Privacy Policy for Universal Version Control (UVC)

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Effective Date: November 10, 2026 • Application Version: 0.1.x • Contact: mail.shreyanshp@gmail.com

Core Commitment: UVC is a local-first desktop application. Your files, documents, project code, and version history stay on your computer and are never uploaded to our servers or the cloud.

1. Overview

Universal Version Control (“UVC”, “we”, “us”, or “our”) is a local-first desktop version control utility for Windows, developed by PRISM Laboratories / Opinionated Works. UVC does not operate a remote file storage service, cloud sync server, or user account registry.

2. Information That Stays on Your Machine (Never Transmitted)

The following categories of data are processed strictly on your local device and are never transmitted to our servers, third parties, or cloud services:

File Contents & Code: Your files, documents, code, notes, images, or media tracked by UVC.
Filenames & Folder Paths: The filesystem names and paths of your monitored files (e.g., C:\Users\...).
Project Names & Settings: Logical project names, descriptions, source directory mappings, and exclusion rules.
Version Manifests & Hashes: BLAKE3 content hashes, snapshot manifests, and timeline metadata.
SQLite Database: The local metadata database (uvc.db) located in %APPDATA%\com.uvc.app.
Clipboard & Keystrokes: UVC does not inspect or log your clipboard or keystrokes.

3. Diagnostic Telemetry & Error Reporting

To identify software crashes and diagnose unhandled exceptions, UVC includes an optional diagnostic reporting system powered by Sentry (Functional Software, Inc.).

3.1. What Is Collected (When Enabled)

Random Installation Identifier: A locally generated UUID (e.g. 83acdcbe-0ac3-45e6-89dd-ad54f5ff9fc5) used solely to deduplicate crash reports across application restarts.
Coarse Product Usage Counters: Aggregate action counts such as application launch, checkpoint creation count, and restore success/failure codes and elapsed duration in milliseconds.
Application Crash Reports: Software error messages and stack traces generated when the application encounters an unexpected error.
Environment Metadata: Application version (e.g. uvc@0.1.0), Windows OS release, and CPU architecture.

3.2. Automated Privacy Scrubbing

Before any diagnostic event leaves your computer, UVC's Rust native engine and TypeScript client execute automatic sanitization:

All Windows drive paths (C:\..., D:/...) and UNC network shares (\\...) are replaced with [REDACTED_PATH].
All Unix-style paths (/home/..., /Users/...) are replaced with [REDACTED_PATH].
All BLAKE3 hashes and 64-character hex strings are replaced with [REDACTED_HASH].
All entity UUIDs are replaced with [REDACTED_ID].
Client IP collection is explicitly disabled (sendDefaultPii: false) and stripped.

3.3. Default Setting & User Control

Fresh Installations: Diagnostic reporting defaults to ON on fresh installations to identify early release defects.
Immediate Opt-Out: You can opt out immediately during first launch on the welcome screen, or at any time by toggling off Settings > Error & Diagnostic Reporting.
Preserved Opt-Out: Once disabled, your choice is permanently stored in local SQLite settings and localStorage. It is never reset across updates.
Queue Flush: Disabling reporting immediately purges all queued telemetry events and clears in-memory buffers.

4. Voluntary Online Communications

4.1. In-App Feedback (SnapItForms)

If you choose to submit feedback through the in-app modal, the text you enter and your optional contact email are transmitted securely via SnapItForms (api.snapitforms.com) to our developer inbox. This form transmits only what you type into the dialog.

4.2. Newsletter Subscription (FormSubmit)

If you choose to subscribe to product updates on the welcome screen, your email address is submitted via FormSubmit (formsubmit.co) to our announcements list. You can unsubscribe at any time.

5. Third-Party Service Providers

Service	Provider	Purpose	Data Processed
Sentry	Functional Software, Inc.	Crash diagnostics & error reporting	Pseudonymous install UUID, scrubbed stack traces, coarse event counters
SnapItForms	SnapItForms	Voluntary user feedback	Typed user feedback message, optional reply email
FormSubmit	FormSubmit	Voluntary newsletter signup	User-entered email address

6. Data Storage & Deletion

You have full sovereignty over your local data. Deleting the directory %APPDATA%\com.uvc.app permanently removes all local version history, checkpoints, and SQLite databases from your machine. To request deletion of voluntary email communications or feedback, email us at mail.shreyanshp@gmail.com.

7. Contact

For questions or privacy requests, please contact:
Email: mail.shreyanshp@gmail.com
GitHub: https://github.com/mailshreyanshp/UVC