Privacy Policy
Sortia for Google Sheets · last updated July 12, 2026
The short version
Your data never leaves your spreadsheet. All computation — statistics, simulations, solvers, matching, forecasting — runs inside Google's Apps Script environment and your browser. The add-on never reads or transmits your spreadsheet data. The only thing it ever sends is an anonymous feature-usage ping (described below), which contains no data, no identifiers, and nothing about you.
What the add-on can access
The add-on requests two narrow permissions:
| Permission | Why |
|---|---|
View and manage spreadsheets that this application is installed in (spreadsheets.currentonly) | Read the ranges you point a tool at and write result sheets back. It cannot see any other file in your Drive. |
Display sidebars and dialogs (script.container.ui) | Show the tool panels. |
What we collect
Almost nothing, and never your data. Specifically:
- Your spreadsheet data never leaves Google. No cell values, ranges, formulas, results, or file information are ever read by us or sent anywhere.
- Anonymous feature-usage pings. When you encounter one of Sortia's plan limits (for example, requesting more simulation trials than the free plan includes), the add-on sends a single anonymous event to our server containing only the name of the limit (e.g.
trials) and the action (e.g.hit). It carries no spreadsheet data, no email or account identifiers, no license information, and no device identifiers, and we store no per-user records — only aggregate counts, which we use to decide which plan limits to relax. That is the complete list of what the add-on transmits. - No account information is read or stored by us. License keys, if you purchase one, are validated offline inside the add-on.
- Saved settings (risk-input distributions, scenarios) are stored inside your own spreadsheet on hidden sheets — they travel with the file and stay under your control.
- Purchases happen on our website via Stripe, not inside the add-on; Stripe's own privacy policy governs payment details. We receive your email and expiry to mint your license key.
Data processing details
- Tool inputs (the cell ranges you select) are processed in-memory during a run and written back as output sheets in the same spreadsheet.
- Example datasets created by “Load example” are written to clearly named sheets (
Example — …) in your spreadsheet and are yours to delete. - Error logs, if any, go to Google's own Apps Script logging for your account (Stackdriver), visible only to you and Google per their policies.
Changes and contact
Material changes to this policy will be reflected in the add-on listing and this document with an updated date. A support address will be published with the Google Workspace Marketplace listing.