Privacy policy

This policy describes PanoBox 2.0.0 for Windows, developed by KLOWZY.

What PanoBox reads

While capture is running, PanoBox listens for Windows clipboard changes. It can save copied text, a PNG copy of an image, or a list of copied file paths. Entries also contain the capture time, the source application's process name when available, pin state and a local usage count. File-path history does not copy the referenced files into an archive.

You can pause capture from the tray menu or the palette; the palette shows when capture is paused. Closing the palette hides it; use the tray's exit command to stop the application.

In settings you can list applications by their Windows process name, such as Teams or mstsc. Content copied from a listed application is never recorded, whether or not the password filter is enabled.

Where information is stored

The installed app stores its data in %LOCALAPPDATA%\PanoBox in your Windows profile. The portable app uses a Data folder beside PanoBox.exe when that folder is writable, otherwise%LOCALAPPDATA%\PanoBox. Settings → Backup and data shows the active folder.

PanoBox does not encrypt its database, images, settings, logs or text exports, and backups are encrypted only when you set a password for them. Someone who can access unencrypted files under your Windows account or on a shared drive may be able to read them. If you put the portable folder or an export in a cloud-synced folder, that folder's backup or sync service may upload it independently of PanoBox.

Error logs stay on your PC and may include file paths or other exception details. Inspect them before sharing. A damaged database may be retained beside the active database for recovery; those old copies can still contain history.

Filters for sensitive content

The sensitive-content filter is enabled by default. It checks recognized password-manager process names and some text patterns that resemble credentials or tokens, and honors supported clipboard formats that explicitly opt out of history capture. These checks are best effort: they can miss secrets, and they may skip ordinary text. They do not make clipboard history safe for passwords. Pause capture before copying private credentials, and remove any sensitive entry that was captured.

OCR and QR codes

OCR uses Windows' built-in recognition engine and a Turkish or English language package already installed on the PC. The image is processed locally, and recognized text can become another history entry. QR codes are also generated locally from the text you choose. A QR image contains that text in a machine-readable form; share it only with people who should receive the text.

Internet requests and links

PanoBox has no analytics, advertising or remote crash-reporting service. The clipboard features work without an internet connection. The application requests GitHub's public release metadata only when you choose to check for updates, using GitHub's latest-release endpoint for the public PanoBox repository. GitHub receives ordinary network information such as your public IP address and a PanoBox/<version>User-Agent, under its privacy statement. The update request does not include clipboard text, images, file paths, templates, a device identifier or history.

Checking does not download or install an update. If you choose to open a release page, the website opens in your browser. Other actions that open a copied web link, an email application or the KLOWZY website also use the appropriate system application only when you choose them; those applications and websites have their own privacy practices.

Plain-text paste

The paste-as-plain-text shortcut (Ctrl+Shift+Alt+V by default, configurable or off in settings) reads the current clipboard in the active application, replaces it with its plain text and pastes it. The original formatted content is not kept. The plain text is marked for exclusion from Windows clipboard history and cloud synchronization.

Optional Windows integration

Startup and Explorer context-menu integration are off by default. Enabling them creates per-user Windows registry entries pointing to PanoBox. Explorer actions copy a selected text file's contents or a folder path locally. The installer installs for your Windows account only, adds a Start menu entry and can optionally add a desktop shortcut and the startup entry. None of this requires administrator rights.

Retention, deletion and backups

You can delete individual entries or clear unpinned history, set the history count and choose age-based cleanup (1 hour, 1 day, 7 days or 30 days). New installations keep unpinned history for 30 days by default; updating does not change an existing installation's setting. Pinned entries are retained by those history cleanup controls. Templates have their own delete control. A history deletion does not delete the original file referenced by a file-path entry.

Backups contain history, image files, templates and selected settings with a checksum list. Without a password a backup is an unencrypted ZIP file. With a password it is a .pbx file encrypted with AES-256-GCM, using a key derived from your password (PBKDF2-SHA256); it is never written unencrypted, and the password is not stored or sent anywhere. A forgotten password cannot be recovered. Text exports are always unencrypted. Backups and exports are separate files in a location you choose and may contain private text and paths. Restoring checks the file before writing, adds missing entries without deleting existing history, and does not switch off privacy protections that are enabled. Backups from PanoBox 1.7.0 or earlier do not contain image files. Clearing history does not remove your exports, previously generated QR images, logs, recovery databases, external backups or copies made by another application. PanoBox does not promise forensic erasure from a disk or backup.

To remove the installed app, use Windows Settings → Apps. The uninstaller removes the startup and Explorer entries and asks whether to delete %LOCALAPPDATA%\PanoBox; your data is kept unless you confirm. To remove the portable app, first disable optional startup and Explorer integration, exit from the tray, then delete the app folder and its active data folder. Remove exported files and other copies separately. Deleting PanoBox history does not remove Windows clipboard history, which is managed separately in Windows settings.

Changes and contact

This page is updated when the application's data handling changes. For questions or a private report, seePanoBox support. Please avoid sending clipboard history, backups, secrets or private files when asking for help.