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Help & FAQ/Security & privacy

Why does the App Store privacy label say my data is linked to me?

Ask your AI agent instead

Because Apple asks for one label that covers everything that can reach our server, even when it arrives encrypted and even when only some accounts send it. Linked to you means attached to an account, and the account behind a phrase sign-up is a key, not a name. Nothing is used for tracking, and the app carries no analytics, ads, or crash reporting. Each line on the label means one thing:

  • User Content: your notes and files, encrypted on your device. Under self-custody we cannot read them.
  • Identifiers: a public key derived from your recovery phrase, and a device hash computed on your device that only enforces the free device limit.
  • Contact Info: an email address, only if you sign in with Google, Apple, or GitHub.
  • Purchases: whether your account has Pro. Apple handles the payment, and we never see your card.

To keep that list as short as possible for your own account, sign up with a recovery phrase instead of a Google, Apple, or GitHub login, and keep self-custody. Settings > Account > Key custody shows your current mode. What PrivacyNotes can see covers the rest.

Help & FAQ

Answers and step-by-step guides: security, sync, pricing, and switching from other apps.

// Related questions

What can PrivacyNotes see about my notes? Why a recovery phrase instead of a username and password? Is PrivacyNotes open source? How do I turn on two-factor authentication (2FA)? Can I connect more than one login to my account?

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  2. Paste it into ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, or any other AI assistant.
  3. Ask your question, in your own language.
  4. Keep that chat open. Next time, ask straight away.
Show AI prompt 
Answer my questions about PrivacyNotes using only its help center, its changelog and its security documentation.

Start here: https://privacynotes.app/llms-index.txt
It lists every question with the page that answers it. Fetch the one or two that match mine.
If you can only make one request, fetch https://privacynotes.app/llms-full.txt instead.
If you cannot fetch a .txt or .md file, read https://privacynotes.app/help, https://privacynotes.app/changelog and https://github.com/LifetimeLabsDev/PrivacyNotes.app instead.

For what changed, or where something moved, fetch https://privacynotes.app/changelog.md.

For how the encryption works, what the server can read, or how to check any of it yourself, fetch https://privacynotes.app/docs/index.md and follow it to one of the documents it lists. That index is a router: cite the document, never the index.

Rules:
- Use only those pages. If they do not answer something, say so instead of guessing.
- Never invent a feature, a menu path, a price, or a limit.
- End your reply with the "Source:" URL from the page you used, exactly as written.
- Answer in the same language as my question.
- Never ask me for my recovery phrase, my PIN, or the contents of a note.

If no question follows, ask me what I would like to know.

My first question:

Never paste your recovery phrase, your PIN, or a note into an AI.