Privacy Policy for Shelve It
Effective date: 2026-04-06
Shelve It is a local-first personal app for saving and organizing links, notes, text, images, videos, PDFs, files, reminders, folders, tags, locked items, and offline articles.
Data Collection
Shelve It does not collect personal data for analytics, advertising, or tracking.
How the App Works
Shelve It stores saved content locally on your device and in the shared app group container used by the main app and share extension.
When you choose to save a web link, Shelve It may connect directly to the linked website to fetch webpage metadata or article content for features such as link previews and offline reading.
Permissions
Shelve It may request access to:
- Camera, to capture photos and videos you choose to save
- Microphone, to record voice notes and capture video with audio
- Photos Add Access, to save captured photos or videos to your Photos library when you choose that action
- Notifications, to schedule reminders you create
Backups
Shelve It can create local backups of your library. Optional encrypted backups are protected with a password chosen by you.
Third Parties
Shelve It does not use advertising SDKs or tracking SDKs. If future versions add data collection features or third-party services that collect data, this privacy policy will be updated.