CutBoard collects absolutely no personal data. Your clipboard history never leaves your Mac. We have no servers, no user accounts, and no telemetry of any kind. We cannot access your data even if we wanted to.
1. Who we are
CutBoard is an independent macOS application. When we say “we” or “our,” we mean the developer of CutBoard. When we say “you” or “your,” we mean you, the person using CutBoard on your Mac. This Privacy Policy explains what information CutBoard handles and — more importantly — what it does not.
2. What data CutBoard accesses
CutBoard reads your Mac’s clipboard to save your copy history. This includes plain text, rich text, images, URLs, file paths, and the name of the application you copied from. All of this is stored exclusively in an encrypted database on your Mac. It is never transmitted anywhere — not to us, not to any third party, not to any cloud service.
3. What data we collect from you
None. CutBoard does not collect any personal data. There are no user accounts, no registration, and no way for us to identify who you are. We have no servers that receive any data from the app. We do not collect your name, email address, IP address, device identifiers, usage statistics, crash reports, or any content from your clipboard.
4. How your clipboard history is stored
Your clipboard history is stored locally in an encrypted database on your Mac, inside the app’s sandboxed container. Encryption is handled using Apple’s FileProtection.complete, which ties the encryption key to your macOS login credentials. Only your macOS user account can access this data. We, the developers, have no access to it under any circumstances. If you delete the app, all stored data is permanently deleted with it.
5. Password and sensitive content protection
CutBoard automatically detects clipboard activity from known password managers and does not save that content to your history. This filter applies to 1Password, Bitwarden, LastPass, Keychain Access, Strongbox, and similar apps. You can extend this list in Settings to include any application you choose. You can also enable Incognito Mode at any time from the menu bar to pause all clipboard recording entirely.
6. Network activity
CutBoard makes one optional network request: when you copy a URL, it can fetch the page title and favicon to make your history more readable. This feature is disabled by default, can be turned off in Settings, and only contacts the destination website — not us. Outside of this, CutBoard makes zero network requests. There is no analytics endpoint, no telemetry server, and no background network activity of any kind.
7. Third-party services
CutBoard does not integrate with any third-party analytics, advertising, or tracking platforms. The only external frameworks used are Apple’s own system frameworks and, in the direct download version, the open-source Sparkle update framework. Neither collects personal data.
8. App Store purchases
If you purchase CutBoard through the Mac App Store, your payment and account information is handled entirely by Apple and subject to Apple’s Privacy Policy. We receive no financial information, no Apple ID, and no identifying information from Apple as a result of your purchase. CutBoard is a one-time purchase with no subscriptions and no in-app payments.
9. Your rights and controls
Because all data lives on your device, you are always in full control. You can delete your entire history at any time in Settings, delete individual items by right-clicking them, pause recording by enabling Incognito Mode, or remove all data permanently by uninstalling the app. Since we hold no data about you on our end, there is nothing for us to provide, correct, or delete upon request.
10. Children’s privacy
CutBoard does not knowingly collect information from anyone, including children under the age of 13. Because we collect no personal data at all, no special provisions apply.
11. Changes to this policy
If we make material changes to this policy, we will update the date at the top of this page. Given our architecture — no servers, no user accounts, no data collection — we do not anticipate changes that would meaningfully affect your privacy.
12. Contact
Questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy can be sent to kblyazilim@gmail.com. We typically respond within seven business days.