ReadyEddy Privacy

Where ReadyEddy reads your calendar — and where the data goes (it doesn’t).

The short version

ReadyEddy reads your calendar locally through Apple’s EventKit. Nothing leaves your Mac.
No backend. ReadyEddy has no server to send anything to.
No analytics, no telemetry, no third-party SDKs.
No account. Nothing to sign up for, nothing to log out of.
App Store handles updates, billing, and Family Sharing. ReadyEddy itself makes no network calls in the default configuration.
App Store privacy label: Data Not Collected.

Calendar data

ReadyEddy uses Apple’s EventKit framework to read your calendar events. EventKit is the same API Calendar.app uses, so ReadyEddy sees the same events from the same sources you’ve added to your Mac (iCloud, Google, Exchange, Outlook, etc.) — no separate authentication, no separate sync.

What we read: event title, start time, end time, attached URL, location, notes, and a few flags (declined, all-day, focus-time) so ReadyEddy can decide whether to fetch you. What we transmit: nothing. The data is used in-memory on your Mac to render the takeover, then discarded.

Permissions ReadyEddy asks for

Calendars — required, requested via requestFullAccessToEvents. You can revoke at any time from System Settings → Privacy & Security.
Notifications — optional. Used to surface a small notification just before the takeover, in case you’ve already left the room.

What we don’t do

No analytics framework. Not Google, not Mixpanel, not anything.
No crash reporting. (Subject to change — if we add Sentry later, it’ll be opt-in and disclosed here first.)
No account system. Nothing to sign up for, nothing to log out of.
No ads, no tracking pixels, no third-party SDKs that phone home.

Updates

Updates are delivered through the Mac App Store. ReadyEddy itself doesn’t reach out to any server — macOS handles the version check and download in the background, like every other App Store app. You can disable automatic app updates in System Settings → App Store.

If you’re on the legacy 0.2.x direct-download build: that version still uses Sparkle and pings readyeddy.app/appcast.xml once a day. We recommend switching to the App Store version when convenient — same app, Apple-managed updates and Family Sharing.

Changes to this page

If we add a feature that changes any of the above, we’ll update this page and call it out in the in-app release notes.

Questions about privacy or security? Email hello@bearandeddy.com.