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Privacy policy

Your privacy matters. Huddle was built to give you time awareness in meetings — not to collect your data.

1. What Data Does the App Collect?

Locally Stored Data:

  • App Settings: Overlay position, colors, hotkeys, timer configuration
  • Calendar Access: Read-only access to your calendar events for meeting detection (local only)

Data that is NOT collected:

  • No user accounts or registration
  • No analytics or tracking
  • No crash reports to external servers
  • No meeting content or participant data
  • No location data
  • No usage statistics shared with third parties
  • No advertising IDs

2. Where is Data Stored?

Exclusively on your Mac

  • UserDefaults for app settings
  • EventKit for calendar access (macOS system framework)
  • No cloud synchronization
  • No external servers
  • No database

3. Permissions

Requested Permissions:

  1. Calendar: Read-only access to detect active and upcoming meetings

NO other permissions

  • No camera access
  • No microphone access
  • No network access
  • No file system access

4. Data Transmission

No Data Transmission

  • No data is transmitted to external servers
  • No network traffic from the app
  • Calendar data stays exclusively on your device

5. Contact

For questions: contact@balane.tech Updated: 2026

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