Privacy Policy

1. What Paperforge Does Not Do

• Does not collect personal information
• Does not transmit your documents, file names, or file contents to any server
• Does not embed analytics, crash reporters, or usage tracking
• Does not display advertisements
• Does not require an account or login
• Does not sync data to any third-party cloud service

2. Data That Stays on Your Device

All application data is stored locally on your Mac. This includes:

Documents and files. Paperforge reads and writes files you explicitly open or save using macOS file dialogs. The app requests access only to files you select. Security-scoped bookmarks are stored locally in your app's sandbox container to allow re-opening recent files across launches — this data never leaves your device.

Editor preferences. Settings such as font size, editor theme, word wrap, spell check, tab width, and panel visibility are stored in UserDefaults on your Mac. They are not synced or transmitted.

Recent files list. A list of recently opened file paths is stored locally so the Open Recent menu works correctly. This list is never shared.

Crash recovery data. Paperforge saves a local recovery copy of unsaved document content to your Mac's Application Support folder. This data is deleted once the document is saved or discarded. It is never transmitted.

Git credentials. If you use the Git integration, credentials (personal access tokens or passwords) are stored in your macOS Keychain using kSecAttrAccessibleWhenUnlockedThisDeviceOnly. This means credentials cannot sync to other devices via iCloud Keychain. No credentials are transmitted to Paperforge or any service operated by the developer.

3. AI Features (Apple Intelligence)

Paperforge's writing tools and document generation features use Apple's on-device Foundation Models framework. When you use these features:

• Your text is processed entirely on your Mac by Apple's on-device language model
• No text is sent to Anthropic, Apple servers, or any third party by Paperforge
• Apple's own privacy practices govern the Foundation Models framework — see apple.com/privacy for details

AI features are only available on macOS 26 or later with Apple Intelligence enabled.

4. PDF Annotation

PDF files you open and annotate in Paperforge are read and written directly on your device. Annotations are saved back to the local file. No PDF content is transmitted to any server.

5. Network Access

Paperforge's core editing, writing tools, Git commit history display, and PDF annotation features do not require internet access.

The Git integration makes network requests only when you explicitly initiate a push or pull operation. These requests go directly to the remote repository you have configured (e.g., GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket). Paperforge does not proxy, log, or inspect any of this traffic.

6. Children's Privacy

Paperforge is a professional productivity tool not directed at children under 13. We do not knowingly collect any information from children. Because we collect no personal information from any users, this applies equally to all age groups.

7. Third-Party Services

Paperforge does not integrate with any third-party analytics, advertising, or data-collection services. The app contains no third-party SDKs beyond the Apple platform frameworks included in macOS.

8. App Store

If you purchase Paperforge through the Mac App Store, Apple handles the transaction. Apple's privacy policy governs data collected during that process. See apple.com/legal/privacy.

9. Changes to This Policy

If this policy changes in a meaningful way, the updated policy will be published with a new effective date. We will not retroactively apply new data practices to previously collected data — and since we collect no data, there is nothing to retroactively change.

10. Contact

Questions about this privacy policy can be sent to:

• Ehsan Azish
• Email: ehzish@icloud.com