FocusDim Privacy Policy
Complete transparency about how FocusDim handles your privacy and data.
Last updated: January 2025
Our Privacy Commitment
FocusDim is designed with privacy as its foundation. We believe your focus preferences and usage patterns are personal, and we've built FocusDim to ensure they stay private.
In simple terms: We don't collect, store, transmit, or analyze any of your personal data, settings, or usage patterns.
What We Don't Do
No Analytics or Tracking
We don't use any analytics services, tracking pixels, or telemetry to monitor how you use FocusDim.
No Data Collection
We don't collect personal information, usage statistics, or any data about your focus preferences.
No Data Transmission
FocusDim doesn't send any settings, preferences, or usage information to external servers.
No Third-Party Integrations
We don't integrate with analytics platforms, advertising networks, or data brokers for any purpose.
What Data Stays Local
FocusDim stores the following information locally on your Mac to provide its functionality:
Focus Preferences
Your chosen focus mode (dim background or border highlight), dimming intensity, colors, and animation speeds.
App Exclusion List
Applications you've chosen to exclude from focus effects (Pro feature only).
Interface Settings
Menu bar preferences, enable/disable state, and other interface customizations.
Purchase Status
Whether you have the Pro version, validated securely through Apple's StoreKit framework.
Important:
All this data is stored exclusively in macOS UserDefaults on your local machine. It never leaves your device and cannot be accessed by us or any third parties.
In-App Purchases & StoreKit
FocusDim uses Apple's StoreKit framework for Pro upgrade purchases:
Purchase Verification
How it works: Apple's StoreKit handles all payment processing and provides encrypted receipts to verify purchases.
What FocusDim does: We only verify the receipt locally on your device to unlock Pro features.
What's NOT sent: No payment information, personal details, or purchase data is transmitted to our servers.
Family Sharing Support
FocusDim supports Apple's Family Sharing, allowing family members to access Pro features.
Privacy protection: Family Sharing verification is handled entirely by Apple's systems, not by FocusDim.
Apple's Responsibility:
All payment processing, receipt management, and customer data is handled by Apple according to their privacy policy. FocusDim never sees your payment information.
Required Permissions
FocusDim requires minimal macOS permissions to function properly:
Screen Recording Permission
Why needed: To create overlay windows that can dim or highlight content on your screen.
What it enables: FocusDim can create visual overlays for dimming backgrounds and drawing borders around windows.
Accessibility Access (Optional)
Why needed: To detect the currently active application and window for precise focus targeting.
What it enables: More accurate window detection and better focus tracking across different applications.
Minimal Permissions:
FocusDim only requests the minimum permissions necessary for functionality. We don't request access to your files, contacts, camera, microphone, or other sensitive system resources.
Questions About Privacy?
If you have any questions about how FocusDim handles privacy, please don't hesitate to reach out.
Email: [email protected]
Response Time: We typically respond within 24-48 hours
Policy Updates
If we ever need to update this privacy policy, we will:
- Post the updated policy on this page with a new "last updated" date
- Notify users through the app if there are material changes
- Maintain our core commitment to privacy regardless of any updates