Privacy policy

The Pytch project team is committed to protecting your privacy and ensuring the security of your data. This privacy statement outlines how we handle user data when you use our Web App.

Data collection and use

We do not collect any user data directly on our servers or database. We do not store any of your files or personal information on our servers. Your projects are stored on your own device.

However, our web app can, if you give permission, connect to your Google Drive account to access the files you have stored there. The Web App can only access files you directly tell it to open or that it has created itself. Any data we access is only used to provide the services you have requested.

As is standard practice, we record web-server access logs for the requests your browser makes while you use Pytch. These logs record your IP address, your browser’s user-agent string, the referring URL, the time of the request, the http request, and the response code and size. We use this information to monitor and analyse how Pytch is being used, and to help detect abuse. We retain the IP address information for at most two weeks before deleting it; we retain the remainder of the information, which is fully anonymous and contains no personally identifying information, for up to two years.

Google Drive access

When you use the Web App, you can choose to use the “export to / import from Google Drive” features. If you do, you will be asked to authorize our application to access your Google Drive account. This permission allows our app to read, modify, and delete its own files and files you directly tell it to open, in your Google Drive account, as needed. We only access the files that you explicitly give permission for us to access. Your use of Google Drive is governed by Google’s terms of service.

Data security

We take data security seriously and have implemented appropriate measures to protect your data. All data transfers between our web app and Google Drive are encrypted using industry-standard protocols. We use code provided by Google to do this. Our servers are secured with the latest security patches and updates to ensure the safety of your data.

Changes to this privacy policy

We reserve the right to update this privacy statement at any time. The current version will always be available here.

Contact us

If you have any questions or concerns about our privacy policy, please contact us at info@pytch.org.

Acceptance of policy

By using the Web App, you agree to the terms outlined in this privacy policy.