Privacy Policy

Muse · Last updated June 26, 2026

Muse is a free, open-source macOS application. It is built to collect nothing about you. This policy explains the few points at which Muse touches a network, and what the optional collection-sharing feature does.

What the app collects

Nothing. Muse stores everything locally on your Mac. There are no accounts, no analytics, no telemetry, no advertising, and no tracking of any kind. The developer receives no data about you or your files.

When Muse connects to a network

There are only two cases, and the second only ever happens when you start it:

• Software updates. Muse checks a signed update feed and downloads updates over HTTPS. No personal data is sent beyond what any HTTPS request inherently reveals to the file host (such as your IP address). Updates are cryptographically verified before installing.
• Sharing a collection (optional, you initiate). When you sign in to Google and press Publish, the images you selected and the text you typed are uploaded to your own Google Drive, under your own Google account. The developer never receives these files or any information about them. Your use of Google Drive is governed by Google's own Privacy Policy.

The share web page

A share link opens a static page hosted on Cloudflare Pages. A few things are worth being clear about:

• Hosting logs. As the host, Cloudflare may process standard technical request data — such as IP address, browser type, and timestamps — to operate and secure the service. We do not add cookies, analytics, or trackers, and we do not use this data to identify or profile anyone.
• The collection details stay out of the server's reach. The link carries the collection's contents in the URL fragment (the part after #), which by web standards is not sent to the server. The page host therefore does not receive your images or text.
• Images load from Google. The pictures are loaded directly from Google Drive into the viewer's browser; that loading is subject to Google's Privacy Policy.
• One local preference. The page remembers a chosen background shade in your browser's local storage. It never leaves your device.

Your control over shared content

Anything you share lives in your own Google Drive. You can delete it there at any time, and Muse's "Manage Drive Shares" lets you unpublish a share.

Children

Muse is not directed to children and does not knowingly collect personal information from anyone.

Changes

We may update this policy. The date above reflects the current version.

Contact

Questions about privacy: carlostarrats00@gmail.com