Last updated: 2026
WinCopy is built to need as little of your data as possible. Here's exactly what exists and where.
WinCopy has no telemetry and no analytics. Day-to-day use doesn't phone home. The only network activity it ever performs is the file transfers you explicitly start (including, for Pro, copies to a network/UNC path you choose) and the one-time activation check described below — nothing else is ever sent to us.
Pro license keys are verified entirely offline, on your own machine, using
cryptographic signature checking — that part never contacts any server. Separately,
the first time you click Activate, the app makes a single network request to our
activation server with your license key and a hashed device identifier (not your raw
hardware ID), so we can enforce one device per key and block a key after a refund. If
you're offline at that moment, activation still proceeds using the offline check
alone. After activation, the app doesn't contact the server again — everyday use
stays fully offline. Your key is stored locally in your Windows user registry
(HKCU\Software\WinCopy) and, on our end, only as the device-binding
record described here plus the record of having issued it to you (see "Purchases"
below).
This site has no accounts and no sign-in. We don't operate a database of site visitors.
Checkout is handled entirely by Paddle, our Merchant of Record. We never see or store your card details — Paddle's own privacy policy governs payment data. After a purchase, we keep a private record of your email address and the license key issued to you, so we can help you if you lose your key or need a refund. This record is never sold or shared, and only used for license support.
This site sets no first-party tracking cookies. Paddle's own embedded checkout script may set cookies necessary for checkout to function — those are governed by Paddle's privacy policy, not ours.
Email [email protected] with any privacy question, including a request to delete your purchase record.
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