Privacy Policy
Notelock encrypted notepad for Windows
Effective date: August 19, 20261. Overview
Notelock ("the App") is published by Dhinova Tech ("we", "us", "our"). Notelock is a plain-text notepad that encrypts documents with AES-256 before they touch the disk. It opens as fast as Windows Notepad and asks for nothing in return.
The App is built to keep your data on your own device. We do not operate user accounts for it, and we cannot see what you store in it.
2. What the App handles
This table covers every category of data the App processes, what it is for, and where it ends up.
| Data | Purpose | Where it lives |
|---|---|---|
| Document contents | The notes you write | Encrypted with AES-256 and stored only where you save them Local |
| Encryption passwords | Unlocking your own documents | Never stored, never transmitted, held in memory only while the document is open Transient |
| App settings | Remembering your preferences | On device, in the app's local settings container Local |
3. Where your data is stored
Everything marked Local above stays in the App's own storage on your device. We run no user database and no cloud sync for it, so there is no copy of your data on our side to lose, sell, or be compelled to hand over.
Uninstalling Notelock through Windows removes the app and its settings container. Documents you saved yourself stay where you put them, still encrypted.
4. Permissions
The App asks for the following, and nothing else:
- File system access — Opening and saving the documents you choose. Notelock reads nothing you have not opened.
You can review or revoke these at any time in Windows Settings → Apps → Notelock.
5. Third-party services
None. The App contains no third-party SDKs, no advertising libraries, and no analytics. It does not need a network connection to do its job.
6. Analytics, ads and tracking
The App itself contains no analytics, no advertising and no tracking of any kind. We do not build a profile of you, and we have nothing to sell to anyone else.
This is separate from the website you are reading now, which does use analytics with your consent. That is described in the website privacy policy.
7. Children's privacy
The App is not directed at children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from them. Because the App holds no accounts and transmits no personal data to us, there is no record on our side to delete.
8. Your rights
Because your data never reaches us, you exercise your rights directly and immediately, without asking us first:
- Access and portability — your data is in the App on your device; export or copy it whenever you like.
- Erasure — delete entries in the App, or uninstall it, and it is gone.
- Objection and restriction — revoke a permission in your system settings and the corresponding feature stops.
If you are in the EU/EEA or UK and want to raise something under the GDPR, write to us at [email protected] and we will answer.
9. Security
The App is distributed only through Microsoft Store, which signs and verifies every build. Install it from anywhere else and we cannot vouch for what you are running.
10. Changes to this policy
If we change how the App handles data, this page changes with it and the effective date above moves. Material changes will also be noted in the App's store listing release notes.
11. Contact
Questions about this policy, or about anything the App does with your data: [email protected]. We read everything sent there.