Privacy Policy

Effective August 7, 2026

The short version: We don’t have accounts. We don’t collect your colors, your clipboard, or your identity. ColorCopy reads a single pixel when you click it, writes the result to your clipboard, and that’s the end of it. The app only talks to the internet to validate license keys and check for updates.

1. What we collect

Nothing. ColorCopy doesn’t have a backend. We don’t use analytics, telemetry, crash reporters, or tracking of any kind. We don’t know your name, your email, or that you’re using the app at all.

2. Your colors and clipboard

When you pick a color, ColorCopy reads the pixel you clicked using Apple’s native NSColorSampler. The color is formatted according to your preferences and written to your Mac’s clipboard. Recent colors, your saved palettes, and your favorited swatches are stored locally on your Mac in UserDefaults. Nothing is transmitted anywhere.

3. Settings and preferences

Your app preferences (color format, hotkey, sound, language, etc.) are saved locally on your Mac via macOS’s standard UserDefaults. They stay on your device.

4. Permissions

ColorCopy does not request Screen Recording, Accessibility, or any other special system permission. It uses Apple’s sandboxed system color picker (NSColorSampler) — the same out-of-process API used by Xcode, Keynote, and Preview — which presents its own loupe UI and returns only the single color you click.

ColorCopy never records video, takes screenshots, or reads anything beyond that single pixel.

5. Network connections

ColorCopy connects to the internet for only two reasons, and neither involves your colors, palettes, or clipboard:

  • License validation. If you buy ColorCopy Pro, the app sends your license key, an activation ID, and the device name you choose to Polar (our merchant of record) to activate, validate, or deactivate your license. That’s the entire payload.
  • Update checks. The app periodically fetches our update feed (colorcopy.app/appcast.xml) via the open-source Sparkle framework to see if a new version is available, and downloads the update if you accept. No personal information is sent.

6. Purchases

When you buy ColorCopy Pro, checkout and payment are processed by Polar, our merchant of record. Polar shares your email address and order details with us so your license key can be issued and support requests can be answered. We never see your full payment details. Polar’s handling of your data is governed by the Polar Privacy Policy.

7. Third parties

That’s the whole list. We don’t share anything with anyone else, because we don’t collect anything in the first place.

8. Children

ColorCopy isn’t directed at children under 13 and doesn’t knowingly collect data from anyone — minor or adult — since we don’t collect data at all.

9. Changes

If we ever change how the app handles data, we’ll update this page and the “Effective” date above. Given the design of the app, we don’t expect that to happen often.

10. Contact

A Beautiful Site, LLC