Privacy policy

This policy explains what MotionForge (the Mac app, this website and the MotionForge account service) collects, why, and what you can do about it. MotionForge is run by Karthik Varma in India. Questions: karthikvarmaedu@gmail.com.

Your projects stay on your Mac

Projects, imported media, audio and exported videos are stored only on your computer. MotionForge does not upload them, scan them or send them anywhere. You can use every editing feature without an account.

What we collect when you sign in

• Your Google account basics — name, email address, profile picture and Google account ID — when you choose “Sign in with Google”. We use them to identify your account and show who is signed in.
• Subscription records — your plan, its status, period dates, the price it was sold at and the Razorpay subscription ID, plus your free trial and any free access we give you — so the app knows whether you have MotionForge Pro.
• Sign-in times — when the account was created and last signed in, kept by our authentication provider.

We do not collect your card, bank or UPI details: payments are taken by Razorpay on its own pages, and we only receive whether a payment succeeded and its reference numbers. MotionForge has no advertising, analytics or tracking, and this website sets no cookies.

How we use it

• To sign you in and keep you signed in on your Mac (the session is stored in the macOS Keychain).
• To unlock MotionForge Pro and manage renewals and cancellations.
• To answer support requests and to prevent abuse.

We never sell your information or use it for advertising.

Google user data

MotionForge's use and transfer of information received from Google APIs adheres to the Google API Services User Data Policy, including the Limited Use requirements. We request only your basic profile and email address (the openid, email and profile scopes) and use them only for signing in.

Who processes it

• Supabase — our database and authentication service, hosted in the South Asia (Mumbai) region.
• Google — for Sign in with Google.
• Razorpay — for subscription payments, under its own privacy policy.
• Cloudflare — hosts this website.

How long we keep it

Account and subscription data is kept while your account exists. When you delete your account we remove it, except payment records we must keep for tax and accounting law.

Your choices and rights

• You can sign out at any time from the account menu in the app.
• You can ask us to show, correct or delete your data, or to delete your account, by emailing karthikvarmaedu@gmail.com. Deleting an account also stops any subscription from renewing.
• You can remove MotionForge's access to your Google account at myaccount.google.com/permissions.

Security

Data travels over encrypted connections (HTTPS). Account records are readable only by you and by MotionForge administrators; payment secrets never leave our servers.

Children

MotionForge accounts are not meant for children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect their information. If you believe a child has given us information, contact us and we will delete it.

Changes

If this policy changes we will update it here and change the date above. Significant changes will also be announced in the app.