Privacy Policy

Effective October 14, 2026 · OverProtect LLC

The short version

Your images and documents never leave your Mac. Editing and Foto Upscale run on your Mac, and we never use your images to train anything.
The app has no analytics, no tracking and no crash uploads.
To sell you a license and keep it working, we keep your email address, your purchase, and the Macs you've activated.
Payments are handled by Stripe. We never see your full card details.
We don't sell your information or use it for advertising.

This summary is for convenience. The full policy below is what applies.

1. Who we are

This policy covers the Fotofied app for Mac, the fotofied.com website, and the services we use to sell, activate and update Fotofied. OverProtect LLC ("we", "us") is responsible for the information described here. Contact details are in section 11.

2. What stays on your Mac

Fotofied opens, edits, upscales and saves your images entirely on your Mac. We never receive your images, documents, file names or what you do in the app. The app stores its preferences, presets, recovery files and your license activation in its folder in your Mac's Library. That data stays on your Mac.

AI apps. If you connect an AI app (such as Claude or Codex) in Preferences › Integrations, that app can control Fotofied and see its window and documents. Fotofied connects to it only on your Mac. What the AI app sends to its own provider is covered by that app's privacy policy, not this one. You can turn this off at any time.

3. What we collect, and why

When you buy. Your email address and the language you chose. We confirm the address with a one-time code before checkout. We store only a scrambled form of the code, and it stops working after 10 minutes. We then keep your license: your email, purchase date, how long your updates last, and the Stripe reference numbers for your payments and any updates subscription. We record that you agreed to the Terms of Use, and which version.
When you activate a Mac. Your license key, an anonymous device identifier that the app derives from your Mac (never its serial number), and the Mac's name as shown in the app's device list, for example "MacBook Pro". We record when each Mac was activated and when it last checked in. The app checks in when you activate or deactivate a Mac and about once each time it opens.
Abuse prevention. When you ask for a code or a key recovery email, we briefly record your email address and your IP address. This lets us limit how many requests can be made.
When you write to us. Your email and what you tell us. We may add a support note to your license, for example about a refund.
Update checks. When the app checks for updates, it downloads a list of releases. It sends nothing about you, your Mac or your documents. Like any web request, the server sees your IP address and the app's name and version.
Our website. fotofied.com uses no cookies, analytics or third-party scripts. If you choose Light or Dark in the footer, your browser remembers that choice. It is never sent to us. The servers that host our website, downloads and license service receive standard request information, such as your IP address and browser, and may keep it briefly in logs for security and troubleshooting.

We use this information only to sell, deliver and activate your license, provide updates, prevent fraud and abuse, provide support, and meet our legal and tax obligations. Where the law requires a legal basis, that's performing our contract with you, our legitimate interest in keeping the service secure, and complying with the law.

4. Email

We email you only about your license: one-time codes, your license key, recovery emails, notices when a Mac is activated or removed, and important notices about your license or our Terms. Receipts and subscription emails come from Stripe and Link. We don't send newsletters or offers.

5. Payments

Payments are processed by Stripe, through Link, which acts as the merchant of record and handles sales tax and VAT. When you pay, you give your payment details to Stripe, not to us. Stripe's use of them is covered by the Stripe Privacy Policy and the Link Privacy Policy. We receive the payment status, amount, currency and reference numbers, never your full card number.

6. Who we share it with

We share information only with the service providers that run Fotofied for us, and only as far as they need it:

Stripe (and Link): checkout, payments, subscriptions, refunds and receipts.
Cloudflare: hosts our license service and its database, our downloads and updates, and sends our emails.
Our website host: serves fotofied.com.

We may also disclose information if the law requires it, to protect our rights or users' safety, or to a company that acquires Fotofied, which would have to follow this policy. We don't sell or rent your information, and we don't share it for advertising.

7. Where it's stored

Our providers may process your information in the United States and other countries. Where the law requires it, we rely on appropriate safeguards for those transfers, such as our providers' standard contractual clauses.

8. How long we keep it

We keep your license record for as long as your license exists, and afterwards as long as we need it for tax, accounting, refunds and fraud prevention. A Mac's activation is deleted when you deactivate it. Records used to limit code requests are kept only as long as we need them for that purpose. You can ask us to delete your information at any time (section 9). We may need to keep some purchase records where the law requires it.

9. Your choices and rights

Your Macs. Deactivate a Mac in Preferences › General. When your license is on 2 Macs and you activate another, the app lists them and lets you remove one.
Access, correction and deletion. Email us from the address on your license to get a copy of your information, correct it, or delete it. Deleting it ends your license.
Depending on where you live, for example in the EU, the UK or California, you may have more rights, such as to object to or restrict processing, to take your data elsewhere, and to complain to your data protection authority. We don't sell or share personal information as California law defines those terms. We won't treat you differently for using your rights.

We'll respond within the time the law requires. We may need to confirm that a request comes from you, usually by email.

10. Children, security and changes

Fotofied isn't directed at children under 13, and we don't knowingly collect their information. We protect what we keep with encryption in transit and access limited to the people who need it, though no system is perfectly secure. To report a security issue, see our Security page. If we change this policy, we'll post the new version here with a new effective date and, for material changes, tell you by email or in the app.

11. Contact

Questions or requests about your privacy: [email protected]
OverProtect LLC · 440 N Barranca Ave #8986, Covina, CA 91723