What Noir does with mail

Noir is a private email client used by one person, its owner. It only ever handles the mail of the Gmail accounts its owner connects to it.

What it reads

• The name and address of the Google account that signs in.
• The mail in each connected Gmail account: senders, recipients, subjects, text, labels and dates.
• Attachments, only at the moment the owner opens or forwards one. They are not stored.

Where it is kept

Noir keeps a copy of the mail's text in its own database, so that the list, search and sorting are fast. The key that lets Noir reach Gmail is stored encrypted. The database is reachable only by Noir itself. Gmail stays the original: removing the copy loses nothing.

Who else sees it

Nobody reads the mail except its owner. Two things leave Noir, both to do what the owner asked for:

• To sort a mail, its sender, subject and text are sent to an AI model through OpenRouter, which answers with a category, a priority and two scores.
• When the owner asks for help writing an answer, the thread being answered is sent to an AI model through OpenRouter, which answers with a draft.

Both are asked for only from providers that do not keep the text or train on it. Mail is never sold, never used for advertising, and never shared for any other purpose.

Google's rules

Noir's use of information received from Google APIs adheres to the Google API Services User Data Policy, including the Limited Use requirements.

Taking it back

Access can be withdrawn at any time in the Google account, under third-party access. Noir then stops syncing that account. Its owner, who is its only user, can delete the stored copy at any time.

Questions go to hampus@hamsson.com.