AskFolder
Privacy policy
The short version. AskFolder runs in your browser. Your files and your questions never leave your computer: we never receive them, so we can't read, keep, share or lose them. There are no accounts, no analytics and no cookies.
The only data that reaches anyone is what any website needs to be delivered: our host, Cloudflare, sees your IP address when your browser loads the page.
Your documents and questions
- When you open a folder or files, your browser reads them on your computer. Their text and the index built from it stay in that browser tab's memory, and are cleared when you close the tab or choose "Close folder".
- Your questions are answered in the same tab. They are never sent anywhere.
- Meaning search uses a small AI model (all-MiniLM-L6-v2) that your browser downloads from askfolder.com, like the rest of the page, and runs on your computer. It is never given to, or run by, anyone else.
- The page enforces this itself: its Content Security Policy lets it load only askfolder.com's own files and forbids sending data to any server. You can check this in your browser's developer tools (Network tab).
- "Open the file here" shows your own file from your computer, in your browser.
What leaves your device, and who sees it
| When | Who receives it | What they can see |
|---|---|---|
| When your browser loads askfolder.com | Cloudflare, Inc., our hosting provider | Your IP address, browser type and the time, to deliver the page's files and protect the site from attacks. Cloudflare's own privacy policy governs its logs. |
| Never | RPTX LLC (us) | Nothing: no documents, questions, accounts, analytics, cookies or identifiers. |
| If you email us | RPTX LLC | Your email address and message, used only to reply. Deleted 12 months after your question is resolved, or sooner if you ask. |
On your device
To open quickly and work offline, your browser keeps a copy of AskFolder's own program files (not your documents). Clearing your browser's site data for askfolder.com removes it.
AskFolder Pro
Pro isn't on sale yet. When it is, payments will be handled by Paddle.com, our reseller and merchant of record: Paddle will receive your name, email, billing address and payment details to process the payment and send receipts, under its own privacy policy. We will receive your email address and your subscription's status, to give your browser its Pro license. Pro's AI answers, saved folders and scanned-PDF reading will run on your computer, like everything else. We will update this policy before Pro goes on sale.
Children
AskFolder is not directed at children under 16.
Your rights
We hold no personal data about you unless you email us. To ask what we hold, correct it or delete it, write to [email protected]. If you are in the EU or UK, you may also complain to your data protection authority.
Changes and contact
We'll post changes here and update the effective date. Contact: [email protected]. Privacy requests: [email protected].
RPTX LLC, 30 N Gould St Ste N, Sheridan, WY 82801, USA.