Privacy Policy

Last updated: March 23, 2026

Overview

My Circle is a client-side web application with no backend server. We do not collect, store, or transmit any of your personal data. All your content lives exclusively in your own Google Drive account.

What data we access

When you sign in with Google, My Circle requests the following permissions:

• Google Drive (drive.file) — to create, read, and manage files within the mycircle/ folder in your Google Drive. This is how your posts, circles, collections, and friend list are stored. My Circle can only access files it creates — it cannot see any other files in your Drive.
• Basic profile (openid, email, profile) — to display your name and profile picture within the app.

What we do NOT do

• We do not collect, store, or have access to your data — everything stays in your Google Drive
• We do not operate any backend servers or databases
• We do not use cookies, analytics, telemetry, or tracking of any kind
• We do not serve ads
• We do not sell or share your information with third parties
• We do not access your Google Contacts

How your data is stored

• All content (photos, posts, circles, friend lists) is stored as files and folders in your Google Drive under mycircle/
• Sharing uses Google Drive's native permission system — when you share with a friend, you are granting them Google Drive access to that specific folder
• Comments use the Google Drive Comments API, stored on the file itself
• Reactions are stored as a reactions.json file inside each collection folder
• Your friend list is stored in mycircle/contacts/friends.json, readable only by you

Authentication & tokens

OAuth tokens from Google Sign-In are stored in sessionStorage only. They are automatically cleared when you close your browser tab. No tokens are persisted to disk, sent to any server, or stored long-term.

Data deletion

Since all data lives in your Google Drive, you have full control:

• Delete posts, circles, or collections from within the app
• Delete the entire mycircle/ folder from your Google Drive to remove all app data
• Revoke My Circle's access at any time from your Google Account permissions

Open source

My Circle is fully open source under the MIT License. You can inspect, audit, and self-host the entire application. View the source code on GitHub.

Google API Services

My Circle's use and transfer of information received from Google APIs adheres to the Google API Services User Data Policy, including the Limited Use requirements.

Changes to this policy

If this policy is updated, the "Last updated" date at the top will be revised. Since My Circle has no backend and collects no data, material changes are unlikely.

Contact

For questions about this privacy policy, email creatitproductions@gmail.com or open an issue on GitHub.