Dockora Privacy

Controller and contact details

This Privacy Policy describes the processing of data in connection with the use of Dockora.

The data controller is Gianluca Luisi, the developer of Dockora.

For privacy-related requests, email [email protected].

Scope and current status

This policy applies to Dockora in its current configuration, while the app is in preparation for distribution through the Mac App Store and is not yet publicly available.

Any future features that involve different data processing will be described in an update to this policy before they are made available.

Data handled locally

Dockora’s core features operate on the user’s Mac. It is useful to distinguish persistent data from transient observations.

Persistent data

Dockora may store locally, in the app’s data area:

• general settings and preferences;
• panel configurations and added items;
• display positions and monitor identifiers needed for layout;
• security-scoped bookmarks / references provided by the operating system for user-selected applications, files and folders;
• local catalogue or classification caches used to suggest templates.

Catalogue or cache data may include technical information about installed applications, such as names, bundle identifiers, paths, categories and declared URL schemes or document types used for local classification.

Transient observations

Running-application state, process identifiers and window or full-screen metadata may be observed transiently for indicators and panel behaviour. These observations are not a permanently stored activity history.

Technical diagnostics

Technical diagnostics use the macOS unified logging system. Dockora does not build a separate behavioural log database.

Network use and external services

Core features are designed to operate locally.

An optional Apple App Store / iTunes lookup is initially disabled. It is used only when the user enables it and only after local classification cannot classify an application.

In that case Dockora may send the unclassified application’s bundle identifier and a country code to Apple. The implementation uses US when no usable country can be derived and may retry against the US store when the first country-specific lookup returns no result.

During the request, ordinary network metadata such as an IP address may necessarily be visible to Apple. Results may be cached locally for up to 30 days to reduce repeated requests. Disabling lookup stops future use but does not itself promise immediate cache deletion.

Accounts, tracking and advertising

Dockora does not require users to create an account.

In the current configuration Dockora uses no:

• behavioural advertising;
• advertising tracking;
• external analytics SDK;
• external crash-reporting SDK.

Permissions

Dockora may require:

• access to user-selected files or folders as required by sandboxing;
• network client access only for the optional Apple lookup and any explicitly described system interaction.

Accessibility permission is not a current requirement.

Users can manage or revoke permissions in macOS settings, bearing in mind that certain features may be unavailable without the required permissions.

Retention and deletion

Local configurations remain stored for as long as the user keeps the app and its related data on the Mac.

Removing an item from a panel deletes only the reference stored by Dockora and does not modify or delete the original application, file or folder.

The in-app reset concerns panel configuration and settings and must not be understood as deleting every cache or every file.

Local data or caches may remain in Application Support until removed manually or managed by macOS.

Uninstalling Dockora does not delete source items linked by panels.

Support communications

If a user contacts [email protected], the email address and name supplied by the sender, message content, diagnostic details and optional screenshots or attachments may be processed to answer and investigate the request.

Support correspondence is kept only as long as reasonably necessary to handle and document the request, subject to legal obligations and ordinary email backup cycles.

Please do not send passwords, private keys or unnecessary sensitive information.

User rights

To the extent provided by applicable law, users may request access to, rectification or erasure of, or restriction of the processing of any personal data handled by the controller, or object to such processing.

When information is stored exclusively on the user’s device, many access or deletion operations can be performed directly through the app or operating system settings, or by removing local data.

For requests that cannot be handled directly on the device, contact the controller at [email protected].

Policy updates

This policy may be updated to reflect changes to the app, platform requirements, security needs or regulatory changes.

The updated version may be made available on this page, in the app, or through channels provided by the distribution platform.