Privacy Policy
BubbleDock does not collect, transmit, or store any personal data. It makes no network connections of any kind. There is no telemetry, no analytics, no crash reporting, no accounts, and no update check. Nothing you do in BubbleDock leaves your computer.
There is no server for your data to go to, because there is no server.
What the app reads while it runs
BubbleDock needs some information from Windows to do its job. All of it is read live, held in memory, and discarded when the app closes.
| What | Why | Where it goes |
|---|---|---|
| List of open windows — titles, and the path of the program that owns each one | To show one bubble per running app, with the right icon and name | Memory only |
| Which window is in the foreground | To highlight the active app | Memory only |
| Currently playing media — track, artist, album art, position | To drive the mini player | Memory only |
| Speaker output audio | To drive the audio visualiser | Memory only, never recorded |
On the audio: the visualiser uses WASAPI loopback, which taps what your speakers are playing. It reads the signal, converts it to bar heights, and throws it away — roughly twenty times a second. Nothing is buffered beyond the current fraction of a second, and nothing is ever written to disk. It captures output only; BubbleDock never touches your microphone.
On media info: this comes from Windows' own media transport controls — the same source as the volume-key overlay. BubbleDock does not connect to Spotify or any other service, and does not ask you to sign in to anything.
What the app writes to disk
Two files, both under %APPDATA%\BubbleDock:
- settings.json — your preferences. Theme, colours, sizes, positions, toggles. Plain readable JSON; open it and see for yourself.
- crash.log — written only if the app hits an unhandled error. Contains a .NET stack trace and nothing else. It stays on your machine; it is never sent anywhere.
That is the complete list. No databases, no caches, no history of what you have opened.
Changes it makes to Windows
Only if you switch them on, and all reversible:
- Hide taskbar — the taskbar is made invisible and set to auto-hide. It is never disabled or destroyed. It is restored when BubbleDock exits, when you sign out, and when you uninstall.
- Hide desktop icons — hides the desktop icon view. Restored the same way.
- Start with Windows — in the Microsoft Store version this is a
Windows startup task, which you control from Settings → Apps → Startup, and it
ships switched off. In the version downloaded from this site it is one value under
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run, removed on uninstall.
Uninstalling
Uninstalling restores the taskbar, closes the app cleanly, and removes its files and settings. Nothing is left behind. The Microsoft Store version uninstalls like any other Store app, from Settings → Apps or by right-clicking it in the Start menu.
Children
BubbleDock is a desktop utility. It collects no data from anyone, of any age.
Verifying this
You do not have to take any of it on trust, and you do not have to read any code to check it. BubbleDock makes no outbound connections at all, so any firewall, or a tool like Wireshark, will show silence while it runs. That is the whole claim, and it is testable in about a minute.
Contact
Questions or corrections: open an issue at github.com/MetaBify/bubbledock.