Privacy Policy
Last updated: 13 November 2026
The short version. Trackboard Remote collects nothing about you. There is no
account to create, no server of ours to talk to, and no analytics or tracking of any kind. What you
do on the trackpad goes straight from your iPhone to your own Mac, over your own network, and is
never stored.
What the app sends, and where
- Your input goes only to your Mac. Pointer movement, taps, clicks, scrolling,
gestures, key presses and media keys are sent to the Mac you selected so that its companion
app can reproduce them as system events. They are not recorded, not written to a file and not
sent anywhere else.
- Local network only. The iPhone finds your Macs through the Bonjour service
_iphonetp._tcp on the network you are both already on. The app does not need the
internet to work and does not contact any service operated by us.
- The connection is encrypted. iPhone and Mac talk over TLS, using key pairs
(P-256) generated on your own devices during pairing.
- Pairing is deliberate. Your Mac shows a six-digit code that you type on the
iPhone. The code expires after two minutes and the number of attempts is limited, so a device
cannot pair itself without you.
What is kept on your devices
- Pairing secrets are stored in the system Keychain on the
iPhone and on the Mac, so paired devices recognise each other next time.
- Your settings and the list of paired Macs (the names you see in the picker)
are stored in the app's own preferences on the device.
- None of this leaves your devices. Unpairing a Mac removes its entry, and deleting the app
removes the data it stored.
Permissions, and why they are asked for
- Local Network (iPhone) — required by iOS to discover and reach your Macs.
Without it the app cannot find anything to connect to.
- Accessibility (Mac companion) — required by macOS before any app may post
pointer and keyboard events. The companion uses it for exactly that and nothing else.
- Bluetooth is used by watchOS and iOS themselves to keep your Apple Watch and
iPhone connected; the app does not scan for or connect to other Bluetooth devices.
Trackboard Remote does not request access to your microphone, camera, photos,
contacts, calendars, health data or location.
Dictation and scribble
When you dictate or scribble text on Apple Watch or iPhone, you are using the system keyboard
provided by Apple. Trackboard Remote receives only the finished text and sends it to your Mac as
key presses. The speech or handwriting recognition itself is performed by Apple under
Apple's privacy policy; we neither see nor store
the audio.
Analytics, advertising and third parties
- No analytics, telemetry or crash-reporting services are built into the app.
- No advertising, and no tracking of you across other apps or websites.
- No third-party SDKs that collect data are included.
- Because nothing is collected, nothing is sold, shared or disclosed — to anyone.
Children
The app collects no personal data from anyone, including children under 13.
Your rights
Rights such as access, correction, export and erasure concern data held about you. We hold none,
so there is nothing for us to return or delete. The data on your own devices is under your control:
unpair a Mac, or delete the app, and it is gone.
Changes to this policy
If the app ever begins to handle data differently, this page will be updated and the date at the
top will change before the new version ships.
Contact
Questions about privacy: [email protected]