Privacy

Privacy Policy

Last updated February 2026 · Version 1.0

Our privacy commitments — before you read anything else.

  • We never sell your data. Not now. Not ever.
  • We never use your traces to serve you ads.
  • We never share your content with third parties for their own purposes.
  • Your traces are private by default. That's not a setting — it's how Trase is built.
  • We collect only what we need to make Trase work for you.
  • You can delete your account and all your data at any time, no questions asked.
01

Who We Are

Trase is a private space to leave traces of what inspires you and rediscover them when you need them.

This Privacy Policy explains what information we collect when you use Trase, why we collect it, and how we handle it. If you have any questions, you can always reach us at privacy@usetrase.com.

02

What We Collect & Why

Our guiding principle is to collect only what we need. Here is exactly what that looks like in practice.

Email address

To create and identify your account; to send essential service emails.

Until account deletion
Name

To personalise your account and experience within Trase.

Until account deletion
Your traces

To store and display your saved content across all your devices.

Until deletion
IP address

To detect unauthorised access and prevent malicious abuse.

90 days
Device & browser

To deliver a consistent experience and diagnose technical issues.

90 days
Usage events

To understand how Trase is used so we can continuously improve it.

12 months
We do not collect your age, race, gender, religion, sexual orientation or any other protected characteristic. We do not collect biometric data.

What we do not collect

We do not build advertising profiles. We do not track you across other websites. We do not buy or receive data about you from data brokers.

03

AI Processing

To help you rediscover your traces naturally, Trase analyses the content you save — generating titles, summaries, tags, colour palettes, and reading text within images.

What gets analysed

  • Images — for visual analysis, colour extraction, and OCR
  • Link content — for summarisation and tag generation
  • Notes — for contextual tagging and title suggestions
Your traces are processed to generate context for you. They are never retained by AI providers to train their models, and never shared with other users or third parties.
04

Your Rights

We honour the same universal data rights for all Trase users, regardless of geography.

Access & Portability

Request a copy of your personal data in a portable format at any time.

Correction

Ask us to correct any inaccurate information we hold about you.

Erasure

Request that we delete your data by deleting your account entirely.

Object & Restrict

Object to processing or restrict usage during disputes.

To exercise these rights, email us at privacy@usetrase.com.

05

Changes

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Meaningful changes will be notified via email at least 14 days before they take effect.

Questions?

Email us at privacy@usetrase.com. We're a small team and we read everything.