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  "schema": "https://storagestudio.us/schema/wiki-page.v1",
  "title": "Legal documents and your consent choices",
  "slug": "legal-documents-and-consent",
  "url": "https://storagestudio.us/wiki/legal-documents-and-consent",
  "markdown_url": "https://storagestudio.us/wiki/legal-documents-and-consent.md",
  "category": "Settings",
  "category_url": "https://storagestudio.us/wiki/settings/",
  "tags": [
    "legal",
    "privacy",
    "settings",
    "consent"
  ],
  "summary": "You accept the Terms of Service, Privacy Policy and Disclaimer when you first open Storage Studio. Settings → Consent & Legal shows your acceptance record, lets you reread or save each document, and lets you withdraw consent, which stops all background activity.",
  "published_at": "2026-10-01T06:17:32.000Z",
  "updated_at": "2026-10-01T05:37:25.000Z",
  "headings": [
    {
      "level": 2,
      "text": "Accepting the terms",
      "id": "accepting-the-terms"
    },
    {
      "level": 2,
      "text": "The Consent & Legal page",
      "id": "the-consent-and-legal-page"
    },
    {
      "level": 2,
      "text": "Withdrawing consent",
      "id": "withdrawing-consent"
    },
    {
      "level": 2,
      "text": "Your other choices",
      "id": "your-other-choices"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "slug": "sharing-diagnostic-logs",
      "label": "off unless you turn it on",
      "exists": true,
      "url": "https://storagestudio.us/wiki/sharing-diagnostic-logs"
    },
    {
      "slug": "uninstalling-storage-studio",
      "label": "Uninstalling Storage Studio",
      "exists": true,
      "url": "https://storagestudio.us/wiki/uninstalling-storage-studio"
    },
    {
      "slug": "ai-access",
      "label": "Settings → Connections",
      "exists": true,
      "url": "https://storagestudio.us/wiki/ai-access"
    },
    {
      "slug": "learning-center-and-notifications",
      "label": "The Learning Center and notifications",
      "exists": true,
      "url": "https://storagestudio.us/wiki/learning-center-and-notifications"
    },
    {
      "slug": "what-leaves-your-mac",
      "label": "What leaves your Mac, and when",
      "exists": true,
      "url": "https://storagestudio.us/wiki/what-leaves-your-mac"
    },
    {
      "slug": "privacy-overview",
      "label": "Privacy: what stays on your Mac",
      "exists": true,
      "url": "https://storagestudio.us/wiki/privacy-overview"
    }
  ],
  "links_in": [
    {
      "slug": "cookies-and-the-download-link",
      "title": "Cookies and the download link",
      "url": "https://storagestudio.us/wiki/cookies-and-the-download-link"
    },
    {
      "slug": "privacy-overview",
      "title": "Privacy: what stays on your Mac",
      "url": "https://storagestudio.us/wiki/privacy-overview"
    },
    {
      "slug": "sharing-diagnostic-logs",
      "title": "Sharing diagnostic logs with support",
      "url": "https://storagestudio.us/wiki/sharing-diagnostic-logs"
    },
    {
      "slug": "preferences-window",
      "title": "The Preferences window",
      "url": "https://storagestudio.us/wiki/preferences-window"
    },
    {
      "slug": "what-leaves-your-mac",
      "title": "What leaves your Mac, and when",
      "url": "https://storagestudio.us/wiki/what-leaves-your-mac"
    },
    {
      "slug": "your-first-launch",
      "title": "Your first launch, step by step",
      "url": "https://storagestudio.us/wiki/your-first-launch"
    }
  ],
  "diagrams": [
    {
      "kind": "flowchart",
      "caption": "What happens when you withdraw consent",
      "outline": "- Click Withdraw consent\n  - leads to Confirm?\n- Confirm?\n  - Keep consent: leads to Nothing changes\n  - Withdraw and stop: leads to All background activity stops\n- All background activity stops\n  - leads to Storage Studio returns to the acceptance screen\n- Storage Studio returns to the acceptance screen\n  - leads to Accept again?\n- Accept again?\n  - Yes: leads to Everything starts again\n  - No: leads to Decline and Quit, or uninstall\n",
      "source": "%% caption: What happens when you withdraw consent\nflowchart TD\n  A[Click Withdraw consent] --> B{Confirm?}\n  B -->|Keep consent| C[Nothing changes]\n  B -->|Withdraw and stop| D[All background activity stops]\n  D --> E[Storage Studio returns to the acceptance screen]\n  E --> F{Accept again?}\n  F -->|Yes| G[Everything starts again]\n  F -->|No| H[Decline and Quit, or uninstall]"
    }
  ],
  "images": [],
  "screenshots_pending": [
    {
      "alt": "Settings on the Consent & Legal page, showing \"Your acceptance\" with its four rows, the Documents list with Read, Open in browser and Save a copy buttons, and the Withdraw consent group",
      "caption": "The Consent & Legal page"
    }
  ],
  "faqs": [],
  "text": "Before Storage Studio does anything, you accept its Terms of Service , Privacy Policy and Disclaimer . Settings… → Consent & Legal keeps a record of that acceptance, lets you read the documents again at any time, and lets you withdraw your consent. Accepting the terms The first time you open Storage Studio — and again whenever one of the documents changes — you see Welcome to Storage Studio . Each document has its own tab, and you can Open document in browser or Save a copy… before deciding. To continue, tick both: I have read and accept the Terms of Service, Privacy Policy, and Disclaimer. I understand Storage Studio is not a backup tool, and that I am responsible for maintaining independent backups of any data I value. Then click Continue . Decline & Quit closes the app; it removes nothing, and you can simply uninstall. When a document has changed since you last accepted, the screen names it: Updated since your last acceptance . Storage Studio doesn't start its background work until you've accepted. The Consent & Legal page Your acceptance — Accepted by , Accepted on , Device and Language . Documents — each of the three, with the version you accepted. Read opens it inside the app; Open in browser and Save a copy… do what they say. Updated since acceptance marks a document that has changed. Diagnostic logs — a summary of whether you're sharing logs with support. You manage that in Settings → Notifications; see Sharing diagnostic logs with support . Withdraw consent — see below. In the Advanced popover, More → Legal also opens the Terms of Service , Privacy Policy , Disclaimer , Security Policy and Third-party notices . Withdrawing consent What happens when you withdraw consent Flowchart outline: What happens when you withdraw consent Click Withdraw consent leads to Confirm? Confirm? Keep consent: leads to Nothing changes Withdraw and stop: leads to All background activity stops All background activity stops leads to Storage Studio returns to the acceptance screen Storage Studio returns to the acceptance screen leads to Accept again? Accept again? Yes: leads to Everything starts again No: leads to Decline and Quit, or uninstall Withdraw consent stops all background activity and returns Storage Studio to the acceptance screen. Storage Studio asks first — Keep consent or Withdraw & stop . Nothing is deleted or uninstalled: your settings, and everything you've moved, stay as they are. You can accept again, or uninstall separately — see Uninstalling Storage Studio . Your other choices Some things are optional and have their own switches: Sharing diagnostic logs with support — off unless you turn it on . Letting an AI assistant on this Mac read your storage status — Settings → Connections . macOS notifications — The Learning Center and notifications . For what Storage Studio sends and when, see What leaves your Mac, and when and Privacy: what stays on your Mac .",
  "markdown": "Before Storage Studio does anything, you accept its **Terms of Service**, **Privacy Policy** and **Disclaimer**. **Settings…** → **Consent & Legal** keeps a record of that acceptance, lets you read the documents again at any time, and lets you withdraw your consent.\n\n## Accepting the terms\n\nThe first time you open Storage Studio — and again whenever one of the documents changes — you see **Welcome to Storage Studio**. Each document has its own tab, and you can **Open document in browser** or **Save a copy…** before deciding. To continue, tick both:\n\n- **I have read and accept the Terms of Service, Privacy Policy, and Disclaimer.**\n- **I understand Storage Studio is not a backup tool, and that I am responsible for maintaining independent backups of any data I value.**\n\nThen click **Continue**. **Decline & Quit** closes the app; it removes nothing, and you can simply uninstall. When a document has changed since you last accepted, the screen names it: **Updated since your last acceptance**. Storage Studio doesn't start its background work until you've accepted.\n\n## The Consent & Legal page\n\n- **Your acceptance** — **Accepted by**, **Accepted on**, **Device** and **Language**.\n- **Documents** — each of the three, with the version you accepted. **Read** opens it inside the app; **Open in browser** and **Save a copy…** do what they say. **Updated since acceptance** marks a document that has changed.\n- **Diagnostic logs** — a summary of whether you're sharing logs with support. You manage that in Settings → Notifications; see [Sharing diagnostic logs with support](https://storagestudio.us/wiki/sharing-diagnostic-logs).\n- **Withdraw consent** — see below.\n\nIn the Advanced popover, **More** → **Legal** also opens the **Terms of Service**, **Privacy Policy**, **Disclaimer**, **Security Policy** and **Third-party notices**.\n\n## Withdrawing consent\n\n```mermaid\n%% caption: What happens when you withdraw consent\nflowchart TD\n  A[Click Withdraw consent] --> B{Confirm?}\n  B -->|Keep consent| C[Nothing changes]\n  B -->|Withdraw and stop| D[All background activity stops]\n  D --> E[Storage Studio returns to the acceptance screen]\n  E --> F{Accept again?}\n  F -->|Yes| G[Everything starts again]\n  F -->|No| H[Decline and Quit, or uninstall]\n```\n\n*Flowchart — What happens when you withdraw consent. Outline:*\n\n- Click Withdraw consent\n  - leads to Confirm?\n- Confirm?\n  - Keep consent: leads to Nothing changes\n  - Withdraw and stop: leads to All background activity stops\n- All background activity stops\n  - leads to Storage Studio returns to the acceptance screen\n- Storage Studio returns to the acceptance screen\n  - leads to Accept again?\n- Accept again?\n  - Yes: leads to Everything starts again\n  - No: leads to Decline and Quit, or uninstall\n\n**Withdraw consent** stops all background activity and returns Storage Studio to the acceptance screen. Storage Studio asks first — **Keep consent** or **Withdraw & stop**. Nothing is deleted or uninstalled: your settings, and everything you've moved, stay as they are. You can accept again, or uninstall separately — see [Uninstalling Storage Studio](https://storagestudio.us/wiki/uninstalling-storage-studio).\n\n## Your other choices\n\nSome things are optional and have their own switches:\n\n- Sharing diagnostic logs with support — [off unless you turn it on](https://storagestudio.us/wiki/sharing-diagnostic-logs).\n- Letting an AI assistant on this Mac read your storage status — [Settings → Connections](https://storagestudio.us/wiki/ai-access).\n- macOS notifications — [The Learning Center and notifications](https://storagestudio.us/wiki/learning-center-and-notifications).\n\nFor what Storage Studio sends and when, see [What leaves your Mac, and when](https://storagestudio.us/wiki/what-leaves-your-mac) and [Privacy: what stays on your Mac](https://storagestudio.us/wiki/privacy-overview).\n"
}