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People use Palarid for sensitive information such as money, health and personal notes. This page explains exactly what happens to that information — in plain English, without marketing language.
Privacy last reviewed 29 September 2026 · security and accessibility 29 September 2026 · Applies to Palarid v4.94.0
Where your data lives
Palarid is a local-first application. When you add a task, log a spend or write a note, that
information is written to storage inside your own browser — localStorage and
IndexedDB — on the device you are using. It is not transmitted to us, because there
is no account system and no database holding user records.
Two practical consequences follow, and both matter:
- Nobody else can read it — not us, not an administrator, not a subpoena to a server that does not exist.
- Nobody else can recover it. If you clear your browser data, use a private window, or lose the device, that information is gone. This is the real trade-off of local-first design, and we would rather state it plainly than let you discover it later. Export a backup regularly.
Data map
What each part of Palarid does with information you enter.
| Feature | What you enter | Processed | Stored | Sent to |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tasks, goals, habits, notes | Text you type | LOCAL | Your browser | Nobody |
| Money tools, net worth, budgets | Amounts, categories | LOCAL | Your browser | Nobody |
| Calculators (mortgage, pension, tax) | Figures | LOCAL | Only if you save | Nobody |
| Health and wellbeing logs | Sleep, mood, weight | LOCAL | Your browser | Nobody |
| Journal and documents | Free text | LOCAL | Your browser | Nobody |
| Co-Pilot / AI features | The prompt you write, plus context you approve | EXTERNAL | Conversation kept locally | Palarid's AI relay, then the AI provider. Bypassed entirely if you use your own key — see Privacy §4a. |
| Weather | Approximate location | LIVE | Not stored by us | Weather API |
| Maps and Earth explorer | Places you search | LIVE | Not stored by us | Map tile + geocoding providers |
| Market and world data | Nothing personal | LIVE | Cached briefly | Public data APIs |
| Waitlist form | Your email, if you choose | EXTERNAL | Netlify Forms | Netlify |
AI processing — stated accurately
Palarid's AI features are not local. We will not describe them as offline or on-device, because that would be untrue. When you use the Co-Pilot or any AI-assisted tool:
- The text of your prompt is sent over the internet to the AI provider currently selected.
- Any context you explicitly approve is sent with it.
- The provider processes that request under their terms and retention policy, not ours.
- The reply is returned and stored locally in your browser.
Everything else in Palarid — every calculator, tracker, planner and note — runs entirely in your browser and sends nothing.
If you supply your own API key
A key you paste into Palarid is stored in your browser's local storage. It is not encrypted, it is readable by anything with access to that device or browser profile, and any usage billed to it is your responsibility. Do not enter a key on a shared or public computer. Palarid never sends your key anywhere except the provider you selected.
Live data
Where Palarid shows external information it labels the state honestly:
- Live — retrieved successfully just now.
- Cached — the last successful result is being shown.
- Unavailable — the source could not be reached.
When a feed fails, Palarid says so. It does not substitute an invented figure. We previously found and removed a hard-coded price that was displayed when the live feed failed — that was a defect, and it is fixed.
Honest limitations
Things we could claim but will not:
- Browser storage is not encrypted secure storage. We will not call it that.
- Palarid has no multi-device sync today. If you want your data elsewhere, export it.
- Calculators produce estimates for planning, not regulated financial advice.
- Health tools track and inform; they do not diagnose. For anything severe, persistent or worsening, speak to a clinician. In an emergency, call emergency services.
- Palarid is a small independent project, not a large company. We would rather say that than imply otherwise.
Your controls
- Export everything — download all your data as JSON at any time.
- Delete selectively or entirely — remove a category or wipe the workspace. Destructive actions ask for confirmation and offer a short undo window.
- Turn AI off — every AI feature is optional; the rest of Palarid works without it.
- Remove a provider key — deletes it from browser storage immediately.
- Use it entirely offline — the core tools work with no network at all.
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Palarid is provided free. There is no subscription and no payment is collected today. If paid capabilities are introduced, they will be announced clearly and will never remove access to data you have already created.
Contact and reporting
Found a security issue, an inaccurate claim, or something that does not work as described on this page? Please report it — corrections to this page are treated as high priority.