Privacy Policy | AegisClip

1. Scope and our local-first approach

This Privacy Policy covers the AegisClip macOS application, the AegisClip iOS application (together, the “Apps”), and the AegisClip website (the “Website”). Features and data flows differ by platform. Both Apps are local-first: core clipboard history operates in the device’s App container without an AegisClip web account. Local-first does not mean that every optional feature is offline.

2. Data processed by the App

To provide clipboard management features, an App may process information you copy and the metadata required to organize it. The exact feature set depends on the platform.

• Clipboard text, links, images, file paths, and related metadata (where supported by the applicable App)
• Copy time and source application name or identifier
• Tags, pinned state, search and organizational information
• App settings, preferences, and history limits
• On macOS, ignored-app rules and locally recognized OCR text and screenshot content when you use those features

On macOS, clipboard monitoring is performed while the relevant App feature is active. You can pause monitoring, configure ignored applications, delete individual items, or clear history from the App.

2.1 iOS clipboard recording and controls

On iOS, clipboard recording is off by default. Before the App records copied content from other apps, it asks you to choose whether to enable recording. If enabled, it reads and records the clipboard only while the iOS App is active, and stops its monitoring when the App enters the background.

• The iOS App stores history in its iOS App container by default. It does not operate a developer server for clipboard history and does not include developer analytics, advertising, crash-reporting, or other third-party SDKs that collect App data.
• You can turn recording off, export your current local clipboard history as a JSON file, delete individual records, or clear all local history, including pinned items, in the iOS App.
• As of this policy date, AI features, API-key configuration, external browser search actions, ignored-app rules, screenshots, and OCR are macOS features and are not included in the iOS App.

3. Local storage and security

By default, core clipboard history is stored in the applicable App’s sandbox container: macOS on Mac and iOS on iPhone or iPad. AegisClip does not currently add a separate application-level or per-item file-encryption layer to clipboard history. Protection for data at rest depends on the relevant Apple platform protections and your device-account security; on Mac it also depends on whether FileVault is enabled. AI API keys are a macOS-only feature and are stored in Apple Keychain.

You are responsible for protecting your device account, device password, FileVault settings where applicable, backups, and any exported files. No storage or transmission method can be guaranteed completely secure.

4. Optional iCloud sync

iCloud sync is off by default. If you enable it, eligible clipboard history and related metadata are sent to and synchronized through Apple iCloud / CloudKit under your Apple Account. The Apps use your private CloudKit database; AegisClip does not route this sync through an AegisClip-operated application server or access the content of that private database.

Apple processes iCloud data under its own terms and privacy policy. Availability, storage location, retention, and deletion may also depend on your Apple Account, iCloud settings, connected devices, and Apple’s services. You can disable iCloud sync in AegisClip settings.

5. Optional macOS AI features and external search actions

5.1 AI requests and explicit consent

AI features and the AI Bar’s external search actions are unavailable when the macOS App identifies your App Store storefront as mainland China. If the storefront cannot be confirmed, these features remain unavailable until it can be verified. This check uses the App Store storefront, not your device language or physical location. Availability elsewhere also depends on the service you choose. Core clipboard history, screenshots and local OCR remain available.

The macOS App can connect directly from your device to an AI service you configure. Built-in provider choices currently include OpenAI, Anthropic (Claude), Google Gemini, OpenRouter, SiliconFlow, Kimi (Moonshot AI), DeepSeek, MiniMax, Zhipu GLM, Alibaba Qwen (DashScope), Volcano Ark (Doubao), plus a generic OpenAI-compatible option. You may also configure a custom Base URL, which can send data to a different service chosen by you. These AI features are not included in the iOS App.

AI requests use the API key and endpoint you configure and are not proxied through an AegisClip-operated AI server. API keys are stored in Apple Keychain. The selected provider receives and processes the submitted content under its own terms, privacy policy, retention settings, account configuration, and regional infrastructure. Do not send content you are not authorized to disclose.

5.2 External search actions

In the macOS App, external search actions are separate from AI requests. When you run one, AegisClip percent-encodes the current query, inserts it into an HTTPS URL template, closes the AI Bar, and asks macOS to open that address in your default browser. Preset targets currently include ChatGPT Search, Google Web Search, Claude, and Perplexity; custom HTTPS templates are also supported. External search actions are not included in the iOS App.

6. macOS App diagnostics

If you choose to share macOS App analytics or diagnostics with developers through Apple, Apple may provide crash reports, performance information, device or OS details, and related diagnostic data. This sharing is controlled by your Apple privacy settings. The iOS App does not include developer analytics or a third-party crash-reporting SDK.

7. Website analytics, hosting, and support

7.1 Website analytics and hosting

The Website is hosted using Vercel. When Google Analytics is configured, it remains off until you choose “Allow analytics.” If allowed, it helps us understand aggregate traffic and interactions and may process IP address, device and browser information, approximate location derived from network information, referring pages, viewed pages, interaction events, and cookies or similar identifiers. Your choice is stored in your browser and can be changed through “Analytics settings.”

7.2 Support and feedback form

If you submit the Website support form, we process the issue type and message, plus any name, email address, app version, device or OS version, or page information you provide. The form uses Resend to deliver the message and uses Cloudflare Turnstile for bot protection in production. Your IP address is used for rate limiting and bot verification.

Do not include clipboard contents, API keys, passwords, or other sensitive information in a support request unless it is necessary and you are comfortable sharing it with us and the service providers involved.

8. How data is used and disclosed

We use information to provide and secure the App and Website, respond to support requests, diagnose problems, understand Website performance, comply with law, and protect our rights and users.

We do not sell clipboard content or personal information, and we do not use clipboard content for advertising. Data may be disclosed to the services you enable or invoke, to Website infrastructure and support providers, when required by law, or in connection with a business transfer subject to appropriate safeguards.

9. Retention and deletion

• Local App data remains until you delete it, clear history, reach a configured history limit, or remove the App and its data. On iOS, Settings can export the current local history as JSON or clear every item, including pinned items.
• iCloud-synced data is affected by your App and iCloud settings, deletions, connected devices, and Apple’s retention practices.
• AI providers retain or delete request data according to the provider, plan, API settings, and endpoint you choose.
• Browser history and external-search queries follow the settings and retention practices of your browser, browser-sync account, and target website.
• Support messages and related email records are kept only as long as reasonably necessary to respond, maintain support records, resolve disputes, prevent abuse, and meet legal obligations.
• Website analytics and hosting data follow the applicable provider settings and retention practices.

10. Your choices and privacy rights

• Pause clipboard monitoring and manage history retention; ignored-app rules are available on macOS only.
• Delete App records, clear history, or export data. On iOS, the export is a JSON file containing the current local history.
• Keep iCloud sync disabled or turn it off in App settings.
• On macOS, decline an AI disclosure, change the provider or endpoint, or revoke AI data-sharing consent.
• On macOS, choose whether to run an external search action, remove custom actions, and manage resulting browser or target-site history through those services.
• Control Apple diagnostic sharing in macOS settings.
• Decline Website analytics or change your choice through “Analytics settings”; browser controls and blocking tools are also available.
• Contact us to request access, correction, deletion, or another right available under applicable law for information we control.

For information held only on your device, in your Apple Account, or by an AI provider you selected, you may need to use the controls provided by that device, account, or provider.

11. International data transfers

Optional iCloud and AI services, external search targets, Website hosting and analytics, bot protection, and support delivery may process data in countries or regions outside your own. Locations and safeguards depend on Apple, the AI endpoint or search target you select, and the Website service providers described above. By enabling or using those services, your data may be transferred under their applicable terms and legal mechanisms.

12. Children’s privacy

AegisClip is not directed to children under the minimum age required to consent to data processing in their jurisdiction. If you believe a child has submitted personal information through the Website, contact us so we can review the request.

13. Changes to this policy

We may update this policy when features, providers, or legal requirements change. We will update the date above and use an appropriate notice for material changes. New consent may be requested in the App when an AI disclosure scope changes.

14. Contact us

Contact us with questions or requests about this policy or information controlled by AegisClip.