Mockingbyrd — Privacy Policy
EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2026
This policy covers the Mockingbyrd macOS application (the "App") and the website at mockingbyrd.io (the "Site"). Mockingbyrd runs on your Mac and keeps your data there. We collect only the small amount of personal data needed to send you activation codes, updates, and documentation, and to run the website. This policy explains what that is, why, and your rights under the EU and UK GDPR, Swiss law, and US state privacy laws.
1. Who we are
The controller is Mockingbyrd Inc, a Delaware corporation, 2219 Main St., Unit 588, Santa Monica, CA 90405, United States of America ("Mockingbyrd", "we", "us"). Contact: Michael Schoening, legal@mockingbyrd.io, +1 (773) 548-2226.
Individuals in the EU and UK can reach us directly at legal@mockingbyrd.io. We will list our EU and UK representatives (GDPR and UK GDPR Art. 27) here once appointed. We have not appointed a Data Protection Officer because we are not required to.
2. What stays on your Mac
The App reads permission lists, configuration files, hooks, agent definitions, session logs, and tool calls on your Mac to produce scores, fixes, alerts, and the token ledger. All of this is processed locally. We do not receive it and cannot see it. The App has no account and no login. The one thing the App can send us about your Mac is a crash report, which is off unless you turn it on; section 3 says what it contains.
3. What we collect
| Data | When | Purpose | Legal basis (GDPR Art. 6) | Kept for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Email address | You request an activation code | Send the code and manage licensing | Contract (6(1)(b)) | Licence life + 12 months |
| Machine code | You send it to tie a licence to your Mac | Issue and verify a licence for that Mac | Contract | Licence life + 12 months |
| Email address | You ask to hear about new builds | Send build-update emails only | Consent (6(1)(a)) | Until you unsubscribe |
| Email address | You request documentation | Send the documentation | Your request (6(1)(b)) | 90 days |
| Feedback and any contact details you include | You submit feedback or email us | Reply and improve the App | Legitimate interests (6(1)(f)) | 2 years |
| Pilot application answers (role, team size, agents and setup, recent events, pilot commitment, optional notes), email address, and any name or company you add | You submit the pilot fit survey at pilots.mockingbyrd.io | Decide whether the pilot fits, reply to you, and prepare the kickoff. Any score computed from your answers only orders our review; a person reads every application and no decision is made by the score alone | Legitimate interests (6(1)(f)) | 2 years |
| IP address, browser, pages requested, timestamps | You visit the Site or download the App | Deliver the Site, security, abuse prevention | Legitimate interests | 30 days |
| App version, macOS version, IP address | The App checks for updates | Offer updates | Legitimate interests | 30 days |
| Crash report: stack trace, App version, macOS version | The App crashes, and only if you have turned crash reporting on | Diagnose and fix the crash | Consent (6(1)(a)) | 12 months |
We use each email address only for the purpose you gave it for. We do not combine it with other data, sell it, or use it for advertising.
The Site does not use cookies that require consent.
Do Not Track. We do not track visitors over time or across third-party websites, and we do not allow third parties to do so on the Site. We therefore treat all visitors the same, whether or not their browser sends a Do Not Track or Global Privacy Control signal.
We make no automated decisions with legal or similarly significant effects about you. The App's scores are calculated locally and are advisory.
4. Legitimate interests
Where we rely on legitimate interests, those interests are running a secure website, delivering updates, and responding to feedback. We have weighed them against your rights, and you can object at any time.
5. Who we share it with
We share personal data only with service providers that process it on our behalf under contract:
- Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS), United States: hosts the Site, delivers downloads and updates, and keeps server logs.
- Google LLC, United States: email and forms; receives form submissions and sends activation codes and update emails.
Both providers process data in the United States. These transfers are covered by the safeguards described in Section 6. A current list is available on request at legal@mockingbyrd.io.
We may disclose data if required by law, to protect rights and safety, or to a successor if Mockingbyrd is reorganized, merged, or sold.
6. International transfers
We are based in the United States. When personal data from the EEA, UK, or Switzerland goes to the US or another country without an adequacy decision, we rely on the EU Standard Contractual Clauses, the UK International Data Transfer Addendum, or a provider's certification under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework. You can request a copy of these safeguards.
7. Your rights
EEA, UK, and Switzerland. You can ask to access, correct, delete, or port your data, to restrict processing, or to object to processing based on legitimate interests. You can withdraw consent to build-update emails at any time via the link in each email or by writing to us. You can complain to your data protection authority, for example the ICO in the UK or your local EU authority listed at [edpb.europa.eu](https://edpb.europa.eu/about-edpb/about-edpb/members_en).
United States. Depending on your state, you may have rights to know, access, correct, delete, and receive a copy of your personal information, and to appeal our decision. We do not sell or share personal information for targeted advertising, and we will not discriminate against you for using your rights.
How to ask: email legal@mockingbyrd.io. We answer within one month (GDPR) or 45 days (US), extendable where the law allows. We may ask you to confirm the email address you used.
8. Security
We keep what we collect to a minimum, use encrypted connections, restrict access to the few people who issue codes, and use providers with recognized security practices. The App is signed and notarized by Apple. If a breach affects your data, we will notify you and the authorities as the law requires.
9. Children
The App and Site are not directed to anyone under 16, and we do not knowingly collect their data.
10. Future features
Crash reporting ships today and is described in section 3. It is off until you turn it on. If a future version sends any other data from your Mac to us or a third party, such as usage statistics or an AI assistant, we will update this policy before release and, where required, ask for your consent first.
11. Changes to this policy
We will post updates here with a new effective date and announce material changes on the Site.
12. Contact
Mockingbyrd Inc · Attn: Michael Schoening · 2219 Main St., Unit 588, Santa Monica, CA 90405, United States of America · legal@mockingbyrd.io · +1 (773) 548-2226
Legal notice
Mockingbyrd Inc · 2219 Main St., Unit 588, Santa Monica, CA 90405, United States of America · Represented by: Michael Schoening · Email: legal@mockingbyrd.io · Phone: +1 (773) 548-2226 · Delaware corporation · Responsible for content: Michael Schoening, address as above.