Utility Island Privacy Policy

01Who we are

Utility Island is built and published by Andrii Kolisnyk, an independent developer based in Ukraine. Under the EU and UK General Data Protection Regulation I am the data controller for anything described on this page.

There is no company and no team behind Utility Island. Questions go to kolisnyk7@gmail.com and reach me directly.

02The short version

• Clipboard history, shelf files and shortcuts are stored only on your Mac.
• There is no account and no sign-in.
• Nothing you copy, drop on the shelf or launch is uploaded anywhere.
• There are no ads, no advertising identifier and no cross-app tracking.
• Nothing is sold or shared with data brokers, for advertising or for any other purpose.

03What stays on your Mac

Clipboard history

WhySo the text, links, colours and addresses you copied earlier are still reachable later.

Where it goesA local store in the app’s own container on your Mac.

Shelf files

WhyThe files and images you drop onto the notch, held until you drag them back out.

Where it goesA local folder in the app’s own container on your Mac.

Shortcuts and preferences

WhyWhich apps and folders appear in the launcher, and how the shelf behaves.

Where it goesmacOS user defaults on your Mac.

Purchase status

WhyTo unlock paid features and restore them on another Mac.

Where it goesHandled by Apple. Payment details never reach Utility Island or me.

None of the content above is transmitted anywhere. Your clipboard, your shelf files and your shortcuts are read and written on your own machine, and no copy of them is uploaded, backed up or sent to me.

04Clipboard history deserves a warning

A clipboard manager remembers what you copy, and sometimes what you copy is sensitive — a password out of a password manager, a two-factor code, a card number. Utility Island cannot tell the difference between those and a URL, so it is worth knowing how this works.

• History is stored locally and unencrypted beyond macOS file protection, in the app’s container, readable by anything running as your user account.
• Apps that mark a clipboard item as concealed — most reputable password managers do — are respected: those items are not recorded.
• You can clear the entire history at any time from the shelf, and it is gone from disk.
• If you handle secrets that must never touch disk, copy them while Utility Island’s history is paused, or clear it afterwards.

05Permissions macOS asks for

• Files and folders — so files you drag onto the shelf can be read and handed back to you. Only files you explicitly drop are touched.
• Accessibility or Input Monitoring, if requested — used solely to detect the hover and paste gestures that make the shelf work. It is never used to log keystrokes, and no input is recorded, stored or transmitted.

Every permission is requested in context, is revocable at any time in System Settings → Privacy & Security, and is used for the single purpose described here and nothing else.

06Purchases

Paid features are bought through the Mac App Store, and Apple handles the whole transaction. Your card, billing address and purchase history stay with Apple under Apple’s Privacy Policy. Utility Island receives only a receipt confirming whether a purchase is active.

07Data retention

Entirely up to you. Clipboard entries and shelf files remain until you clear them, and deleting the app removes its container and everything inside it. I hold no copy of your clipboard, your files or your shortcuts, so there is nothing on my side to retain or delete.

08Your rights

If you are in the EU or EEA, the GDPR gives you the right to access the personal data held about you, to have it corrected or erased, to restrict or object to its processing, and to receive it in a portable format. If you are in California, the CCPA gives you comparable rights to know, to delete, and to opt out of "sale" or "sharing" — neither of which Utility Island does.

In practice you exercise most of these yourself rather than through me. Your clipboard history, shelf files and shortcuts sit on your own Mac: clearing an entry, clearing the history, or deleting the app erases them immediately, and no copy exists anywhere for me to retrieve or delete on your behalf. For anything else, email kolisnyk7@gmail.com.

You also have the right to complain to your local data protection authority.

09Children’s privacy

Utility Island is not intended for children under 13, and I do not knowingly collect personal data from them. If you have a concern, email kolisnyk7@gmail.com.

10Changes to this policy

This policy changes when Utility Island changes. The date at the top of the page is always the date of the version you are reading, and material changes will be announced in the App Store release notes.

11Contact

Andrii Kolisnyk — independent iOS and macOS developer, Ukraine.

Write to kolisnyk7@gmail.com with anything about this document, a privacy request, or a problem with the app. I read and answer these myself; there is no support desk in between.