Privacy Policy

Effective November 11, 2026

1. Who this policy covers

This policy describes the VJ.Tools website, VJ.Tools Library, Wingman, and related VJ.Tools services operated by VJ OpticMystic ("VJ.Tools," "we," or "us"). It does not replace the policies of Google or other services you choose to connect.

2. Local media and catalog information

The desktop app reads files and folders you select or configure. Its local catalog can contain filenames, paths, file sizes, content fingerprints, previews, tags, annotations, collections, technical media information, and analysis results. Local library search and local processing do not require uploading your originals to us.

If you enable a cloud feature, link computers, publish catalog metadata, or request a transfer, the app uses the information needed for that feature. Shared catalog information may include file identities, names, sizes, thumbnails, annotations, device identifiers, and availability. Files transfer only through the actions or automatic rules you enable. People or devices you authorize may receive the information you share.

3. Google sign-in and Google Drive

Google authorization allows the app to identify the connected account and access the Drive files available under the permissions you grant. The desktop Drive integration requests Google identity access and the drive.file permission for files created by or made available to the app. It may read account details and storage quota, list accessible file metadata and changes, create backup folders and files, and download accessible originals or backup manifests.

We use this access to back up selected media, restore files, recognize identical content, and retrieve a saved original when another linked computer is offline. File names, sizes, SHA-256 fingerprints, Drive file identifiers, and backup status support these features. Automatic uploads follow your saved rules and must be enabled by you.

Original media uploads and downloads go directly between your computer and Google Drive. The upload coordination service receives a signed Google identity proof and stores the Google account subject identifier, OAuth client identifier, file fingerprint, file size, reserved Drive file identifier, and temporary upload-ownership information. This helps your computers avoid creating duplicate backups. The coordinator does not receive your Drive access token, refresh token, or original media bytes.

On Windows, the desktop app stores its Drive credentials using Windows user-bound encryption outside the catalog database. Account and backup metadata may remain in the local catalog. Signed identity proofs are used to authenticate coordination requests; access and refresh tokens are not included in shared catalog records.

VJ.Tools' use and transfer of information received from Google APIs will adhere to the Google API Services User Data Policy, including its Limited Use requirements. We do not sell Google user data, use it for advertising, or use it to train generalized artificial-intelligence or machine-learning models. Human access to Google user data is limited to your affirmative permission, necessary security investigations, legal obligations, or other uses permitted by that policy.

4. Optional online services

When you choose an external AI, generation, transcription, translation, audio-identification, hosting, or other online provider, the relevant prompts, selected media, audio samples or fingerprints, and request metadata may be sent to that provider to perform the requested task. Local modes and remote modes are different; review the provider and feature settings before sending sensitive material. Provider processing is subject to its own terms and privacy policy.

If you purchase an offering, the payment provider processes payment details. We may receive purchase, account, entitlement, and transaction information needed to deliver it. Do not send payment-card details through support messages.

5. Website, diagnostics, and launch list

Hosting and security providers, including Vercel and Cloudflare, process ordinary request information such as IP addresses, timestamps, requested URLs, browser information, and error data to serve and protect the website and services. Website analytics may record page visits and interactions. Browser storage may retain preferences, sessions, and launch-list removal information. We do not use Google Drive data for advertising analytics.

Support requests and diagnostic reports contain the information you send and any logs you choose to include. Optional data-sharing or donation features are separate from connecting Google Drive and follow their in-product controls. The launch list has a separate notice describing its email use and removal process.

6. Sharing and security

We disclose information to providers needed to deliver the features you use, to recipients you authorize, and when necessary to comply with law or protect users and services. We do not sell your personal information. Google-derived information is additionally restricted by the Limited Use commitments above.

We use access controls, encrypted transport, and platform credential protection where supported. No system is completely secure. Protect your computer, account, connected devices, and backup destinations. Service providers may process information in countries other than yours.

7. Retention, disconnecting, and deletion

Local catalogs and downloaded files remain on your devices until you remove them. Drive backups remain in your Google Drive until you delete them there; disconnecting VJ.Tools does not delete those backups. Disconnecting removes the app's saved account authorization, while client configuration and backup history may remain. You can also revoke access in Google Account connections.

Coordination reservations may be retained after an upload finishes so retries do not create another cloud copy. They are not automatically removed by disconnecting. Hosted account, coordination, and support information is retained for the feature's operation, security, legal requirements, and resolving disputes, or until a verified deletion request can be fulfilled. Ask us to delete hosted records using the contact method below. Do not send passwords or tokens with your request. Where deletion affects backup coordination, reconnecting or recreating a backup may require additional setup.

8. Your choices and rights

You can choose local features, disable automatic backups, disconnect providers, revoke Google access, and delete local or Drive copies. Depending on your location, you may also have rights to access, correct, delete, or obtain a copy of personal information, restrict or object to processing, withdraw consent, or complain to a privacy authority. Contact us to make a request; we may need to verify that it concerns your account.

9. Children and policy changes

VJ.Tools is not directed to children under 13. If you believe a child has provided personal information, contact us. We will update this page when practices change. Material changes will be identified through this page or the relevant product notice; new uses requiring consent will require that consent before they begin.

10. Contact

For privacy questions or access/deletion requests, contact VJ OpticMystic at [email protected] or through OpticMystic.live. Identify VJ.Tools and the feature concerned so your request can be directed correctly.