How Punchcard works with Google
Punchcard is a unified inbox and AI assistant that brings your emails, messages, contacts and calendars into one smart workspace.
To deliver this experience, Punchcard connects to your Google account with your explicit permission. Here's exactly what we access and why.
PERMISSIONS
Punchcard accesses your Gmail messages (using Gmail read-only and send scopes) so they appear alongside your other conversations in one unified inbox. This powers smart prioritisation, universal search, AI summarisation, and AI-drafted replies. With your permission, Punchcard can also send replies on your behalf — the same way you would in Gmail.
Punchcard accesses your Google Contacts (using the Contacts read-only scope) so you have a single, searchable view of the people you communicate with across every channel.
Punchcard only requests the minimum scopes necessary to deliver these features. We do not request write or delete access to your Calendar or Contacts.
WHAT PUNCHCARD DOES NOT DO
- Punchcard does not sell or rent your Google data.
- Punchcard does not use your Google data for advertising.
- Punchcard does not let humans read your Google data, except where required for support with your consent or for security/legal compliance.
- Punchcard does not train external/generalized AI models on your Google data.
- Punchcard does not transfer your Google data to third parties outside the integrations and providers needed to operate the App.
COMPLIANCE
Punchcard's use and transfer of information received from Google APIs to any other app adheres to the Google API Services User Data Policy, including the Limited Use requirements. Specifically:
- Punchcard only uses your Google data to provide and improve the user-facing features described on this page.
- Punchcard only transfers your Google data to third parties when necessary to provide or improve these features, with your consent, or for security and legal compliance purposes.
- Punchcard does not allow humans to read your Google data unless you have given explicit consent (for example, when contacting support about a specific message), it is necessary for security purposes such as investigating abuse, or it is required by law.
- Punchcard does not use your Google data to serve advertisements.
DATA RETENTION
Punchcard caches your Google data for only as long as needed to deliver the features above. You can disconnect your Google account from Punchcard at any time. When you do, Punchcard stops accessing your data and we remove cached copies within a reasonable period.
Have questions? Email us at info@punchcard.com