Legal
Secure Share Terms
Effective Date: October 29, 2026 (Version 2026.1)
These terms apply when you send or open a Secure Share, and form part of the Terms of Service.
1. What it is
Secure Share encrypts a message or file in your browser before it is uploaded. The key is in the part of the link after "#", which browsers never send to DVSentry, and optionally in a passphrase you give the recipient separately. DVSentry stores only encrypted data and cannot decrypt it.
2. No recovery
DVSentry does not hold your key and will never offer to recover a share. If the link or passphrase is lost, the content is gone.
3. Limits
A text share holds up to 5 KB. A share expires at the time you choose, between 5 minutes and 72 hours, and can be opened a set number of times (1 to 10 for a link, once by each member you pick). File sizes depend on your plan and are shown when you send. When a share expires, is used up or is revoked, its encrypted content is deleted.
4. Not scanned
Because DVSentry cannot see the content, files are not scanned for malware. The recipient's browser refuses executable, script, macro and encrypted-archive file types, and the page tells the recipient "Not scanned by DVSentry". Only open files from people you trust.
5. Your responsibility
You are responsible for what you share and for having the right to share it. The Acceptable Use Policy applies: never use Secure Share for malware, phishing, unlawful content, or personal data you are not allowed to transfer.
6. Reports, takedown and lawful requests
A recipient can report a share; it then can no longer be opened, and the sender's Admins and DVSentry are told. DVSentry acts on reports and on lawful orders by disabling the share, deleting its encrypted data, and, where the Terms allow, suspending the sender. Because DVSentry never has the key, it cannot decrypt a share for anyone, including a court or an authority; it can provide only the encrypted data and the records it keeps (sender, recipients, times, size and views). Complaints go to our Grievance Officer at privacy@dvsentry.com.
7. Backups and logs
Encrypted message data may remain in DVSentry's encrypted database backups until they roll off (within 35 days); files are never backed up. Share links are excluded from DVSentry's web access logs.