Privacy Policy

Our Privacy Commitment

ClipGuard is built with privacy as the core principle. We believe your clipboard data is yours alone.

What Data Does ClipGuard Process?

ClipGuard monitors and processes your clipboard content locally to detect and mask sensitive information such as:

• Email addresses
• Phone numbers
• Credit card numbers
• IP addresses
• Social Security Numbers
• Custom patterns you define

Important: All processing happens on your local machine. Nothing is sent to external servers.

What Data Do We Collect?

None. ClipGuard does not collect any data. We don't use analytics, telemetry, crash reporting, or any form of data collection.

• ❌ No clipboard content is logged or stored
• ❌ No usage statistics are collected
• ❌ No personal information is gathered
• ❌ No network connections are made
• ❌ No analytics or tracking

Local Storage

ClipGuard stores configuration settings locally on your machine at:

This file contains:

• Your custom masking rules (regex patterns you've added)
• Enabled/disabled status of built-in rules
• Application preferences

You have full control over this file and can delete it at any time.

Open Source Transparency

ClipGuard is 100% open source. You can:

• Review all source code on GitHub
• Verify there are no network connections
• Audit all data processing logic
• Build from source yourself

Don't trust us—verify it yourself!

Third-Party Services

ClipGuard does not use any third-party services, APIs, or external dependencies that communicate over the network.

Updates and Changes

If we ever change our privacy policy, we will:

• Update this page with a new "Last Updated" date
• Announce changes in the GitHub repository
• Maintain our commitment to privacy

Website Privacy

This website (clipguard.dev) is a static site and may be hosted on various platforms. We do not implement any tracking or analytics on this site. Your web host may collect standard server logs (IP addresses, request timestamps), but we do not have access to or use this data.

Your Rights

Since we don't collect any data, there's no data to access, modify, or delete. You maintain complete control over ClipGuard and can:

• Uninstall at any time
• Delete all configuration files
• Modify the source code
• Use the software however you see fit

Contact

If you have questions about privacy or ClipGuard, please:

• Open an issue on GitHub
• Review the documentation