PortHole Privacy Policy

Last updated: October 2026 (PortHole 1.2)

PortHole is a menu-bar utility for Mac. This policy covers what it does and doesn’t do with your data.

What PortHole does not do

No account, no sign-in. PortHole doesn’t know who you are.
No analytics, no tracking, no telemetry. Nothing about your usage is collected or transmitted anywhere.
No data ever leaves your Mac, with one exception below. The App Store privacy label is “Data Not Collected.”

The one exception: AirPlay on your local network

PortHole’s AirPlay button uses Apple’s built-in AirPlay system to find and connect to displays on your local network, which is why macOS may ask for local-network permission. Discovery and casting are handled entirely by macOS; PortHole doesn’t see, collect, or transmit anything about the devices found, and nothing goes beyond your own network.

What PortHole stores locally

Everything below stays in this Mac’s local preferences storage — never transmitted, never backed up to iCloud, never seen by us:

Your saved display layouts (if you use that feature) — the name you give each layout and which monitor goes where, with monitors identified by their vendor/model/serial number, not by anything identifying you.
Your preference settings, such as auto-fix-on-connect.

Launch at Login is registered with macOS itself (as a login item you can see in System Settings → General → Login Items), not stored by PortHole.

Permissions macOS may ask for

Local network — only for finding AirPlay displays, as described above.
Control “System Events” — only for the Dark Mode toggle, which switches your Mac’s appearance through System Events. This happens entirely on your Mac.

Third-party access

PortHole reads information about your connected monitors — resolution, vendor, model, serial number — to detect and fix resolution mismatches. None of this involves a third party or leaves your Mac.

Purchases

PortHole is a one-time paid download on the Mac App Store. Apple processes the purchase entirely through its own systems — PortHole never sees your payment details. See Apple’s own privacy policy for how Apple handles that transaction.

Changes to this policy

If this policy changes, the “Last updated” date above will change too. Material changes will be reflected in the app’s release notes.

Contact

Questions about this policy: support@blumanta.co.uk