Viewer privacy notice

Someone shared a document with you through Sharelatch. This notice explains what is recorded when you open it, who sees it, and your choices.

Who decides

The person or company who sent you the link (the "owner") decides what to share and receives the reading information. They are responsible for it (the "controller"). Sharelatch, run by SCOI Technologies Private Limited, runs the service for them and processes the information on their behalf.

What is recorded

When reading is tracked, the owner can see:

• when you opened the link, and how many times;
• how long you spent on each page or section, and how far you read;
• roughly where you were (country, region and city, from your internet address);
• the kind of device, browser and system;
• your email address, if the link asked for it;
• a shortened version of your internet address.

Sharelatch also keeps your full internet address for 30 days, for security and to stop abuse. It's never shown to the owner.

A private view on a link that doesn't ask for your email records nothing about you: the owner only sees that the link was opened. On a link that asks for your email, a private view records your email and when you opened it, nothing else.

Your choices

• In the European Economic Area, the UK, Switzerland, and when your country can't be told, you choose before reading is tracked: "Open document" or "Open without tracking". You can stop tracking at any time from the Sharelatch mark in the corner of the page; what was recorded during that visit is then deleted. India is added to this list in May 2027.
• Elsewhere, the page tells you before reading is tracked. If you don't want it tracked, you can close the page.

Why it's recorded

So the owner knows their document reached you and can follow up. Where we ask, the legal basis is your consent. Elsewhere, it's the owner's legitimate interest in knowing how the document they sent you is used, which the notice on the page tells you about.

Sharelatch keeps full internet addresses for its own legitimate interest in security.

Cookies on viewing pages

Cloudflare, which carries our traffic, may count page visits in total without cookies.

How long it's kept

View details are kept for up to a year, depending on the owner's plan, or until the owner deletes the document. Full internet addresses are deleted after 30 days.

Who else handles it

The companies that help us run Sharelatch, listed on services we use. Your information may be processed outside your country, in Singapore and India and on Cloudflare's network, with safeguards where the law requires them. We never sell it or use it for advertising.

Your rights

You can ask to see or delete what was recorded about you, or object to it. The quickest way is to contact the owner who sent you the link. You can also email hello@sharelatch.com with the link's address, and we'll help or pass your request to the owner.

If you're in the European Economic Area, the UK or Switzerland, you can complain to your data protection authority. In India, you can contact our Grievance Officer, Qaidjohar, at hello@sharelatch.com.