Privacy Policy

Overview

This policy explains how StopWatch, a Mac app made by Jake Haas, handles your information. The short version: StopWatch does not collect, store, transmit, or share any personal information.

Information I collect

None. StopWatch has no user accounts, no analytics, no advertising, and no tracking of any kind. I do not receive any personal information about you or how you use the app.

Everything StopWatch keeps stays on your Mac in the app's own sandboxed storage: your stopwatch time, recorded laps, any running countdown, and your settings. There is no iCloud sync, no account, and no server.

The app is sandboxed without network access, so it cannot send anything off your Mac even in principle.

Timer notifications are local. The first time you start a countdown, macOS asks whether StopWatch may notify you; the alert is created and delivered entirely on your Mac, and declining just means the app plays a sound instead. Nothing about your timers goes anywhere.

The global keyboard shortcuts do not require Accessibility or Input Monitoring permission, so macOS will not prompt you for them. If you turn on “Launch at login,” the app adds itself as a login item that you can remove anytime in System Settings.

Exporting laps writes a CSV file only to the location you choose in the save dialog; the app cannot read or write anything else outside its sandbox.

StopWatch bundles one small open-source component (KeyboardShortcuts) to record and register the keyboard shortcuts. It has no network access and receives no data about you.

Third-party services

StopWatch does not embed third-party analytics, advertising, or tracking tools, and it does not share data with anyone — there is nothing to share.

Any purchase — the app itself or anything inside it — is handled by Apple through the App Store. Apple processes the payment under Apple's own privacy policy; I never receive your payment details.

Children's privacy

StopWatch does not knowingly collect information from anyone, including children under 13 — because it does not collect information at all.

Changes to this policy

If this policy ever changes, I will post the new version on this page and update the date shown above.

Contact

If you have any questions about this policy, email jake@jakehaas.com.