Privacy Policy
Last updated: November 9, 2026
Dockhat is a native Mac app published by dockhat.com ("we", "us"). This policy covers the Dockhat app and this website (https://dockhat.com and its subdomains). It is a draft that has not yet been reviewed by a lawyer.
Summary
- Dockhat has no account system. Your chats, files, sign-ins and settings never pass through us.
- The app contacts our server only to check for updates and to validate a license key you entered.
- There is no analytics, telemetry, crash reporting or advertising, in the app or on the website.
What the app sends to us
Exactly two things:
1. Update check. The app requests updates.dockhat.com/appcast.xml (through Sparkle). The request contains standard HTTP data: the app name, version and build, your operating system version, and your IP address as seen by the server.
2. License validation. When you enter a license key, the app sends the key, an anonymous identifier of your Mac (a one-way hash, never the hardware identifier itself), your Mac's name, the app version and the operating system version. We use this to confirm the purchase, to count how many Macs a license is active on, and to let you free a slot. The key is checked against your Gumroad purchase. We store a hash and the last four characters of the key, the buyer email Gumroad gives us, and the registered Macs. We do not store IP addresses for this.
We never receive the contents of your chats, your Claude accounts or credentials, or any usage data.
What stays on your Mac
Profiles, their data folders, Dock icons, settings and the free-trial clock are stored locally. If you turn on iCloud sync, profile names, colors, icons, notes, order and app settings are stored in your own private iCloud by Apple. Chats and sign-ins are never synced by Dockhat.
Payments
Purchases are handled by Gumroad. We do not receive your card details. Gumroad's own privacy policy applies to the purchase.
Website
The website sets no tracking cookies and uses no analytics unless an analytics snippet is added in the future, in which case this policy will be updated first.
Your choices
You can remove a license from a Mac at any time in Settings, which frees its slot. Ask us to delete your license record by emailing support@dockhat.com.
Children
Dockhat is not directed at children.
Changes
We will post any change here and update the date above.