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Privacy — OffDisk - Offline Disk Catalog & Finder
This policy covers the Windows application "OffDisk" (the "App"), which catalogs the contents of your archive disks so that you can search for files even when the disks are not connected. It explains which data the App processes and how, under Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (GDPR) and Italian Legislative Decree 196/2003 (Privacy Code).
In short: OffDisk works entirely on your computer. It requires no account, contains no ads or analytics, and does not send the catalog of your disks or any other personal data to me or to anyone else.
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
When you catalog a disk or a folder, the App reads the following and saves it in the catalog, a file on your computer:
- names, paths, sizes, dates and attributes of files and folders (including those inside archives such as zip, 7z or RAR files, if you choose to catalog them; password-protected archives are not opened);
- label, serial number, file system and capacity of the disks, together with the name and notes you assign;
- if you enable the corresponding option, some details of photos, videos and audio files (dimensions, duration, format, recording date, camera model, artist and title) and a small preview of images;
- if you enable the "Also catalog the text of documents" option for a disk (off by default), the text contained in the documents on that disk (PDF, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OpenDocument, RTF, text files), up to about 200,000 characters per document, so that you can search inside them;
- the folders you add to your favorites.
Apart from the photo, video and audio details listed above and, only if you enable the option, the text of documents, the App does not read or copy the contents of your files, and it never modifies or deletes the files on the cataloged disks.
File names, paths, image previews and the text of documents may contain personal data, about you or other people (for example a client's name in a folder, a person in a photo, or the details in a contract or an invoice). The text of documents may also contain particularly sensitive data: enable the option only for the disks where you need it. This data stays only on your computer, under your control: I do not receive it and cannot access it.
The catalog is stored in the folder you choose the first time you start the App (suggested: Documents\OffDisk). In the same folder, or in another one you choose, the App periodically saves backups of the catalog, keeping the last five. The App settings (language, catalog location, window size) are saved in the Windows application data folder, together with a small technical log of the license status (date of the check and license type, trial or full), which contains no personal data and is used only to troubleshoot problems.
If you export a list as PDF or CSV, the file is saved where you choose. If you share the catalog, its backups or exported lists with others, remember that they contain the names of your files.
You can delete all of this data at any time: by removing a disk from the catalog in the App, or by deleting the catalog file and its backups. When you uninstall the App, Windows deletes its settings, while the catalog and its backups stay in the folder you chose until you delete them.
3. Data I do not collect
The App does not need an internet connection to work and contains no analytics, advertising, tracking or profiling. It does not collect your name, email address, location or device identifiers, and it does not use Artificial Intelligence technologies to process your data.
The App connects to the internet only when you ask it to, by opening the links to the website or to the support email address in the Settings window, or the Buy button of the trial version, which opens the App's page in the Microsoft Store: in that case your default browser, your email program or the Microsoft Store opens. If the Microsoft Edge WebView2 component is missing from your computer, the App offers to open the Microsoft page where you can download it.
4. Microsoft Store and Windows components
The App is purchased and downloaded from the Microsoft Store. Purchase, payment, license 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 license status through the Microsoft Store services; the answer stays on your computer. I do not receive your payment details 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. Any diagnostic data of Windows and its components is processed by Microsoft according to the Windows privacy settings you have chosen.
5. Purposes and legal bases
- Running the App (cataloging, search, backups): the data is processed on your computer, by you and for you; I do not process it in any way.
- 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).
6. Recipients of the data
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.
7. Transfers outside the EEA
I do not transfer data outside the European Economic Area. Microsoft may transfer your account and purchase data, in particular to the United States, on the basis of the safeguards provided for in Chapter V of the GDPR, as described in its privacy statement.
8. Data retention
I do not keep any data about the App's users. The catalog, its backups and exported lists stay on your computer until you delete them. Emails you send me are kept for the time needed to handle your request and, if necessary, to protect my rights.
9. Your rights
Under Articles 15-22 GDPR you have the right to access your personal data, to have it corrected or erased, to restrict its processing, to receive it in a structured format (portability) and to object to processing based on legitimate interest. Since the catalog data stays on your computer, you can view, change or delete it directly. For the data of your Microsoft account you can contact Microsoft.
For any request concerning 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 occurred (list: EDPB).
10. Children
The App is a utility suitable for everyone and does not collect personal data from adults or children. Purchases through the Microsoft Store are subject to Microsoft's rules for children's accounts.
11. Security
Since the App does not transmit the catalog 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 the catalog backups in a safe place, for example on another disk.
12. Changes to this policy
If future versions of the App add features that process data differently, 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.
13. Contact
For privacy questions or to exercise your rights: privacy@fallingbit.it.