Privacy policy

Last updated: July 11, 2026

PointerPop is built to be boring about your data: it doesn't collect any.

The app

No accounts, no telemetry, no analytics. The app makes no network calls in normal use.
Your settings stay local. Preferences (effects, hotkeys, custom images) are stored in a file on your computer and never leave it.
Screen Recording permission (macOS) is used only to power the magnifier and screenshot features, live on your machine. Nothing is captured in the background, stored by us, or transmitted.
Screenshots you take go to your clipboard and/or the folder you choose. They are never uploaded.
A local diagnostic log (pointerpop_log.txt in your temp folder) exists to help debug problems. It stays on your machine unless you choose to send it to us.

Update checks

The one exception to "no network calls": checking for a new version. If you click Check for updates in Preferences → System, or turn on the optional check at launch toggle (off by default), the app makes a single HTTPS request to GitHub's public API (api.github.com) to read the latest release number. The request contains no account, device identifier, or telemetry — only what any HTTP request carries (such as your IP address, which GitHub processes under its own privacy policy). Nothing about you or your settings is sent, and nothing from the response is stored beyond showing you the result. If you never click the button and leave the toggle off, the app makes no network calls at all.

This website

pointerpop.com is a static site served by Cloudflare. Cloudflare may process standard server logs (like IP addresses) to deliver the site; we don't run ads, tracking pixels, or third-party analytics scripts.
The Paper/Ink theme choice is stored in your browser's local storage. That's it.

Questions

Email [email protected] and a human (Haley) will answer.