Privacy Policy — UIScope

Effective date: 5 June 2026 · Publisher: TBTechs

Plain-English Summary

UIScope does not collect, transmit, or sell any personal data. There are no accounts, no sign-in, no analytics, no telemetry, and no cloud sync. Every byte UIScope stores lives in a single SQLite file on your own machine.

Data Collected

UIScope collects no personal data whatsoever. Specifically, UIScope does not collect:

Names, email addresses, usernames, or any account credentials
Device identifiers, IP addresses, or hardware fingerprints
Usage statistics, crash reports, or diagnostic telemetry
Screenshots, element trees, or inspection data from your sessions
Location data of any kind
Any information from the target apps you inspect

Local Storage

UIScope stores the following data locally on your machine only, in a single SQLite database at ~/.uiscope/uiscope.db:

Inspection sessions — element tree snapshots and screenshots you have captured
Bookmarks — nodes you have pinned for reference
App settings — preferences such as theme, polling interval, ADB path, and startup mode

This data never leaves your machine. You can delete the entire database at any time by removing the ~/.uiscope/ directory.

Network Activity

UIScope makes at most one optional network request at launch: a single HTTPS GET to the GitHub Releases API to check whether a newer version is available.

This request contains only a standard HTTPS GET with no identifying information beyond a normal HTTP User-Agent string.
The check can be disabled at any time in Settings → General → Check for updates on startup.
If you block internet access for UIScope entirely, the app functions identically — the version-check result is silently ignored.

No other network connections are made. UIScope does not contact any analytics servers, licensing servers, or cloud backends.

Third-Party Services

UIScope integrates with the following tools — all operating locally on your machine:

Tool	Purpose	Data shared
ADB (Android Debug Bridge)	Communicate with connected Android devices	Nothing — ADB is a local process
Windows UIAutomation	Read the accessibility tree of Windows apps	Nothing — OS API, fully local
macOS AX API	Read the accessibility tree of macOS apps	Nothing — OS API, fully local
Linux AT-SPI2	Read the accessibility tree of Linux apps	Nothing — D-Bus API, fully local

UIScope does not use any advertising networks, analytics SDKs, or tracking libraries.

Children's Privacy

UIScope is a professional developer tool. It is not directed at children under the age of 13 (COPPA) or 16 (GDPR). Because UIScope collects no personal data from anyone, no special measures are required for younger users — but parental guidance is still recommended for use of developer tools.

Changes to This Policy

If this privacy policy is updated, the new version will be posted at this URL with a revised effective date. Given that UIScope collects no data, we do not anticipate meaningful changes to this policy.

Contact

Questions or concerns about this privacy policy can be directed to:

Email: uiscope@titanicbhai.dev
GitHub: github.com/TITANICBHAI/UIScope-jvm/issues