Brightpane Privacy Policy

Applies to all Brightpane add-ins. Last updated: 12 June 2026.

The short version

Brightpane add-ins do not collect, store, transmit, or sell any of your data. Your spreadsheet, document, email and presentation contents never leave Excel, Word, Outlook or PowerPoint.

Your document data

Every operation runs locally inside your Office session using Microsoft's Office JavaScript API. The add-ins have no server of their own: cell values, document text, email contents and slide contents are read and written within your file or mailbox only, and are never sent over the network.

Settings and snippets

Where an add-in saves settings or content you create (for example SnipMail snippets, SendCheck checklists, or BrandLint brand profiles), these are stored in Office's own local or roaming settings storage, tied to your Microsoft account and managed by Microsoft — not on any Brightpane server.

License activation

When you activate a Pro license, the add-in sends only your license key to our payment provider (Gumroad, Inc.) to confirm it is valid. The validation result is stored locally on your device so the check does not repeat on every use. No document data, personal data, or usage data is included in this request. Gumroad's own handling of your purchase information is described in the Gumroad privacy policy.

Analytics, tracking and cookies

The add-ins contain no analytics, no telemetry, no advertising, and no tracking cookies. This website is static and sets no cookies of its own; the Gumroad purchase overlay on product pages is operated by Gumroad under their own policy.

Purchases

Payments are processed entirely by Gumroad, Inc. as merchant of record. We receive the order information Gumroad shares with sellers (name, email, order details) and use it solely to provide customer support.

Data retention and your rights

Because the add-ins store nothing about you, there is nothing for us to delete or export. For purchase records held by Gumroad, you can exercise your rights (access, deletion) directly with Gumroad or by contacting us.

Changes

If this policy ever changes, the new version will be published at this address with an updated date.

Contact

Questions about privacy: [email protected]