This Privacy Notice for Sangjun Min (doing business as Parselet) ("we", "us", "our") describes how and why we may access, collect, store, use, and share ("process") your personal information when you use our services ("Services"), including when you:
- ·Visit our website at https://parselet.app
- ·Download and use our macOS application Parselet — a native macOS application for editing, validating, and converting structured data files in JSON, CSV, Markdown, YAML, TOML, and XML formats. All file processing and AI-assisted features run entirely on your Mac. No file contents are transmitted to any server.
- ·Engage with us in other related ways, including any marketing or events.
Questions or concerns? Reading this Privacy Notice will help you understand your privacy rights and choices. We are responsible for making decisions about how your personal information is processed. If you do not agree with our policies and practices, please do not use our Services. If you still have any questions or concerns, please contact us at [email protected].
This summary provides key points from our Privacy Notice. You can find more detail by clicking the link following each key point or by using the table of contents below.
What personal information do we process? When you visit, use, or navigate our Services, we may process personal information depending on how you interact with us. The only personal information you provide directly is your email address, when you contact our support inbox.
Do we process any sensitive personal information? No. We do not process special-category or sensitive personal information.
Do we collect any information from third parties? No.
How do we process your information? We process your information to respond to user inquiries, identify usage trends so we can improve the Services, and protect the Services. We process your information only when we have a valid legal reason to do so.
In what situations and with which parties do we share personal information? We share information with a small number of infrastructure providers (Cloudflare and Apple). We do not sell your personal information, and we do not share it for cross-context behavioural advertising.
Does Parselet's AI process my data on a server? No. Parselet's AI features run entirely on your Mac. File contents and AI inputs and outputs never leave your device, and we do not use your data to train any AI model.
How do we keep your information safe? We have organisational and technical processes and procedures in place to protect your personal information. However, no electronic transmission over the internet or information storage technology can be guaranteed to be one hundred percent secure.
What are your rights? Depending on where you are located, applicable privacy law may grant you rights regarding your personal information.
How do you exercise your rights? Email us at [email protected]. We will consider and act upon any request in accordance with applicable data protection laws.
1. What information do we collect?
PERSONAL INFORMATION YOU DISCLOSE TO US
In Short: We collect personal information that you provide to us.
We collect personal information that you voluntarily provide to us when you contact us by email or otherwise reach out to us about our products and Services.
Personal information provided by you. The personal information that we collect depends on the context of your interactions with us. The personal information we collect is:
- ·email addresses
Sensitive information. We do not process sensitive information.
Payment data. Parselet is sold exclusively through the Apple App Store. All payment data is handled and stored by Apple. We do not receive or store your payment instrument details. Apple's privacy notice is available at https://www.apple.com/legal/privacy/.
All personal information that you provide to us must be true, complete, and accurate, and you must notify us of any changes to such personal information.
INFORMATION AUTOMATICALLY COLLECTED
In Short: Limited technical information — such as your IP address and browser type — is collected automatically when you visit our website. This information is used to operate the website and analyse aggregate usage trends.
When you visit our website, our hosting and analytics provider (Cloudflare) automatically collects certain technical information. This information does not by itself identify you, and we do not combine it with other information to identify you.
The information collected includes:
- ·Log and usage data. Service-related, diagnostic, usage, and performance information that our hosting provider records when you access the website. This includes your IP address, browser type, operating system, language preferences, referring URL, and information about how and when you use the website (such as date and time of access and pages viewed).
- ·Approximate location data. We collect approximate country-level location derived from your IP address by our hosting provider, Cloudflare. We do not collect precise device-location data or any data from a device location API.
The Parselet macOS application does not transmit any file contents, AI inputs, AI outputs, telemetry, or usage data to our servers.
2. How do we process your information?
In Short: We process your information to respond to your inquiries, improve the Services, protect the Services, and comply with law.
We process your personal information for the following reasons:
- ·To respond to user inquiries and offer support. We process your email address and the contents of your message when you contact us, in order to respond and resolve any issue you raise.
- ·To identify usage trends. We process aggregate technical information from our website to better understand how visitors use it so that we can improve it.
- ·To protect our Services. We may process information as part of our efforts to keep our website and Services safe and secure, including monitoring for abuse and preventing fraudulent activity.
- ·To save or protect an individual's vital interest. We may process information when necessary to save or protect an individual's vital interest, such as to prevent harm.
3. What legal bases do we rely on to process your personal information?
In Short: We process your personal information only when we have a valid legal reason to do so under applicable law.
IF YOU ARE LOCATED IN THE EU OR UK
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and UK GDPR require us to explain the legal bases on which we rely to process your personal information. We may rely on the following:
- ·Consent. Where you have given us permission to use your personal information for a specific purpose. You can withdraw your consent at any time.
- ·Performance of a contract. Where processing is necessary to fulfil our obligations to you, including providing our Services.
- ·Legitimate interests. Where it is reasonably necessary to achieve our legitimate business interests and those interests do not outweigh your rights and freedoms — for example, to analyse how our Services are used so we can improve them, and to diagnose problems or prevent fraudulent activity.
- ·Legal obligations. Where processing is necessary for compliance with our legal obligations, such as to cooperate with a law enforcement body or regulatory agency, or to exercise or defend our legal rights.
- ·Vital interests. Where processing is necessary to protect your vital interests or those of a third party, such as situations involving potential threats to the safety of any person.
IF YOU ARE LOCATED IN CANADA
We may process your information where you have given us express consent or where consent can be reasonably implied. You can withdraw your consent at any time.
In some exceptional cases, we may be legally permitted under applicable Canadian law to process your information without your consent, including where collection is clearly in your interests and consent cannot be obtained in a timely way; for investigations and fraud detection and prevention; for business transactions provided certain conditions are met; if disclosure is required to comply with a subpoena, warrant, court order, or rules of the court; or if the information is publicly available and is specified by the applicable regulations.
5. Do we offer artificial intelligence-based products?
In Short: Parselet offers AI features. They run entirely on your Mac. No data leaves your device.
Parselet offers AI features powered by artificial intelligence and machine learning models (collectively, "AI Products") to enhance your experience.
OUR AI PRODUCTS
Parselet's AI Products are designed for the following functions:
- ·AI insights
- ·Natural language processing
- ·Text analysis
HOW WE PROCESS YOUR DATA USING AI
Parselet's AI features run entirely on your device, using either Apple's on-device foundation models or a locally-installed open-weights model. File contents, prompts, AI inputs, and AI outputs never leave your Mac. We do not transmit your data to any third party for AI processing, and we do not use your data to train any AI model.
HOW TO OPT OUT
Parselet's AI features are user-initiated only — they do not run unless you explicitly invoke them (for example, by clicking a parse-error explanation or large-file summary action). To opt out entirely, simply do not use these features. The application's core editing, validation, and conversion functionality works fully without AI.
6. Is your information transferred internationally?
In Short: We may transfer, store, and process your information in countries other than your own.
Our hosting provider, Cloudflare, operates a global edge network. Server locations relevant to our Services are in the United States and New Zealand. Regardless of your location, your information may be transferred to, stored by, and processed by us in our facilities and in the facilities of the third parties identified above.
If you are a resident in the European Economic Area (EEA), United Kingdom (UK), or Switzerland, then these countries may not necessarily have data protection laws as comprehensive as those in your country. We will take all necessary measures to protect your personal information in accordance with this Privacy Notice and applicable law.
European Commission's Standard Contractual Clauses. Where applicable, we rely on the European Commission's Standard Contractual Clauses for transfers of personal information out of the EEA or UK. Our Standard Contractual Clauses can be provided upon request.
7. How long do we keep your information?
In Short: We keep your information only for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes outlined in this Privacy Notice unless otherwise required by law.
- ·Support inquiry emails. Retained until the inquiry is resolved, plus 12 months for follow-up reference, then deleted.
- ·Website analytics data. Retained by Cloudflare per their default policy (typically 30 days for raw logs, longer for aggregated statistics).
- ·Application data. The Parselet macOS application stores no personal information on our servers. File contents and AI processing remain on your Mac and are never transmitted.
When we have no ongoing legitimate business need to process your personal information, we will either delete or anonymise it, or, if this is not possible (for example, because the information has been stored in backup archives), we will securely store the information and isolate it from any further processing until deletion is possible.
8. How do we keep your information safe?
In Short: We aim to protect your personal information through a system of organisational and technical security measures.
We have implemented appropriate and reasonable technical and organisational security measures designed to protect the security of any personal information we process. However, despite our safeguards and efforts to secure your information, no electronic transmission over the internet or information storage technology can be guaranteed to be one hundred percent secure. Although we will do our best to protect your personal information, transmission of personal information to and from our Services is at your own risk.
9. Do we collect information from minors?
In Short: We do not knowingly collect data from or market to children under 18 years of age, or the equivalent age as specified by law in your jurisdiction.
We do not knowingly collect, solicit data from, or market to children under 18 years of age, or the equivalent age as specified by law in your jurisdiction. By using the Services, you represent that you are at least 18 or the equivalent age as specified by law in your jurisdiction, or that you are the parent or guardian of such a minor and consent to the minor's use of the Services. If we learn that we have collected personal information from anyone under 18, we will take reasonable measures to promptly delete that data. If you become aware of any data we may have collected from a child under 18, please contact us at [email protected].
10. What are your privacy rights?
In Short: Depending on your jurisdiction, applicable privacy law may grant you rights regarding your personal information, including the right to access, correct, or delete it.
In some regions (such as the EEA, UK, Switzerland, and Canada), you have certain rights under applicable data protection laws. These may include the right to request access and obtain a copy of your personal information; the right to request rectification or erasure; the right to restrict processing of your personal information; where applicable, the right to data portability; and the right not to be subject to automated decision-making. In certain circumstances, you may also have the right to object to the processing of your personal information.
You can make such a request by emailing us at [email protected], or by using the contact details provided in section 15 below.
We will consider and act upon any request in accordance with applicable data protection laws.
If you are located in the EEA or UK and you believe we are unlawfully processing your personal information, you also have the right to complain to your Member State data protection authority or to the UK Information Commissioner's Office (ICO).
If you are located in Switzerland, you may contact the Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner.
WITHDRAWING YOUR CONSENT
If we are relying on your consent to process your personal information, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time. You can withdraw your consent at any time by emailing us at [email protected]. However, this will not affect the lawfulness of processing carried out before the withdrawal, nor processing conducted in reliance on lawful processing grounds other than consent.
If you have questions or comments about your privacy rights, you may email us at [email protected].
11. Controls for Do-Not-Track features
Most web browsers and some operating systems include a Do-Not-Track ("DNT") feature or setting you can activate to signal your privacy preference not to have data about your online browsing activities monitored and collected. At this stage, no uniform technology standard for recognising and implementing DNT signals has been finalised. As such, we do not currently respond to DNT browser signals. If a standard for online tracking is adopted that we must follow in the future, we will inform you about that practice in a revised version of this Privacy Notice.
California law requires us to let you know how we respond to web browser DNT signals. Because there is currently no industry or legal standard for recognising or honouring DNT signals, we do not respond to them at this time.
12. Do United States residents have specific privacy rights?
In Short: If you are a resident of California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Oregon, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, or Virginia, you may have rights to access, correct, copy, or delete your personal information, and to withdraw your consent.
CATEGORIES OF PERSONAL INFORMATION WE COLLECT
The table below shows the categories of personal information we have collected in the past twelve (12) months.
| Category | Examples | Collected |
|---|---|---|
| A. Identifiers | Email address and IP address | YES |
| B. Personal information as defined in the California Customer Records statute | Name, contact information, education, employment, employment history, financial information | NO |
| C. Protected classification characteristics under state or federal law | Gender, age, date of birth, race, ethnicity, national origin, marital status | NO |
| D. Commercial information | Transaction information, purchase history, financial details, payment information | NO |
| E. Biometric information | Fingerprints and voiceprints | NO |
| F. Internet or other similar network activity | Browsing history, search history, online behaviour, interactions with our website | YES |
| G. Geolocation data | Approximate country-level location derived from IP address | YES |
| H. Audio, electronic, sensory, or similar information | Images and audio, video or call recordings | NO |
| I. Professional or employment-related information | Business contact details, job title, work history, professional qualifications | NO |
| J. Education information | Student records and directory information | NO |
| K. Inferences drawn from collected personal information | Inferences used to create a profile about an individual's preferences and characteristics | NO |
| L. Sensitive personal information | — | NO |
We may also collect other personal information outside of these categories through instances where you interact with us by email in the context of receiving help through our customer support channels.
We will use and retain the collected personal information for:
- ·Category A (Identifiers) — 1 year
- ·Category F (Internet or other similar network activity) — 1 year
- ·Category G (Geolocation data) — 1 year
SOURCES OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
Learn more about the sources of personal information we collect in section 1 above.
HOW WE USE AND SHARE PERSONAL INFORMATION
Learn more about how we use your personal information in section 2 above.
Will your information be shared with anyone else? We may disclose your personal information with our service providers pursuant to a written contract between us and each service provider. Learn more about how we disclose personal information in section 4 above.
We have not sold or shared any personal information to third parties for a business or commercial purpose in the preceding twelve (12) months.
We have disclosed the following categories of personal information to third parties for a business or commercial purpose in the preceding twelve (12) months:
- ·Category A (Identifiers)
- ·Category F (Internet or other similar network activity)
- ·Category G (Geolocation data)
The categories of third parties to whom we disclosed personal information for a business or commercial purpose can be found in section 4 above.
YOUR RIGHTS
You have rights under certain US state data protection laws. However, these rights are not absolute, and in certain cases we may decline your request as permitted by law. These rights include:
- ·Right to know whether or not we are processing your personal data.
- ·Right to access your personal data.
- ·Right to correct inaccuracies in your personal data.
- ·Right to request the deletion of your personal data.
- ·Right to obtain a copy of the personal data you previously shared with us.
- ·Right to non-discrimination for exercising your rights.
- ·Right to opt out of the processing of your personal data if it is used for targeted advertising (or sharing as defined under California's privacy law), the sale of personal data, or profiling in furtherance of decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects.
Depending on the state where you live, you may also have the right to access the categories of personal data being processed; to obtain a list of the categories of third parties to which we have disclosed personal data; to obtain a list of specific third parties to which we have disclosed personal data; to review, understand, question, and where applicable correct how personal data has been profiled; to limit use and disclosure of sensitive personal data; and to opt out of the collection of sensitive personal data.
HOW TO EXERCISE YOUR RIGHTS
To exercise these rights, you can email us at [email protected], or refer to the contact details at the bottom of this document.
Under certain US state data protection laws, you can designate an authorised agent to make a request on your behalf. We may deny a request from an authorised agent that does not submit proof that they have been validly authorised to act on your behalf in accordance with applicable laws.
REQUEST VERIFICATION
Upon receiving your request, we will need to verify your identity to determine that you are the same person about whom we have the information in our system. We will only use personal information provided in your request to verify your identity or authority to make the request.
APPEALS
If we decline to take action regarding your request, you may appeal our decision by emailing us at [email protected]. We will inform you in writing of any action taken or not taken in response to the appeal, including a written explanation of the reasons for the decisions. If your appeal is denied, you may submit a complaint to your state attorney general.
CALIFORNIA "SHINE THE LIGHT" LAW
California Civil Code Section 1798.83, also known as the "Shine the Light" law, permits California residents to request and obtain from us, once a year and free of charge, information about categories of personal information (if any) we disclosed to third parties for direct marketing purposes and the names and addresses of all third parties with which we shared personal information in the immediately preceding calendar year. If you are a California resident and would like to make such a request, please submit your request in writing by emailing us at [email protected] or by post using the address in section 15 below.
13. Do other regions have specific privacy rights?
In Short: You may have additional rights based on the country you reside in.
NEW ZEALAND
We collect and process your personal information under the obligations and conditions set by New Zealand's Privacy Act 2020 (the "Privacy Act").
This Privacy Notice satisfies the notice requirements defined in the Privacy Act, in particular: what personal information we collect from you, the sources from which we collect it, the purposes for which we use it, and the other recipients with whom we share it.
If you do not wish to provide the personal information necessary to fulfil the applicable purpose, it may affect our ability to:
- ·offer you the products or services that you want;
- ·respond to or help with your requests.
At any time, you have the right to request access to or correction of your personal information. You can make such a request by contacting us using the details in section 15 below.
If you believe we are unlawfully processing your personal information, you have the right to submit a complaint about a breach of New Zealand's Privacy Principles to the Office of the New Zealand Privacy Commissioner.
14. Do we make updates to this notice?
In Short: Yes, we will update this notice as necessary to stay compliant with relevant laws.
We may update this Privacy Notice from time to time. The updated version will be indicated by an updated effective date at the top of this Privacy Notice. If we make material changes to this Privacy Notice, we may notify you by prominently posting a notice of such changes. We encourage you to review this Privacy Notice frequently.
15. How can you contact us about this notice?
If you have questions or comments about this notice, you may email us at [email protected] or contact us by post at:
Sangjun Min430 Queen Street
Auckland CBD, Auckland 1010
New Zealand
16. How can you review, update, or delete the data we collect from you?
Based on the applicable laws of your country or state of residence in the US, you may have the right to request access to the personal information we collect from you, details about how we have processed it, the right to correct inaccuracies, or the right to delete your personal information. You may also have the right to withdraw your consent to our processing of your personal information. These rights may be limited in some circumstances by applicable law. To request to review, update, or delete your personal information, please email us at [email protected].