Privacy Policy
Last updated: June 2026
🔒 InkWeave is a fully local application. Your writing, characters, and story data never leave your device. We do not have access to your creative work.
1. Who We Are
InkWeave ("we", "our", or "us") is a macOS and Windows application for writers. Our Windows version is now officially available. Our contact email is de4252311@gmail.com.
2. Information We Collect
We collect minimal information necessary to provide our service and improve the public website:
- License key — Used solely to verify your subscription status via our payment processor (Lemon Squeezy).
- Purchase information — Your email address and payment details are handled entirely by Lemon Squeezy. We do not store payment information.
- Local app data — Your projects, characters, and story content are stored locally on your device only.
- Website interaction analytics — On the public InkWeave website, we may use Microsoft Clarity to understand page visits, clicks, scrolling, and session interactions so we can improve navigation, pricing, documentation, and download flows.
- Anonymous aggregate license verification statistics — We may count verification requests by date, country/region, platform, and result to monitor availability and improve reliability. These counts do not include your license key, full machine code, IP address, email, writing content, or records that identify individual users.
We do not collect:
- Your writing content or story data
- In-app usage analytics or behavioral tracking inside the InkWeave desktop application
- Device identifiers beyond what is needed for license verification
- Any data through the local AI assistant (all AI processing is on-device)
3. How We Use Your Information
The license key you provide is used exclusively to:
- Verify your subscription status with Lemon Squeezy
- Issue a cryptographic JWT token stored locally on your device
- Periodically revalidate that your subscription remains active (checked each time you open InkWeave; if you are still offline after 48 hours, we temporarily downgrade your plan to the Free tier—features are limited until you reconnect to the internet and restore eligibility).
- If regional restrictions prevent connecting to certain servers, your subscription verification may be affected. Use a VPN or proxy so InkWeave's verification servers can validate your license successfully; you need at least one successful internet connection within every 48-hour period.
- Maintain anonymous aggregate verification statistics so we can diagnose regional connectivity issues and keep subscription checks reliable; these statistics are not used to track individual app usage.
4. Local AI Processing
InkWeave's AI writing assistant runs entirely on your device using a local language model (LLM). No text you input into the AI assistant is transmitted to any external server. Your creative work is yours alone.
Optional GGUF model weights are downloaded from Hugging Face repositories listed on our Third-Party & AI Models page. Connectivity requirements may apply in some regions—see that page and Section 3 of this policy.
5. Third-Party Services
We use the following third-party services:
- Lemon Squeezy — Our payment processor. When you purchase a subscription, Lemon Squeezy collects your payment and contact information according to their own Privacy Policy.
- Microsoft Clarity — Website analytics and session replay for the public InkWeave website. Clarity may collect interaction data such as clicks, scroll depth, page visits, approximate device/browser information, and other usage signals according to Microsoft's privacy practices. Microsoft Privacy Statement.
We use a Cloudflare Worker as a secure intermediary to communicate with Lemon Squeezy's API. This intermediary does not log or store your license key or personal information.
Microsoft Clarity is used only on the public website. It does not collect your local InkWeave projects, manuscripts, characters, or desktop app data.
6. Data Storage and Security
Your license token is stored locally in your macOS application data directory (~/Library/Application Support/com.inkweave.app/). This file is protected by your macOS user account permissions.
We do not maintain any server-side database of user data beyond what Lemon Squeezy retains for payment processing.
7. Data Retention
We do not retain personal data on our servers. Lemon Squeezy retains your purchase information according to their policies and applicable law. Local app data persists on your device until you uninstall the application or manually delete it.
8. Your Rights
You have the right to:
- Access the personal data we hold about you (limited to subscription status)
- Request deletion of your account and associated data from Lemon Squeezy
- Cancel your subscription at any time
To exercise these rights, contact us at de4252311@gmail.com.
9. Children's Privacy
InkWeave is not directed at children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13.
10. Changes to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify users of significant changes via the app or our website. Continued use of InkWeave after changes constitutes acceptance of the updated policy.
11. Contact Us
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at:
de4252311@gmail.com