Privacy Policy

Foldout is a local-first macOS app. The short version: your files and the work you do with them never leave your Mac, and the app sends us no telemetry or analytics.

What the app does on your Mac

All processing — finding duplicates, converting images, video, PDFs, OCR, and the rest — runs entirely on-device. Foldout does not upload your files anywhere.

What we collect

• Nothing from the app itself. No usage tracking, no crash beacons, no account to create.
• Purchases are handled by our payment processor, Paddle, who acts as merchant of record and collects the billing details needed to complete your order and meet tax obligations. See Paddle's own privacy policy.
• Your email + license — when you buy, we store your email and the license we issued so we can deliver your key, support you, and handle renewals or refunds.
• Activation & devices — to enforce how many Macs a license covers, activating a device stores a privacy-preserving device identifier(a one-way hash — never your raw hardware ID) plus an optional device name you can see and remove from your account. It can't be used to track you across products.
• Software updates— when the app checks for updates it requests our appcast feed. That's an ordinary web request and isn't tied to your identity.
• Website analytics — the marketing website may count privacy-friendly events such as page views, trial button clicks, download clicks, and checkout starts. These events do not include your files, app activity, license key, or anything you create in Foldout.

Email

We email you your license key and, for subscriptions, renewal-related messages. We don't send marketing email unless you ask us to.

Your data

Email hello@getfoldout.com to access or delete the data tied to your purchase.