StockTracker for Windows

Information StockTracker Handles

StockTracker may access, store, or transmit the following information when you use the related features:

• Portfolio information: stock and crypto symbols, share counts, purchase prices, current prices, previous close values, dividend dates, dividend settings, and calculated portfolio values that you enter, save, import, or refresh.
• Portfolio files, imports, and exports: portfolio JSON files you open or save, CSV files you export, and supported brokerage export files such as Schwab positions CSV files that you choose to import.
• Market data provider settings: your selected stock and crypto quote providers and, if a provider requires credentials, API credentials such as Alpaca Markets, CoinMarketCap, or similar provider keys.
• License information: license keys you enter, the buyer email returned by Payhip, activation count information, validation timestamps, and a hashed machine identifier used to tie a license activation to this Windows installation.
• Basic app metrics: launch events, first-launch events, app version, and a hashed machine identifier sent to the StockTracker metrics endpoint.
• Update checks: the app checks a StockTracker-hosted update file to determine whether a newer version is available.
• Android sharing details: temporary local network URLs, bearer tokens, and encrypted credential transfer details used when you choose to share a portfolio or provider credentials with the StockTracker Android companion app.

How StockTracker Uses Information

StockTracker uses this information to provide the app's portfolio features, including:

• opening, saving, importing, and displaying portfolio data on your Windows device;
• calculating totals, daily changes, capital gains, and dividend estimates;
• refreshing market data from the quote providers you select;
• looking up public dividend information when you request dividend lookup features;
• validating paid licenses and enforcing free-mode limits;
• checking whether a newer version of StockTracker is available;
• recording basic launch metrics so the developer can understand app usage by version; and
• sharing a portfolio or provider credentials with your Android companion app when you explicitly start a sharing flow.

Sharing And Third Parties

StockTracker does not sell your information. StockTracker does not require a StockTracker cloud account and does not upload your portfolio file to a StockTracker cloud portfolio service.

Some features contact third-party services or user-controlled devices:

• Market data providers: when you refresh quotes, StockTracker sends relevant symbols to the selected provider, such as Yahoo Quotes, Alpaca Markets, or CoinMarketCap. Provider credentials are used only for the provider they belong to.
• Dividend lookup sources: when you use dividend lookup features, StockTracker may request public dividend information from sources such as Nasdaq, StockAnalysis, and search result pages.
• Payhip: when you activate or validate a license, StockTracker sends the license key to Payhip's licensing API. Payhip may return license status, buyer email, and activation usage information.
• StockTracker metrics endpoint: on launch, StockTracker sends basic event metrics that include event name, app version, and a hashed machine identifier.
• StockTracker update hosting: StockTracker checks a hosted update metadata file to show update availability.
• Your Android device: when you start phone sharing, StockTracker temporarily exposes local network endpoints protected by bearer tokens. Portfolio transfers include portfolio JSON. Provider credential transfers are encrypted before transfer.
• External websites: if you open help, store, provider documentation, dividend history, or symbol lookup links, Windows opens those websites in your browser.

Third-party services process information under their own terms and privacy policies. Review the policies for any market data provider, payment provider, or website you choose to use.

Local Storage And Security

Portfolio files are saved where you choose on your Windows device. App settings are stored under the local Windows application data folder. Provider credentials and license activation data are stored locally using Windows Data Protection API encryption scoped to the current Windows user.

Android sharing endpoints run only while sharing is enabled. Portfolio and credential endpoints require bearer-token authorization, and credential transfers are encrypted before being served to the Android app.

No method of storage or transmission is perfectly secure. Use StockTracker only on devices and networks you trust, and keep sharing windows open only while importing or syncing.

Retention And Deletion

StockTracker keeps portfolio files, settings, saved provider credentials, and saved license activation information until you remove them or uninstall the app.

You can delete data in these ways:

• Delete portfolio files from the locations where you saved them.
• Use provider settings to clear saved provider credentials.
• Delete StockTracker's local application data folder to remove saved settings, credentials, and license activation data from this Windows user profile.
• Uninstall StockTracker to remove the app, noting that uninstalling may not remove portfolio files you saved outside the app's installation folder.

StockTracker does not create app accounts, so there is no StockTracker account to delete.

Your Choices

• You choose where portfolio files are saved and which brokerage export files are imported.
• You can use quote providers that do not require credentials, or enter credentials for authenticated providers.
• You can clear saved provider credentials at any time in provider settings.
• You can use StockTracker in free mode without activating a paid license, subject to free-mode limits.
• You can leave Android sharing disabled unless you want to transfer data to the Android companion app.

Children's Privacy

StockTracker is not directed to children. StockTracker does not knowingly collect personal information from children.

Changes To This Policy

This Privacy Policy may be updated when StockTracker's features or data practices change. The effective date above will be updated when changes are made.

Contact

For privacy questions about StockTracker, contact the developer through the developer contact information listed for StockTracker on the store or website where you downloaded the app.