How Errata works
Errata helps you find what’s published about you and correct it — without anyone holding your data. Here’s exactly how that works, in plain terms, so you can decide whether to trust it.
Everything stays on this device
Errata runs entirely in your browser. There’s no account to create and nothing to sign up for. The record you build, the corrections you draft, and your progress are kept in this browser’s own storage, on this device. They’re never sent to us — because there is no “us” to send them to. Errata has no server that stores your data.
What Errata never does
- No accounts, no login, no password.
- Never asks for your email address or phone number.
- No analytics, no trackers, no “engagement” metrics — not even the privacy-friendly kind.
- No third-party scripts. Nothing on the page phones home.
- No advertising, ever.
The one thing that leaves your browser — and where it goes
Errata does most of the work of a correction: it drafts the opt-out request, the letter, the form text. You press send. When you do, that request goes straight from your browser to the broker or platform you’re contacting — an email you send, a form you submit, text you paste. It doesn’t pass through Errata. That last keystroke is yours, and it’s the whole privacy guarantee: your name only ever moves when you decide to move it.
Saved, or not saved — your choice
When you first open Errata, nothing is written to this device. You start in session-only mode: everything disappears when you close the tab. That’s the safe default for a shared, borrowed, or monitored device.
On your own private device, you can choose to save your progress so it’s here when you come back. You can switch modes anytime in Settings.
“Clear the desk” is always one tap away
The button at the top of every screen wipes Errata’s data from this device instantly — the whole ledger, every draft, your settings.
Being honest about its reach: it clears what Errata stored. It can’t erase your browser history, a backup you’ve already downloaded, or the fact that the site was visited. On a shared device, a private or incognito window plus session-only mode is the stronger cover.
What Errata can’t protect you from
We’d rather tell you the edges than oversell.
- Someone with access to your unlocked device can see what’s on the screen. Session-only mode and a private window are your defenses here.
- Your internet provider, and whoever hosts the site, can see that a device visited Errata — an IP address, the same as with any website. They can’t see what you did inside it. Running Errata offline or self-hosted removes even this.
- A backup you export is a copy of your data on your disk. Errata encrypts backups by default; keep the passphrase somewhere safe, and remember that Downloads folders often sync to the cloud.
You don’t have to take our word for it
Errata is open source. Anyone can read every line, check that it does what this page says, and run their own copy — offline, or on their own server, with no connection to us at all. If you know how, open your browser’s network tools while you use it: you’ll see it isn’t sending your information anywhere.
Read the full source on GitHub.
A note on the legal information
Where Errata explains your rights or a court process, that’s general information to help you get oriented — not legal advice, and laws change. For your own situation, a name-change legal-aid group or a law-school clinic is the right next step.
If you need support
You don’t have to do this alone. These are outside organizations, not part of Errata:
- Trans Lifeline — peer support by and for trans people. US: 877-565-8860 · translifeline.org
- Access Now Digital Security Helpline — free, confidential help for people facing digital threats. accessnow.org/help