Privacy Policy
Effective October 19, 2026 · The short version: the app knows nothing, and we like it that way.
The app: we collect nothing
ShotgunKeyboard (the Mac and Windows app) does not collect, store, or transmit any personal data. It reacts only to the fact that a key went down: on a Mac through macOS's Input Monitoring permission, on Windows through a standard keyboard hook that needs no special permission. It never records, stores, or transmits which keys you press or what you type. The app makes no network connections: no analytics, no crash reporting, no accounts, no advertising. Your settings stay on your computer. On Windows the app also keeps a small troubleshooting log on your PC — app events such as start-up and sound-device changes, never keys — which never leaves it unless you choose to send it to us.
The website
This site is hosted on Vercel, whose infrastructure keeps standard server logs (such as IP address and browser type) to operate the service. We count visits with Vercel Analytics, which is cookieless and aggregated — no personal profiles, no cross-site tracking.
TikTok ads
We advertise on TikTok. Outside the EU, EEA, UK and Switzerland, this site loads the TikTok Pixel, which sets TikTok cookies (such as _ttp) and tells TikTok when you view the site, open checkout or buy, so we can measure our ads. When you buy, we also send TikTok the order value and a one-way hashed (SHA-256) copy of your email from our server. Two first-party cookies of ours support this: one records whether your region gets the pixel, and, if you arrived from a TikTok ad, one keeps that ad's click id for 30 days so a purchase can be credited to it. We don't load the pixel or send these events for visitors in the EU, EEA, UK or Switzerland. TikTok's use of this data is covered by TikTok's privacy policy. You can block these cookies in your browser at any time.
Pricing cookies
We occasionally test different prices. Two first-party cookies make that work: one records which price you were shown, so it stays the same on every visit rather than changing under you, and one holds a random id that lets us count a visit without knowing who you are. They are not shared with anyone, are never used for advertising or cross-site tracking, and expire after 180 days. Alongside them we store how long a visit lasted, which price it saw, and whether it ended in a purchase — no names, no emails, no browsing history. Clearing your cookies resets all of it.
Purchases
Checkout is provided by Stripe. Stripe collects the information needed to process your order — email address, payment details, and billing information — under Stripe's privacy policy. Your card details go to Stripe directly and never touch our servers. We receive your email address and order details so we can deliver the download and help you if something goes wrong.
Windows waitlist
Before the Windows version came out, visitors could join a waitlist. If you did, we store your email address together with the page you signed up from, your country, your browser type, and the random visit id described above, so we know where the interest came from. We use your email for one thing: telling you the Windows version is out. It is not a newsletter, and we never sell or share it. We keep it until that message has gone out, or until you ask us to remove it at support@shotgunkeyboard.com.
Retention and your rights
We keep order records (email and order details) as long as needed for support and tax/accounting obligations. You can request a copy or deletion of your data any time by emailing support@shotgunkeyboard.com.
Changes & contact
If this policy changes, the update appears on this page with a new effective date. Questions: support@shotgunkeyboard.com. ShotgunKeyboard is made by Seven Sigma Group LLC.