Privacy policy
Last updated: 2026-06-10 · Provider: Balane GmbH · support@balane.tech
The Second Look is a fully local Word add-in. It is built so that your documents never leave your device.
1. Document content
- Checking runs entirely locally inside the add-in on your device.
- There is no transmission, no storage and no processing of document content by the provider or any third party.
- No AI services are used at runtime.
- No data processing agreement (DPA under Art. 28 GDPR) is required with respect to the checked documents.
2. Purchase and license
The purchase is handled by Lemon Squeezy (Lemon Squeezy LLC) as Merchant of Record. Lemon Squeezy processes the data required for purchase, invoicing and VAT (e.g. name, email address, payment data, country) as an independent controller. Lemon Squeezy's privacy policy applies.
To validate the license, the add-in transmits the license key to Lemon Squeezy. No document content is transmitted.
3. Anonymous usage statistics
When you click “Check”, the add-in sends a content-free counting ping to our self-hosted Umami instance (cookieless, no cross-site tracking, hosted on Railway). The only information transmitted is that a check was started — no document content, no findings, no input and no identifiers added by us. The IP address technically associated with any web request is not stored by Umami; it is processed transiently to answer the request.
The legal basis is our legitimate interest in minimal usage measurement (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR). You can disable the counting at any time in the add-in’s settings (“Anonymous usage statistics”).
4. Website balane.app
The general privacy policy additionally applies to your use of this website.
5. Your rights
You have the rights granted under the GDPR (access, rectification, erasure, restriction, objection, portability). Contact: support@balane.tech