Effective August 29, 2026

Privacy policy

Does It Mac is an independent Apple Silicon compatibility database. This policy explains the limited information we process to operate the site, prevent abuse, and review community evidence.

Information we process

  • Compatibility reports, tips, app requests, and other information you choose to submit.
  • A salted, one-way hash derived from your IP address for contribution rate limiting. We do not store the submitted IP address in our application database.
  • Daily aggregate search terms and partner-link click counts. These records are not tied to an account or advertising profile.
  • If you use Google sign-in, your Google account identifier, name, email address, profile image, and an essential session record.
  • Standard security and request logs processed by Cloudflare, such as IP address, browser information, requested URL, and request time.

Why we use it

We use this information to operate and secure the site, prevent spam, moderate community contributions, maintain compatibility information, understand aggregate demand, and provide account access for authorized administrators.

Service providers

Cloudflare provides hosting, security, and database infrastructure. Google provides optional sign-in. When you follow a source or partner link, the destination service processes your visit under its own privacy policy. We do not sell personal information or use display-ad tracking.

Cookies and retention

Essential cookies support authentication, security, and login redirects. We do not set advertising cookies. Community submissions remain while they are reviewed or useful to the database. Rate-limit records older than 30 days and expired login sessions are removed by scheduled maintenance. Aggregate operational statistics may be retained for trend analysis.

Your choices

You can browse and contribute without signing in. You may request access, correction, or deletion of information associated with your email by contacting sadyeosborn@gmail.com. We may need enough information to verify and locate the relevant record.

Changes

We may update this policy as the service changes. The effective date above will be updated when a material revision is published.