Privacy Policy

Stint · Last updated: 22 October 2026

This Privacy Policy explains how Stint (the "App") handles your information. Stint is a personal time logger for Windows: a bar on the edge of your screen where you log time on your own tasks and projects, add notes, and see a report of where your time went. It is designed to be private by default.

The short version: Stint writes everything you log to plain files in a folder on your own PC. The App has no account system, makes no network connections, and contains no analytics, advertising or tracking. The developer does not operate any server and never receives, sees or collects your data.

Who is responsible

The App is published by Alexandru Aliu (the "Developer"). For any question about this policy, contact: [email protected].

What information the App handles

All information in Stint is created by you. This may include:

The names of the projects and tasks you define.
Time entries: the date, the time each entry was saved or edited, its duration, the project and task it belongs to, and any comment you type. Notes are entries with a comment and no duration.
Your settings, such as the data folder, the screen edge and monitor the bar is docked to, and whether Stint starts with Windows.

Because you choose what to write, comments may contain information that is personal or sensitive to you. The Developer has no access to any of it. The App does not ask for your name, email, contacts, location, camera, microphone or any device identifiers.

Where your data is stored

Your data is stored locally on your PC:

Your time log — projects, tasks, entries and notes — is written as plain JSON files to a data folder, by default Documents\Stint. You can choose another folder in the App's settings.
Settings are stored in the App's own folder in your local application data.
A diagnostic log of errors only (for example "the data folder could not be written") is kept next to the settings for seven days. It stays on your PC and is never sent anywhere.

There is no login and no cloud account operated by the Developer. The App does not transmit your data to the Developer or to any third party.

Folders you choose, and programs that read them

The data files are deliberately plain and documented, so that you can use them with other tools — a spreadsheet, a script, or an AI assistant that prepares reports for you. If you choose a data folder that is synchronised by a cloud service (for example OneDrive), or give another program access to it, your files are handled by that service or program under its own privacy policy. That is your choice, and the Developer has no access to those copies either.

Purchase through the Microsoft Store

Stint is sold through the Microsoft Store. Your purchase, payment and licence are handled by Microsoft under the Microsoft Privacy Statement. The Developer receives only the aggregated sales and crash reports that Microsoft provides to publishers, never your time log.

Data sharing and selling

The Developer does not sell, rent or share your data — the Developer holds none of it. The App integrates no third-party services that collect your data.

Your control over your data

You can edit or delete any entry, and archive or restore projects and tasks, at any time within the App.
Your data folder is an ordinary folder: you can open, copy, back up or delete it at any time.
Uninstalling the App removes the App and its settings. Your time log in the data folder is kept on purpose, so that uninstalling never destroys your history. Delete the folder yourself if you no longer want it.

Children's privacy

The App is not directed to children and does not knowingly collect any information from anyone, including children. All data stays on the user's PC.

Security

Because your data stays on your PC, its protection depends on the security of your PC and your Windows account, and on any service you choose to synchronise the data folder with.

Changes to this policy

This policy may be updated if the App changes. The revised version will be posted at this URL with an updated "Last updated" date.

Contact

Questions about this Privacy Policy can be sent to [email protected].