Privacy Policy

Last updated September 27, 2026

Boardio is a free project-board app that runs entirely in your web browser. This page explains what data it uses and where that data goes. The short version: your boards stay in your own Google Drive, and Boardio has no server of its own.

What Boardio accesses

When you sign in with Google, Boardio asks for:

• Your basic profile (name, email address and profile picture), to show who is signed in and who is on a shared board.
• Access to files Boardio creates, or files you choose to open with it (Google's drive.file permission). Boardio uses this to save and load your boards. It can't see or change any other files in your Google Drive.

Where your data is stored

• Your boards are saved as files in your own Google Drive, in a folder you choose (named “Boardio Projects” by default).
• Settings such as your theme, background and sidebar sizes are stored in your browser's local storage on your device.
• “Use without an account” mode stores boards only in your browser on that device.

Boardio has no database or server. Your board data is never sent to Boardio or to its developer.

Sharing

When you share a board, Boardio uses Google Drive's normal sharing to give the people you choose access to that board file. You can remove their access at any time from Boardio's share window or from Google Drive.

AI features

Boardio's AI assistant runs on your own computer, inside your browser, using WebLLM. The model is downloaded once from a public content-delivery network and stored in your browser. Your prompts and board content are processed on your device and are not sent to any AI service.

Third-party services

Boardio loads a few things from other services to work:

• Google, for sign-in, Google Drive and the Google Picker, under Google's Privacy Policy.
• GitHub Pages, which hosts the website itself.
• jsDelivr and Hugging Face, which serve open-source code libraries and the AI model files.
• Google Fonts, which serves the typeface.

These services may receive standard technical information, such as your IP address, when your browser downloads from them.

Google API data

Boardio's use of information received from Google APIs follows the Google API Services User Data Policy, including the Limited Use requirements. Boardio uses Google data only to provide its board features to you. It doesn't sell your data, use it for advertising, or transfer it to anyone else.

Removing your data

• Delete boards inside Boardio, or delete the files and folder in Google Drive.
• Revoke Boardio's access at any time at myaccount.google.com/permissions.
• Clear Boardio's local settings and saved AI model by clearing site data for boardio.github.io in your browser.

Children

Boardio is a general-purpose productivity tool. If you use it with a school Google account, your school's own policies also apply.

Changes

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

Contact

Questions or requests? Open an issue at github.com/Boardio/boardio.github.io.