rclone — personal backup client

Purpose of this application

rclone is a personal backup client. Its single purpose is to keep a local, offline copy of the operator's own files that are stored in their own Google Drive account, so that those files survive even if the cloud copy is lost, corrupted, or accidentally deleted.

Concretely, the application performs the following on a regular schedule from the operator's own computer:

  1. Read the list of files and folders in the operator's Google Drive;
  2. Download any files that are new or changed to a local disk owned by the operator;
  3. Upload local files to Google Drive as part of restoring or backing up data.

The application is used exclusively by the operator of this website for their personal, non-commercial needs. It is not offered as a service to other people, there are no other end users, and no registration or account on this website is required or possible. All information on this page is public and can be read without logging in.

What Google user data the app accesses

During a one-time authorization the operator grants the application the Google Drive OAuth scope https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive. This is the only sensitive scope requested. It allows the app to read, download and upload files in the operator's own Google Drive. The app never accesses any other Google product (Gmail, Photos, Contacts, Calendar) and never accesses any other user's Drive.

Use of Google user data is limited to the purpose stated above: backing up the operator's own files. The application does not transfer Google user data to any third party, does not use it for advertising, and does not use it to train machine-learning or AI models.

Who operates this application

The application is operated by the registered owner of the domain cloudister.net (see the public WHOIS record for the registrant details). For questions about this application or about your data, use the contact details in the privacy policy.

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