Cloaksmith — Privacy Policy

Effective date: 18 July 2026 Developer: Barton Hall Software Pty Ltd (ACN 700 196 809) ("we", "us") Contact: hello@cloaksmith.app

Cloaksmith is built so that your documents stay on your Mac. This policy explains, plainly, what the App does and does not do with your information.

The short version

• Your documents are processed entirely on your device.
• We do not collect, upload, store, or see the contents of your documents.
• There is no account, no sign-in, no analytics, and no advertising.
• The App connects to the internet only for narrow, non-content purposes: downloading its on-device engine when you first run it (resuming automatically if the connection drops), and — if you buy a licence — checking your licence key once when you enter it. Neither request contains your documents.

What we do not collect

We do not collect or transmit the documents you open, the text you paste, the personal information the App detects, the redacted copies it produces, or any usage, analytics, or telemetry data. None of this ever leaves your Mac by way of the App.

The one-time engine download

The first time you run the App, it downloads its on-device engine (an encrypted model file, about 1.3 GB) from our hosting endpoint, operated for us by Cloudflare. This request includes only what is technically required to serve the download (for example, your IP address as seen by the server, standard request headers, and an application token embedded in the App). It does not include your documents or any personal information from them. After the download, the App works offline; it does not need a network connection to redact documents.

Cloudflare processes this request as our hosting provider under its own terms (its privacy policy is at https://www.cloudflare.com/privacypolicy/).

Licence activation

The App is free for a trial of five documents; after that it requires a one-time purchase. When you enter your licence key, the App checks it once with our payment processor, Gumroad, to confirm the purchase. That check sends only the licence key — never your documents, the text you paste, or the personal information the App detects. As part of the check, Gumroad counts how many Macs have activated that key (licences cover up to three). Once the key is confirmed, the App records the activation on your Mac and does not check again; it keeps working offline. Your purchase is handled by Gumroad as merchant of record under its own privacy policy (https://gumroad.com/privacy).

What stays on your Mac

The following are created and kept only on your Mac, and are never sent to us:

• Redacted copies — saved to the folder you choose (by default, Downloads).
• Pseudonym stand-ins — if you use pseudonymisation, the pairing between your real details and their stand-ins is shown in the review screen while you work. It is held in memory only and is not saved to disk.
• Temporary working files — created while a document is processed and deleted when processing finishes.

You are in control of these files and can delete them at any time.

Sharing

We do not sell, rent, or share your information. Because we do not collect your document contents in the first place, there is nothing of that kind for us to share.

Security

Processing is local, the model file is stored encrypted at rest, and temporary working files use restricted file permissions. No method of storage is perfectly secure, but keeping your documents on your own device removes the risks that come with uploading them to a server.

Children

The App is not directed at children and does not knowingly collect information from anyone, including children.

Changes to this policy

If we change how the App handles information, we will update this policy and its effective date. Material changes will be reflected in the App.

Contact

Questions about privacy: hello@cloaksmith.app.