The Editor

The Editor Privacy Policy

Last updated: 2026-10-07
App: The Editor (iPhone, iPad, Mac)

Introduction

"The Editor" (the "App") is a note-taking app for iPhone, iPad and Mac in which each note can be written as plain text or Markdown.

Through the App, the developer collects no personal information, no note content, and no usage data. Your notes are stored only on your devices and in your own iCloud.

1. Information we collect

None.

The developer does not collect or record any of the following:

• Information that identifies you, such as your name, email address, phone number or account details
• The content of your notes (text, titles, summaries, folders, tags) or the dates you add to "いつだっけ" (When was it?)
• The content or names of files you open in the App
• Location
• Device identifiers or the advertising identifier (IDFA)
• Usage data, logs, crash logs or any other statistics

The App has no account registration and never asks you to sign in.

2. Network communication

The App communicates only in these two cases:

• iCloud sync: to sync notes between devices signed in to the same Apple Account, the App uses Apple's iCloud (the CloudKit private database). The data is stored in your own iCloud space, and the developer cannot see it.
• Images in notes (only when a note contains one): if a Markdown note, or a Markdown file opened on Mac, contains the address of an image on the internet (for example ![](https://…)), the preview loads that image from its server. As with ordinary web browsing, that server receives information such as your device's IP address. If no image address is included, this does not happen.

The developer operates no servers, and the App never sends data to the developer. Links in your notes open in your device's browser.

3. Where notes are stored

Notes are stored only on your devices and in your own iCloud. Deleting the App removes the data on that device. Data left in iCloud can be deleted from Settings → your name → iCloud → Storage on iPhone and iPad, or System Settings → your name → iCloud on Mac.

4. On-device AI (all processing happens on the device)

On devices that support Apple Intelligence, with it turned on, the App uses the AI built into the device (Apple's Foundation Models) to create titles and summaries, format notes as Markdown, suggest tags, answer questions about your notes, and search by sentence.

• All of this processing happens on the device. Note content is never sent to the developer or to third parties.
• The App uses no cloud AI services.
• Apple's Writing Tools, available in text fields, are a feature of the operating system and follow your Apple settings (separate from the App's own AI features).

5. Files (Mac, iPhone, iPad)

• The App reads and writes only files you choose (Open…, Import, drag and drop, or Finder's "Open With"). On Mac, the App runs in the App Sandbox and does not access files you have not chosen.
• Text files opened on Mac are saved back to their original location. They are not added to your notes or to iCloud (only when you press "メモに取り込む" (Import as note) does the content become a note).

6. Permissions

Notifications (iPhone and iPad only)

Used to remind you on the day before and the morning of yearly dates (birthdays, anniversaries) you add to "いつだっけ". Notifications are scheduled on the device; no external server is used. The App asks for permission when the first such date exists. Everything else works without it, and you can turn reminders off in the App's settings (「いつだっけの通知」).

Permissions the App does not request

Location, camera, microphone, photos, contacts, calendars, App Tracking Transparency.

7. Settings stored in the App

The App stores the following on the device only (UserDefaults). It is never sent anywhere and is removed when you delete the App.

• The last side you opened (Private / Work), the Markdown view (edit / split / preview), the format of new notes and similar settings
• Whether "いつだっけ" reminders are on
• Whether the welcome note has been added

On Mac, the list of recently opened files is recorded on the device by the standard macOS mechanism (clear it with File > Open Recent > Clear Menu).

8. Ads, analytics and third parties

• The App shows no ads and contains no advertising SDKs.
• The App contains no analytics SDKs.
• The only external library is Apple's open-source Markdown parser (swift-markdown, with the swift-cmark library it uses), which does not communicate over the network.
• Since the developer collects no data, there is no data to share with or sell to third parties.
• The App does not track you or link your information across other companies' apps or websites.

9. Children's privacy

The App is not directed at any particular age group, and because it collects no personal information from anyone, it collects none from children.

10. Your rights

The developer holds no personal data, so there is nothing for the developer to disclose, correct or delete. You can delete data on your device by deleting the App, and data in iCloud by following section 3, at any time.

11. Changes to this policy

If this policy changes, for example when features are added, we will update this page and its date. Material changes in how data is handled will also be announced in the App's release notes.

12. Contact

For questions about this policy or the App's privacy:

• Business: エイカ (Eika)
• Representative: Akira Iizuka
• Address: disclosed without delay upon request.
• Contact: theeditor@nowi.tokyo