Agile Cards is built with safety and security in mind. Here are a few facts which will help you understand its architecture and that using Agile Cards should no impact on your security whatsoever.
Analytics
Agile Cards come with inbuilt analytics. The data collected by Agile Cards pertains only to the statistical usage of the add-on. It helps the team at Spartez optimize the solution and implement even better future versions.
If you do not wish to have the usage data collected from your instance, you can disable the analytics. Agile Cards depends on the global Jira setting for analytics collection.
Data read and stored by Agile Cards
Agile Cards stores only the data related to the templates configured for its usage. This data contains all the elements of the Agile Cards configuration:
- names of the templates
- templates' layouts
- page layouts
- colors of printed bars
- and other settings configurable through the Agile Cards interface
All the data pertaining to the content of the actual issues are read by JavaScript code launched within your browser window. None of the elements of this data is saved nor processed outside of your browser windows and Jira.
Where is the data stored?
If you are using Jira Server (on-premises) all the configuration data of Agile Cards is stored on Jira and never leaves them.
If you are using Jira Cloud (on-demand) then the configuration of Agile Cards is stored securely on Spartez server and is provided to the add-on per request.
The code of Agile Cards is downloaded from Atlassian Marketplace directly to Jira and is never served from any third party servers. This means that all the fundamental safety mechanisms applied by Atlassian to your Jira code and data are also applied to Agile Cards code and data.
How does Agile Cards synchronization work?
Agile Cards synchronization algorithm is written in JavaScript. This means that the photo is processed entirely within the browser, and no part of the photo is sent outside of the device you have used to access the Agile Cards. In particular, no part of the photo is processed on your Jira server and no data about the content of the photo is ever sent over to Spartez server.
Who gets access to Agile Cards UI?
Depending on the type of user, here are the available options:
| print cards using existing templates | create, remove or edit print templates | setup physical boards | perform physical board synchronization | perform rank order synchronization | |
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| Jira admins |  | | | | |
| Project admins | | | | | |
| Other users | |  | | | |
Legal
All of this information is part of our End-User License Agreement which you can see on the Atlassian Marketplace listing for Agile Cards.