Privacy Policy

Effective [PLACEHOLDER: effective date]

This policy covers Arcopy, the macOS app, and this website. Arcopy is made by Creative Ghost [PLACEHOLDER: legal form, e.g. S.A.C.], [PLACEHOLDER: registered address], Peru.

1. The short version

• The app has no account, no analytics and no crash reporting. We do not receive what you capture or dictate.
• With its default settings, the app recognises text and speech on your Mac and sends nothing anywhere.
• Content leaves your Mac only through features you turn on or trigger yourself. Section 3 lists each one.
• We do not sell personal data and we do not show ads.

2. What stays on your Mac

• Screen text and handwriting. The area you select is read by Apple’s on-device text recognition. The image is not saved and is not sent anywhere.
• Voice. Your microphone is recorded only while a dictation is open. The audio is transcribed on your Mac, by a speech model the app runs locally or by Apple’s on-device dictation. The audio is never written to disk and never leaves your Mac.
• Transcript cleanup. Cleanup is off by default. If you set it to Apple Intelligence, the transcript is tidied by Apple’s on-device language model.
• Your settings. Your preferences and shortcuts are stored on your Mac. API keys you add are stored in the macOS Keychain. We never receive them.

3. When something leaves your Mac

Each of these happens only if you choose it.

• A cloud AI provider you connect. Under Settings → Advanced you can add your own API key for Anthropic, OpenAI or Google Gemini and pick it as an engine. While it is selected for text capture, the image of the area you select is sent to that provider. While it is selected for transcript cleanup, the text of the transcript is sent to that provider. Voice audio is never sent. The request goes from your Mac straight to the provider, under your account with them and their privacy terms. It does not pass through us.
• Image search. When you start an image search, the app copies the selected area to your clipboard and opens Google’s image search in your default browser. The app asks you first, the first time. Your browser uploads the image to Google; the app itself does not.
• The speech model download. The local speech model is downloaded from Hugging Face. As with any download, Hugging Face sees your IP address.
• License activation. When you activate or deactivate a license, the app sends your license key and this Mac’s name to Lemon Squeezy, to check the key and count your activations. This happens only when you start it. Nothing else leaves your Mac, and the app does not check the license in the background.

4. When you buy a license

Orders are processed by Lemon Squeezy, the merchant of record. Lemon Squeezy collects your name, email address, billing country or address and payment details, under its own privacy policy. We do not see or store your card details. We can see your order: your name, email address, country, what you bought and when, and your license key and its activations. We use that to provide your license, handle refunds and answer support requests.

5. This website

• The website has no analytics and sets no cookies.
• It is hosted by Vercel. Like any web host, Vercel processes your IP address and browser details in its server logs in order to deliver the pages.
• It loads fonts from Google Fonts, so your browser makes a request to Google that includes your IP address.

6. When you email us

If you write to us, we keep your email address and your message for as long as we need them to help you and to keep a record of the request.

7. Who receives data

Only the companies named above, and only for the purpose described: Lemon Squeezy (orders and licenses), Vercel (website hosting), Google (fonts on the website, and image search if you use it), Hugging Face (the model download), and the AI provider you connect, if you connect one. We may also disclose information when the law requires it. Some of these companies process data outside your country, including in the United States.

8. How long we keep it

Order records are kept for as long as your license is valid and as long as tax and accounting law requires. Support emails are kept for as long as needed to handle the request. The app keeps no data about you on our side, because it sends us none.

9. Your rights

You can ask us for a copy of the personal data we hold about you, ask us to correct or delete it, or object to how we use it. Email support@creativeghosts.co and we will answer. You also have the right to complain to the data protection authority of your country.

10. Children

Arcopy is not directed at children, and we do not knowingly collect personal data from them.

11. Changes to this policy

If the app or the website starts to handle data differently, we will update this page and the date at the top before the change takes effect.

12. Contact

Questions about privacy: support@creativeghosts.co.