Privacy,
in plain English.

01 / On your computer

Folio reads your Anki collection to display decks, card counts, review activity and study progress. It also stores settings you enter: names, greetings, appearance choices, images, study goals, calendar choices and saved source-library text.

Local settings and integration files live in the add-on’s user_files folder, with separate data for each Folio profile. These files are not an encrypted Folio vault. The current Google connection stores authorization tokens in private profile files, not in your operating system’s credential vault. Protect access to your computer and its backups.

Folio settings and connection files do not upload through Anki sync. Cards you explicitly save to your collection follow your Anki sync choices. Installing an update over the same add-on preserves local settings; it does not erase them.

02 / Google Calendar

When you choose Connect Google, Google handles sign-in and permission approval in your browser. Folio receives authorization tokens, never your Google password.

Folio requests permission to list your calendars, read calendar events, and manage secondary calendars created by the app. Google’s reading permission is broader than a single calendar; Folio reads events from the calendars you select for upcoming dates and study planning. The calendar list is also used to identify the dedicated study calendar.

Google can return full event records while a request is processed. The normal saved reading snapshot contains titles, dates and times, calendar labels, busy status, event categories and identifiers. It does not copy descriptions, locations or attendees. These dates help Folio show what is coming up and avoid busy times.

Calendar requests go directly from Folio to Google, not through a Folio-maintainer server. If you enable automatic refresh, selected calendars can refresh while Anki is open. The calendar connection does not automatically send events to an AI model.

03 / Publishing a study plan

Connecting a calendar does not publish sessions. You first preview a plan, check the proposed changes and choose to publish them. Folio writes to a dedicated Folio-created “Folio Study” calendar in your chosen Google or iCloud account.

The plan can include study times and goal names you enter. Folio saves local identifiers and comparison records so it can recognize its own sessions and preserve later edits. It only changes sessions verified as belonging to that profile’s plan; it does not invite attendees or change calendar sharing permissions.

Anyone you share that calendar with may see its study details. Cancelling a request cannot undo a change the provider has already accepted.

04 / iCloud, links & calendar files

Private iCloud connections send your Apple Account email and app-specific password directly to Apple’s calendar service. The password stays in memory for that connection window and is forgotten when it closes. Reconnect to refresh private iCloud calendars next time. Calendar labels, hashed account/calendar identifiers and saved dates remain local. The separate publishing window also uses its password for that session only.

Subscription links are saved locally and sent to the calendar provider named by the link. A link can contain a private access token: treat it like a password. An imported .ics file is copied into the profile and may contain details beyond those displayed. Exporting a plan creates a file where you choose; importing it elsewhere shares it with that application.

If you use the older, separately installed advanced Google companion, its credential store and background service have separate controls. Disconnecting the normal reader does not remove that companion or stop its service.

05 / Optional AI

AI is off by default. If you enable it, requests go to the model connection you select: your computer, another computer you control, or an external service. Asking a question or drafting cards can send your question, selected source passages and labels, and any image you attach to that connection.

Saved source-library text stays in your local profile until you remove it. Model providers can keep their own request logs, and locally managed models can produce local logs. Folio cannot erase a request already received by a model server. Check your chosen provider’s privacy practices; a remote connection is not automatically private.

06 / Sharing & support

Appearance exports can include your profile name, greeting, colors, celebration preference and background image. They exclude calendar connections, tokens, source-library text and AI credentials. Review the names and images before sharing. A full user_files backup can contain private data and credentials; it is not a shareable theme.

Folio does not automatically email your calendar or study data to the maintainer. If you send a support email, screenshot or diagnostic file to rodie105@gmail.com, the maintainer receives what you include and uses it to address your request. Please leave passwords and tokens out. You can use the same address to request help removing support information you supplied.

Where update checks are available, they retrieve public release information from Google Drive. Downloads and checks disclose ordinary network request information to that provider, not your collection, calendar snapshot or profile contents. Downloads do not install an update automatically.

07 / Disconnecting & deleting data

• Disconnect Google removes this Folio profile’s locally saved Google tokens and Google reading selections and dates. It preserves unrelated providers, local publication records, client setup and existing Google events. It does not revoke Google’s account-level permission.
• Remove all reading calendars clears reading selections, imported calendar copies and saved reading dates. It keeps the separate Google sign-in for publishing.
• Disconnect iCloud removes its selected calendars and saved dates while preserving other providers. Closing its window releases session credentials but does not delete saved dates.
• To revoke Google permission, remove Folio in your Google Account connections. This may affect other profiles or computers using that grant. Google explains how to manage access.
• Remove published sessions using Folio’s reviewed removal preview while connected, or in your calendar app. Sessions you edited may need to be removed there.

Local snapshots and publication records have no general automatic deletion deadline. Disconnecting does not purge exports, migration backups, old companion data or computer backups. Folio currently has no single button that erases all those copies. Contact rodie105@gmail.com for help identifying the correct local profile and any separate companion before deleting files. Cards saved to Anki and data already sent to another provider require separate handling.

08 / This website

These pages use no analytics, tracking cookies, external fonts or embedded third-party images. The hosting provider may process ordinary web requests, such as your IP address, browser information and request time, to deliver and protect the site. Opening Google Drive or other external links takes you to a service with its own privacy practices.

This page describes Folio’s current data handling. If that handling changes, this notice will be updated. Questions or privacy requests: rodie105@gmail.com.