Hyperfocus Privacy Policy

Last updated: July 26, 2026

1. Overview

Hyperfocus is a desktop productivity app for managers and founders to plan work, stay focused, and reduce overwhelm.

This Privacy Policy explains how Dmitrii Tcepelev, an individual operator of Hyperfocus ("Hyperfocus," "we," "us," or "our"), collects, uses, shares, and protects information when you use Hyperfocus, our website, connected services, or support channels.

2. Summary

Hyperfocus is designed as a local-first desktop app. Core productivity data, such as tasks, plans, goals, periods, and settings, is stored on your device.

Some information may leave your device when you use connected features, including product analytics, software update checks, AI features, payments, website hosting, and support communication.

3. Information We Collect

Information stored locally on your device

Hyperfocus may store the following on your device:

tasks, goals, plans, periods, sessions, subtasks, completion status, and timing data;
app settings, onboarding state, dismissed hints, and similar preferences;
a generated app user ID used for product analytics;
an optional Gemini API key if you choose to use your own key for AI features;
local app database files and configuration files.

Information sent to connected services

Depending on how you use Hyperfocus, we may process:

product analytics about app installation and general use of planning and focus features, associated with a generated user ID. Product analytics does not include plan or task content, such as titles, descriptions, or notes;
AI request data, such as prompts, task or period context, goal details, conversation content, model settings, and AI responses;
update data, such as app version, operating system metadata provided by the updater, update availability, and download progress;
payment and purchase information processed by Paddle;
feedback submission data when you explicitly use the in-app feedback form, including your message, an optional reply email, the generated app user ID, the app version, and the macOS version;
support information you send us, such as your email address, message content, diagnostics, screenshots, or logs.

The in-app feedback form sends feedback data to Hyperfocus support infrastructure only when you press Send. It does not automatically attach tasks, plans, journal content, local databases, logs, diagnostics, or files.

Website information

If you visit a Hyperfocus website, we or our hosting providers may process basic technical data, such as IP address, browser and device type, pages visited, referral URL, hostname, and timestamps. Hyperfocus uses PostHog in always-cookieless mode to measure marketing-site pageviews. PostHog estimates daily visitors using a server-computed, non-reversible hash derived from the PostHog project, a rotating daily salt, IP address, user agent, and hostname. The IP address is removed before downstream enrichment, so PostHog does not add GeoIP or bot-detection enrichment in this mode.

The website analytics configuration does not store analytics data in cookies, localStorage, or sessionStorage, and the website does not identify visitors. It collects click and scroll interaction data for heatmaps, clickmaps, and scrollmaps only on the homepage and pricing page. Other pages, including privacy, terms, and refund pages, send pageviews but not this interaction data.

Payment information

Paddle is our online reseller and Merchant of Record. Paddle handles checkout, billing, tax, fraud prevention, subscriptions, refunds, and buyer support for Hyperfocus purchases, and processes payment information under Paddle's Privacy Policy.

4. How We Use Information

We use information to:

provide, maintain, and improve Hyperfocus;
save your local settings and app state;
operate AI-assisted features;
understand product usage and improve workflows;
detect, debug, and fix problems;
provide updates and security fixes;
process purchases, refunds, and tax obligations;
respond to support requests;
comply with legal obligations and enforce our Terms.

5. AI Processing

Hyperfocus may use AI features for planning, prioritization, goal clarification, and related workflows.

If you use the default AI configuration, relevant request content may be sent to Hyperfocus-operated proxy infrastructure and then forwarded to Google Gemini for processing.

If you configure your own Gemini API key, Hyperfocus may send AI request content directly from your device to Google Gemini using that key.

AI request content may include task titles, subtasks, goals, period context, conversation messages, and instructions needed to produce the requested output. Avoid entering sensitive personal data, regulated data, trade secrets, or confidential third-party information unless you are comfortable with that processing.

6. Analytics

Marketing-site analytics

Hyperfocus uses PostHog to understand aggregate website use. The marketing site uses always-cookieless analytics, does not call PostHog's visitor-identification function, and does not create a durable person-level link between website activity and the local installation identifier used by the app. Because the server hash changes with the daily salt, it is not used to recognize a visitor across days.

Pageviews are measured across the marketing site. Automated click capture, page-exit events, and heatmap, clickmap, and scrollmap data are limited to the homepage and pricing page. Website session replay, surveys, feature flags, experiments, automatic exception capture, and performance monitoring are disabled.

App product analytics

The macOS app uses PostHog product analytics tied to a generated local installation identifier rather than an account login. The website and app send analytics to the same PostHog project, where events are distinguished by the reserved surface property; website visitors are not identity-linked to the app installation identifier. We collect broad usage information, such as whether planning and focus features are used. App product analytics does not include task, plan, goal, journal, or other local productivity content, such as titles, descriptions, or notes.

7. Legal Bases for Processing

Where required by law, we rely on the following legal bases:

contract: to provide Hyperfocus and related paid features;
legitimate interests: to improve the app, maintain security, provide support, and understand product usage;
consent: where required for optional analytics, marketing, cookies, or similar processing;
legal obligation: to comply with tax, accounting, consumer protection, or other legal requirements.

8. How We Share Information

We may share information with:

AI providers and proxy infrastructure providers that process AI requests;
analytics providers, including PostHog;
hosting and update infrastructure providers, including cloud storage or hosting providers;
Paddle, payment processors, tax providers, and accounting tools;
support and communication tools;
professional advisors, such as lawyers and accountants;
authorities or third parties when required by law or necessary to protect rights, safety, or security.

We do not sell your personal information in the ordinary meaning of selling data for money.

9. Data Retention

Local app data remains on your device until you delete it, uninstall the app, remove the app database/configuration files, or use any deletion feature we provide.

Analytics, support, payment, and server logs are retained only as long as reasonably needed for the purposes described in this Policy, unless a longer period is required by law.

AI providers and infrastructure providers may retain request data according to their own policies and contracts.

10. Security

We use reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect information. No system is completely secure. You are responsible for protecting access to your device, backups, API keys, and local files.

11. Your Choices

Depending on your location and how you use Hyperfocus, you may have rights to access, correct, delete, export, object to, or restrict processing of personal information.

Because Hyperfocus is local-first and does not currently require an account, some information can be managed directly on your device by deleting local app data or uninstalling the app.

To make a privacy request, contact dmts@hyperfocus.in. We may need enough information to verify and process your request.

12. International Transfers

We and our service providers may process information in countries other than where you live. These countries may have data protection laws different from your jurisdiction.

Where required, we use appropriate safeguards for international transfers.

13. Children

Hyperfocus is not intended for children under 13, or a higher age if required by local law. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children.

14. Changes

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. If we make material changes, we will take reasonable steps to notify you, such as updating the date above, publishing the revised Policy, or showing an in-app notice.

15. Contact

Contact: dmts@hyperfocus.in

Support phone: +995 571 134 783

Operator: Dmitrii Tcepelev

Location: Batumi, Georgia

Data protection contact: dmts@hyperfocus.in