Privacy Policy

Effective 30 October 2026

This policy covers the apps made by Average Bots ("we", "us"):

• Mello for Trello, a browser extension for Trello and Jira
• SaaSBak, a browser extension that backs up Slack, Microsoft Teams and Gmail

What applies to all of them comes first. Then each app has a section of its own, saying what it reads, what it keeps and who it talks to.

The short version, for every app

• We do not collect your data. Average Bots runs no server that your data is sent to or passes through.
• What an app keeps is kept in your own browser, on your own computer, or on a server you chose to connect yourself.
• An app talks only to the service it works with, using the sign-in you already have in your browser, and to servers you add yourself.
• No analytics, advertising, crash reporting or tracking code. No code is loaded from anywhere: everything an app runs ships inside it.
• Nothing is sold, rented, shared or transferred.

Sharing and selling

We do not sell, rent, share or transfer your data, and we do not use it for advertising, to determine creditworthiness, or for any purpose other than the single purpose of the app you are using. Our apps' use of data follows the Chrome Web Store User Data Policy, including its Limited Use requirements.

Servers you add yourself

Mello and SaaSBak can each connect to a server of their own kind that you add yourself, by its address. Your browser asks your permission for that one address first, and the app contacts only servers you have added. A server you add is run by you, or by whoever gave you its address, and its own privacy terms apply to what it keeps. Average Bots does not run a server for you, and none is needed to use either app.

Mello for Trello

Mello shows your own Trello cards, and the issues of Jira sites you connect, in one place in your browser.

What it reads

Mello reads your Trello boards, lists, cards, comments, checklists, labels, members and attachments: the same things you see on trello.com. It asks trello.com from your browser, with the Trello sign-in already in it. It never sees or stores your Trello password, and uses no API key or token. What you change in Mello (a due date, a comment, a card moved) is sent to trello.com, the same as if you had made the change there.

If you connect a Jira Cloud site (an address ending in atlassian.net), Mello reads the issues its query finds there, and, when you open one, its description, comments, fields, sub-tasks, linked issues and list of attachments. A file is fetched only when you open it and is not kept. It uses the Jira sign-in already in your browser, never sees your Atlassian password, and uses no API token. Changes you make to an issue are sent to that site, and nowhere else.

On trello.com and Jira pages, Mello may show a small pill that opens Mello or offers to add that site. Of the page it reads only the address, and it sends nothing anywhere unless you click it.

Mello notices a tab that is a Mello server you are signed in to, by the tab's address and icon, so it can offer to connect it. It reads nothing on the page itself, and asks that server only its name and version until you click Connect.

What it keeps

In the extension's storage, on your computer: your settings, the order you rank cards in, a copy of the cards it last loaded, and smaller copies of pictures from your cards, so it opens quickly. None of it leaves your computer, and removing the extension deletes it.

Who it talks to

trello.com; Jira sites you connect; and Mello servers you add. Nothing from Jira is sent to trello.com or to a Mello server. A copy of Mello not installed from the Chrome Web Store checks the server it was installed from, every few hours, for a newer version.

Why it asks for each permission

• Storage and unlimited storage: to keep the settings and copies above on your computer. A few hundred cards with pictures can pass Chrome's default limit.
• Access to trello.com and atlassian.net: to read and change your boards and the issues of Jira sites you connect, and to show the pill on their pages.
• Tabs and scripting: Trello only accepts requests made from a trello.com page, so Mello sends them from a trello.com tab. The same lets Mello bring back its own tab rather than open another, and spot a Mello server's page.
• Alarms (only in copies installed from outside the Chrome Web Store): for the update check above. The Chrome Web Store copy is kept up to date by the store and does not ask for this permission.
• Other sites (optional): asked for only when you add a server, and only for that address.

SaaSBak

SaaSBak saves copies of your own Slack, Microsoft Teams and Gmail conversations as files.

What it reads

When you click SaaSBak's button in a Slack, Teams or Gmail tab, it reads the conversations, messages, emails, attachments and names of the people in them that you pick, for the dates you pick. It reads them with the session that tab already has, the way the app's own page does, so it can reach only what your account can already see. It only reads: it never posts, edits or deletes anything.

To offer connecting a SaaSBak server you are signed in to, it looks at the address and icon of your open tabs for one that is a SaaSBak server. It does not record your browsing or send it anywhere.

Where your copies go

Only where you choose, each time:

• Your computer, as a zip in your Downloads folder (the default).
• This browser: kept in the extension's own storage on your computer, to read, search and download later.
• A SaaSBak server you connected yourself.

What it keeps

In the extension's storage, on your computer: your export settings, the pulls you saved to run again, the servers you connected with an access token for each, offers to connect a server you turned down for now, and whatever you chose to keep in this browser. A saved pull you choose to keep on one of your servers is kept on that server too. A server's token is sent only to that server. Deleting what is kept, removing a server, or removing the extension removes them.

Why it asks for each permission

• activeTab and scripting: to add SaaSBak's panel, which ships inside the extension, to the Slack, Teams or Gmail tab you clicked its button in.
• Access to Slack, Teams and Gmail (and the Skype and SharePoint addresses Teams serves pictures and files from): to read the conversations you pick, with that tab's session.
• Storage and unlimited storage: to keep your settings, saved pulls and servers, and the copies you keep in this browser. A mailbox or a busy channel easily passes Chrome's default limit, and must not be cleared to make room.
• Tabs: to open and focus SaaSBak's own pages, and to spot a SaaSBak server's page, as above.
• Context menus: three items on SaaSBak's own button (Guide, Kept in this browser, Servers). None on web pages.
• Other sites (optional): asked for only when you connect a server, and only for that address.

Children

Our apps are not directed at children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect information from anyone, including children.

This website

averagebots.com sets no cookies and uses no analytics. Like most web servers, ours keeps standard access logs (IP address, browser and the page requested) for a limited time to keep the site running and secure.

Changes

If this policy changes, the new version will be posted on this page with a new effective date. If an app ever starts handling data differently, this page will say so before the version that does is released.

Contact

Questions about this policy or your data: tuczonapps@cowmix.org.

Average Bots' apps are independent. They are not made by, endorsed by or affiliated with Atlassian, Slack, Microsoft or Google. Trello and Jira are trademarks of Atlassian; Slack, Microsoft Teams and Gmail are trademarks of their owners.