Legal & Privacy

Transparency is our core feature. Here is exactly how Redact operates.

Privacy Policy

Effective Date: January 26, 2026

Redact is designed as a Local-First Application. We believe your files are none of our business.

1. No Telemetry or Analytics

The Application does not collect, store, or transmit your personal data, file contents, file names, or metadata to "The Author" (Redact Privacy) or any third-party servers.

2. Offline Processing

All file processing (scrubbing, re-encoding, padding) occurs 100% locally on your machine's CPU.

3. The Only Exception: License Validation

If you purchase the Pro Edition and use the watch command, the application must verify your purchase. It does this by contacting our authorized reseller, LemonSqueezy.

  • What is sent: Your License Key and a unique hardware fingerprint (to prevent license sharing).
  • What is NOT sent: Your files, your location, or your identity.

End User License Agreement (EULA)

By downloading, installing, or using Redact ("The Application"), you agree to the following terms.

1. GRANT OF LICENSE

Redact Privacy ("The Author") grants you a revocable, non-exclusive, non-transferable, limited license to download, install, and use the Application strictly in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

2. RESTRICTIONS

You agree not to, and you will not permit others to:

  • License, sell, rent, lease, assign, distribute, transmit, host, outsource, disclose, or otherwise make the Application available to any third party.
  • Modify, make derivative works of, disassemble, decrypt, reverse compile, or reverse engineer any part of the Application (including the license verification mechanism).
  • Remove, alter, or obscure any proprietary notice (including any copyright notice) of The Author.
3. PRO VERSION & PAYMENTS

The "Pro" features (Watch Mode) require a valid license key purchased from our authorized reseller (LemonSqueezy). You agree not to distribute, share, or publish your license key. The Author reserves the right to deactivate license keys that are leaked or used suspiciously (e.g., activated on >5 devices).

4. NO WARRANTY

THE APPLICATION IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED.

The Author does not warrant that the Application will meet your requirements or that the operation of the Application will be uninterrupted or error-free.

IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES, OR OTHER LIABILITY (INCLUDING DATA LOSS OR CORRUPTION) ARISING FROM THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE.

Use this tool at your own risk. Always keep backups of your original files.

5. COPYRIGHT

The Application, including all code, graphics, and documentation, is owned by Redact Privacy and is protected by international copyright laws.