Privacy Policy_

This privacy policy (“Privacy Policy”) governs how we, Appwrite Code Ltd. (together, “Appwrite” “we”, “our” or “us”) use, collect and store Personal Data we collect or receive from or about you (“you”) such as in the following use cases:

1. When you make use of, or interact with, our Website (https://appwrite.io/)
   • When you create an account and when you log in
   • When you purchase our Cloud plan
   • When you purchase our products in our Swag Store
   • When you subscribe to our distribution list(s) / newsletter(s) / blog(s)
   • When you submit a job application
   • When you contact us (e.g. customer support, need help, submit a request, when you report a security vulnerability)
   • When you apply for our fund
2. When you create an account and when you log into our console
3. When you attend a marketing event and/or we exchange business cards and you provide us with your Personal Data
4. When we use the Personal Data of our customers (e.g. contact details)
5. When you interact with us on our social media profiles (e.g., Facebook, GitHub, Twitter, LinkedIn)

Hereinafter the Website and the App will be referred to as the “Service.” Please read this Privacy Policy carefully, so you can understand our practices and your rights in relation to personal data. “Personal Data” or “Personal Information” means any information that can be used, alone or together with other data, to uniquely identify any living human being and any information deemed as Personally Identifiable Information by privacy laws. Please note that this is a master privacy policy, and some of its provisions only apply to individuals in certain jurisdictions. For example, the legal basis in the table below is only relevant to GDPR-protected individuals. Important note: Nothing in this Privacy Policy is intended to limit in any way your statutory right, including your rights to a remedy or means of enforcement.

This Privacy Policy can be updated from time to time, and therefore, we ask you to check back periodically for the latest version of this Privacy Policy. If we implement significant changes to the use of your Personal Data in a manner different from that stated at the time of collection, we will notify you by posting a notice on our Website or by other means.

Personal data we collect

What personal data we collect, why we collect it, and how it is used

When you purchase our cloud plan

When you create an account and when you log in to one of our services

When you purchase products in our Swag Store

When you subscribe to our distribution list(s) / newsletter(s) / blog(s)

When we process your job application

When you contact us (e.g. customer support, need help, sign a DPA, submit feedback, request or report a security vulnerability)

When you apply for our fund / Appwrite programs

When you attend a marketing event and/or we exchange business cards and you provide us with your Personal Data

When you interact with us on our social media profiles (e.g., Facebook, GitHub, Twitter, YouTube, LinkedIn, Discord)

Finally, please note that some of the abovementioned Personal Data will be used for detecting, taking steps to prevent, and prosecution of fraud or other illegal activity, to identify and repair errors, to conduct audits, and for security purposes. Personal Data may also be used to comply with applicable laws, with investigations performed by the relevant authorities, law enforcement purposes, and/or to exercise or defend legal claims. In certain cases, we may or will anonymize or de-identify your Personal Data and further use it for internal and external purposes, including, without limitation, to improve the services and for research purposes. “Anonymous Information” means information which does not enable identification of an individual user, such as aggregated information about the use of our services. We may use Anonymous Information and/or disclose it to third parties without restrictions (for example, in order to improve our services and enhance your experience with them).

Google user data

This section describes how we handle data we receive from your Google account when you choose to sign in to the Appwrite Console with Google. It applies in addition to the rest of this Privacy Policy, and in case of a conflict regarding Google user data, this section prevails.

What Google data we access

When you sign in with Google, we receive from your Google account your name, email address, email verification status, profile picture, and your Google account identifier. We request only the email, profile, and openid OAuth scopes. We do not request access to any other Google data, such as your Gmail, Drive, Calendar, or contacts.

Google sign-in tokens

When you sign in with Google, Google also gives us an access token and a refresh token. We store both in encrypted form with your account and your Console session. We use them only to keep your Console session active and to refresh your profile picture from Google. Tokens stored with a session are deleted when you sign out of that session, and tokens stored with your account are deleted when you delete your account. You can also revoke them at any time at myaccount.google.com/permissions, after which they stop working.

How we use it

We use this information to create and secure your Appwrite account, to sign you in to the Console, and to display your name and profile picture in the Console. We also use your email address to send you emails about your account and the service, such as verification and sign-in emails, security alerts about new sessions, team invitations, and notices about your projects.

How we share it

We share Google user data only with the service providers that host and operate Appwrite on our behalf under contract, and where we are required to do so by law. We do not sell Google user data.

How we protect it

Google user data is transmitted over encrypted connections and is protected by the technical and organizational measures described in the Security section below. Access is limited to personnel who need it to operate the service.

How long we keep it and how to delete it

We keep Google user data for as long as your account exists. You can delete your account at any time from the account settings page or by emailing us at privacy@appwrite.io, after which the data is deleted. You can also revoke Appwrite's access to your Google account at any time at myaccount.google.com/permissions.

Limited Use

Appwrite's use and transfer to any other app of information received from Google APIs will adhere to the Google API Services User Data Policy, including the Limited Use requirements. We do not use Google user data to develop, improve, or train generalized artificial intelligence or machine learning models.

Protection and retention

How we protect and retain your personal data

Security

We have implemented appropriate technical, organizational and security measures designed to protect your Personal Data. However, please note that we cannot guarantee that the information will not be compromised as a result of unauthorized penetration to our servers. As the security of information depends in part on the security of the computer, device or network you use to communicate with us and the security you use to protect your user IDs and passwords, please make sure to take appropriate measures to protect this information.

Retention of your personal data

Your Personal Data will be stored until we delete the record and we proactively delete it or you send a valid deletion request, please note that in some circumstances we may store your Personal Data for longer periods of time, for example (i) where we are required to do so in accordance with legal, regulatory, tax or accounting requirements, or (ii) for us to have an accurate record of your dealings with us in the event of any complaints or challenges, or (iii) if we reasonably believe there is a prospect of litigation relating to your Personal Data or dealings. Regarding retention of cookies, you can read more in our cookie policy /cookies.

Sharing personal data

In addition to the recipients described above, we may share your Personal Data as follows:

With our business partners with whom we jointly offer products or services. We may also share Personal Data with our affiliated companies.

To the extent necessary, with regulators, courts or competent authorities, to comply with applicable laws, regulations and rules (including, without limitation, federal, state or local laws), and requests of law enforcement, regulatory and other governmental agencies or if required to do so by court order;

If, in the future, we sell or transfer, or we consider selling or transferring, some or all of our business, shares or assets to a third party, we will disclose your Personal Data to such third party (whether actual or potential) in connection with the foregoing events;

In the event that we are acquired by, or merged with, a third party entity, or in the event of bankruptcy or a comparable event, we reserve the right to transfer, disclose or assign your Personal Data in connection with the foregoing events, including, in connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of company assets, consolidation or restructuring, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business by or to another company; and/or

Where you have provided your consent to us sharing or transferring your Personal Data (e.g., where you provide us with marketing consents or opt-in to optional additional services or functionality).

Transfers of personal data

External transfers

Where we transfer your Personal Data outside of EU/EEA (for example to third parties who provide us with services), we will generally obtain contractual commitments from them to protect your Personal Data. When Appwrite engages in such transfers of Personal Data, it relies on i) Adequacy Decisions as adopted by European Commission on the basis of Article 45 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (GDPR) (for example, when we access from Israel), or ii) Standard Contractual Clauses issued by the European Commission. Appwrite also continually monitors the circumstances surrounding such transfers in order to ensure that these maintain, in practice, a level of protection that is essentially equivalent to the one guaranteed by the GDPR.

How to delete your account

Rights

The following rights (which may be subject to certain exemptions or derogations) shall apply to certain individuals (some of which only apply to individuals protected by the GDPR)

• You have a right to access Personal Data held about you. Your right of access may normally be exercised free of charge, however we reserve the right to charge an appropriate administrative fee where permitted by applicable law;
• You have the right to request that we rectify any Personal Data we hold that is inaccurate or misleading;
• You have the right to request the erasure/deletion of your Personal Data (e.g. from our records). Please note that there may be circumstances in which we are required to retain your Personal Data, for example for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims;
• You have the right to object, to or to request restriction, of the processing;
• You have the right to data portability. This means that you may have the right to receive your Personal Data in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format, and that you have the right to transmit that data to another controller;
• You have the right to object to profiling;
• You have the right to withdraw your consent at any time. Please note that there may be circumstances in which we are entitled to continue processing your data, in particular, if the processing is required to meet our legal and regulatory obligations. Also, please note that the withdrawal of consent shall not affect the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal;
• You also have a right to request certain details of the basis on which your Personal Data is transferred outside the European Economic Area, but data transfer agreements and/or other details may need to be partially redacted for reasons of commercial confidentiality;
• You have a right to lodge a complaint with your local data protection supervisory authority (i.e., your place of habitual residence, place or work or place of alleged infringement) at any time or before the relevant institutions in your place of residence. We ask that you please attempt to resolve any issues with us before you contact your local supervisory authority and/or relevant institution.

You can exercise your rights by contacting us at privacy@appwrite.io. You may use an authorized agent to submit a request on your behalf if you provide the authorized agent written permission signed by you. To protect your privacy, we may take steps to verify your identity before fulfilling your request. Subject to legal and other permissible considerations, we will make every reasonable effort to honor your request promptly in accordance with applicable law or inform you if we require further information in order to fulfill your request. When processing your request, we may ask you for additional information to confirm or verify your identity and for security purposes, before processing and/or honoring your request. We reserve the right to charge a fee where permitted by law, for instance, if your request is manifestly unfounded or excessive. In the event that your request would adversely affect the rights and freedoms of others (for example, would impact the duty of confidentiality we owe to others) or if we are legally entitled to deal with your request in a different way than initially requested, we will address your request to the maximum extent possible, all in accordance with applicable law.

Deleting your Cloud account: Should you ever decide to delete your Cloud account, you may do so in the Console on the account settings page. If you terminate your account, any association between your account and Personal Data we store will no longer be accessible through your account. However, given the nature of sharing on certain services, any public activity on your account prior to deletion will remain stored on our servers and will remain accessible to the public.

Use by children

We do not offer our products or services for use by children and, therefore, we do not knowingly collect Personal Data from, and/or about children under the age of eighteen (18). If you are under the age of eighteen (18), do not provide any Personal Data to us without involvement of a parent or a guardian. For the purposes of the GDPR, we do not intend to offer information society services directly to children. In the event that we become aware that you provide Personal Data in violation of applicable privacy laws, we reserve the right to delete it. If you believe that we might have any such information, please contact us at privacy@appwrite.io.

Third party interaction

We enable you to interact with third party websites, mobile software applications and products or services that are not owned or controlled by us (each a “Third Party Service”). We are not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such Third Party Services. Please be aware that Third Party Services can collect Personal Data from you. Accordingly, we encourage you to read the terms and conditions and privacy policies of each Third Party Service.

Log files

We use log files. We use such information to analyze trends, administer the Website, track users’ movement around the Website, and gather demographic information.

Analytic tools

• Sentry - Sentry is a monitoring software and a performance monitoring software. Sentry helps diagnose, fix, and optimize the performance of the Website. Sentry's ability to use and share information collected by Sentry is regulated by their terms of service, available at Sentry Terms of Service, and their Privacy Policy available at Sentry Privacy Policy.
• Mixpanel - Mixpanel is a website that collects information about use of our console. It collects information such as how often users visit this console, what pages they visit when they do so, but not PII. We use the information we get from Mixpanel to maintain and improve the Website and our products. Mixpanel’s ability to use and share information about your visits is restricted by the Terms of Service, available at Mixpanel Terms of Use and the Mixpanel Privacy Policy, available at Mixpanel Privacy Policy.
• OpenAI Ads - We use the OpenAI Ads pixel to measure advertising campaigns and conversions. OpenAI's ability to use and share information collected by the pixel is regulated by their Privacy Policy, available at OpenAI Privacy Policy.

We reserve the right to remove or add new analytic tools.

Payments

We may provide paid products and/or services within the Service. In that case, we use third-party services for payment processing (e.g. payment processors). We will not store or collect your payment card details. That information is provided directly to our third-party payment processors whose use of your Personal Data is governed by their Privacy Policy. These payment processors adhere to the standards set by PCI-DSS as managed by the PCI Security Standards Council, which is a joint effort of brands like Visa, MasterCard, American Express and Discover. PCI-DSS requirements help ensure the secure handling of payment information. The payment processors we work with are:

• Apple Store In-App Payments - Their Privacy Policy can be viewed at Apple Privacy Policy
• Google Play In-App Payments - Their Privacy Policy can be viewed at Google Privacy Policy
• Stripe - Their Privacy Policy can be viewed at Stripe Privacy Policy
• Paypal/Braintree - Their Privacy Policy can be viewed at Paypal Privacy Policy

California Privacy Law

Our California Do Not Track Notice (Shine the Light)

Do Not Track (“DNT”) is a privacy preference that users can set in certain web browsers. Please note that we do not respond to or honor DNT signals or similar mechanisms transmitted by web browsers, but we may allow third parties, such as companies that provide us with analytics tools, to collect personally identifiable information about an individual consumer's online activities over time and across different web sites when a consumer uses the Services.

Contact us

If you have any questions, concerns or complaints regarding our compliance with this notice and the data protection laws, or if you wish to exercise your rights, we encourage you to first contact us at privacy@appwrite.io.