FallingPrivacy — USBCopy
This privacy policy covers the Windows application "USBCopy" (the "App"), which copies a folder to several USB drives at the same time. 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: USBCopy runs entirely on your computer. It requires no account, contains no ads or analytics, does not connect to the internet to work and does not send your files 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
The App only works on the folder and the USB drives you choose: it reads the files in the folder and writes them to the drives and, if you turn on verification, reads the copies back to check that they are identical to the original. To recognize the USB drives it reads some technical information from Windows, such as name, capacity, free space, file system and volume identifier.
The App saves on your computer:
- the settings (language, theme, automatic verification, erasing destinations, format and label for formatting, sound, window size), in the Windows application data folder;
- a log of the operations of each session (drives detected, folders and files copied with their path, results and errors), in the Windows temporary folder. It helps understand what happened in case of problems; you can open it from the App and delete previous logs at any time, and logs older than 30 days are deleted automatically.
File names and paths in the log may contain personal data, yours or other people's (for example a client's name in a folder). This data stays exclusively on your computer, under your control: I do not receive it and cannot access it. The App does not send your files to anyone and does not analyse their contents, apart from comparing the copies during verification. When you uninstall the App, Windows deletes the settings; the logs in the temporary folder are deleted by Windows or by you.
3. Data I do not collect
The App contains no analytics, advertising, tracking or profiling. It does not collect your name, email address, location or device identifiers and does not use Artificial Intelligence technologies to process your data.
The App connects to the internet only if you ask it to, by opening the links to the website or to the support email address: in that case your browser or email program opens. While the App is open, it also asks Windows not to show the AutoPlay window when you plug in a USB drive: this is a local setting that involves no processing of data.
4. Microsoft Store and Windows components
The App is downloaded from the Microsoft Store. Any 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. 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. 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
- Operation of the App (copying, verifying, formatting and ejecting USB drives, operations log): the data is processed on your computer, by you and for you; I do not process it.
- 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, under the instruments provided for in Chapter V of the GDPR, as described in its privacy statement.
8. Data retention
I do not keep any data about users of the App. The settings stay on your computer until you uninstall the App; operation logs are deleted after 30 days, or earlier if you delete them. Emails you send me are kept for as long as 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 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 App's data stays on your computer, you can view 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).
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 on children's accounts.
11. Security
Since the App does not transmit your files or any other data, their security depends on your computer and on the USB drives you use: we recommend protecting your Windows account with a password, keeping the system up to date and not leaving drives with confidential data with unauthorised people.
12. Changes to this policy
If in the future the App introduces 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.