Privacy Policy
NotezZz · Last updated 9 October 2026
The short version: NotezZz has no servers and no accounts. Your notes are stored on your own device and, if you choose to sign in, in a single folder of your own Google Drive. We never receive, store, or see your notes — there is nowhere for us to put them.
Who this covers
This policy applies to the NotezZz web app at flatvoxel.com/NotezZz, the NotezZz desktop application for Windows, and the NotezZz app for Android.
What NotezZz stores, and where
| Data | Where it lives |
|---|---|
| Your notes (text, drawings, images, voice recordings) | On your device, and — only if you sign in with Google — as files in a folder named NotezZz in your own Google Drive. |
| Your settings (theme, palette, font size) | Same as your notes. |
| Google sign-in tokens | Stored locally on your device so you stay signed in (on Android, held by Google Play services on your phone). Never transmitted anywhere except back to Google. |
| Your email address | Read from Google only to display which account is connected and to renew your session quietly. Stored locally; never sent to us. |
What we collect
Nothing. NotezZz has no backend service, no database, no analytics, no advertising, no tracking pixels, and no crash reporting. We do not create an account for you, because there is no account system.
The Google permission NotezZz asks for
When you choose to sync, NotezZz requests the narrow
drive.file permission. This is the most restricted Drive
scope Google offers: it grants access only to files the app itself creates, plus
any file or folder you explicitly hand to it. NotezZz is technically incapable of listing,
reading, or modifying the rest of your Google Drive — this is enforced by Google, not by
our promise.
It also requests openid and email, which reveal only which
account you signed in with, so the app can show it and refresh the session without
prompting you repeatedly.
Android permissions
- Microphone — asked for the first time you record a voice memo, and used only while you record.
- Install updates — only in the app downloaded from our website: lets NotezZz hand an update you accepted to Android's installer. Android asks you to allow it once. The Google Play version doesn't have it; Google Play updates it.
- Internet — for Google Drive sync and, in the app from our website, the update check.
- Notifications and alarms — to tell you when a note's reminder is due. Notifications are asked for the first time a reminder is set; alarms are set again after the phone restarts.
Home-screen widgets read a copy of your note titles and text that the app keeps inside its own storage on the phone. If you sign in with Google, the app refreshes that copy about every 30 minutes while it is closed, by reading the notes that changed in your own Drive folder. Nothing is sent anywhere else.
Update checks
The Windows app and the Android app downloaded from our website ask GitHub, where NotezZz is published, whether a newer version exists, and download it from there when you choose to install it. The Android app from Google Play doesn't: Google Play keeps it up to date. These requests carry no notes or account details; GitHub sees what any web request shows, such as your IP address, under GitHub's own privacy statement.
Using NotezZz without signing in
Signing in is optional. On the web you can choose “Open without signing in”, and in the Windows and Android apps you can simply not sign in. In that mode notes are kept on your device only, and the app makes no calls to Google at all.
Who your data is shared with
- Google — only if you sign in, and only to store your notes in your own Drive account. Their handling is covered by Google's own privacy policy.
- GitHub — only the update check described above, which contains none of your data.
- No one else. Your notes are never sent to us or to any third party.
This website
These pages are static files. They set no cookies, run no analytics, and load no third-party scripts or fonts. Our web host records standard server access logs (IP address, page requested, timestamp) for security and troubleshooting, as essentially all web servers do.
Deleting your data
Because we hold nothing, there is nothing for you to request from us. To remove your notes, delete the NotezZz folder in your Google Drive and uninstall the app. To revoke the app's access at any time, visit your Google account permissions.
Children
NotezZz is not directed at children under 13.
Changes
If this policy changes, the “last updated” date above changes with it. Material changes will be noted on the home page.
Contact
Questions about this policy: voodoofox@gmail.com