Privacy Policy

Data Collection

FolderDock does not collect personal data. The App Store app and optional Companion run locally on your device and do not:

• Send information to external servers
• Read or transmit the contents of files inside your folders
• Use analytics, tracking SDKs, or advertising identifiers

What Information Is Processed

FolderDock and the optional Companion process only the information needed to display your folders and open the items inside them, including:

• Folder names you create
• References (file paths and security-scoped bookmarks) to apps, files, and folders you add
• Display order and the folder a particular item belongs to

All processing happens locally on your Mac and is never transmitted.

Data Storage

The App Store app stores its folder definition inside its App Group container on your Mac. The optional Companion stores additional folder definitions in your user Application Support folder and installs generated Dock apps in your user-level Applications folder. FolderDock does not use iCloud, a cloud service, or any external storage.

Permissions

FolderDock asks for permission only when you explicitly add files or folders that live outside its sandbox. Those permissions are stored as security-scoped bookmarks so the app can re-open the same items later without asking again. The optional Companion may also create or remove generated local apps in your user-level Applications folder when you manage additional folders. You can remove an item at any time, which also discards its bookmark.