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Paste privacy rating

Clipboard manager for Mac, iPhone and iPad that keeps a searchable history of copied items, with pinboards and optional sync through iCloud.

Denmark Nine EyesPlatforms: macOS · iOS

Summary

Paste scores 20 out of 100 (grade F) on the clipboard managers criteria. It meets 1 of 4 criteria: no ads or data sales. It does not meet open source, no trackers or telemetry and independent audit. It is based in Denmark: Nine Eyes member; EU member (GDPR).

Score 20 out of 100. How scoring works

Criteria

  • No

    Open source Weight 3 of 3

    Is all the source code needed to run the product public?

    Closed source.

  • No

    No trackers or telemetry Weight 3 of 3

    Are the website and apps free of third-party trackers, with any analytics anonymous and any telemetry off by default?

    The privacy policy lists PostHog product analytics and Sentry crash reporting in the app, and Plausible analytics on the website.

    pasteapp.io

  • Yes

    No ads or data sales Weight 2 of 3

    Is the product funded without advertising, ad targeting or selling user data?

    Funded by subscriptions, with no ads. The policy states personal data is never sold, and clipboard data is not stored on the vendor's servers.

    pasteapp.io

  • No

    Independent audit Weight 2 of 3

    Has an independent security or privacy audit been published within the last three years?

    No independent audit is published.

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