Updatewright
Privacy Policy
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This policy explains how Updatewright (“the app”), a Mac app: every app update in one place, and a checklist for moving to a new Mac, developed by Kevin Fitzgerald, handles information.
Information we collect
None. Updatewright 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:
- The last check's list of your apps with their versions and update sources, your skipped versions, holds with their notes, update history, checklist ticks and settings, in a file in Updatewright’s own folder on your Mac
- Saved copies of the update feeds it read (one small file per feed, removed after 30 days), in its Caches folder
- Your license key, in your Mac’s Keychain
The list and settings are in Updatewright’s Application Support folder, saved feeds in its Caches folder (Settings › Clear Saved Feeds empties it), and the license key in your Keychain. A Moving Day folder is only written where you choose.
Your Mac
Updatewright runs outside Apple’s App Sandbox because it reads the Info.plist of every app in /Applications and ~/Applications and asks Homebrew (read-only) what it installed. It never installs, changes or deletes an app: updates go to the app’s own updater, a Terminal window you start, or the App Store. Accessibility (optional, switched on by you) only lets it press another app’s Check for Updates… menu item for you. Licence keys and Keychain items are never read or exported.
Network
Updatewright asks each app’s own update feed (the address inside that app), Apple’s public App Store lookup (the app’s ID and your store country) and GitHub’s public releases for apps published there, at most one request per server per second. It is sold directly through Gumroad: the license check sends your license key to Gumroad when you enter it and about once a week, and it checks for its own updates at fitztoppicks.com. None of these sends anything about you, and your list of apps is never uploaded.
Notifications
Notifications are asked for only when you turn on Settings › Weekly summary; the notification is made on your Mac.
Updates and license checks
Updatewright, 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, Updatewright 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
Updatewright 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.