Privacy Policy
rclone · personal Google Drive access · Effective November 11, 2026
Summary
This is a single-user, personal app. It collects no data, stores no data on any server, and shares no data with anyone.
Who this app is for
This Google Cloud project, named "rclone", is used by one person (me) to connect the open-source rclone program on my own computer to my own Google Drive accounts. It isn't offered to the public, and no one else signs in to it.
What Google data the app accesses
With my permission, rclone uses the Google Drive API to list, read, create, change and delete files and folders in my own Google Drive, including their names and other file details (metadata). It does this only so those files show up as folders on my computer.
How the data is used
- Files travel directly between Google's servers and my own computer. No other server is involved, and this project runs no servers of its own.
- Copies of recently used files may be cached (kept temporarily) on my own computer's disk so they open faster. That cache never leaves my computer.
- The sign-in token Google issues is stored only in rclone's configuration file on my own computer, which only my user account can read.
What is not done
- No personal data or file contents are collected, stored, or kept by this project anywhere except my own computer.
- No data is sold, shared, or transferred to anyone.
- No data is used for advertising, profiling, or training AI or machine-learning models.
- No analytics, tracking, or cookies are used by the app or by these web pages.
Google API Services User Data Policy
This app's use and transfer of information received from Google APIs to any other app will adhere to the Google API Services User Data Policy, including the Limited Use requirements.
Removing access
Access can be removed at any time from the Google Account's Third-party apps & services page. Deleting rclone's configuration and cache on my computer deletes the locally stored token and cached files.
Web hosting
These pages are hosted on GitHub Pages. GitHub may keep standard server logs of visits to them, as described in GitHub's own privacy statement. This project doesn't see or use that information.
Changes and contact
If this policy changes, this page will be updated and the date at the top changed. Questions can be raised as an issue on this site's GitHub repository.