Last updated: 25 May 2026
ShortJo has no user accounts, runs no analytics, serves no ads, and never sees the contents of your journal. Your entries live in your browser, or — if you choose — in a folder inside your own Google Drive or Dropbox. We have no copy.
ShortJo does not have user accounts. There is no signup form, no email field, no password, no "log in with Google." You open app.shortjo.com and start writing.
Because there is no account, we never collect or store your name, email address, phone number, IP-linked profile, or any other personal identifier.
By default, every entry you write is saved to your browser's localStorage — a small private store that sits on your device, in your browser, scoped to the domain. It does not leave your computer.
Optionally, in Settings, you may choose to connect your own Google Drive or Dropbox. When you do that, ShortJo writes plain-text files into a folder you own, in your account, on infrastructure you already have a relationship with. The sync happens directly between your browser and Google or Dropbox. ShortJo's domain is not in the middle and we receive no copy of the file contents.
ShortJo runs no analytics scripts. There is no Google Analytics, no Plausible, no Fathom, no Mixpanel, no Segment, no heatmap tool, no session replay, no advertising pixel. We do not know how many people used the app today, which pages were viewed, or how long anyone stayed. We do not place cookies for tracking. The only client-side storage we use is the localStorage key that holds your own journal.
The static HTML, CSS and JavaScript that make up ShortJo are served from a static host (Cloudflare Pages). The host keeps short-lived access logs for security and abuse-mitigation purposes — these contain things like the requesting IP, requested path and User-Agent string. ShortJo does not export, aggregate, link, or otherwise touch those logs.
ShortJo sets no first-party cookies. The static host may set a short-lived security or routing cookie at the edge; we do not read it from the app and it carries no identifier we use.
The only third-party services involved are the cloud providers you opt into — Google Drive or Dropbox — each governed by its own terms and privacy policy:
If you never connect either, no third party is involved.
ShortJo is suitable for general audiences. We don't collect data from anyone, so we don't collect data from children. Parents and guardians of children under 13 should review what is stored locally on the device, the same as they would any other notebook.
Because we hold no data about you, the standard data-subject requests — access, correction, deletion, portability — resolve at your end of the wire:
If we change this policy, we will update the date at the top of the page. Because we have no email addresses, we can't notify you directly — the canonical version always lives at this URL.
Questions about privacy can be sent to [email protected]. We will reply, and we won't add you to anything.