Is your
data safe?
public directory that explains how design plugins and assets handle your data — so designers can make informed decisions.
Why does this project exist?
Design workflows increasingly run through third-party plugins and assets. They read our files, our content, sometimes our clients’ unreleased work — and there is very little transparency about what they can access, which permissions they request, and where that data goes. Data privacy has become a real professional responsibility for designers, yet the information needed to exercise it is scattered, vague, or simply missing.
What is the mission?
Helping designers make informed decisions. We don’t claim a plugin is “good” or “bad”. Instead, we document what data it can access, which permissions it requests, whether it communicates with external services, APIs, databases, AI providers, analytics platforms or cloud storage — and we clearly separate what is verified, what is observed, what is inferred, and what remains unknown. Read more on how we review.
What do we stand for?
- Transparency — conclusions are never overstated.
- Community — reviews are open to scrutiny and contribution.
- Open source — the whole project is public and forkable.
- Trust — earned by showing our evidence, not by claiming authority.
- Education — helping the design community understand data privacy.
Open source
This project is open source. Everyone can contribute — issues and pull requests are welcome, whether it’s a new review, a correction, or code.
Who is behind?
Credits
This project is built upon the incredible open-source project Brazilians Who Design, created by Zé Fernandes and contributors.
We adapted its architecture to create a public directory focused on transparency around privacy and security in design plugins and assets. We sincerely thank the creators for making their work openly available.
Original repository: github.com/zehfernandes/brazilianswhodesign