Privacy Policy

This policy explains what [LEGAL ENTITY NAME] collects when you buy and use SimpleCut. The short version: your video, audio, images, and projects never leave your computer, and we collect the minimum needed to sell you a license and keep it working.

What the app does not do

• It does not upload your media. Importing, previewing, and exporting all happen locally using bundled FFmpeg.
• It does not store your projects or media on our servers.
• It contains no analytics, telemetry, or usage tracking.
• There is no user account, profile, or password.

The only network requests the app makes are to activate or refresh your license and to check for software updates.

What we collect

When you purchase a license, we store:

• Your email address — to send your license key and important notices about your subscription.
• Your license key and its status, plus the date your current paid period ends.
• A Stripe customer and subscription identifier, so we can match payments to your license.

When you activate the app on a device, we additionally store:

• A device fingerprint — an irreversible hash derived from a machine identifier. We use it only to enforce the 3-device limit. It cannot be reversed to identify your hardware, and we do not use it for tracking.
• A device name (your computer's hostname), so you can tell your own devices apart, and the dates of activation and last check-in.

Payments

Payments are processed by Stripe. We never see or store your card number, CVC, or full billing details — those go directly to Stripe, which acts as an independent controller for that data under its own privacy policy. We receive only your email address, a customer identifier, and the status of your subscription.

Why we're allowed to hold this

Where the UK/EU GDPR applies, we rely on performance of a contract to process your email, license, and payment identifiers — we cannot sell or deliver a license without them. We rely on our legitimate interest in preventing license abuse for the hashed device fingerprint, which is the least identifying method we could find for enforcing a device cap.

Who we share it with

We do not sell your data or share it for advertising. We share it only with the services required to run the business:

• Stripe — payment processing and subscription management.
• Our email provider — to deliver your license key and service notices.
• Our hosting provider — the license server and database run on servers we control in Europe.

We may also disclose information where legally required, but given how little we hold, there is very little to disclose.

How long we keep it

We keep license and device records for as long as your subscription is active, and for up to two years afterwards so we can help if you return or need proof of purchase. Records of payments are kept as long as tax and accounting law requires. You can ask us to delete your data sooner.

Your rights

Depending on where you live, you may have the right to access, correct, export, or delete your personal data, to object to or restrict processing, and to lodge a complaint with your data protection authority. Email privacy@simplecut.app and we will respond within 30 days. Deleting your license data will deactivate the Software on your devices.

Cookies

The simplecut.app website sets no advertising or analytics cookies. Stripe's checkout and billing portal set cookies necessary for payment security and fraud prevention while you are on their pages.

Children

SimpleCut is not directed at children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect their personal data.

Changes

If we change this policy in a way that materially affects you, we will email license holders before it takes effect.

Contact

[LEGAL ENTITY NAME], [REGISTERED BUSINESS ADDRESS]. Data protection enquiries: privacy@simplecut.app.

See also our Terms of Service.