Privacy policy
Last updated 12 November 2026
In short: your calendar, mic status and AI usage never leave your Mac. We only see what's needed to sell you a licence, check it, and fix crashes. We don't sell data and there are no ads or trackers.
What stays on your Mac
- Calendar events, read only if you switch on meeting countdowns.
- Microphone status (whether an app is using the mic, never the sound).
- Claude Code and Codex usage figures.
- Payment provider keys you add for sale alerts, kept in the macOS Keychain and sent only to that provider to check for new sales.
What we receive
- Purchase details from Dodo Payments: your name, email, country, what you bought and the payment status. We use them to deliver your licence, give support and handle refunds. Card details go to Dodo Payments only; we never see them.
- Licence checks: when you activate and about once a day, Periph sends your licence key, the activation ID and your Mac's name (for example "Priya's MacBook Air") to Dodo Payments to confirm the licence is valid. A one-way hash of your Mac's hardware ID stays on your Mac to stop the licence being copied.
- Crash reports: if Periph crashes, the next launch sends the app version, macOS version, processor type and a technical trace of where in Periph's code it stopped. They contain no personal content. You can switch this off in Periph › Settings › General.
- Support emails you send us.
- Website logs: our host and Cloudflare keep standard server logs (IP address, browser, pages requested) for security, for a short time. The site uses no analytics or advertising cookies. The thank-you page sets one cookie, only after a purchase, so the download shows in your browser; it expires after 12 hours.
Who we share it with
Only the services that run Periph: Dodo Payments (payments, tax, licence keys), our web host and Cloudflare (the website and crash reports). We don't sell or rent personal data, and we don't share it for advertising.
How long we keep it
Purchase records are kept as long as tax and accounting law requires. Crash reports are deleted after 12 months. Support emails are kept while they are useful for helping you.
Your rights
You can ask to see, correct or delete the personal data we hold about you, or object to how we use it, by emailing [email protected]. We reply within 30 days. If you are in the EU, UK or another region with data protection law, you can also complain to your local authority.
Children
Periph is not directed at children under 16, and we don't knowingly collect their data.
Changes
If this policy changes, the date at the top changes too. Big changes will be mentioned in the app's release notes.