Unidy Live Documents: secure sharing
Share a document. The other person can open it for 7 days at most.
A cloud drive sends the whole original file you uploaded. Unidy never does. Each share is a protected copy made just for one person or organization: their name on it, a PIN to open it, an end date, and every opening logged. The copy stops opening on its own within 7 days.
Free for good. No credit card.
Dropbox and Google Drive send the whole original file. Unidy sends a protected copy.
Dropbox and Google Drive are made to store and sync all your files. Unidy is made for your important documents, like your passport or your lease, and for sharing them with a PIN, an end date and a record of every opening.
Sound familiar?
A landlord asked for your passport. You emailed a photo.
Years later it still sits in their inbox. If their email account is ever hacked, so is your passport.
With UnidyYour landlord gets a copy with their name across it, and access ends on its own within 7 days.
The gym only needed to know you’re over 18. You sent a photo of your whole ID card.
Your home address, your ID number and your birthday, now in a gym’s files.
With UnidyShare only what the gym needs: your name and photo, or just that you’re over 18.
You sent a link to your tax return. Who else opened it?
A shared link opens for anyone who has it, for as long as it lasts. You never find out.
With UnidyYour tax return opens only with a PIN, and you see every opening: when, roughly where, on what device.
How it works
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Pick a document
Choose it from your Unidy: a passport, a contract, an insurance policy.
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Choose what the other person sees
Send the whole document, or just some details, like your name and photo, or “over 18”.
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Set a PIN, an end date and a limit on openings
A PIN is on by default. Pick an end date, 7 days at most, and how many openings. Then the copy stops opening on its own.
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Send the protected copy by email, link or QR code
By email, as a link or a QR code, to another person’s Unidy account, or attach it to an email yourself.
What you decide when you share a document, and what Unidy can’t do.
You decide
- What the other person sees: the whole document, or only some details.
- How long the other person can open the shared copy: 7 days at most, and how many times.
- When access ends: on its own at the end date, or sooner when you say. The shared copy is deleted at once.
- Who opened the shared copy: every opening is logged, with when, roughly where and on what device.
- Whether the PDF copy also needs a password. A downloaded PDF copy still asks for that password every time it opens.
Good to know
- Ending access cannot take back a copy someone already downloaded, printed or photographed.
- Every shared copy carries the recipient’s name by default, so anyone can see who it was made for.
- Someone needs your document for more than 7 days? Share it again when the time comes.
Questions people ask
Isn’t Unidy just Dropbox or Google Drive?
No. Dropbox and Google Drive hand over the whole original file you uploaded. Unidy never does. On a personal Google account, a Drive link has no password and no end date, and it never tells you who opened it. Dropbox adds those only on its paid Standard plan and up. From Unidy, the other person gets a copy made just for them: their name across every page, a PIN, an end date of 7 days at most, and every opening logged. Free, every time. And Unidy knows when your passport expires. Your cloud drive doesn’t.
Can someone keep my document after access ends?
When a share ends, the shared copy is deleted and the link stops working at once. But if they already downloaded, printed or photographed it, that copy stays with them. That’s why a copy carries their name by default. Protect the PDF copy with a password, and a downloaded PDF copy still asks for it every time it opens.
Does the other person need Unidy to open my document?
No. They open it from the link or the QR code, with the PIN if there is one. You can also send it straight to their Unidy account, if they have one.
What does sharing “over 18” mean?
Instead of your whole passport, you share only the fact they need. They see that you’re over 18, and nothing else from the document.
How do I know who opened my document?
Every opening is logged on its own: when, roughly where and on what device. Refused attempts too: after two wrong PINs, the copy stops opening and Unidy tells you.
Can I limit how many times my document is opened?
Yes. Set a number of openings, and an end date of 7 days at most. Whichever comes first ends it, on its own.
Can the other person forward the link to someone else?
The link alone opens nothing: it needs the PIN, which never travels in the link. Their name is across every page, so a forwarded copy still shows who it was made for. And you see every opening.
Can the other person edit their copy?
No. Every page of the copy is redrawn as a picture, so there is no text to change. A hidden, signed mark ties any copy back to the share it came from.
Why does access last 7 days at most?
Most people who ask for a document need it once, for a few days. After that, the copy stops opening, so it can’t be opened from an old email years later. Need it again later? Share it again in a moment.
Is sharing documents free?
Yes. Sharing, PINs, passwords, end dates and the record of openings are free, for good.
One Unidy. Three Live products.
A new phone number, a move, a new job: life changes, and saved information falls behind. Unidy keeps yours up to date. One free account, and you decide who sees each detail.
Share only the pages or details someone needs.
Your originals stay in your Unidy. Whoever needs a document gets a protected copy made just for them.
Free for good. No credit card.