ShelvePrivacy Policy
Short version: Shelve does not collect any data. The app has no network permission, contains no analytics, advertising or third-party code, and everything it reads stays on your Mac.
Who is responsible
Shelve is developed and published by Šarūnas Grigaliūnas, an individual developer based in Kaunas, Lithuania (European Union). For anything related to privacy, write to forall@tuta.com.
Data the app collects
None. The developer receives no information from the app about you, your Mac or your files. In App Store terms, the app's privacy label is “Data Not Collected”.
What the app reads on your Mac
To do its job, Shelve processes the following information locally, in memory, on your device:
- File and folder metadata inside the folder you select – names, locations, sizes on disk and modification dates. Shelve does not open or read the contents of your documents, messages, mail or photos.
- Identifiers of installed and running applications – the bundle identifier of apps on your Mac (for example
com.example.app), used only to tell whether leftover data belongs to an app that is still installed, and to avoid recommending the data of an app that is open right now.
This information is never transmitted, is not written to any log or report, and is discarded when you quit the app.
What the app stores
- Folder permission. When you choose your Library folder, macOS gives the app a permission token (a security-scoped bookmark) so you do not have to choose it again. It is stored in the app's own sandboxed preferences on your Mac. You can revoke it at any time with “Forget Folder Access” in the app, or by deleting the app.
Shelve has no accounts, no sign-in, no cloud sync and no in-app purchases.
What the app changes
Shelve moves items to the Trash only when you select them and confirm. It has no permanent-delete function. Items remain recoverable from the Trash until you empty it.
Network access
Shelve runs in the macOS App Sandbox without the network entitlements. The operating system therefore prevents it from making or accepting network connections. There is no telemetry, crash reporting, update check or advertising in the app.
Third parties
The app contains no third-party SDKs or libraries and shares data with no one.
If you obtain Shelve from the Mac App Store, Apple processes your download and, if you have chosen to share diagnostics with developers in macOS settings, may provide the developer with anonymised crash and usage statistics. That processing is governed by Apple's Privacy Policy, not by this one.
This website
This website uses no cookies, no analytics, no tracking scripts and no embedded third-party content. It is hosted by Vercel Inc. Like any web host, Vercel processes technical request data such as your IP address, browser user agent and the time of the request in order to deliver pages and protect the service. The developer does not use this data to identify visitors. See Vercel's Privacy Policy for details, including international data transfers.
If you email the developer, your address and message are used only to reply to you and are deleted when the conversation is no longer needed.
Children
Shelve is a general-purpose utility, is not directed at children, and collects no data from anyone.
Your rights
Because the app collects no personal data, there is nothing held about you to access, correct or erase. If you have contacted the developer by email, you may ask for a copy of that correspondence or for its deletion. If you are in the European Economic Area you also have the right to lodge a complaint with a data protection authority; in Lithuania this is the State Data Protection Inspectorate.
Changes to this policy
If the app's behaviour changes in a way that affects privacy, this page will be updated before that version is released, and the effective date above will change. Earlier versions are available on request.
Contact
Šarūnas Grigaliūnas · Kaunas, Lithuania · forall@tuta.com