Privacy Policy

Effective Date: January 1, 2025

🙋🏼‍♀️ How It Impacts You
  • ✓ Your data stays local — it's stored on your device & in Google Contacts, not on Orbit servers.
  • ✓ Minimal data collection — Used solely for authentication, analytics, and error tracking.
  • ✓ You can delete your data - uninstalling Orbit & managing your Google Contacts directly.
  • ✓ Orbit complies with U.S. privacy laws, including CCPA — your data rights are respected

1. Introduction

Welcome to Orbit ("we," "our," or "us"). Your privacy is important to us. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and protect your personal information when using our macOS application, Orbit.

2. Data Collection

Orbit collects the following personal data through integration with Google Contacts:

  • Contact names
  • Email addresses
  • Locale settings

We do not collect or store sensitive personal data such as health, biometric, or financial information.

3. How We Use Your Data

We use the collected data for:

  • Authenticating and authorizing users via Google Contacts
  • Providing application functionality
  • Analytics and performance monitoring
  • Error tracking and debugging

4. Third-Party Services

We use third-party services to enhance the functionality and reliability of Orbit:

  • Analytics Services (Usage tracking and performance monitoring)
  • Exception Handling Services (Error tracking and reporting)
  • Observability Services (System monitoring and performance)
  • Cloud Inference APIs (AI processing and natural language capabilities)

These services may process data as part of their operations. Please refer to their respective privacy policies for details on their data handling practices.

5. Data Storage & Security

  • Your data is stored locally on your device and within Google Contacts.
  • Communications with third-party services are secured via HTTPS.
  • Both server and client operations are confined to the local machine to enhance security.

6. User Rights

  • Users can delete their data by uninstalling Orbit and managing their contacts through Google Contacts.
  • Currently, we do not offer an opt-out mechanism for analytics and observability.

7. Children's Privacy

Orbit is not intended for use by children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect data from them.

8. Compliance with Legal Regulations

Since Orbit is currently distributed in the United States, we adhere to applicable privacy laws, including the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). Under CCPA, California residents have the right to:

  • Know what personal data is collected and how it is used.
  • Request deletion of their personal data.
  • Opt-out of the sale of personal data (we do not sell user data).

For privacy-related inquiries, please contact us at hello@askorbit.co.

9. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on our website or within the application.