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# NetNewsWire Privacy Policy
This policy describes the information Ranchero Software and Brent Simmons may receive from NetNewsWire users and how that information is handled.
This policy describes the information Brent Simmons may receive from NetNewsWire users and how that information is handled.
There are two things we do:
* We gather crash logs from NetNewsWire users who opt in.
* We log traffic to our website, which we view in aggregate.
In other words, we don’t want any private information — except that we want to be able to identify and fix crashing bugs, and we like to know things like how many times the app has been downloaded.
In other words, we don’t want any private information. We really, really don’t — it’s of zero use to us and it would be a burden to have to store it securely.
But we do want to do two things: 1) identify and fix crashing bugs, and 2) find out how many people are visiting our website and see which pages are more or less popular.
Details on these, and other privacy topics, are below.
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If you opt in to sending crash logs, we will have a copy of your crash logs.
* If you’re using an App Store version of the app, and you opt in with Apple, then Apple has a copy and we have a copy.
* If you’re using a version downloaded directly from us, and you opt in, then it’s just us.
* If you’re using a Mac version downloaded directly from us, and you opt in, then it’s just us.
When NetNewsWire sends a crash log directly to us, it sends only the text of the crash log. No additional information, such as email address, is sent (though our website logging system — see below — will record some information, including time and IP address).
When NetNewsWire for Mac sends a crash log directly to us, it sends only the text of the crash log. No additional information, such as email address, is sent (though our website logging system — see below — will record some information, including time and IP address).
Crash logs are stored privately and are kept confidential.
However, we may make significant parts of a crash log available publicly when there‘s no personal identification in that part of the crash log. For example, we might share something like this:
However, we may make all or significant parts of a crash log available publicly when there‘s no personal identification in that part of the crash log.
We might make all of a crash log available (again, if there’s no personal identification), or just part — something like this:
Thread 0 Crashed:: Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread
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## Other topics
### Cookies, JavaScript, Ads
### No Cookies, JavaScript, Trackers, Ads
Neither ranchero.com nor inessential.com use any cookies or JavaScript, and they do not display any ads.
Neither netnewswire.com nor inessential.com (Brent’s blog) use any cookies, JavaScript, or trackers, and they do not display any ads.
### Related sites
The [NetNewsWire GitHub repository](https://github.com/brentsimmons/NetNewsWire) does use cookies and JavaScript, because that’s how GitHub works. The repository, including the issue tracker and anything you post there, is public. See [GitHub’s privacy policy](https://help.github.com/en/github/site-policy/github-privacy-statement) for more information.
The [NetNewsWire GitHub repository](https://github.com/Ranchero-Software/NetNewsWire) does use cookies and JavaScript, because that’s how GitHub works. The repository, including the issue tracker and anything you post there, is public. See [GitHub’s privacy policy](https://docs.github.com/en/site-policy/privacy-policies/github-general-privacy-statement) for more information.
The NetNewsWire Slack group also uses cookies and JavaScript, because that’s how Slack works. The group is public: anyone may join. See [Slack’s privacy policy](https://slack.com/privacy-policy) for more info.
The [NetNewsWire Slack group](https://netnewswire.com/slack) also uses cookies and JavaScript, because that’s how Slack works. The group is public: anyone may join. See [Slack’s privacy policy](https://slack.com/trust/privacy/privacy-policy) for more info.
Posting to the GitHub repository and joining the Slack group are optional, opt-in activities.
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## Questions or comments
If you have questions or comments about this privacy policy, please contact <a href="mailto:brent@ranchero.com">brent@ranchero.com</a>.
This [policy](https://github.com/brentsimmons/NetNewsWire/blob/main/Technotes/privacypolicy.markdown) is stored in the NetNewsWire GitHub repository, where you can track any changes we might make.
If you have questions or comments about this privacy policy, please contact Brent Simmons on the [Slack group](https://netnewswire.com/slack) or on [Mastodon](https://indieweb.social/@brentsimmons).
This [policy](https://github.com/brentsimmons/NetNewsWire/blob/master/Technotes/privacypolicy.markdown) is stored in the NetNewsWire GitHub repository, where you can track any changes we might make.