Privacy Policy

Last updated: August 2026

The short version: Screen Slinger runs entirely on your computer. Your screenshots are never uploaded anywhere, and we collect no analytics or telemetry. The app contacts the network for one purpose only: validating a license key when you activate one. This website carries no advertising or analytics either; its one cookie records an affiliate referral, and is described in section 3. The only personal data we ever handle is what you give our payment provider when you buy a license.

1. What the app does with your data

Screen Slinger is a desktop application for Windows. Everything it creates — screenshots, annotations, project files, settings and preferences — is stored locally on your computer, in folders you control (by default, your Pictures folder and the Windows AppData folder). The application does not transmit your screenshots, files or usage data over the internet. The single exception is license activation, described in section 5.

2. No telemetry, no analytics, no accounts

Screen Slinger contains no analytics, tracking or telemetry code, and requires no user account. A local error log (errors.log) is written on your own machine to help diagnose problems; it is never transmitted anywhere. If you contact support, you may choose to share it with us — that is entirely up to you.

3. This website

screenslinger.com uses one third-party script, supplied by our payment provider, to run our affiliate programme. If you arrive here from a link shared by an affiliate, it stores an identifier in your browser so that the affiliate is credited should you go on to buy a licence. It records the referral, not your browsing: we do not use it for advertising, we do not build a profile of you, and the site carries no advertising or analytics cookies. The identifier expires after 30 days. Blocking it — with any content blocker, or by clearing your site data — makes no difference to downloading, trialling or using the application.

4. Purchases

Licenses are sold through our payment provider (a "Merchant of Record"), which processes your payment and issues your invoice. During checkout, the provider collects the details needed to complete the transaction (such as your email address and payment details) under its own privacy policy. We receive from the provider your email address and license information so we can deliver your license key and provide support — nothing more. We never see or store your payment card details.

5. License activation

When you activate a license key, the key may be verified with our licensing service to confirm it is valid and within its activation limit. This check sends the license key and a basic machine identifier — it does not include your screenshots, files or personal documents.

6. Support email

If you email [email protected], we will use your email address and the contents of your message solely to help you. We do not add you to mailing lists.

7. Your rights

Since your content never leaves your computer, deleting it is in your hands — uninstalling the app and deleting its folders removes everything. For purchase-related data held by the payment provider, or to ask about any data we hold (such as support correspondence), contact us at [email protected] and we will help, including deletion where applicable.

8. Changes

If this policy changes, the updated version will be posted on this page with a new date. Material changes will be noted in the application's release notes.

9. Contact

Questions? [email protected]