Privacy Policy

01Who we are

NotchDash is operated by Shanghai Qianmu Chenglin Information Technology Co., Ltd., a company registered in the People's Republic of China. This policy covers the NotchDash app for Mac and this website, notchdash.qianmuchenglin.com. Questions or requests: qianmu0331@gmail.com.

02What stays on your Mac

NotchDash has no account and no analytics. The following is processed on your Mac and is not sent to us:

• Unread counts. With the Accessibility permission, NotchDash reads unread badges from the Dock and menu bar for the chat apps you choose. It doesn't read your messages.
• Windows and folders. It lists open Chrome windows, recent Obsidian vaults and recent Finder folders so you can open them with one click.
• Calendar. With the Calendars permission, it shows your next 30 days, and saves or deletes events after you confirm.
• Microphone and speech. It records only after you tap the mic. Without an API key, your speech is turned into text on your Mac.
• Notification status. To warn you when Calendar alerts are off, it checks that macOS setting on your Mac.
• System status. Battery, network speed, CPU, memory and disk readings.
• Settings and API keys. Settings are stored in your Mac's Application Support folder. API keys are stored in macOS Keychain.

03If you add an API key

API keys are optional. You get one directly from the provider you choose: Alibaba Cloud Model Studio (Qwen) or OpenAI. Requests go straight from your Mac to that provider, and we don't receive them.

• Speech-model key. When a speech-model key is set and "Upload recordings for recognition" is on, your recording is sent to the provider to be transcribed. This setting is on by default, and you can turn it off in Settings.
• Text-model key. When a text-model key is set, the sentence you spoke, plus the current time, weekday and time zone, is sent to the provider to turn it into a draft event.

Each provider handles this data under its own terms and privacy policy. To keep everything on your Mac, clear your API keys in Settings.

04Update checks and downloads

NotchDash checks for a new version when it starts, about once a day after that, and when you choose Check for Updates. An update is installed only when you choose to install it.

The installer and these checks request files from Tencent Cloud Object Storage (Frankfurt) or GitHub. The requests contain no voice, calendar, chat or API key data. Like any web request, they show your IP address to the storage provider.

05Buying Pro

Paddle acts as the merchant of record and authorized reseller for purchases, and processes your checkout, billing details, applicable taxes and refunds under its Privacy Policy.

We receive only what we need to provide your license and support: your purchase email, order and transaction identifiers, the product you bought and its payment status. We don't receive full payment card details. Activating Pro uses your license and order details only, never your voice, calendar or chats.

We are based in China, and our support and operations staff may access these records remotely.

06This website

This website is hosted by Tencent Cloud in Virginia, United States. It does not use cookies, analytics or advertising trackers, and it does not load resources from third parties, except that a checkout page, once available, loads Paddle's checkout script so you can pay. Our hosting provider may process your IP address to deliver the site and keep it secure.

07Support email

If you email us, Google (Gmail) processes your message and attachments for our support address. We use them only to answer you.

08How long we keep information

• On your Mac: until you remove it. Deleting NotchDash removes the app. To remove your settings too, delete ~/Library/Application Support/NotchDash/, and search Keychain Access for com.dailf.notchdash to delete saved API keys.
• Purchase records: for as long as needed to provide your license and to meet legal, tax and dispute-handling obligations.
• Support email: for as long as needed to handle your request and related legal or dispute matters.

09Your rights and choices

You can ask us to access, correct, export or delete personal information we hold by emailing qianmu0331@gmail.com. We reply within 30 days. We may keep transaction records that must be retained for legal, tax or dispute-handling reasons, and Paddle retains the payment records it controls under its own policy.

California residents. We do not sell or share your personal information as those terms are defined in the California Consumer Privacy Act. You won't be treated differently for exercising your privacy rights.

10Children

NotchDash is not directed to children under 13, and we don't knowingly collect personal information from them. If you believe a child under 13 has given us personal information, contact us and we will delete it.

11Changes to this policy

When we update this policy, we change the "Last updated" date above. If a change is significant, we'll announce it on this website before it takes effect.

12Contact

Shanghai Qianmu Chenglin Information Technology Co., Ltd. — qianmu0331@gmail.com