PCBPad does not collect anything about you.

There is no account to create, nothing to sign in to, and the app makes no network requests of its own. This applies to PCBPad for iPad and for Mac.

Your work

Your boards and schematics are files. They stay wherever you keep them: on the device, in iCloud Drive, or in any location you reach through the Files app. PCBPad reads and writes them in place. It never uploads them, never copies them anywhere you did not ask for, and never looks inside them for any purpose other than showing them to you.

What stays on your device

Preferences, the folders you have loaded as libraries, the recovery snapshot that protects unsaved work, the version history, the home screen thumbnails, and the dates on which the app last asked for feedback. All of it lives inside the app's own container on your device, and none of it leaves.

Diagnostics

If the app crashes or freezes, the operating system hands it a report afterwards. PCBPad writes that report to its own folder so you can look at it later. It is never sent anywhere. "Export diagnostics" puts a copy where you choose, and what you then do with it is your decision.

Separately, Apple may share crash reports and usage statistics with developers if you have allowed it in your device settings ("Share with App Developers"). That is Apple's service, governed by Apple's privacy policy, and you can turn it off at any time in Settings.

Feedback and email

The Feedback button, and the occasional question inside the app, open your own Mail app with a message already written. Nothing is sent unless you press Send in Mail. If you do, we receive your email address and what you wrote. We use them only to read and answer your message. The messages stay in the project's mailbox (pcbpad.app@gmail.com, hosted by Google) and we delete them, and anything you attached, whenever you ask.

No tracking

No analytics, no advertising identifiers, no third-party SDKs, no fingerprinting. The privacy manifest inside the app declares the same thing to Apple. The App Store label for this app is "Data Not Collected".

Purchases

This version of PCBPad has no in-app purchases and no subscriptions. If that ever changes, payments will be handled entirely by Apple, and this page will say so before the change reaches you.

Children

PCBPad collects no data from anyone, including children.

Deleting your data

Deleting the app removes everything it stored in its own container. Files you saved elsewhere (for example in iCloud Drive or another folder) are yours, and stay until you delete them in the Files app. To delete emails you sent us, write to pcbpad.app@gmail.com.

This website

This site is static and hosted on GitHub Pages. It sets no cookies and loads no fonts, scripts or images from other servers. GitHub, as the host, may keep technical logs such as IP addresses, under GitHub's privacy statement.

Changes and contact

If this policy changes, the new version will be published on this page with a new date. Questions: pcbpad.app@gmail.com.

In italiano

PCBPad non raccoglie niente su di te. Non c'è un account da creare né un accesso da fare, e l'app non fa richieste di rete per conto proprio, su iPad come su Mac.

Il tuo lavoro. Schede e schemi sono file e restano dove li tieni: sul dispositivo, in iCloud Drive o in qualunque posizione raggiungibile dall'app File. PCBPad li legge e li scrive lì dove sono, non li carica da nessuna parte e non li guarda per altri scopi che mostrarteli.

Che cosa resta sul dispositivo. Preferenze, librerie caricate, istantanea di recupero, cronologia delle versioni, miniature della home e le date in cui l'app ha chiesto un parere. Tutto sta nel contenitore dell'app e non esce.

Diagnostica. I rapporti di crash che il sistema consegna all'app restano in una sua cartella e non partono mai; «Export diagnostics» ne mette una copia dove scegli tu. Apple può condividere con gli sviluppatori rapporti e statistiche se lo hai permesso nelle impostazioni del dispositivo («Condividi con gli sviluppatori»): è un servizio di Apple, che si spegne dalle Impostazioni.

Feedback ed email. Il pulsante Feedback apre la tua app Mail con un messaggio già scritto; non parte niente finché non premi Invia. Se lo mandi, riceviamo il tuo indirizzo e il testo, e li usiamo solo per leggerti e risponderti. I messaggi restano nella casella del progetto (pcbpad.app@gmail.com, ospitata da Google) e li cancelliamo quando lo chiedi.

Niente tracciamento: nessuna statistica, nessun identificativo pubblicitario, nessun SDK di terzi. Nessun acquisto in-app e nessun abbonamento in questa versione. Cancellando l'app si cancella tutto ciò che teneva nel proprio contenitore; i file salvati altrove restano tuoi. Questo sito non usa cookie né carica risorse da altri server; GitHub, che lo ospita, può conservare registri tecnici.

Domande: pcbpad.app@gmail.com.