Scratchbay and your privacy

This page sums up what Scratchbay 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\Scratchbay on your PC.
Your five pads, as plain text files plus a journal of recent edits.
A copy of the last text you cleared from each pad, so Undo clear works after a restart.
Daily backups of your pads from the last 7 days, while Daily backups is on (it is by default).
Your settings, including pad names, colors and where floating pads sit.
A trial start date in the registry under your user account (Direct edition).
A Start with Windows entry under your user account, if that option is on (Direct edition).

When Scratchbay goes online

License activation (Direct edition): when you enter a key, Scratchbay 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): only when you choose Check for updates. The request includes the app’s name and version, nothing else.
Crash reports: off unless you turn them on. If Scratchbay 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

If you move your pads to another folder in Settings › Data, they are kept there instead. Backups stay next to Scratchbay's settings.

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.