Privacy · Updated September 15, 2026

Your writing.
Your decision.

This notice describes Scriptelier for Mac and its managed services as prepared for the first public release. Public contact details will be published here before the first app release. Managed account and AI services are not yet open for public use.

Local writing and optional accounts

Documents are saved on your device. A managed account is optional for local writing. You control exports and backups; the managed backend does not store manuscripts or generated writing.

Managed account and billing data

When you sign in with Apple, we use your Apple account identifier and the name and email Apple shares to operate the account. Apple may supply a private relay address. We record purchases, credit grants and charges, subscription status, and limited usage and security information. Account, project, document and request identifiers let us show costs, prevent duplicate charges, handle refunds and detect abuse. Device attestation uses installation keys and verification information to protect the service. The service supports account preferences through its API; the current Mac app keeps preferences locally.

When writing goes to AI

Managed AI asks permission to send the active document’s title and text, your instruction and any included milestone context to OpenAI. Research actions send the question, notes and attached excerpts needed for that action. Avoid submitting information you do not want a provider to process.

We use OpenAI’s API with response storage disabled. OpenAI does not train on API content by default. Standard abuse-monitoring retention can still apply, generally up to 30 days with limited exceptions. Disabling response storage does not guarantee zero retention. Read OpenAI’s data controls.

If you connect your own provider or endpoint, its terms and your account settings apply. Google Gemini’s unpaid terms can permit prompts and responses to be used for service improvement and human review. Review Gemini’s terms or your selected provider’s terms before sharing writing. Supported on-device AI processes writing locally.

Security and service providers

AWS hosts the account and billing services and this website. HTTPS protects transport; AWS encrypts persisted service data. Submitted text is processed by the backend and the selected AI provider, so this is not end-to-end encryption against those processors. Managed provider credentials stay on the server. Personal provider credentials remain in your device’s secure credential storage.

Use and retention

We use service data to provide features, protect accounts, maintain the credit ledger, support users and resolve billing disputes. The app does not use advertising tracking or sell personal data. Service logs omit manuscripts, prompts, AI responses, authorization codes, tokens and secret keys. Operational logs are retained for seven days. Limited financial and security records are retained as needed for accounting, refunds and abuse prevention; no fixed deletion schedule has yet been adopted for that evidence. Backups can preserve earlier records during their recovery window.

This website

The public pages do not use advertising pixels, analytics scripts or marketing cookies. Your browser sends ordinary network information such as your IP address, requested URL and user agent to AWS when it retrieves the site. The status page reads a cached report; it does not send writing to an AI provider. The private owner portal uses authentication storage and essential sign-in cookies to secure administrator access.

Account deletion

Delete a managed account in the app’s account settings. Fresh Apple authentication protects the request. We disable access, remove account preferences and device associations, and revoke Apple authorization. Temporary service failures continue through recovery. Limited pseudonymous financial and audit records remain for the purposes described above.

Account deletion does not delete local manuscripts or cancel your Apple subscription. Manage the subscription with Apple and delete local files separately. Verified support can help when Apple authorization is unavailable and can reopen an account while preserving eligible paid credit, without restoring deleted preferences or granting a new trial.

Questions and requests

Public contact details will be published here before the first app release. Managed account and AI services are not yet open for public use. Visit Support for account, subscription and refund instructions.