The short version
- We don’t collect, receive or store your text or any personal information through TypeOut.
- The only network request TypeOut makes is the iPhone app and keyboard checking for updates, and it sends nothing about you. The Chrome extension makes no network requests. There’s no account, no analytics, no advertising and no tracking.
- Your clipboard is read only when you start typing, and the text goes straight into the text box on your device.
- The only things saved are your settings, on your device.
- This website uses no cookies, analytics or trackers.
Who we are
TypeOut is published by PULORE SOFTWARE CONSULTANCY - FZCO (“Pulore”, “we”, “us”). If you have a question about this policy or about your privacy, email info@pulore.com.
TypeOut for iPhone
TypeOut for iPhone has two parts: the TypeOut app, which shows you how to set things up, and the TypeOut keyboard, which you turn on in Settings.
What the keyboard accesses
- Your clipboard, when you tap Type clipboard. The keyboard reads the text you copied at that moment and types it into the current text box. iOS may ask “Allow Paste?” first; you can allow it once, or choose Allow in Settings → Apps → TypeOut → Paste from Other Apps. To show “Clipboard ready”, the keyboard checks whether the clipboard holds any text. That check doesn’t read the text itself.
- The text box you’re typing in. Like any keyboard, TypeOut can insert and delete text and see the characters just before the cursor. It uses that only on your device: to capitalize the start of a sentence and turn a double space into a period on the letter keyboard, to notice when you move to a different text box, and to pick up where a paused run left off. It doesn’t save or send any of it.
- Full Access. iOS requires Allow Full Access before any keyboard can read the clipboard, so TypeOut asks for it. iOS shows a general warning for every keyboard with Full Access, because it would also let a keyboard use the network. TypeOut uses the network for one thing only, the update check described below. The ABC letter keyboard works without Full Access.
- What you type by hand. Letters you type with the ABC keyboard go into the text box and nowhere else. TypeOut doesn’t log keystrokes or keep a typing history.
What it stores
Your chosen speed and whether typos are on, and the last answer from the update check (which version is the newest), saved on your iPhone in the keyboard’s and app’s own storage. The text you copied is held in memory only while it’s being typed, or while a paused run waits to continue, and is never written to storage. Nothing you type by hand is stored. Deleting the TypeOut app removes the keyboard and its settings.
Checking for updates
At most twice a day, the TypeOut app, and the keyboard when Full Access is on, download a small file from typeout.app (https://typeout.app/version.json) that says which version is the latest, so they can tell you when an update is out. The request contains nothing about you, your device or your text: no identifiers, no cookies, and a plain “TypeOut” user agent. Cloudflare, which hosts typeout.app, receives your IP address to deliver the file, as it does for any website visit; we don’t store it or keep a log of these requests. If the check fails, TypeOut works exactly the same.
TypeOut for Chrome
What the extension accesses
- Your clipboard, when you start TypeOut. That’s when you press the shortcut (⌥⇧V on a Mac, Alt+Shift+V on Windows and Linux), or when you open the TypeOut window, which shows the copied text so you can check or edit it before typing.
- The tab you’re using, only when you start TypeOut. It checks whether a text box is focused (and whether it’s a one-line box), types into it, and listens for Esc or a click so you can stop it. While it types, it also notices if you switch tabs, the page reloads or the text box loses focus, so it can stop. It doesn’t read or collect anything else on the page.
Permissions, and why each one is needed
| Permission | Why TypeOut needs it |
|---|---|
debugger | Sends real key presses to the tab you’re typing into, through Chrome’s built-in DevTools protocol. TypeOut attaches only while it types and detaches when it finishes or you stop it. While it’s attached, Chrome shows “TypeOut started debugging this browser”. |
activeTab | Gives TypeOut temporary access to the tab you’re using, only after you press the shortcut or click the TypeOut icon. |
scripting | Runs small checks in that tab to see whether a text box is focused, adds the Esc and click listeners that let you stop typing, and shows a small notice on the page if something goes wrong. |
storage | Saves your settings (speed, typos and line-break mode) on your device. The TypeOut window also keeps an unsent draft, and the copied text it came from, in session storage, which Chrome clears when you quit the browser. |
offscreen | Chrome’s background workers can’t read the clipboard, so when you use the shortcut, TypeOut opens a hidden offscreen page for that one task. |
clipboardRead | Lets TypeOut read the text you copied when you start it. |
What it stores
Your settings (speed, typos on or off, and line-break mode) in Chrome’s local extension storage, and the unsent draft described above in session storage. Nothing is synced or sent anywhere. All of the extension’s code ships inside the extension; it loads no remote code and makes no network requests. Removing the extension deletes its settings.
This website
typeout.app is a static website. It uses no cookies, analytics, advertising or tracking, and it loads nothing from other companies’ servers. Even the fonts are served from typeout.app.
The site is hosted on Cloudflare. To deliver pages and protect the site from abuse, Cloudflare processes the technical information your browser sends with every request, such as your IP address, browser type and the page you asked for. Cloudflare handles this under its own privacy policy. We don’t add any logging or analytics of our own, and we don’t use this information to identify visitors.
When you email us
If you email us, we receive your email address and whatever you include in your message. We use it only to reply and help you, keep it only as long as that takes, and never sell or share it. Our email provider stores messages on our behalf. Please don’t send private text you were typing; we don’t need it to help. You can ask us to delete your messages at any time.
App stores
Once TypeOut is available on the App Store and the Chrome Web Store, Apple and Google handle downloads and may give us aggregated statistics, such as the number of installs. If you’ve chosen to share analytics with app developers on your iPhone, Apple may also pass on anonymous crash reports. These come from Apple and Google under their own privacy policies, never include your text, and aren’t used to identify you.
Sharing and tracking
We don’t sell, rent or share personal information, and TypeOut doesn’t track you across apps or websites. There’s no advertising and there are no third-party SDKs in the app, the keyboard or the extension.
Children
TypeOut is a general-purpose tool and isn’t directed at children under 13. Because it doesn’t collect personal information, it doesn’t collect any from children either. If you believe a child has emailed us personal information, contact us and we’ll delete it.
Your choices and rights
Because TypeOut doesn’t collect personal information, there’s usually nothing for us to access, correct or delete. To remove everything TypeOut keeps on your devices:
- On iPhone, delete the TypeOut app. This removes the keyboard and its settings.
- In Chrome, remove TypeOut from the extensions page (
chrome://extensions).
For anything you’ve sent us by email, write to info@pulore.com and we’ll help, whichever privacy law applies where you live.
Security
The strongest protection is not having your data in the first place: your text never leaves your device. This website is served only over HTTPS.
Changes to this policy
If we change this policy, we’ll post the new version on this page and update the effective date at the top. If TypeOut ever starts handling information differently, we’ll explain it here before the change takes effect.
Contact
PULORE SOFTWARE CONSULTANCY - FZCO
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