ALMA · Notch Cleaner

Notch Cleaner (bundle ID dev.alma.cleaner) is a local-first macOS utility for inspecting processes, memory and network activity, finding large files, cleaning up disk space, and optional menu bar metrics. Its Mac App Store name is Notch Cleaner; on your Mac it appears as Cleaner. This policy describes how the app handles information. It is published by Albuquerque de Matos, Unipessoal, Lda (ALMA), NIPC 516746596, Rua Canto da Maya 1, 8.º, 1070-372 Lisboa, Portugal, the controller of any personal data it receives.

Summary

No user accounts or sign-in.
No analytics, advertising or cross-app tracking.
No sale or sharing of personal data with third parties for marketing.
Process, disk and network data is read from your Mac and shown to you there; it is not uploaded to ALMA.

Data we do not collect

Notch Cleaner does not require an account and does not send your process list, file paths, disk scan results, network connections or packet captures to ALMA or to any analytics service. Settings such as refresh intervals, theme and process tags are stored on your Mac.

Permissions

macOS may ask you to grant optional permissions. The app explains each one before requesting it, and you can revoke them at any time in System Settings.

Administrator access: optional, a session you start for privileged cleanup (for example purging caches) and related commands. You turn it on in Settings → Permissions and can end it at any time.
Touch ID for sudo: optional. If you turn it on in Settings → Permissions, the app changes macOS's sudo configuration (under /etc/pam.d) so that Touch ID can approve administrator commands. This change applies to your whole Mac, not only to the app, and stays until you turn it off.
Full Disk Access: optional, to scan caches and large files outside the app's container. Not needed for basic use.
Local network and process information: the connection and bandwidth views use macOS's own interfaces on your Mac; nothing is uploaded.
Packet capture: optional, for inspection on your Mac only, when you start a capture yourself.

Network use

The app is designed to work offline. Its network access is limited to:

Direct-download builds: HTTPS checks for updates against GitHub, where ALMA publishes its releases. They are on by default and you can turn them off in Settings. A check needs no personal data, but like any connection to a server it carries your device's IP address, which GitHub receives; ALMA does not use it to identify you.
Mac App Store builds: no in-app updater; updates come through the App Store.
Theme import, in both builds: if you import a theme from tweakcn, the app fetches it from tweakcn.com. That request also carries your device's IP address. It happens only when you ask for a theme.

Mac App Store and direct download

Both builds have the same purpose, but the Mac App Store build runs in Apple's App Sandbox, so some features of the direct-download build may be limited or missing in it. The sandbox limits what the app can reach on your Mac, not what ALMA collects: neither build sends ALMA your scan or process data.

If you contact us

If you write to support, we use your email address and what you send us to answer you (our legitimate interest in supporting the app, GDPR Article 6(1)(f)) and keep it as long as needed for that, as described in ALMA's Privacy Policy.

Your rights

You can ask ALMA to access, correct or delete personal data it holds about you, to restrict its processing, or object to it, at legal@alma.dev. You can also complain to the Comissão Nacional de Proteção de Dados (CNPD), www.cnpd.pt, or to the authority of the Member State where you live.

Children

Notch Cleaner is a system utility and is not directed at children under 13.

Changes

We may update this policy to reflect product or legal changes. The "Last updated" date at the top of this page changes when we do.

Contact

Albuquerque de Matos, Unipessoal, Lda
Rua Canto da Maya 1, 8.º, 1070-372 Lisboa, Portugal
Privacy: legal@alma.dev
Support: support@alma.dev