only with your consent or legal basis
• Providing transparent information about data processing
• Enabling data portability and deletion rights
• Conducting Data Protection Impact Assessments
• Reporting data breaches within 72 hours to authorities