Privacy policy
Purgy runs on your Mac. What it scans stays there.
Last updated August 2026
The app
Purgy works on your Mac. There is no account. The list of files it finds is held in memory, shown to you, then thrown away. It is never uploaded. The app runs with the network switched off.
The only times it uses the network:
- License activation. Your key, trial or paid, is checked with our license server once per Mac. We store the key, the email address it was issued to, and an identifier for the Mac, so a license can be held to the number of Macs it was bought for. Nothing about what Purgy finds on your disk is ever sent.
- Update checks. If enabled in Settings, the app asks whether a newer version exists. You can turn this off.
Purgy does not currently send crash or diagnostic reports. If we add them, they will beopt-in and described here before they ship.
This website
The site is static and served by Cloudflare. Cloudflare keeps standard server logs of IP address, time and browser, for security, as every web host does.
We use Google Tag Manager to measure how people find Purgy and which pages lead to a download. It does not load unless you accept it. Until you press Accept on the notice at the bottom of the page, nothing is fetched from Google, no cookie is set, and Google is not told your visit happened. Decline and that stays true for good.
If you do accept, Google receives information about your visit — your IP address, the pages you open and the browser you use — and handles it underits own privacy policy. You can change your mind by clearing this site's data in your browser, which brings the notice back.
Purgy the app is a different matter, and nothing above applies to it. The app sends nothing anywhere except when you activate a licence. What it finds on your Mac stays on your Mac.
Cookies
Reading this site sets no cookies unless you accept them. The only thing stored before you answer is the answer itself, kept in your browser so you are not asked on every page. It is not a cookie, it is never sent anywhere, and it says nothing but yes or no.
Accept, and Google Tag Manager may set cookies for the measurement described above. That is the only thing the notice switches on.
Two pages load something from another company. Thefeedback form is hosted by Tally, and the checkout is hosted by our payment provider. Each may set its own cookies when you open it, under its own privacy policy. Neither runs anywhere else on the site, so you never meet them by accident.
Payment is handled by a separate provider on their own site. Any cookie they need is set there, under their privacy policy, not ours, and only once you have chosen to buy.
If you would rather not be measured, a browser that blocks third-party scripts, or any of the common content blockers, stops this before it loads. Nothing on the site needs it to work.
Payments and email
Purchases are handled by our payment provider as merchant of record. They receive your email and billing details to process the payment and send your license key. We never see or store card details.
We may use the email address from your purchase to send you release notes, important changes and occasional product news. Every message of that kind includes an unsubscribe link, and unsubscribing never affects your license or your support.
Full Disk Access
Purgy asks for Full Disk Access so it can measure folders macOS otherwise hides. You grant it in System Settings and can revoke it there at any time. Folders you add to the protected list are not scanned at all.
Your data
You can ask us what we hold about you, ask for it to be corrected, or ask us to delete it. Email support@purgy.app and we will action it. Note that purchase records held by our payment provider may need to be kept for tax and accounting purposes.
Changes
This policy will change as Purgy grows. The date at the top changes with it, and anything material is called out in the app's release notes.