Privacy Policy

1 Information We Collect

We do not collect any personally identifiable information (PII).

When using NotiGlow, you are not asked to register, log in, provide an email address, or disclose any personal identity details. NotiGlow does not employ user accounts or centralized profiles.

• Personal Information: None collected.
• Location Data: None collected.
• Device Identifiers / Telemetry: None collected.
• Payment & Financial Data: None collected.

2 How We Process Notification Data

NotiGlow requires Windows notification listener permissions (UserNotificationListener) solely to detect incoming toasts and trigger screen edge glow animations.

• Transient In-Memory Matching: When Windows receives a toast notification, NotiGlow inspects the sender application identifier (AUMID or App Name, such as WhatsApp, Discord, or Slack) and header in transient local device memory.
• Profile Color Association: The detected application ID is matched against your locally configured color themes to select the visual illumination style.
• Immediate Discard: Notification data is processed strictly in volatile RAM and is immediately evicted. Notification message bodies, sender identities, and content are never written to disk, never logged to database, and never transmitted over the network.

3 How We Use Information

Because NotiGlow does not gather personal information, we do not use your data for advertising, analytics, marketing, behavioral profiling, or machine learning model training.

Any interaction with local system APIs is used solely for the real-time execution of the desktop ambient lighting effect as configured by you.

4 Data Storage

All application configuration files and customized application profiles are stored entirely on your local machine:

• Local Settings: User preferences (e.g., edge thickness, animation style, color theme, monitor selection) are saved locally in JSON format at %AppData%\NotiGlow\settings.json (or in your app's isolated local app container if installed via the Microsoft Store).
• Application Profiles: Per-app color mappings are saved locally at %AppData%\NotiGlow\profiles.json.
• Diagnostic Logs: Local operational logs (e.g., startup errors) may be written to %AppData%\NotiGlow\logs\ strictly for local troubleshooting and are never uploaded.

Uninstalling the application or deleting the application folder removes all associated local configuration data.

5 Data Sharing

We do not share, sell, rent, disclose, or trade any information with third parties, data brokers, advertisers, or business partners.

There are no remote servers, centralized cloud databases, or third-party tracking SDKs integrated into NotiGlow.

6 Network & Internet Communication

NotiGlow minimizes network communication based on the distribution channel:

• Microsoft Store Edition: The Microsoft Store release of NotiGlow is 100% offline. It performs zero network calls. All application updates and installations are managed securely and directly by the Microsoft Store client.
• GitHub / Standalone Edition: If configured by the user, NotiGlow periodically queries the public GitHub Releases API (api.github.com) to check if a newer version of the utility is available. This request contains no user identifiers, personal information, or device tracking tokens—only standard HTTP headers. Users may disable automatic update checks entirely in the Advanced settings tab.

7 Third-Party Services & Analytics

NotiGlow does not embed or link to any third-party analytics platforms, diagnostic telemetry frameworks, crash collectors, or advertising networks (e.g., Google Analytics, Firebase, Sentry, App Center).

8 Children's Privacy

NotiGlow does not knowingly collect, request, or maintain personal information from children under the age of 13 (or under 16 in certain jurisdictions), nor does it target children. Because no personal data is collected from any user, NotiGlow is fully compliant with COPPA (Children's Online Privacy Protection Act) and the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

9 Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may occasionally update this Privacy Policy to reflect application updates or regulatory requirements. Any revisions will be published directly to this page with an updated "Effective Date". Continued use of NotiGlow after any changes constitutes acceptance of the revised policy.

10 Contact Information

If you have questions, feedback, or concerns regarding this Privacy Policy or NotiGlow's privacy practices, please contact us through our official project repository:

• Project Repository: https://github.com/owergungor/Notiglow
• Issue Tracker & Inquiries: https://github.com/owergungor/Notiglow/issues
• Publisher: crius