Couchdesk

Privacy Policy

Last updated 23 October 2026. Applies to Couchdesk for iPhone and iPad and to Couchdesk for Mac.

Couchdesk lets you control your own Mac from your iPhone or iPad over your local network. It is built so that your screen and what you type stay between your two devices. We have no accounts and no servers that receive your data.

Couchdesk is published by Quentin Vedrenne ("we"), who is responsible for this policy. Contact: contact@quentinvedrenne.com.

The short version

Couchdesk for iPhone and iPad

During a session

The app shows your Mac's screen and sends your touches, pointer movements, clicks, scrolls and keystrokes to your Mac. This happens only over a direct, encrypted connection to the Mac you paired. The app displays the picture and discards it; nothing is saved, and nothing is sent anywhere else. When you connect, the app sends your Mac this device's name (for example "Quentin's iPhone") and a random identifier, so your Mac can show what is connected.

Stored on your device

Forget a Mac in Settings, or delete the app, to remove them.

Camera

Used only while you are scanning, to read the QR code your Mac shows. The camera image is processed on the device and never stored or sent.

Local network

Used only to find your Mac (Bonjour service _couchdesk._tcp) and connect to it.

Purchases

Couchdesk Pro is sold through Apple's In-App Purchase. Apple processes the payment; we never see your payment details. The app checks on the device whether you own Pro.

Advertising (free version only)

The free version shows ads from Google AdMob: a banner on the home screen and occasionally a full-screen ad after a session ends, never during one. To serve and measure ads, Google may collect your IP address (from which an approximate location can be derived), information about your device and the app, your interactions with ads, and diagnostics. The advertising identifier (IDFA) is shared with Google only if you allow it when iOS asks ("Allow apps to request to track"); if you decline, ads still appear but are less relevant.

In the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom and Switzerland, Google's consent form (Google User Messaging Platform) asks for your choices before any ad is requested, and you can change them at any time from Settings → Privacy choices in the app.

Google's processing is governed by Google's own policies: Google Privacy Policy and How Google uses information from sites or apps that use its services. With Couchdesk Pro, the ads SDK is not started and no ad is requested.

Crash reports

We don't include any analytics or crash-reporting SDK. If you choose to share analytics with app developers in iOS settings, Apple may provide us with anonymous crash reports.

Couchdesk for Mac

Choose "Forget paired devices" in Couchdesk for Mac, or delete the app and its folder above, to remove this data.

Legal basis, retention and your rights

The data Couchdesk needs to work stays on your own devices, under your control, for as long as you keep the apps or until you forget a pairing. We hold no personal data about you, so there is nothing for us to access, correct or delete on our side; for advertising data, Google is the controller and you can exercise your rights with Google, and change your consent choices in the app. Where EU law applies, ads are served on the basis of your consent, which you can withdraw at any time. You can also complain to your data protection authority (in France, the CNIL). Questions: contact@quentinvedrenne.com.

Children

Couchdesk is not directed at children under 13 and does not knowingly collect their data.

Changes

If this policy changes, the new version will be published here with a new date.

Politique de confidentialité (français)

Mise à jour le 23 octobre 2026. S'applique à Couchdesk pour iPhone et iPad et à Couchdesk pour Mac.

Couchdesk vous permet de piloter votre propre Mac depuis votre iPhone ou votre iPad, sur votre réseau local. Il est conçu pour que votre écran et ce que vous tapez restent entre vos deux appareils. Nous n'avons ni comptes, ni serveurs qui reçoivent vos données. Éditeur et responsable : Quentin Vedrenne — contact@quentinvedrenne.com.

L'app iPhone et iPad

L'app Mac

Vos droits

Les données nécessaires au fonctionnement restent sur vos appareils. Nous ne détenons aucune donnée personnelle vous concernant ; pour les données publicitaires, Google est responsable du traitement, sur la base de votre consentement, que vous pouvez retirer à tout moment. Vous pouvez saisir la CNIL. Couchdesk ne s'adresse pas aux enfants de moins de 13 ans. Toute question : contact@quentinvedrenne.com.