The short version: SKJ APPS keeps your data on your Mac. Our apps have no accounts, no analytics, no advertising, and no third-party trackers, and this website has none either. This policy explains what data the website and our apps touch, and what - if anything - ever leaves your Mac. Each app’s own privacy page carries the specifics for that app.
This website
skjapps.com is a static site. It uses no cookies, no analytics, no advertising, no third-party trackers, and no JavaScript that profiles you. Browsing this site does not collect personal information about you, and we do not build a profile of your visit. If you email us, we receive what you send so we can reply - nothing more.
Data our apps keep on your Mac
Each app stores its settings and your data locally, in your user Library’s Application Support folder (for example, ~/Library/Application Support/<App>/). This is your configuration and content for that app. These files never leave your Mac and are not sent to us or anyone else.
To do their jobs, our apps use macOS permissions - such as Accessibility, and, for some apps, Screen Recording or Calendar. Everything those permissions enable is processed on your device only; nothing captured through them is transmitted, uploaded, or stored off your Mac. You can grant or revoke each permission at any time in System Settings → Privacy & Security. See an app’s own privacy page for exactly which permissions it uses and why.
When an app connects to the internet
Some features go online because of what they do - mail in MistBar, glucose readings in RangeTrace, the weather widget in DockApp - and each app’s own privacy page lists those. Beyond the features you choose, our apps make only two connections of their own:
- Checking for updates. Apps use the open-source Sparkle framework to check whether a newer version is available. Like loading any web page, this reveals your device’s IP address and the version being checked to the server hosting the update feed. We do not enable Sparkle’s optional system-profile reporting, and you can turn automatic checks off in the app’s settings. Copies from the Mac App Store or Setapp are updated by the store instead.
- Validating your license. When you enter a license key, and each time the app opens, it contacts our license server to verify your purchase and the activation on your Mac (this is how the device limit is enforced). This sends your license key and an activation code for your Mac: a one-way hash of your Mac’s hardware ID, which never leaves your Mac itself and cannot be recovered from the code. Your computer name and user name are not sent. Your license key is stored in your Mac’s Keychain and is never written to logs. Copies from the Mac App Store or Setapp use the store’s own purchase check instead.
Our apps do not use analytics SDKs, advertising, tracking cookies, or crash-reporting services, and they do not require you to create an account.
Purchases and payments
When you buy an app, the purchase is processed by a third-party payment provider that acts as the Merchant of Record. That provider collects the information needed to process your payment (such as billing details) and handles billing, tax, and license issuance under its own privacy policy. We do not receive or store your payment-card details. We do receive order and license records - such as your email and the fact of your purchase - so we can deliver your license and provide support.
Bug reports
If you use an app’s “Report a Bug” option, it pre-fills an email to us that includes basic diagnostics - such as the app version, your macOS version, device architecture, and which permissions are granted - and nothing else. The email is composed in your own mail app, and nothing is sent until you choose to send it.
Data retention and deletion
Because your app data lives only on your Mac, you can remove it by deleting the app and its ~/Library/Application Support/<App>/ folder. We do not hold a copy to delete on your behalf. Order and license records held by us or our payment provider are retained as needed for support, tax, and legal purposes.
Children
Our apps are productivity tools not directed to children and do not knowingly collect information from anyone, including children under 13.
Changes to this policy
We may update this policy as our apps and business evolve. Material changes will be reflected here with a new effective date.
Contact
Questions about privacy? Email support@skjapps.com.