Terms and Conditions — AEGIS

Last updated: 12 November 2026

These Terms and Conditions (the "App Terms") govern the installation and use of AEGIS (the "App"), a desktop application for Windows 10/11, developed and distributed by Alessio Scionti (Private individual, non-commercial activity), referred to below as the "Owner".

The App is presented at https://ascodenext.it and is distributed through the release channel listed on the app's page.

By using the App you accept these App Terms in full. If you do not agree with them, do not install or use the App.

1. Description of the service

AEGIS is software for Windows 10/11 (x64) that replaces the taskbar with an always-reachable notch and a dock with live previews, auto-hiding side bars, Mission Control, a control centre, weather and calendar.

Among the available widgets is the Gmail widget, which shows the number of unread emails in your Inbox and lets you open Gmail directly from the browser.

The App is "as is" software: the Owner does not guarantee continuous availability or the absence of errors, and may update, correct or withdraw features at any time.

2. Requirements for access

To use the App you must:

• have a Windows 10 or Windows 11 64-bit computer;
• have a valid Google account to use the Gmail widget;
• be at least 16 years old (or the minimum age required in your country to use Google Workspace);
• accept these App Terms and the Privacy Policy — AEGIS.

The App is not intended for children under 16. We do not knowingly collect personal data from children under 16; if you believe a child has provided us with data, write to alessioscionti@gmail.com and we will delete it.

3. OAuth 2.0 access and authorised scopes

The Gmail widget requires explicit authorisation through Google's OAuth 2.0 desktop application flow. The App opens Google's consent page in the system browser and receives authorisation through a temporary callback server on 127.0.0.1, using PKCE (S256) and a random state parameter. No redirect URL is hosted by the Owner.

The App requests the following scopes:

• openid
• email
• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/gmail.readonly

Description of the requested scopes:

• openid and email — used to identify the connected Google account, to display its address in the Settings screen and to allow disconnection;
• gmail.readonly — allows the sole reading of the Inbox label, to obtain the number of unread emails and the total number of messages.

The App does not request write, send or modify scopes: it does not read, open, copy, display or store the content, subject or attachments of emails; it does not change mailbox settings; it does not access contacts, calendar, files or other data in your Google account. It does not request Google Drive, Google Calendar or Google Chat scopes either.

The Owner will not request broader scopes in future without your explicit authorisation and without updating this Privacy Policy.

4. Use of Google data and compliance with Google policies

The App uses data received through Google Workspace scopes solely to provide you with the Gmail widget's functionality, visible and prominent in its interface.

In particular, the Owner declares that:

• your data is not sold, rented out or transferred to third parties, including advertising platforms, data brokers or information resellers;
• your data is not used for advertising purposes, including targeted advertising, retargeting or interest-based profiling;
• your data is not used to determine creditworthiness or for lending purposes;
• your data, including in aggregated, anonymised or derived form, is not used to train, create or improve artificial intelligence or machine learning models intended for other users or for general-purpose services. The App does not use language models and does not generate automatic summaries of email content;
• no person working for the Owner, its contractors or its sub-processors may read the contents of your emails. The App has no servers: the data stays on your computer and is not technically accessible to the Owner;
• your data is not used for behavioural profiling for advertising purposes or for business-intelligence purposes.

The use of data is carried out in compliance with the Google API Services User Data Policy, including its Limited Use Requirements, and with the Google Workspace Developer Policy.

The Owner undertakes to ensure that its employees, agents, contractors and successors comply with the same policies.

5. Acceptable use of the App

By using the App you agree not to:

• use the App for any personal and lawful purpose other than your own;
• share, transfer or lend your App access to other people, or allow your Google account to be used beyond your own use;
• use the App to send spam, generate unsolicited commercial communications, conduct phishing or for any other unlawful purpose;
• use the App to aggregate, resell or monetise third-party data, or to build datasets or archives from the information it reads;
• use the App to circumvent Google account limits, Gmail spam filters or security mechanisms, or to abuse multiple accounts;
• attempt to circumvent the App's protections, technical limits or security measures, or interfere with its proper operation;
• use the App in breach of applicable law, public order or the rights of third parties;
• redistribute the App, modify its code or resell copies of it without the Owner's written authorisation.

6. Security and data protection

The Owner adopts appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect the data processed, including:

• storage of the refresh token and OAuth credentials in the Windows Credential Manager, never in plain-text configuration files;
• access token kept in memory only, never written to disk;
• authorisation flow using PKCE (S256) and a random state, with a temporary callback on 127.0.0.1;
• communications with Google exclusively over HTTPS (TLS);
• access to computer data limited to the user running the App.

No system is, however, immune to compromise. The Owner will not be liable for data loss caused by force majeure events, exceptionally large-scale cyberattacks, third-party defects or failure by the user to keep their system updated.

7. Term, disconnection and access revocation

You may revoke the access granted to the App at any time, in two ways:

1. from within the App, in Settings → Google → Disconnect; to also delete the stored tokens use Remove credentials;
2. from your Google account settings at https://myaccount.google.com/permissions, by selecting AEGIS and revoking access.

Revocation is immediate and results in the deletion of the local data associated with the link, as described in the Privacy Policy — AEGIS.

The Owner may limit or suspend access to the distribution and update service, in the event of a serious breach of these App Terms, abusive use, orders from competent authorities, or security reasons.

8. Limitation of liability

To the extent permitted by applicable law, the Owner is not liable for:

• service interruptions, App unavailability or transmission errors;
• damage arising from your use of the App or from decisions you take based on the information shown in the widget;
• loss, alteration or unavailability of data caused by events outside the Owner's control, including Google service outages or provider network failures;
• the state of Google's own services, over which AEGIS exercises no control.

The Gmail widget displays a count derived from the Inbox label; that value is indicative and depends on the availability of the Google APIs. The Owner is not liable for inaccuracies in the counts or for the availability of Gmail.

The Owner's aggregate liability shall in any case not exceed EUR 100, and nothing limits liability for fraud or wilful misconduct, or personal injury.

9. Intellectual property

The App, its code, design, names, logos and the related rights belong to the Owner or its licensors and are protected by copyright law. By accepting these App Terms you are granted a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable and non-sublicensable licence to use the App on your own computer, limited to the duration of use.

The emails remain the exclusive property of their respective owners (you or third parties). No rights over the emails are transferred to the Owner.

10. Amendments to these App Terms

The Owner may update these App Terms. The version in force is always published on this page, showing the date of the last update. In the event of material changes, users will be informed through the app or by a prominent notice on the app's page before the changes take effect. Continued use of the App after that notice constitutes acceptance of the updated terms.

11. Governing law and jurisdiction

These App Terms are governed by legge italiana, without prejudice to conflict-of-law rules.

Mandatory provisions of the Italian Consumer Code (Legislative Decree 206/2005) apply to relationships with consumers. In that case, the competent court is the court of the consumer's place of residence or elected domicile, pursuant to article 133 of the Code of Civil Procedure.

Before resorting to a court, please contact the Owner at alessioscionti@gmail.com.

12. Support and contact

For assistance, questions or reports about the App, write to alessioscionti@gmail.com.

• Support: alessioscionti@gmail.com
• Hours: Lun-Ven, 9:00-18:00 (CET)
• Website: https://ascodenext.it
• App privacy: Privacy Policy — AEGIS

The Owner is available for any clarification: write to alessioscionti@gmail.com.