Dockswitch
Privacy Policy
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This policy explains how Dockswitch (“the app”), a Mac app: save your Dock as profiles and switch in one click, developed by Kevin Fitzgerald, handles information.
Information we collect
None. Dockswitch does not collect, store, sell or share personal information on any server, and it does not include analytics, advertising, crash-reporting or tracking tools of any kind.
Information stored on your Mac
To work, the app keeps the following on your Mac only:
- Your Dock profiles (names, the apps and folders in each, and the Dock settings), in a file in the app’s own folder on your Mac
- Backups of your Dock settings, made before the first switch and when you ask, in the same folder
- Your settings: whether you’ve seen the welcome screen
- Your license key, in your Mac’s Keychain
Profiles and backups are in Dockswitch’s Application Support folder, settings in its preferences, and the license key in your Keychain. Exports are new files, written only where you choose.
Your files
Dockswitch runs outside Apple’s App Sandbox because switching a profile writes the Dock’s own settings and restarts the Dock, which sandboxed apps can’t do. It reads and writes only the Dock’s settings and its own files, on your Mac, and never uploads or sends them anywhere.
Network
Dockswitch is sold directly through Gumroad, and its only network requests are the license check with Gumroad (your license key, when you enter it and about once a week) and checks for app updates at fitztoppicks.com. Neither sends anything about your Dock or your profiles.
Updates and license checks
Dockswitch, downloaded directly from Gumroad or fitztoppicks.com and signed with Apple’s Developer ID, checks for app updates with Sparkle, a standard open-source updater: it downloads a small update list (an appcast) from fitztoppicks.com, which sees only the app’s version and, like any website, your internet address, and it downloads an update only when one is available and you choose to install it (or have turned on automatic updates). When you enter a license key, Dockswitch sends that key to Gumroad to verify it, and checks it again about once a week; that is all it sends to Gumroad. Neither sends anything about you, your files or how you use the app.
Purchases
Dockswitch is sold directly through Gumroad, which handles payment and sends your receipt and license key; we never see your payment details. The app sends your license key to Gumroad to check it (when you enter it and about once a week); that is all it sends to Gumroad.
Children’s privacy
Because the app collects no personal information from anyone, it does not knowingly collect personal information from children.
Changes to this policy
If this policy changes, the new version will be posted on this page with a new effective date. If the app ever begins collecting data, this policy will be updated before that happens.
Contact
Questions about this policy or the app: help@fitztoppicks.com.