Hedgerow
Draftroom

Draftroom and your privacy

This page sums up what Draftroom does with your data. The Hedgerow privacy policy covers every app, the website and purchases in full.

What stays on your PC

  • Settings and data live in %LOCALAPPDATA%\Hedgerow\Draftroom on your PC.
  • Your library, in Documents\Draftroom or the folder you choose in Settings › Library: your writing as plain Markdown files, plus notes, attachments, keywords, goals and snapshots of earlier versions.
  • A record of how many words you wrote each day, for goals and streaks.
  • A daily backup of your library in the data folder, keeping the last 30 (you can turn this off).
  • Up to 10 recent crash reports, kept on the PC whether or not sending is turned on.
  • A trial start date in the registry under your user account (Direct edition).
  • The installer registers an app path under your user account so other apps can find Draftroom.
  • A Start with Windows entry under your user account, only if you turn it on in Settings › General (Direct edition).

When Draftroom goes online

  • License activation (Direct edition): when you enter a key, Draftroom sends the key, your PC’s name, the app’s name and an anonymous device ID to our license server. About once a week it checks the license again, sending the key and the activation’s ID.
  • Update checks (Direct edition): Draftroom downloads a small file listing the latest version about 45 seconds after it starts. The request includes the app’s name and version, nothing else.
  • Crash reports: off unless you turn them on. If Draftroom crashes, it saves a report on your PC; with reports turned on it also sends that report, with file paths removed, to crash.hedgerowapps.com.

Good to know

  • Your writing is never uploaded. “Open in Pressleaf” saves a Word document and opens it in Pressleaf on the same PC.
  • Crash reports, if turned on, contain the app and Windows versions, the time and the error details, with file names and paths removed. They never include your writing.

There are no ads, and no analytics or usage tracking.

Microsoft Store edition

The Store edition doesn’t contact our license server or check for updates itself: Microsoft handles the purchase, the license and updates, under Microsoft’s privacy statement.