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Privacy — DriveMD Storage & SD Manager

Last updated: 2026-10-27

This privacy policy covers the Windows application "DriveMD Storage & SD Manager" (the "App"), which keeps a register of your memory cards, USB flash drives, hard drives and SSDs as physical objects: purchase and warranty, photos and documents, tests, disk health and loans. It explains which data the App processes and how, in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (GDPR) and Italian Legislative Decree 196/2003 (Privacy Code). In case of doubt, the Italian version prevails.

In short: DriveMD runs entirely on your computer. It requires no account, contains no ads or analytics and does not send your register or any other personal data to me or to anyone else. Its only automatic internet connection downloads updated manufacturer data from the FallingBit website, and you can turn it off.

1. Data controller

FallingBit di Felice D'Andrea
Via De Falco 4, 81100 Caserta (CE), Italy
VAT no. IT04381570615
Email: privacy@fallingbit.it

2. Data the App processes on your computer

The App saves in its database, on your computer, the data you enter or that it reads from connected devices:

  • devices: type, brand, model, capacity, speed classes, serial numbers, DMD code, colour, condition, location and notes;
  • purchases: date, shop or seller, price, order and invoice numbers, warranty and notes;
  • photos and documents you attach: photos of the front and back of devices, receipts, invoices, screenshots of other programs. Photos are copied to the data folder in a lighter format, without EXIF data (such as GPS location);
  • tests and health: speed test results and S.M.A.R.T. health data of hard drives and SSDs (for example power-on hours, temperatures, reallocated sectors), with their history;
  • data read from connected devices: device serial number and model, exact capacity, file system, volume label and serial number, card readers and adapters used;
  • people, equipment and projects you record and the loans (to whom, when, return and check on return);
  • a log of the operations performed in the App (for example "device updated", "test run"), used to rebuild the history of each device.

When you add a device from a photo, the printed text (serial, brand, capacity) is read with Windows text recognition, which runs on your computer: the photo is not sent over the network. The App does not read the contents of your devices: for speed tests it reads data from the device and, only if you turn on the write test, writes and then deletes a temporary file of its own.

The database, photos, documents and backups are kept in the data folder you choose (suggested: Documents\DriveMD); automatic backups go to the same folder or to another one you indicate. The App's settings (language, theme, data folder, date of the last manufacturer data check) are saved in the Windows application data folder, together with a small technical log of the licence status (date of the check and type of licence, trial or full), which contains no personal data and is only used to troubleshoot problems.

This data stays exclusively on your computer, under your control: I do not receive it and cannot access it. You can change or delete it at any time from the App, or by deleting the data folder and the backups. When you uninstall the App, Windows deletes the settings, while the data folder and backups remain until you delete them. If you choose a folder synchronized with a cloud service (for example OneDrive or Google Drive) for backups, the backups are transferred by that service, which processes them under its own privacy policy.

3. Data about other people

In people records you can note name, role, company, phone number, email and notes, and in projects the client's name. This data concerns other people and you are the one processing it, on your computer: enter only what you need, inform the people concerned when the law requires it and delete the data when it is no longer needed. I do not receive it and cannot access it.

4. Internet connections

Manufacturer data. The App contains the data stated by manufacturers for the most common devices (speeds, classes, warranty). To keep it up to date, at most once a day at start-up, it checks whether a newer version is available on www.fallingbit.it and, if so, downloads it. The request only contains the App's name and version and a technical code that identifies DriveMD (the same for every user): it contains no data from your register. As for any web page, the server hosting the website receives the IP address of your connection and records it for a limited period in its technical logs, for security reasons. You can turn this check off in Settings: the App will keep using the data it already has.

Links you open. The App also connects to the internet when you ask it to: by opening the FallingBit website, the support email address, the page of a manufacturer that a device's data comes from, or the Buy button of the trial version, which opens the App's page in the Microsoft Store. In these cases your browser, email program or the Microsoft Store opens and processes data under its own rules. If the Microsoft Edge WebView2 component is missing from the computer, the App offers to open the Microsoft page where it can be downloaded.

The App contains no analytics, advertising, tracking or profiling and does not use online Artificial Intelligence technologies to process your data.

5. Reading disk health data

To read the S.M.A.R.T. data of a hard drive or SSD, Windows requires administrator permissions: when you press the corresponding button, Windows asks you to confirm. The App uses these permissions only to send the disk read commands for health and identification data; the data read is saved in the database on your computer and is not sent to anyone.

6. Microsoft Store and Windows components

The App is purchased and downloaded from the Microsoft Store. Purchase, payment, licence verification and updates are handled by Microsoft, which processes your Microsoft account data as an independent controller under its own Privacy Statement. To know whether you are using the trial or the purchased version, the App asks Windows for the licence status through the Microsoft Store services; the answer stays on your computer. I do not receive your payment data or your email address from Microsoft.

Through Partner Center, Microsoft only provides me with aggregated data that does not identify you, about purchases, installations and malfunctions of the App. Crash reports are sent to Microsoft only if your Windows diagnostic settings allow it.

To display its interface the App uses the Windows component Microsoft Edge WebView2, which runs locally, and to read text from photos it uses Windows text recognition, which is also local. Any diagnostic data of Windows and its components is processed by Microsoft according to the Windows privacy settings you have chosen.

7. Purposes and legal bases

  • Operation of the App (register, tests, disk health, loans, backups): the data is processed on your computer, by you and for you; I do not process it.
  • Updating manufacturer data: the IP address recorded by the website server is processed to deliver the requested files and for the security of the website, on the basis of legitimate interest (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR).
  • Answering your support or privacy requests sent by email and complying with legal obligations: legitimate interest and legal obligation (Art. 6(1)(f) and (c) GDPR).

8. Recipients of the data

The website www.fallingbit.it is hosted by Aruba S.p.A. (Italy), which acts as data processor for the server's technical logs. Apart from that I do not share personal data with third parties, because I do not receive any. If you write to me, the data in your email is used only to answer you. Where required by law, I may provide information to judicial or other competent authorities.

9. Transfers outside the EEA

I do not transfer data outside the European Economic Area: the FallingBit website is hosted in Italy. Microsoft may transfer your account and purchase data, in particular to the United States, under the instruments provided for in Chapter V of the GDPR, as described in its privacy statement.

10. Data retention

I do not keep any data from your register. The database, photos, documents and backups stay on your computer until you delete them. The website server's technical logs are kept for the limited period set by the hosting provider for security reasons. Emails you send me are kept for as long as needed to handle your request and, if necessary, to protect my rights.

11. Your rights

Under Articles 15-22 GDPR you have the right to access your personal data, to have it rectified or erased, to request restriction of processing, to receive it in a structured format (portability) and to object to processing based on legitimate interest. Since the register data stays on your computer, you can view, change or delete it directly. For your Microsoft account data you can contact Microsoft.

For any request addressed to me, write to privacy@fallingbit.it: I will reply within one month of receipt, which may be extended by two further months for particularly complex requests.

You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the Italian data protection authority, the Garante per la protezione dei dati personali (www.garanteprivacy.it), or with the supervisory authority of the country where you live or where you believe the infringement took place (list: EDPB).

12. Children

The App is a utility suitable for everyone and I do not collect personal data from adults or children. Purchases through the Microsoft Store are subject to Microsoft's rules on children's accounts.

13. Security

Since the App does not transmit the register or any other data, their security depends on your computer: we recommend protecting your Windows account with a password, keeping the system up to date and saving backups in a safe place, for example on another drive. Downloaded manufacturer data files are used only after their integrity has been checked.

14. Changes to this policy

If in the future the App introduces features that process data differently (for example synchronization between several computers or a smartphone app), this policy will be updated before their release. The updated version will be published at this address with the new update date. Previous versions are available on request.

15. Contact

For privacy questions or to exercise your rights: privacy@fallingbit.it.