Privacy Policy

1. Who we are

Piped Display is developed and operated by Audacient Technologies LLC ("we," "us," or "our"). This privacy policy describes how the Piped Display Android app and the Piped Display macOS app (together, the "Apps") handle information.

You can reach us at support@audacient.com with any questions about this policy.

2. Information we collect

None. The Apps do not collect, store, or transmit any personal data to us or to any third party. Specifically:

• We do not require an account, sign-up, or login.
• We do not collect names, email addresses, phone numbers, or any other personally identifiable information.
• We do not collect device identifiers, advertising IDs, or hardware fingerprints.
• We do not collect IP addresses, location data, or network identifiers.
• We do not collect usage data, crash reports, or analytics of any kind.
• We do not access your contacts, photos, calendar, microphone, or camera.
• We do not store, copy, or retain any content that passes through the Apps.

3. How the Apps work

Piped Display is a screen-mirroring utility. The macOS app captures your Mac's display output and streams it to the Android app over one of three local channels:

• USB — A direct wired connection between your Mac and Android device.
• Wi-Fi — A peer-to-peer connection over your local Wi-Fi network.
• Secured Wi-Fi — The same Wi-Fi channel, additionally protected by end-to-end encryption so that even other devices on the same network cannot intercept the stream.

In all three modes, screen content travels directly between your two devices. The stream never passes through our servers — in fact, the Apps do not communicate with any server operated by Audacient Technologies LLC.

4. Permissions used by the Android app

The Android app requests the following permissions strictly to provide its core functionality. None of these permissions are used to collect or transmit information about you.

Network access (INTERNET, ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE, ACCESS_WIFI_STATE)

Used to detect Wi-Fi connectivity and to establish a direct, local network connection with your Mac when you choose the Wi-Fi or Secured Wi-Fi mode. The Android app does not make outbound connections to the public internet during normal operation.

USB host / accessory (USB_PERMISSION)

Used to receive screen data from your Mac when you connect the two devices via USB cable. The Android app only reads incoming display data from the connected Mac; it does not access any other USB device or data.

Foreground service / wake lock

Used to keep the screen-receiving session running and the display awake while you're actively mirroring. These permissions do not access any personal data.

5. Permissions used by the macOS app

The macOS app requests Screen Recording permission. This is required by macOS for any application that captures the display. The permission is used only to read your Mac's screen output for the purpose of streaming it to your paired Android device. The captured frames are sent directly to the Android device and are not written to disk, copied, retained, or transmitted anywhere else.

The macOS app may also request access to the local network so it can be discovered by the Android device over Wi-Fi.

6. Advertising and analytics

The Apps contain no advertising and no analytics. We do not integrate Google AdMob, Facebook Audience Network, Firebase Analytics, Google Analytics, Crashlytics, Mixpanel, Amplitude, or any other advertising or analytics SDK. We do not have an advertising ID. We do not profile users.

7. Third-party services

The Apps do not use any third-party services, APIs, or SDKs that process user data. The only external entities that may have visibility into the existence of the Apps are:

• Google Play Store — when you download the Android app, Google's own policies apply to that transaction. See Google's privacy policy for details.
• Apple Inc. — when you download the macOS app (if distributed through the Mac App Store), Apple's privacy policy applies to that transaction.

Neither company receives any information from us beyond standard distribution data, and we do not receive personal information from either platform.

8. Data security

Because the Apps do not collect or transmit any data to our servers, there is no user data at rest in our infrastructure to be breached. Streaming connections between your two devices remain on your local network.

When you use the Secured Wi-Fi mode, the screen stream between the Mac and Android device is protected by end-to-end encryption. The encryption keys are generated and exchanged directly between the two paired devices at the start of each session; we do not have access to these keys, and we cannot decrypt your stream.

9. Children's privacy

The Apps are not directed at children under the age of 13 (or under 16 in the European Economic Area). Because we do not collect any personal information from anyone, we do not knowingly collect information from children. If you believe a child has somehow provided information through the Apps despite our not collecting any, please contact us so we can investigate.

10. Your rights

Privacy regulations such as the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the UK GDPR, and the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) grant you certain rights with respect to your personal data — including rights of access, correction, deletion, and portability.

Because we do not collect or store any personal data, we have no records to access, correct, delete, or transfer. You can effectively delete all data associated with the Apps simply by uninstalling them from your device.

If you have any questions about your rights, write to us at support@audacient.com.

11. Changes to this policy

If our data practices ever change — for example, if we add an optional feature that uses a server or collects opt-in diagnostics — we will update this page and revise the "Last updated" date at the top. Material changes will additionally be announced on pipeddisplay.com.

Your continued use of the Apps after a policy update means you accept the revised policy. If you disagree with a change, please uninstall the Apps.