Your data stays yours.

Last updated: 8 November 2026

Copia is a clipboard manager for macOS. This policy explains what the app stores, where it is stored and who can read it. In short: we do not collect any of your data. Copia has no accounts, no analytics, no ads and no servers of its own.

What Copia stores on your Mac

Clipboard history: text, links and images you copy, plus pinned items and settings. Stored in ~/Library/Application Support/Copia, encrypted with AES-256-GCM. The key is created on your Mac and kept in your Keychain.
File copies: when you copy files in Finder, Copia remembers where they are, not their contents. If you turn on file sync, the contents of small copies (up to 20 MB per copy) are also stored, encrypted the same way.
Snippets: the texts and shortcuts you save, stored in the same encrypted file.
Vault: passwords and other secrets you save are stored in the macOS Keychain, not in Copia's files. Showing or pasting them requires Touch ID or your Mac password.
Activity log: a small technical log (at most about 1 MB) in ~/Library/Logs/Copia, used to diagnose problems. It records events such as "paste sent" or "sync finished", with times. It never contains copied content, passwords, Vault values or the names of websites you visit. Older lines are removed automatically.

What Copia does not keep

When Copia detects that you copied a password, API key, token or card number, it masks it, never writes it to disk or iCloud, and forgets it after two minutes.
Nothing copied in password managers, or in apps and websites you add to the ignore list, is saved.
While saving is paused, nothing new is saved.
Copia does not record what you type. To recognise its own shortcuts it holds only the last few key presses in memory.

iCloud sync

If you are signed in to iCloud, Copia can sync your history, snippets and Vault between your Macs. You can turn each one off in Settings.

History and snippets are encrypted on your Mac before they are uploaded to your private iCloud database (CloudKit). The encryption key is stored in your iCloud Keychain, so only your own devices can read the data. Neither Apple nor we can read it.
Apple can see technical details needed to store the data, such as the number and size of records and when they changed, but not their contents.
File contents are uploaded only if you turn on Files under iCloud sync (off by default), and only for copies up to 20 MB each, with 200 MB in total for files. They are encrypted the same way.
Vault items sync through iCloud Keychain, which Apple end-to-end encrypts.
This data is stored in your own iCloud account, under Apple's privacy policy. We have no access to it.

Permissions

Copia asks for Accessibility access. macOS requires it so Copia can paste for you, recognise its shortcuts and tell whether the focused field is a password field. Copia does not use it to read or store the contents of other apps.

Support requests

If you choose Settings › Report a problem, Copia prepares a copy of the activity log with personal details such as your user name, computer name, email addresses and website names removed. It opens an email for you to review; nothing is sent unless you send it. We use what you send only to answer you and fix the problem, and delete it when it is no longer needed.

Deleting your data

Settings › Delete all data removes your history, snippets and activity log, and optionally the Vault. If sync is on, the deletion also reaches iCloud and your other Macs. Uninstalling Copia does not delete the Keychain items; you can remove them with Delete all data first, or in the Passwords app.

This website

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Children

Copia does not knowingly collect any data from anyone, including children.

Changes

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

Contact

Questions about privacy: flareappsofficl@gmail.com