Privacy Policy

Last updated: Sep 15, 2024

1. Introduction

Welcome to Mindfolder ("we," "our," or "us"). We are committed to protecting your privacy and handling your data in an open and transparent manner. This privacy policy explains how we save, use, and protect your data & personal information.

2. Data Storage and Private vs Public Folders

• By default, your data (notes, images, videos, and folders) is stored locally on your device.

• Data is only stored on our servers if you explicitly make a folder 'Public' by toggling the option in your settings.

• When a Public folder is made public it remains at a private URL ex-
  mindfolder.com/mmmda02785fa4e294d8e6b8046e64b2330d4f003b35

Generally, the data at these URLs will remain semi-private since it is nearly impossible to guess (and these URLs are not indexed or served from any other area of our site or services)

However, by sharing a link with another person, it should be considered public as there is no limitation on who can see or share that link from that point.

If you want to share a folder while keeping it private/only accessble to those you authorize, you can set a password (and share the password along with the link you share ie- to your friend or colleague) - this will help prevent the data in your folder from becoming more broadly accessible to the public.

3. Additional Data Saved

We may store:

• User account information (ex- email address )
• Anonymous usage data ex- generic activity log to help us debug problems, which may also include device information such as Operating System and screen size. Your IP address is anonymized and not saved nor associated with usage data. IPs are logged only in the context of DDos prevention and secure measures such as banning IPs that attempt to hack our services or bypass sign-in authentication or folder password authentication.

4. How We Save Data

We save data when you:

• Create an account
• Choose to make your folder 'Public'
• Chooose to make your folder 'Web sync' - which will automatically sync notes and content you create in Mindfolder with our server
• Anonymous usage data when you interact with our services

5. How We Use Your Data

We use your notes & folder data to:

• Store & make it available to you when you explicitly make a folder 'Public' or private 'Web Sync' ie- so that you can access the data when you logoff or access Mindfolder.com from another device or computer.

We use your email to:

• Provide you a way to securely access your folders and as a recovery option for retreiving access in the event you forgot a assowrd

• Communicate with you about Mindfolder product developments from time to time

We use anonymous usage data to:

• Improve performance, stability and debugging problems when they arise such as fixing bugs, flaws or security issues

6. Content Moderation

• To comply with law in jurisdictions prohibiting distribution of illegal imagery, we use an automated system to detect and prevent the upload of illegal or explicit images or video.

Images and videos uploaded to Mindfolder.com (ie- when you make a folder 'Public' or 'Web Sync') are automatically scanned using NSFW (Not Safe For Work) detection technology.

• Content flagged as inappropriate will be rejected and not saved to our servers

• We do not manually review or view images or videos

• Notes are not subject to automated scan and never read manually

7. (Non) Use of Data in AI Models and Technologies

• Your notes, images, or videos will NEVER be used to train AI models or in any AI-based technologies without your explicit consent.

• We respect your privacy and the ownership of your content.

• If we ever roll out a feature that can take advantage of AI technology it will be in the context of allowing you to do it via opt-in and selectively ie- so that you can choose what data you wish to make available to an AI assistant or model. Your decision to use optional AI feature(s) should they be made available in the future will never affect your ability to use our service.

8. Data Security

We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your personal data against unauthorized or unlawful processing, accidental loss, destruction, or damage.

9. Your Rights

Depending on your jurisdiction, you may have the right to:

• Access your personal data
• Correct inaccurate data
• Delete your data
• Object to or restrict processing of your data
• Data portability
• Withdraw consent for any data processing based on consent

10. Changes to This Policy

We may update this privacy policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new policy on this page and, for significant changes, we will provide a more prominent notice.

11. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this privacy policy or our data practices, please contact hi@mindfolder.com