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Privacy Policy – EyeRest

Last updated: 2025-12-03

EyeRest is a small, open-source Windows tray application that helps you follow the “20–20–20 rule” for eye health by showing periodic desktop reminders.

This document explains what data EyeRest does not collect, what it does store locally (if you enable it), and how it behaves regarding your privacy.

1. General principles

  • EyeRest is designed with a privacy-first approach.
  • The application does not collect, transmit, or sell any personal data.
  • There is no telemetry, no analytics, and no background network service.

All behavior is local to your machine.

2. Data collection

EyeRest does not:

  • Collect your name, email, or any contact information.
  • Track your browsing history, applications, files, or keystrokes.
  • Log what you look at on screen or how you use your computer.
  • Send any usage information to a remote server.

The app only shows notifications and updates its tray icon state based on your options.

3. Local settings and configuration

Depending on the version and your choices in the Options dialog, EyeRest may store some non-personal settings locally, such as:

  • Whether reminders are enabled or disabled.
  • The reminder interval in minutes.
  • Whether left-click on the tray icon should toggle reminders.
  • Whether the app should start automatically with Windows.

These values:

  • Are stored locally (for example in a small configuration/INI file and/or in the registry for autostart).
  • Do not contain personal or identifying information.
  • Are used solely to restore your preferences on the next launch.

You can reset these settings at any time by:

  • Changing options in the app, and/or
  • Removing the configuration file and disabling autostart via Windows settings.

4. Network activity

EyeRest does not:

  • Connect to any remote server.
  • Perform automatic update checks.
  • Download or upload any data in the background.

Any network access you see related to EyeRest would only be indirect (for example, if Windows itself checks for toast notification services or Store updates).

5. Third-party libraries

EyeRest may use some third-party libraries (for example, for Windows toast notifications). These libraries are:

  • Used locally within the application.
  • Not used to send your personal data anywhere.

For details, you can review the project’s source code and dependencies:

6. Microsoft Store and external distributions

If you install EyeRest from the Microsoft Store, the Store may collect some generic installation/usage statistics according to Microsoft’s own policies.

  • This data collection is handled by Microsoft, not by EyeRest.
  • EyeRest itself does not add any extra telemetry or tracking beyond what the Store platform already does.

Please refer to Microsoft’s privacy policy for more information about Store-level data collection.

7. Open source transparency

EyeRest is open source. You can:

  • Inspect the source code.
  • Build the application yourself.
  • Verify that there is no hidden telemetry or data collection.

Repository: https://github.com/necdetsanli/EyeRest

8. Contact and questions

If you have any questions or concerns about privacy in EyeRest, you can:

I’m happy to clarify how the app works or adjust behavior if something could be made more privacy-friendly.

By using EyeRest, you acknowledge that you have read and understood this privacy policy.