What Porter sends, and what it keeps.

The short version

• Your files stay on your Mac and the drives you choose. Porter doesn't upload them.
• If you buy Porter, we keep your name, email address, license details and the Macs linked to it.
• The app has no analytics. This site counts visits with Cloudflare Web Analytics, which sets no cookies. There are no ads, and we don't sell your information.

Porter is run by Andrew Wagner, called "we" here. This policy covers the Porter app for Mac and tryporter.app.

Your files

Porter copies, checks and sorts your photos, clips and files on your Mac. Its models run locally, through Apple's on-device model or Ollama on your Mac, so your files aren't uploaded and don't train a model. Place names come from a list inside the app.

Settings, run history and the notes Porter writes stay on your Mac and your drives. We can't see them. The app has no analytics or crash reporter of its own.

When the app goes online

Backups run offline. Porter contacts tryporter.app only for these things:

Looking for updates

Porter asks for the list of updates automatically, or when you choose Check for Updates. The request carries the app's version and no license details or information about your Mac's hardware.

Adding your key

Sends the key, a scrambled ID for this Mac, the Mac's name and the app version. The name is there so you can tell your Macs apart, and it often includes your first name. The scrambled ID is made from your Mac's hardware ID and your license ID. The hardware ID itself is never sent.

Checking your license

A bought copy checks in about once a week, never during a backup. It sends your license ID, the scrambled Mac ID and the app version. If it can't reach us, Porter keeps working.

Unlinking a Mac from the app

Sends your license ID and the scrambled Mac ID.

Any request over the internet also shows your IP address to the server that receives it. We don't store it with your license.

Some things leave your Mac only when you choose them, under that service's own terms:

• Setting up Ollama downloads a model from Ollama (its privacy policy).
• Sharing a file sends it wherever you pick in the macOS share menu.
• Pointing an AI editor at Porter's notes gives that editor those notes.

An optional API key for enhanced sorting is coming but isn't in Porter today. When it arrives, stills and spoken words will go to the provider you pick, and only when you press Sort. We'll update this page before that ships.

What we keep when you buy

Your purchase creates a record in our database. We use it to send your key, run your license page, provide updates and handle refunds and support.

• License: its ID, your name and email address, purchase date, updates-until date, Stripe payment ID, receipt link and any refund date.
• Renewals: the date, Stripe payment ID, receipt link and any refund date.
• Each Mac: the scrambled ID, the Mac's name, the app version, when it was linked and last seen, and when and where it was unlinked.

We only email you about your purchase and sign-in. We don't send marketing email.

This website

The site has no ads or advertising trackers, and its fonts and media come from tryporter.app. We count visits with Cloudflare Web Analytics: a small script loaded from Cloudflare reports each page view and how quickly it loaded. Cloudflare says it uses no cookies or local storage, doesn't fingerprint visitors and doesn't collect personal data.

Signing in to your license page uses an emailed link. The site sets one cookie after you sign in, porter_session, which only keeps you signed in. It applies only to your license page and lasts 24 hours or until you sign out.

To limit requests for sign-in links, we keep salted hashes of the email address and IP address behind each request. Sign-in codes and sessions are stored as hashes alongside your email address. Hashes older than an hour, and expired codes and sessions, are removed the next time anyone asks for a link.

Who else handles your information

These companies may process information outside your country, including in the United States.

Stripe

Takes payment as the merchant of record and handles sales tax. It collects your card and billing details under its own policy. We never see your card number.

Cloudflare

Hosts this site and our database, counts site visits, and sees visitors' IP addresses as part of serving them.

Resend

Delivers our email, so it handles your email address and each message, including your key or sign-in link.

How long we keep it

We keep your license record for as long as the license exists, because your key, updates and refunds depend on it. We don't delete it automatically. Stripe keeps its own payment records for tax and legal reasons.

Your choices

You can see your license and linked Macs on your license page, and unlink a Mac there or in the app. Email us to get a copy of your information, correct it or delete it. If we delete your license record, we can no longer reissue or support your key. We may need to keep some details where the law requires it.

Depending on where you live, you may have other rights, such as objecting to how we use your information or complaining to a data protection authority. If you're in the EEA or UK, we rely on our contract with you to provide what you bought, and on our legitimate interest in preventing misuse of licenses and sign-in. We don't sell your information or share it for advertising.

Children

Porter isn't meant for children under 13, and we don't knowingly collect their information. If you think a child has bought a license, email us and we'll delete the record.

Changes and contact

If this policy changes, we'll update this page and its date. Questions or requests: [email protected].