Privacy Notice

Forsive is developed and operated by Golam Sarowar Jahan Rifat, an individual developer, not a company. This notice explains what information Forsive collects, why, and what happens to it, and applies to everyone who uses Forsive.

1. Overview

Forsive is a desktop application that reads, edits, and organizes files stored on your computer using an AI model. Most of what Forsive does happens entirely on your machine. A small amount of information is sent to a relay service that the developer operates, which forwards your requests to Google's Gemini API and returns the response. This notice covers both the desktop application and that relay service.

2. Information We Collect

Information you provide

• Email address. Forsive asks for an email address the first time you set it up, before any AI features become available. We use it for two purposes: to keep free trial credits limited to one grant per person rather than per installation, and to let you recover your credit balance if you move to a new device by entering the same address. It is not used as a login. There is no password or account session tied to it, and we do not send marketing email to it.
• Optional feedback on a response. If you click thumbs-down on a reply, you can optionally type a short note about what went wrong. If you write and save one, that note and a short snippet (up to 300 characters) of the reply it's about are sent to and stored by the relay, so the developer can review it and use it to improve Forsive. This only happens when you explicitly save a note; declining to write one, or not clicking thumbs-down at all, sends nothing.
• Contact us submissions. If you use Settings → Contact us, the email address, category, and message you enter are sent to and stored by the relay so the developer can respond. This only happens when you submit the form.

Information collected automatically

• Device identifier. A random identifier is generated on your computer the first time you run Forsive. It is sent with each request so the relay can identify which installation is making it.
• Usage and billing records. Each time Forsive completes a task, the relay records the credits charged, the model used, and the time it occurred, so your balance and history stay auditable. If a request fails before completing, it is not charged and nothing beyond the failure itself is recorded.

Information we do not collect

Forsive does not collect, transmit for storage, or retain the content of your chat messages, the names of files in your workspace, or the content of your files. The one exception: if you explicitly submit a thumbs-down feedback note (see above), a short snippet of that specific reply is stored along with your note. Everything else is used only transiently, as described below, to carry out the request you made.

Why we're allowed to use this information

Under GDPR, we need a valid reason for each way we use your information:

• Email address, device identifier, and usage/billing records: necessary to provide the service you're using. The free trial, credit balance, and per-task charging can't work without them.
• Message and file content sent to Gemini: necessary to carry out the specific request you made.
• Feedback notes: based on your consent. You choose to write and save one, and nothing about the service depends on it. You can withdraw this at any time (see Section 6) without affecting anything already sent.
• Email address and device identifier sent to Paddle: necessary to complete a purchase you asked for.
• Contact us submissions: our legitimate interest in responding to a question or request you initiated yourself.

3. How Your Information Flows When You Use Forsive

When you send a message, Forsive sends your message and the names of the files available in your workspace to the relay, which forwards them to Google's Gemini API and streams the reply back. This exchange is not saved by the relay.

If the assistant needs to read, edit, create, or organize a specific file to answer you, the content of that file is sent through the same path, for that request only. Forsive does not send file content that isn't relevant to the task at hand, and the relay does not retain it afterward.

Forsive never modifies your original files. Any edit or new document is written to a new file, and your source file is left untouched.

If you submit a thumbs-down feedback note, the note you write and a short snippet (up to 300 characters) of the reply it's about are sent to the relay and stored there, tied to your device identifier and email, so the developer can review it and use it to improve Forsive. This only happens when you explicitly click "Save feedback."

If you use Settings → Contact us, the email, category, and message you enter are sent to the relay and stored there, tied to your device identifier, so the developer can respond. This only happens when you submit the form.

If you buy credits, your purchase is handled by Paddle (see Section 4). Your email address and device identifier are sent to Paddle so the credits can be attributed to your account; your payment details go directly to Paddle and never pass through Forsive's own systems.

4. Third-Party Services

Forsive uses the Google Gemini API, operated by Google LLC, to process requests, through a paid API key that the developer holds and pays for. Under Google's terms for paid API usage (see ai.google.dev/gemini-api/terms), content submitted this way is not used to train Google's models and is not subject to routine human review. Google may retain data briefly for abuse detection and legal compliance, consistent with its own policies. Google's terms may change independently of this notice; refer to Google's published terms for the current, authoritative language.

If you buy credits, Forsive uses Paddle.com Market Ltd ("Paddle") to process the purchase, acting as merchant of record. Paddle collects your payment details directly — Forsive and its developer never see or store your card information — and separately receives your email address and device identifier so the purchase can be credited to your account. See Paddle's Privacy Policy for how Paddle handles your information.

Both Google and Paddle operate outside the EU/EEA for at least part of what they do, so using Forsive means some of your information leaves the EU. Paddle's UK entity is covered by the European Commission's adequacy decision for the UK, which lets data move there without extra safeguards. Transfers to Google's and Paddle's US operations rely on Standard Contractual Clauses, a standard EU-approved contract for this kind of transfer.

We do not use any advertising or analytics services, and we do not sell or share your information with third parties for marketing purposes.

5. Where Your Information Is Stored

On the relay:

• Your device identifier, email address, and credit balance are kept for as long as your account is active.
• Feedback notes (with reply snippets) and Contact us submissions are kept until you ask us to delete them.
• Records of a specific purchase may need to be kept longer than an account-deletion request would otherwise honor. German commercial and tax law can require keeping purchase records for up to 8 years. We're still confirming with a tax advisor exactly how that applies to Forsive's own records versus Paddle's, since Paddle is the merchant of record and issues the actual purchase invoice. Until that's settled, we may not be able to fully delete purchase history on request, even though everything else can be deleted.

On your computer, under your application data folder, Forsive stores:

• Your device identifier and email address, and your selected model, in a local configuration file.
• The files in your workspace folder(s), exactly as you've organized them.
• The list of folders you've allowed Forsive to access.
• Your conversation history, stored locally so it survives an app restart.
• Diagnostic logs used for troubleshooting. Forsive does not deliberately write your messages or file contents into these logs.

None of the information stored on your computer is transmitted anywhere except as described in Section 3.

6. Your Rights and Choices

Under GDPR, you have the right to:

• Access the information we hold about you.
• Correct it if it's inaccurate.
• Delete it (see "Deleting your account" below).
• Restrict how we use it, or object to a particular use.
• Receive a copy of it in a portable format.
• Withdraw consent at any time for anything based on your consent. Currently, that's only feedback notes. Withdrawal is forward-looking: it doesn't undo the processing that already happened lawfully before you withdrew. To have an already-sent note deleted outright, use the erasure right above instead.
• Complain to a supervisory authority. The developer is based in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, so that's the ULD (Unabhängiges Landeszentrum für Datenschutz Schleswig-Holstein). You can also complain to the authority in your own country.

Forsive doesn't make automated decisions about you that carry legal or similarly significant effects, so the GDPR right relating to that doesn't apply here.

To exercise any of these, contact us using the details in Section 10.

In practice, day to day:

• Clearing local data. Settings → Clear my data removes your conversation history, folder list, and logs from your computer. It intentionally keeps your device identifier, email, and credit balance, so clearing local data doesn't cost you credits you've already been granted.
• Starting over. Deleting Forsive's application data folder yourself resets the app to a fresh install; entering the same email address on next launch reconnects you to your existing balance automatically.
• Deleting your account. To have your information on the relay (device identifier, email, balance, transaction history, and any feedback notes or Contact us submissions) deleted permanently, contact us using the details below. As noted in Section 5, purchase records may need to be kept longer where German law requires it.

7. Data Security

We take reasonable measures to protect the information described in this notice, including transmitting data over encrypted connections. No method of transmission or storage is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security. If a breach involving your information ever happens, we have a process for assessing and reporting it as required by law, including notifying the relevant authority and, where the risk to you is high, notifying you directly.

8. Children's Privacy

Forsive is not directed at, or intended for use by, children, and we do not knowingly collect information from children. If you believe a child has provided us with information, contact us and we will delete it.

9. Changes to This Notice

We may update this notice as Forsive changes. If a change materially affects what information we collect or how it's used, we will present the updated notice to you again rather than applying it silently. The effective date below reflects the most recent revision.

10. Contact

Questions, concerns, or a data deletion request: Forsive team (hello@forsive.com)

Effective date: September 12, 2026