Privacy, without the fine print.

Data Skopio processes

To provide activity insights, Skopio processes the following data locally, depending on the applications and integrations you enable:

• application names, bundle identifiers, active-window titles, activity timestamps, durations, and away-from-keyboard periods;
• for supported browsers, the visited domain, full URL, and URL path while that browser is selected for tracking;
• for supported editors, the project and file paths, project and file names, branch, programming language, activity category, and the integration that produced the event; and
• preferences such as tracked applications, away-time settings, goals, dashboard layouts, theme, and keyboard shortcuts.

This information is handled locally by the Skopio app and its integrations. Skopio does not require you to create an account, and it does not send your activity history to a remote Skopio service.

Permissions and input activity

Skopio asks for macOS Accessibility permission so it can identify the active application and read relevant window, browser, and editor context. It asks for Input Monitoring permission to detect whether keyboard or pointer activity has occurred and determine when you are away.

Skopio does not store what you type, individual key codes, pointer coordinates, clicks, or scroll details. Those input signals are handled in memory to update your active or away status; only the resulting away period and duration are saved.

How data is used

Skopio uses local activity data only to provide app features:

• measuring time spent in enabled applications and editors;
• organizing activity by projects and related context; and
• presenting dashboards, goals, timelines, and insights.

Skopio does not use activity data for advertising, user profiling, or cross-app tracking.

Network connections

Skopio’s core activity tracking, storage, dashboards, and insights work locally. The desktop app connects to GitHub to check for Skopio desktop and local-server updates and, when needed, download them. Editor integrations may similarly check GitHub for and download the local Skopio helper they require.

These update requests do not include your activity history. Like any request to GitHub, they may expose ordinary connection details such as your IP address and request headers to GitHub, which handles that information under its own privacy terms.

Storage and sharing

Activity data is stored in local databases on your Mac. Editor extensions send activity events to a local Skopio helper, which passes them to Skopio’s local background server. In production, these components communicate through a permission-restricted Unix socket rather than a public internet service.

Core activity databases are encrypted in release builds, with the encryption key stored in the operating system keychain. Skopio does not sell, rent, or share your activity data with advertisers, data brokers, or other third parties.

If you choose to share, export, back up, or otherwise move local data using your device or another service, that action is under your control and may be governed by the privacy terms of the service you choose.

Your choices and data retention

You decide which supported applications and editor integrations Skopio may track. You can stop future activity capture by removing an application from the tracked-apps setting, disabling or uninstalling an editor integration, revoking Skopio’s macOS permissions, or quitting Skopio.

Temporary event buffers are removed after they synchronize with Skopio’s local server, but the primary activity history is kept in the local database until you remove Skopio’s local application data from your Mac. Uninstalling the app may not remove all of its local data. Skopio cannot remotely access, recover, or delete data that exists only on your device.

Security

Keeping activity data on-device limits its exposure. You are also responsible for protecting access to your Mac, keeping macOS and Skopio up to date, and maintaining any backups you choose to make. No storage method is completely secure, but Skopio is designed to minimize data movement and unnecessary access.

Children’s privacy

Skopio is a general productivity tool and is not directed to children under 13. Skopio does not knowingly collect children’s personal information on a Skopio-operated server.

Changes to this policy

This policy may be updated as Skopio changes. Material updates will be reflected on this page, and the “Last updated” date will identify the current version.

Contact

For privacy questions or help locating local Skopio data, email hey@samwahome.com. Because Skopio cannot access data stored only on your Mac, please do not send activity logs, browsing history, file paths, or other sensitive local data unless it is necessary to resolve your request.