Privacy: what we collect, and why.
What we collect. When you join the waitlist, we collect one thing: your email address. The site also uses Google Analytics to count visits, and our server keeps standard request logs.
Why. Your email address is used to confirm your signup and to send you the occasional update about Hiberden. That's all. We don't sell it, share it, or add it to anything else.
Retention. We keep your address until you unsubscribe or ask us to delete it. If you never confirm your signup, you're not on the list at all. Every email we send includes a one-click unsubscribe link, and unsubscribing removes your address from the list.
The Hiberden app. The Hiberden desktop app, command-line tool, and AI connector run entirely on your own computer. They read and write your archive catalog (a local SQLite file) and the files you choose to archive or verify. They do not send your catalog, your file contents, or any usage data to Hiberden or to anyone else. There is no telemetry, no analytics, and no account.
The AI connector. Hiberden ships an optional connector (an MCP server) so you can ask an AI assistant about your archive. It runs locally and only answers questions about your own catalog. It contains no AI model and no API key: the assistant you connect (for example Claude, ChatGPT, or Cursor) is a separate product from that company, and your conversation with it is governed by that company's privacy policy, not ours. In its default mode the connector can only read and verify; it makes no changes. Cloud storage keys are entered in the desktop app and stored in your operating system's keyring, so they never pass through the assistant. The connector has its own full policy at hiberden.app/mcp/privacy.
Contact. Questions or deletion requests: message @HiberdenApp on X or @hiberdenapp.bsky.social on Bluesky.