Privacy policy

Tali's Notes · last updated 14 October 2026

Tali's Notes is a handwriting notes app for Android tablets. This page explains what happens to your information when you use it. In short: your notes stay on your tablet and in places you choose, and nothing is sent to us.

What the app stores

• Your notebooks, handwriting, shapes, typed text, pictures, imported PDFs and voice memos, and your settings (pens, colours, papers).
• All of it is stored on your tablet, inside the app's own storage.

What we collect

Nothing. The app has no account with us, no analytics, no advertising and no tracking. We never receive your notes or any information about you.

Backups

• Backup file. You can save a backup file wherever you choose (the tablet, Google Drive, OneDrive and similar). The app writes only to the file you picked.
• Google Drive backup (optional). If you turn it on and sign in, the app uses Google's drive.file permission to create and update its backup files in a “Tali's Notes” folder in your own Google Drive. With this permission the app can only see files it created; it cannot see or change anything else in your Drive. The backup goes straight from your tablet to your Google Drive; it never passes through us. You can turn it off in the app, and remove the app's access at any time in your Google Account (Security › Third-party access).
• Android's own backup. If backup is on in your tablet's settings, Android may save the app's data to your Google account, as it does for other apps.

The app's use of information received from Google APIs adheres to the Google API Services User Data Policy, including the Limited Use requirements.

Permissions

• Microphone, only when you record a voice memo. Recordings are saved in the notebook on your tablet.
• Camera, only while the app's camera screen is open (+ › Camera, or Take a photo in a notebook). Photos are saved in the app on your tablet.
• Internet, only for the optional Google Drive backup.

Crash reports

If the app closes unexpectedly, it keeps a short technical report on the tablet (what went wrong in the code, the time, the app version, the tablet model and the Android version; never your notes). Nothing is sent by itself: only if you tap Send report, your email app opens with the report, and you choose whether to send it. If you installed the app from Google Play, Google may also collect anonymous crash and performance data for developers, as described in Google's own privacy policy.

Sharing

We don't sell, share or transfer your information to anyone. When you share or export a page or PDF yourself, it goes only to the app you choose.

Deleting your data

Deleting a notebook moves it to Recently deleted, where it is erased after 30 days, or right away if you empty it. Uninstalling the app erases everything stored on the tablet. Backups you saved are yours to delete in Google Drive or wherever you kept them.

Children

The app is not directed at children under 13 and collects no personal information from anyone.

Changes

If this policy changes, the new version will be posted on this page with a new date.

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