Privacy Policy

Who we are

BIR ("we", "us") is an independent software studio based in Türkiye. This policy covers every iOS application we publish on the Apple App Store.

Data we do not collect

Across our apps we do not collect, store or transmit:

• Your name, email address, phone number or postal address
• Your contacts, messages, photos or files — unless you explicitly choose to use them inside the app, in which case they stay on your device
• Advertising identifiers (IDFA) for cross-app or cross-site tracking
• Precise location data, unless an app's core feature requires it and you grant permission

Data processed on your device

Most of our apps process everything locally. Documents you scan, notes you write, media you edit and settings you choose are stored on your device (and in your own iCloud backup, if you have it enabled). We have no access to that content.

Clearreel for Mac

Clearreel is our screen recorder for Mac. It makes no network connections of its own: there is no account, no cloud storage and no analytics in the app.

Screen content. Clearreel uses the macOS content picker, so it only receives the window or display you choose, and only while a recording is in progress. It does not request the system-wide Screen Recording permission.

Microphone and system audio. Recorded only when you turn them on. You can revoke microphone access at any time in System Settings › Privacy & Security › Microphone.

Camera. Used only when you turn on the camera for a recording, to show you in a bubble on the video. The camera video is saved in the app's private folder next to your recording and never leaves your Mac. You can revoke camera access at any time in System Settings › Privacy & Security › Camera.

iPhone and iPad recordings. When you record a connected iPhone or iPad, its screen and sound travel over the cable to your Mac and are saved like any other recording. macOS treats the device as a camera, so this uses the Camera permission.

Captions. When you generate captions, Clearreel uses Apple's speech recognition on your Mac only; the audio is never sent to Apple or anyone else. This needs the Speech Recognition permission, which you can revoke in System Settings › Privacy & Security › Speech Recognition.

Keyboard shortcuts. If you turn on Keyboard Shortcuts, Clearreel notes the shortcuts you press during a recording (such as ⌘C) so it can show them in the video. It never records ordinary typing — letters, numbers or anything you type into a text field — and macOS blocks all keyboard access in password fields. This needs the Input Monitoring permission, which you can revoke at any time in System Settings › Privacy & Security › Input Monitoring.

Recordings and edits. Recordings are saved to Movies › Clearreel on your Mac. To create automatic zooms and a smooth cursor, Clearreel also stores the cursor position and clicks captured during a recording, together with your edits, in the app's private folder. None of this leaves your Mac.

Diagnostics. Crash and hang reports provided by macOS are saved in Clearreel's private folder and are only shared if you send them to us yourself (Help › Show Diagnostic Reports).

Purchases

Thock — Keyboard Input

Thock plays a sound when you press a key. To do that, macOS must tell Thock that a key was pressed, which is why the app asks for the Accessibility permission (System Settings → Privacy & Security → Accessibility). We want to be precise about what this does and does not mean.

What Thock receives. macOS notifies Thock that a key was pressed or released, and which key it was. Thock uses this for one purpose only: choosing which sound to play, how loud, and from which direction. The key identity is used in memory at the moment of the keystroke and is then discarded.

What Thock never does. Thock does not record, log, store or transmit what you type. There is no keystroke history, no text buffer and no file on disk containing anything you have typed. Thock does not modify or block your keystrokes either: every key event is passed on exactly as it arrived, and Thock never prevents one from reaching the app you are typing in.

Why the permission is called “Accessibility”. The name can be surprising for a sound app. macOS groups everything that reads or controls input from outside an app under Accessibility — the same permission used by screen readers, text expanders and window managers. It is simply the switch macOS uses to let an app be told that a key was pressed. It does not give Thock access to your files, your screen, your microphone or your network.

No network access. Thock is distributed through the Mac App Store and runs in Apple's App Sandbox. It is built without the network entitlement (com.apple.security.network.client). This is a technical restriction enforced by macOS, not a promise: the app has no ability to send data anywhere, to us or to anyone else.

Statistics. Thock can show you how many keys you have pressed — a total, a per-day count and a peak typing speed. These are counts only. Thock does not record which keys were pressed, so no statistic can reveal anything about the content of your typing. All of it is stored locally on your Mac and is removed when you delete the app.

Sound packs. If you import your own sound pack, Thock copies the audio files you selected into its own folder on your Mac. Nothing is uploaded.

You can revoke the permission at any time in System Settings → Privacy & Security → Accessibility. Thock will stop producing sound and will continue to work normally in every other respect.

Permissions

When an app asks for a permission — camera, microphone, photo library, local network, notifications — it is because a specific feature needs it. You can decline, and you can revoke access at any time in iOS Settings. Declining a permission only disables the feature that needs it.

Purchases

All payments are handled by Apple. We never see or store your payment details. Apple provides us with anonymous, aggregated sales reports that do not identify individual customers.

Diagnostics

If you choose to share crash or usage diagnostics with developers in iOS Settings, Apple may provide us with anonymised crash reports. These contain no personal information and are used solely to fix bugs.

Children

Apps we publish in the Kids category do not contain third-party advertising, do not collect personal information, and do not include external links outside a parental gate.

Third parties

We do not sell, rent or share your information with data brokers, advertisers or analytics networks. Where an app connects to an external service to deliver a feature you requested (for example, a translation engine or a smart-home device on your own network), only the minimum data required for that request is sent.

This website

birsoftware.com counts page views using our own software, running on our own server. No third-party analytics service is involved and nothing about you is shared with anyone.

For each page view we record the page address, the site you arrived from (if any), the page language and your browser window width. We store a random identifier in your browser so that repeat visits are not counted as new people; it contains nothing about you and is not a cookie. We do not store your IP address, we do not build a profile, and we cannot identify you.

If your browser sends a “Do Not Track” or Global Privacy Control signal, we record nothing at all. Clearing your browser storage removes the identifier.

Executive OS and third-party AI processing

Executive OS performs its analysis on your device. Decisions, holdings, retrospectives and vault entries are encrypted with a key bound to your biometric and are never uploaded to us. We operate no server for this app and receive no data from it.

The one case where data leaves your device. Executive OS can optionally use Anthropic's Claude models. This is off by default and requires two deliberate steps: you must enter your own Anthropic API key, and you must then accept an in-app disclosure that names Anthropic PBC as the recipient and lists exactly what will be sent. Until both are done, the app makes no request to any AI service and all analysis runs on device.

What is sent, and how. Only the following, and only after you agree:

• The strategic question you type into the Decision Engine, and any follow-up you add to it.
• Your briefing headline and priority lines, when you ask for an AI-enhanced briefing.
• The investor update draft you are editing, when you ask for it to be polished.

The request goes directly from your device to api.anthropic.com over HTTPS, authenticated with your own API key. It does not pass through any server of ours.

What is never sent. Your Vault (credentials, API keys, contracts and secure notes); your holdings, net worth and any financial figures; your confidence ratings, decision outcomes and calibration record; your name, email address, contacts, location or device identifiers.

How that data is used. The text is used solely to generate the response you asked for, which is returned to your device and shown to you. We do not receive it, store it, analyse it, or use it for any other purpose, including training.

Third-party protection. Anthropic PBC provides privacy protections equivalent to those described in this policy for the data transmitted to it. Their handling of that data, including retention, is governed by the Anthropic Privacy Policy and the commercial terms attached to the API key you supply.

Withdrawing permission. You can withdraw permission at any time in Executive OS under Settings → AI Backend. The app then immediately stops sending anything and returns to on-device analysis. Removing your API key has the same effect. If the disclosure changes materially, your previous consent is invalidated and you are asked again.

Your rights

Because we do not hold personal data about you, there is generally nothing for us to export or delete. Deleting an app removes its data from your device. If you believe we hold information about you, contact us and we will respond within 30 days.

Changes

If this policy changes materially, we will update the date at the top of this page.

Contact

Questions about privacy: abirkan.aksoy@gmail.com

The apps this policy covers

Same policy, same standards — nothing leaves your device unless a feature needs it.

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