[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":270},["ShallowReactive",2],{"privacy":3},{"id":4,"title":5,"body":6,"description":261,"extension":262,"meta":263,"navigation":265,"path":266,"seo":267,"stem":268,"__hash__":269},"pages\u002Fprivacy.md","Privacy Policy",{"type":7,"value":8,"toc":252},"minimark",[9,13,20,23,28,31,52,55,62,99,103,106,161,172,176,202,206,239,243],[10,11,5],"h1",{"id":12},"privacy-policy",[14,15,16],"p",{},[17,18,19],"em",{},"Last updated: 22 June 2026",[14,21,22],{},"Stay Green is built privacy-first. The app's job is to silently keep you showing as\nactive on your own Mac, and it does that with the lightest possible touch. It collects\nno behavioural data and shows no ads. To deliver updates and run licensing it makes a\nfew narrow network requests - and here is exactly what they are.",[24,25,27],"h2",{"id":26},"what-stay-green-does-on-your-mac","What Stay Green does on your Mac",[14,29,30],{},"To keep you marked active, Stay Green synthesizes the gentlest input macOS will accept:",[32,33,34,46],"ul",{},[35,36,37,41,42,45],"li",{},[38,39,40],"strong",{},"One harmless keypress"," - the ",[38,43,44],{},"F15"," key, an old keyboard code that triggers\nnothing on a modern Mac and does nothing visible.",[35,47,48,51],{},[38,49,50],{},"A zero-distance mouse-move"," - the cursor doesn't actually move; it's the same\nsignal macOS sees when you nudge the mouse.",[14,53,54],{},"Together these reset the system idle timer, which is what keeps Teams, Slack, Zoom,\nDiscord and other presence-aware apps showing you as Available. That's the whole trick.",[14,56,57,58,61],{},"Just as important, what it ",[38,59,60],{},"never"," does:",[32,63,64,70,76,82,88],{},[35,65,66,69],{},[38,67,68],{},"Reads nothing."," It does not read your screen, your documents, or any other app.",[35,71,72,75],{},[38,73,74],{},"Logs no keystrokes."," It is not a keylogger - it sends one synthetic keypress and\nrecords nothing you type.",[35,77,78,81],{},[38,79,80],{},"No behavioural analytics, telemetry, or tracking."," It doesn't record what you do,\nwhen you're active, or anything about your other apps.",[35,83,84,87],{},[38,85,86],{},"No accounts."," There's no sign-in.",[35,89,90,93,94,98],{},[38,91,92],{},"Your settings stay local",", in macOS ",[95,96,97],"code",{},"UserDefaults"," on your machine.",[24,100,102],{"id":101},"what-the-app-sends-over-the-network","What the app sends over the network",[14,104,105],{},"The app contacts the network for only two things:",[32,107,108,118],{},[35,109,110,113,114,117],{},[38,111,112],{},"Software updates."," Stay Green checks our update feed at ",[95,115,116],{},"getstaygreen.com"," for new\nversions so it can update itself. This is a standard update check - no personal\ninformation is sent.",[35,119,120,123,124],{},[38,121,122],{},"Licensing."," To run your free trial and, if you subscribe, your license, the app\ncontacts our server and sends:\n",[32,125,126,141,148,154],{},[35,127,128,129,132,133,136,137,140],{},"a ",[38,130,131],{},"device identifier"," - a one-way salted hash derived from your Mac's hardware\nID. It is ",[38,134,135],{},"not"," your hardware ID and ",[38,138,139],{},"can't be reversed"," to identify you or your\nMac; it only lets us anchor a trial to a machine and tie a license to a single Mac.",[35,142,143,144,147],{},"your ",[38,145,146],{},"license key",", if you've entered one.",[35,149,128,150,153],{},[38,151,152],{},"device name"," (your Mac's hostname), so you can recognise which Mac you've\nactivated.",[35,155,156,157,160],{},"the ",[38,158,159],{},"app version",".",[14,162,163,164,167,168,171],{},"Stay Green also works ",[38,165,166],{},"offline",". Once activated, it carries a ",[38,169,170],{},"14-day offline grace","\nwindow, so it keeps you green without an internet connection and only needs to check in\nagain before that window lapses.",[24,173,175],{"id":174},"payments","Payments",[14,177,178,179,182,183,190,191,194,195,198,199,201],{},"Subscriptions are handled by ",[38,180,181],{},"Creem",", our payment provider and merchant of\nrecord. When you buy, Creem processes your payment and billing details under\n",[184,185,189],"a",{"href":186,"rel":187},"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.creem.io\u002Fprivacy",[188],"nofollow","its own privacy policy"," - ",[38,192,193],{},"we never see or store\nyour card details",". We receive your ",[38,196,197],{},"email address"," and the ",[38,200,146],{}," issued\nfor your subscription, so we can manage and validate it.",[24,203,205],{"id":204},"this-website","This website",[32,207,208,217,227,233],{},[35,209,210,213,214,216],{},[38,211,212],{},"Windows notify list."," If you ask to be notified about the Windows version, we store\nthe ",[38,215,197],{}," you submit, so we can email you once when it's ready - no name,\nno profile.",[35,218,219,222,223,226],{},[38,220,221],{},"Privacy-friendly analytics."," We use Vercel's ",[38,224,225],{},"cookieless, aggregate"," page\nanalytics to see which pages get visited. It sets no cookies, collects no personal\ndata, and doesn't track you across other sites.",[35,228,229,232],{},[38,230,231],{},"No ad trackers."," We don't embed third-party advertising or cross-site trackers.",[35,234,235,238],{},[38,236,237],{},"Unsubscribe anytime."," Reply to any email or contact us and we'll delete your data.",[24,240,242],{"id":241},"contact","Contact",[14,244,245,246,251],{},"Questions, or want your data deleted? Reach out via\n",[184,247,250],{"href":248,"rel":249},"https:\u002F\u002Fgithub.com\u002FGetStayGreen",[188],"GitHub"," and we'll help.",{"title":253,"searchDepth":254,"depth":254,"links":255},"",2,[256,257,258,259,260],{"id":26,"depth":254,"text":27},{"id":101,"depth":254,"text":102},{"id":174,"depth":254,"text":175},{"id":204,"depth":254,"text":205},{"id":241,"depth":254,"text":242},"What Stay Green sends, why, and what it never collects.","md",{"updated":264},"2026-06-22",true,"\u002Fprivacy",{"title":5,"description":261},"privacy","TcZs_3SuIOVEW8v02feeeW09yD4vXsC3R9TVvM2z518",1782859941759]