Privacy Policy
The short version: DriveScape has no analytics and no account, and it never uploads your files, file names, folder structure, or scan results anywhere. It runs entirely on your device - no login, no telemetry, no tracking. The app makes a few narrow network calls - a licence revocation check, an update check, and bug reports you choose to send - and none of them ever carry your files or scan results; the full list is below. Beyond that, data about you is handled only on the website, when you buy a licence through Paddle, and when you request a free trial. We keep each to the bare minimum, explained below.
What the app does NOT collect or transmit
DriveScape is a disk-space analyzer that scans your drive, draws a sunburst map, and finds duplicates and developer junk. All of that work happens locally, on your computer. We designed it to be private by default.
The app does not:
- require an account, sign-up, or login of any kind;
- send telemetry, usage statistics, crash pings, or analytics events;
- transmit your files, file contents, file names, folder names, or folder structure;
- transmit your scan results, duplicate lists, or cleanup actions;
- track you across sessions or build a profile about you;
- contain advertising or third-party trackers.
What you scan always stays on your machine, and we never see it. The app does make a small number of narrow network calls - the complete list is right below - and none of them carry any of the above.
What the app sends
Here is the complete list of network calls the app makes. None of them include your files, file names, folder structure, or scan results.
- Licence check on launch. If you have a licence or an active trial, the app asks our server on launch whether it has been revoked (this only happens after a refund). The request carries your activation token, which embeds the email address and order reference from your purchase - nothing else. The check is fail-open: if you are offline or our server is down, the app simply keeps working. Everything else works fully offline.
- Update check. The app asks our update server whether a newer version exists. That request carries only your app version and your operating system and architecture.
- Bug reports - only if you send one. If you choose to report a bug from inside the app, the text you type plus your app version and operating system are published as a public issue on our GitHub tracker (we scrub home-folder paths first). The optional reply email you can attach is kept on our side for follow-up and is never published.
- Free trial - only if you request one. See the next section.
Free trials
DriveScape works entirely on your computer and needs no account. Requesting a free trial is one of the few times the app contacts our servers (the complete list is above). When you do, two things are sent: the email address you enter, and a one-way cryptographic hash of a hardware identifier that we compute on your machine before anything leaves it - we never receive, see, or store the underlying hardware ID, and the hash cannot identify you by name or track your activity.
We use these for one purpose only: to grant one free trial per person and per device and prevent repeated trials (our legitimate interest in preventing abuse, Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR) - never for analytics, advertising, or profiling. To stop email-alias tricks from farming extra trials, we also store a normalized (canonical) form of the email you enter. We keep the trial record for as long as we need it to enforce the one-trial rule, and we review stored records periodically. You can ask us to access or delete your trial data anytime at support@drivescape.dev.
The website
This website (where you read about DriveScape and buy a licence) is separate from the app. It sets no advertising or tracking cookies and does not track you across other sites. To understand traffic we use Cloudflare Web Analytics - a cookieless, privacy-friendly counter that stores no personal data and cannot follow you anywhere - plus our own anonymous counters for a few key clicks (like “download” or “open checkout”), which record only the event name, a coarse source tag and a timestamp: no IP address, no device details, no identifiers.
One third-party script does load on the site: Paddle.js, the checkout script from Paddle (our Merchant of Record), served from cdn.paddle.com. It powers the secure checkout overlay behind the buy button; loading it means your browser talks to Paddle's servers, and Paddle may set its own functional cookies for checkout and fraud prevention when it runs. Paddle's privacy policy applies to that. The site's own analytics are anonymous and cookieless - see “The website” above.
Like virtually every website, our hosting provider also keeps standard, short-lived server request logs (for example IP address, browser type, and the page requested) to keep the site running and protect it from abuse. These logs are not used to identify you and are rotated or deleted after a short period.
Purchases
When you buy DriveScape, the checkout and payment are handled by Paddle.com Market Ltd - or Paddle.com Inc. for US customers - ("Paddle"), acting as the Merchant of Record - Paddle is the seller of record for the transaction, and your card statement will show PADDLE.NET*. Paddle collects and processes the payment and billing details you enter at checkout (such as your name, email, billing address, and card or payment information) and handles VAT/sales tax and invoicing. BrickLogic never sees or stores your full payment details.
From your purchase, BrickLogic receives only what is needed to deliver and support your licence - your email address and an order reference. You can read how Paddle handles your data in Paddle's privacy policy; Paddle's buyer terms also apply to the purchase.
We use your email address only to:
- send you your activation code after purchase;
- send (via Paddle) your receipt or invoice;
- follow up on a bug report, if you chose to attach your email to one;
- reply to you if you contact us for support.
We do not add you to a marketing list and do not send promotional email without your explicit opt-in.
Your rights
Depending on where you live (including under the EU/UK GDPR and Ukrainian data-protection law), you have rights over the limited personal data we hold - essentially your email address, an order reference, a trial record (email and a hashed device id) if you started one, and a contact email if you attached one to a bug report. You can ask us to:
- confirm what data we hold about you and get a copy of it (access);
- correct it if it is wrong (rectification);
- delete it (erasure);
- restrict or object to certain processing, or ask for it in a portable format.
To exercise any of these, email us (see below) and we will respond within a reasonable time and within any period required by law. Because payment data lives with Paddle, requests about your billing details may need to go to Paddle directly. You also have the right to complain to your local data-protection authority.
Data retention
We keep your email address and order reference for as long as needed to support your licence and to meet legal, tax, and accounting obligations, then delete or anonymize it. A free-trial record (your email and a hashed device id) is kept for as long as we need it to enforce the one-trial rule; we review stored trial records periodically, and you can request deletion at any time. Website analytics (if any) hold no personal data, and server logs are kept only for a short period. The app's licence and update checks are answered on the spot and are not used to build any profile of you, so beyond the records above there is nothing else to retain on our side.
Children
DriveScape is a tool for managing disk space and is not directed at children. We do not knowingly collect personal data from children. If you believe a child has provided us personal data, contact us and we will delete it.
Changes to this policy
We may update this policy from time to time - for example if we change our analytics tool or payment provider. When we do, we will update the date below. If a change is significant, we will make a reasonable effort to highlight it. Continued use of the app or website after an update means you accept the revised policy.
Who is responsible & contact
The data controller for this website and your purchase is BrickLogic, a sole proprietorship (individual entrepreneur) based in Ukraine, the maker of DriveScape.
The only way to reach us is by email at support@drivescape.dev - there is no contact form. For the full legal terms of using DriveScape, see our License (EULA) and Terms.