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Dodo Recovery Privacy Policy

Last updated: October 20, 2026

1. Scope and data controller

This policy covers Dodo Recovery, the data recovery and drive diagnostics app installed from the Microsoft Store. The data controller is Altai Software (altaisoftware.com.tr, info@altaisoftware.com.tr).

2. In short

For scanning, preview, diagnostics and recovery, Dodo Recovery does not connect to the internet. The files on the drives you scan, the files you recover and your drive information never leave your computer; nothing is sent to Altai Software or to third parties. The internet is used only when you activate Dodo Pro on a computer or remove it (section 6).

3. Information read on your computer

Only to perform the actions you choose, Dodo Recovery reads the following on your computer:

  • the contents of the memory card, SSD or external disk you select: the partition table, the file system and the remains of deleted or formatted files (this requires Windows administrator permission);
  • information inside found photos and videos, such as the capture date (to show them in the gallery and name recovered files);
  • the drive’s model, serial number, capacity, USB link speed, temperature and health data;
  • disk and USB connection entries from the last 30 days in the Windows event log (to find the cause of disconnections and freezes).

4. What is saved on your computer

  • Recovered files and disk images: written only to the folder you choose.
  • Analysis reports and session logs: written to Documents\Dodo\Kayitlar; they may include information such as the drive model and serial number.
  • Undo files: before the optional repair, a copy of the sectors to be overwritten is saved to Documents\Dodo\GeriAl; these files may contain part of the data on your drive.

You can delete these folders at any time. If you uninstall Dodo Recovery, the files in your Documents folder stay with you.

5. What is written to drives and system settings

Analysis, scanning, recovery and imaging are read-only; nothing is written to the scanned drive. Dodo Recovery writes to a drive or to Windows settings only in actions you explicitly start: boot-sector and partition-table repair (an undo file is saved first), the speed and fake-capacity tests (temporary files are written to free space, verified and deleted), and the “Fix” suggestions on the diagnostics screen (for example USB power saving, write caching, TRIM, chkdsk).

6. Dodo Pro activation (up to 2 computers)

A Dodo Pro license is used on up to two computers. To make this work, only the following is sent to Altai Software’s license server when Dodo Pro is activated or when you choose “Remove from this computer”:

  • a key generated by the Microsoft Store that lets your purchase be verified with Microsoft (it does not contain your name, email address or payment details);
  • an anonymous device identifier derived from your computer that cannot be reversed;
  • your computer’s name and the Dodo Recovery version.

The server stores an irreversible digest of the purchase, the device identifier, the computer name, the version and the date; this is kept while the license is active and deleted when it is removed from the computer. The license server runs on Google Cloud (Firebase), acting on behalf of Altai Software, in a data center in the European Union (Belgium). Activation happens once; after that Dodo Pro works without the internet.

7. Microsoft Store

Installation, updates and any purchases are handled by the Microsoft Store; your data in these processes is handled by Microsoft under the Microsoft Privacy Statement. Altai Software receives only sales reports from Microsoft (for example country and number of sales) and does not see your personal payment details.

8. Sharing, ads and tracking

Dodo Recovery shows no ads, collects no usage statistics (telemetry), and does not sell or share your data.

9. Support correspondence

If you contact us by email and send us a report or a file, it is processed only to solve your problem, under Turkey’s Personal Data Protection Law No. 6698 (KVKK). Privacy notice (in Turkish)

10. Your rights

You have the right to access your data and to ask for it to be corrected or deleted. Write to info@altaisoftware.com.tr.

11. Changes

If this policy changes, the new text will be published on this page and the “Last updated” date will change.