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Where is my data stored?

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On your device first, and that is the copy you work with: the app is local-first, so your notes open and edit offline. The synced copy lives on servers in Zurich, Switzerland. What sits there is your public key, encrypted blobs of your notes, files and settings, plus the timestamps and sizes a sync needs. No titles, no text, no tags.

The country matters less than the encryption does. Everything is always encrypted, on your device and on the way to the server, so that copy would be unreadable wherever it sat: Switzerland is a bonus, not the promise. What syncs lists it item by item.

The copy on your device is encrypted too. Notes are sealed on disk under a key derived from your recovery phrase when you unlock, so a copy of the app's storage on your device, or a stolen backup of it, carries ciphertext rather than your notes.

// Read the source

SECURITY.mdWhat the server sees THREAT_MODEL.mdLocal storage at rest

Our source and documentation are on GitHub, in English.

Help & FAQ

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

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Can I export my notes, or am I locked in? What is the best way to back up my notes? How do I restore a backup? Where on my disk does the app store my notes? Why did notes disappear from my trash?

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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.

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