Privacy Policy
Last updated: October 12, 2026
This policy explains what data PejavaDock (the app) and dock.pejava.com (the website and its server) collect, why, and what you can do about it. It is written to be read: if something is unclear, write to us.
Who we are. PejavaDock is made by Roman Khomyakov (“we”, “us”). Contact: privacy@pejava.com.
The short version
- The app works fully without an account. The contents of your files, your windows and your screen never leave your Mac.
- If you sign in, we keep your name, e-mail and avatar from GitHub or Google and the dock settings you choose to sync.
- The app sends one anonymous usage ping a day. You can turn it off: Settings → General.
- We do not sell data, do not show third-party ads based on your data and do not use tracking cookies.
1. Without an account
Usage statistics. Once a day the app sends us a random installation ID (created on the first launch, not linked to you or your account), the app version, macOS version, processor type, system language and the number of docks. From the connection we take the country; the IP address is not stored. We use this to count installations and active users and to decide which macOS versions and languages to support. Turn it off in Settings → General.
Update check. The app may ask dock.pejava.com whether a newer version exists. The request carries the app version and language and nothing else.
Messages in the free version. The free version downloads the donation and news pages from dock.pejava.com in your system language. The request carries only the language.
Site icons. When you add a web link to a dock, the app downloads that site’s icon directly from the site itself. We are not involved and receive nothing.
Screen Recording. If you grant this optional permission, the app takes small snapshots of app windows on your Mac to show thumbnails of minimized windows. They stay in memory on your Mac and are never stored or sent.
Downloads. When you download the app from dock.pejava.com we count the download by day, version, file type and country. The IP address is not stored.
The website. dock.pejava.com uses no cookies and no third-party trackers. If we enable Cloudflare Web Analytics, it counts page views without cookies and without storing IP addresses.
2. With an account
You can sign in with GitHub or Google (Settings → Account). Then we store:
| Data | Why |
|---|---|
| Name, e-mail and avatar URL from GitHub or Google, and your user ID at that provider | To show who is signed in and to recognize you on another Mac |
| For each signed-in Mac: computer name, macOS, sign-in time and last activity | To manage sessions; a session can be ended with “Sign out” |
| The synced snapshot: your docks (names, items as file paths and web addresses, groups, placement, display IDs, size, behavior and look) and the app settings | To restore them on another Mac or after reinstalling |
| Your plan (Free or Supporter) and when it changed | To turn off reminders and messages for Supporters |
The paths of apps, folders and files in your docks can reveal folder names you chose (for example a project name). The files themselves are never uploaded. The sign-in token on your Mac is kept in the macOS keychain.
We never receive your GitHub or Google password. From GitHub we ask only for your public profile and e-mail address; from Google only your name, e-mail and profile picture.
3. Donations
Donations go through GitHub Sponsors. GitHub processes the payment; we receive your GitHub username and user ID, the amount and whether it is one-time or monthly, and we never see your card. GitHub’s privacy statement applies to the payment.
We keep donation records for as long as tax and accounting law requires, even if you delete your account; they are then no longer linked to it.
4. Who processes the data
| Service | What for | Where |
|---|---|---|
| Cloudflare | Website, server, database and file storage | Global network |
| GitHub | Sign-in with GitHub, donations (GitHub Sponsors), public issue tracker | USA |
| Sign-in with Google | USA |
These companies process data on our behalf or as independent controllers under their own policies. Some of them are outside your country, including outside the EU; transfers rely on their standard contractual clauses.
5. Legal bases (GDPR)
- Contract — your account, sign-in and settings sync, because you asked for them.
- Legitimate interest — anonymous usage statistics, download counts and the update check, to keep the app working and to plan development. You can turn statistics off.
- Legal obligation — keeping donation records.
6. How long we keep data
- Account data and synced settings: until you delete the account.
- Sign-in sessions: until you sign out on that Mac or delete the account.
- Usage statistics (installation ID and the days it was used): deleted 25 months after the installation was last seen.
- Download counts: totals per day, without personal data.
- Donation records: as long as the law requires (usually up to 10 years).
7. Your rights
You can see your data (Settings → Account), take it with you, correct it, and delete your account at any time: Settings → Account → Delete Account. This removes your profile, sign-in methods, sessions and synced settings from our server. Your docks stay on your Mac.
For anything else — a copy of your data, a question, an objection — write to privacy@pejava.com. We answer within 30 days. You may also complain to the data protection authority of your country.
8. Children
PejavaDock is not directed at children under 16. We do not knowingly collect their data.
9. Changes
We will publish changes on this page and update the date at the top. If a change matters for how we use your data, the app will tell you.