Privacy Policy

1. The Native Mac Philosophy

Most modern cleaning software is packed with hidden analytics trackers, background telemetry daemons, and marketing beacons. DiskCompanion was deliberately built to reject this model.

DiskCompanion is a single native macOS binary engineered in Swift. When you run a scan, every calculation occurs strictly on your device’s local CPU and SSD. The software makes zero outbound network calls to analyze your storage.

2. What DiskCompanion Does (and Does NOT) Access

What the app inspects:

• File sizes and directory paths in system cache locations (e.g., ~/Library/Caches, ~/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData).
• APFS local snapshots and purgeable space metrics reported directly by macOS system APIs.
• Leftover preference files and container directories belonging to applications you have previously uninstalled.

What the app is permanently blocked from accessing:

• The contents of your personal documents, spreadsheets, PDFs, or presentations.
• Your Photos library, iCloud Photo stream, or private image assets.
• Your browser history, passwords, keychain entries, or saved sessions.
• Your emails, messages, contacts, or calendar entries.

3. Zero Telemetry & Analytics in the App

The DiskCompanion desktop application contains zero tracking SDKs. We do not use Google Analytics, Firebase, Sentry, Mixpanel, or any third-party tracking frameworks within the application.

When you launch the app, scan your drive, or clean temporary files, no event is logged or transmitted to any remote server. When you quit DiskCompanion, it completely exits and leaves zero background processes running.

4. Website & Purchase Data

When visiting our website (diskcompanion.com) or purchasing a license:

• Payments: All transactions are processed securely through certified payment providers (Stripe / Apple Pay). Your full credit card number and financial details never touch or get stored on our servers.
• License Delivery: We store your email address and license key solely to issue your receipt, validate your 3-Mac activation, and assist you with license recovery or refunds.
• Support Communications: When you email support@diskcompanion.com, your correspondence is used exclusively to answer your questions or process your refund. We never sell, rent, or share your email address.

5. Cookies, Web Analytics & Google Consent Mode v2

On our public website (diskcompanion.com), we use Google Analytics 4 strictly with Google Consent Mode v2 configured in prior-denial mode.

• No Cookies by Default: When you first arrive on our website, analytics storage is set to denied. No analytics cookies (such as _ga or _gid) are stored on your device until you actively click "Accept Analytics".
• Zero Advertising Beacons: We do not use third-party advertising cookies, retargeting pixels, or behavioral tracking networks.
• Consent Withdrawal: You can change your mind or withdraw your analytics consent at any time by clicking the Cookie Settings link located in the footer of every page.

6. European GDPR & DSGVO Legal Bases

For European Economic Area (EEA), United Kingdom, and Swiss visitors, our processing of personal data is governed by the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR / DSGVO):

• Website Analytics (Article 6(1)(a) GDPR): Processed strictly upon your voluntary consent via our cookie banner.
• Order Fulfillment & License Delivery (Article 6(1)(b) GDPR): Necessary for the performance of our contract to deliver your software license, generate your invoice, and provide customer support.
• Security & Abuse Prevention (Article 6(1)(f) GDPR): Based on our legitimate interest in protecting our web infrastructure against automated denial-of-service attacks.

7. Apple Notarization & Gatekeeper Security

Every release of DiskCompanion is officially inspected and cryptographically notarized by Apple’s automated notary service. Apple verifies that the code is free of malicious software and has not been tampered with before issuing an authentic notarization ticket.

8. Your Rights Under GDPR (Articles 15 to 22)

You have the right to request access to your stored purchase records, correction of incorrect information, restriction of processing, or complete erasure of your transaction correspondence. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with an EU data protection supervisory authority.

Because the DiskCompanion desktop application operates 100% offline and collects zero telemetry, there are no usage histories or device identifiers stored anywhere on our infrastructure. To request deletion of your license delivery record, email support@diskcompanion.com and your record will be purged within 48 hours.