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Privacy Policy
Last updated July 12, 2026
This Privacy Policy explains what information Coast Creative Studio (“Coast Creative,” “we,” “us”) collects, how we use it, and the choices you have. It covers our website at coastcreative.studio and our macOS apps — MOTHER, FATHER, BISHOP, and ASH.
The short version: we collect very little, we don’t sell your data, and our apps keep your keys and site data on your own Mac.
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Information we collect
We keep this to what we actually need:
- When you contact us: your name, email, an optional phone number, and whatever you include in your message, sent through our contact form.
- When you buy an app: your purchase goes through our Shopify store. Shopify processes your payment and collects your billing details on its secure checkout, then delivers your download by email. We receive the order information we need — such as your name, email, country, and what you bought — to provide support and meet our tax and accounting obligations. We never see your full card number.
- When you download an app: we keep an anonymous count of total downloads per app. It’s a tally only and isn’t tied to you.
- Automatically: like most websites, our host (Vercel) records basic technical logs — such as IP address, browser type, and pages requested — to keep the site secure and running.
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What our apps do NOT collect
This is the important part. Our apps run entirely on your Mac.
The API keys, tokens, passwords, settings, and site data you enter stay in local storage on your own computer. The apps connect directly from your Mac to the third-party services you choose — such as Vercel, Google, Microsoft Bing, GitHub, and Anthropic. That information flows between you and those services; it does not pass through Coast Creative, and we never receive or store it.
Any encrypted backup you create stays on your machine, or wherever you choose to save it, protected by a password only you know.
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How we use information
We use the little we collect to:
- Respond to your inquiries and provide the services you ask for.
- Deliver app purchases and provide support.
- Keep the website secure and working.
- Understand overall interest through aggregate download counts.
- Meet legal, tax, and accounting obligations.
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We don’t sell your data
We don’t sell your personal information, and we don’t share it with advertisers. We keep tracking to a minimum and don’t use advertising cookies.
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Service providers we rely on
A few trusted providers help us run the business, and each has its own privacy policy:
- Vercel — website hosting.
- Resend — delivers the emails sent from our contact form.
- Shopify — powers our online store, processes app purchases, and delivers your download after checkout.
- For the apps, the third-party services you connect (Google, GitHub, Vercel, Microsoft Bing, Anthropic, and similar) handle your data under their own policies.
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Data retention
We keep contact messages and order records only as long as we need them for the purpose we collected them and for legal or accounting requirements, then delete or anonymize them.
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Your rights
Depending on where you live — for example under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA/CPRA) or the EU/UK GDPR — you may have the right to access, correct, delete, or receive a copy of your personal information, and to opt out of its sale. We don’t sell personal information. To exercise any of these rights, just email us and we’ll take care of it.
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Security
We use reasonable safeguards to protect the information we hold. The local-first design of our apps means the most sensitive data — your keys and tokens — never leaves your device in the first place.
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Children
Our website and apps aren’t directed to children under 13, and we don’t knowingly collect information from them.
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Where your information is processed
We’re based in the United States. If you contact us or buy from us from another country, your information will be processed in the U.S. and other countries where our providers operate.
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Changes to this policy
We’ll post any updates here and change the “last updated” date above.
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Contact
Questions about your privacy? Email us at hello@coastcreative.studio.