Privacy Policy

Effective Date: November 26, 2025

Introduction

SnowMyScreen is a macOS application that adds seasonal desktop effects and decorative lights. Your privacy is important to us, and this policy explains how we handle your information. Website analytics and cookie choices are described below.

The Short Version

The app does not collect any data.

SnowMyScreen works entirely on your Mac. Nothing you do in the app is tracked, recorded, or sent anywhere. We don't know who you are, how you use the app, or what settings you prefer.

What the App Does Not Collect

• No personal information
• No usage statistics
• No crash reports
• No analytics data
• No device identifiers
• No location data
• Nothing. Seriously.

What Stays on Your Mac

The app saves your preferences locally on your device:

• Effect theme, intensity and speed
• Wind direction and strength
• Selected shapes and custom images
• Overlay placement and decorative light settings
• Language preference

Settings and imported images are stored locally on your Mac and are not uploaded by the app. Removing the app does not necessarily remove its saved preferences or app data.

Permissions

SnowMyScreen may request permission to launch automatically when you start your Mac. This is optional and only for your convenience. No data is collected through this permission.

No Internet Required

SnowMyScreen doesn't need an internet connection to work. It doesn't communicate with any servers, ours or anyone else's.

Updates

All updates come through the Mac App Store. Apple handles the update process according to their privacy policy.

Children

Since we don't collect any information, SnowMyScreen is safe for everyone, including children.

Website analytics & cookies

Website section updated: October 5, 2026

The website uses local storage to remember your cookie choice (snowmyscreen_cookie_consent_v1) and, on the download page, your language preference (snowmyscreen-language). These preferences are saved on this device.

If you allow analytics, the website loads Google Analytics 4 (measurement ID G-VB76JMX2B6) to measure page visits and browser/device information. Google processes this usage data. The Google tag is not loaded before you opt in or while optional cookies are declined. Advertising consent remains disabled.

With analytics enabled, Google Analytics can store first-party _ga and _ga_VB76JMX2B6 cookies to distinguish browsers and sessions. These website statistics are separate from the desktop app, which does not collect analytics.

Choose Accept all, Only necessary or Customize in the banner. You can reopen Cookie settings in the footer at any time. Turning analytics off removes Google Analytics cookies and reloads the page to stop the running tag. Clearing browser storage removes your saved choice.

Learn how Google handles this information:

Google Privacy Policy · Google: partner sites

Questions?

If you have questions about this privacy policy, contact us at:

Email: hello@andrewsereda.com

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This privacy policy may be updated occasionally. The current version is always available here and in the Mac App Store.