Our Promise: Zero Telemetry
We believe your development environment is sacred. The Kopi CLI tool collects zero telemetry, usage data, or analytics from your machine. It periodically checks online to validate your license status for the Professional and Enterprise Editions, but this process sends no data about your databases, schemas, or content.
1. General Information
This Privacy Policy explains how Kopi ("we", "us", or "our") collects, uses, and shares information about you when you use our website (kopidev.com) and our software products.
For the purposes of the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR), the Data Controller is Kopi (trading as a sole trader based in Scotland).
2. Information Collection
a) Personal Identification Information
For Community Users: No personal account is required to use the Kopi Community Edition CLI tool. We do not collect personal information from users of the open-source tool. The software performs no online checks and has no "call home" functionality.
For Professional/Enterprise Users: To access features requiring a license, you may be required to create an account. During this process, we collect:
- Email Address (for login and license delivery)
- Full Name (for account management)
- Country of Residence (for tax/VAT compliance)
- Password (hashed and salted)
b) Non-Personal Identification Information (Website Only)
When you visit kopidev.com, our web servers automatically log standard technical information to ensure security and stability. This includes your IP address, browser type, operating system, and the time of access.
3. How We Use Your Information
We process your personal data for the following specific purposes:
- To provide the Service: Managing your account, verifying your license key, and delivering software downloads.
- To communicate with you: Sending critical security alerts, software updates, or answering your support requests.
- To maintain security: Detecting and preventing fraudulent use of licenses or attacks on our infrastructure.
4. Lawful Basis for Processing (GDPR)
Under the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR), our lawful bases for processing this information are:
- Contractual Obligation: We need your data to fulfill the license agreement (e.g., verifying you have a valid Professional license).
- Legitimate Interest: We have a legitimate interest in keeping our website secure and understanding how our services are used (via anonymized server logs).
- Legal Obligation: We may need to retain transaction records for tax and accounting purposes.
5. Information Sharing
We never sell your personal data. We do not share your email address with third parties for marketing purposes.
We may share data with trusted third-party service providers solely for the purpose of operating our business:
- Payment Processors: To handle secure payments (we do not store your credit card details).
- Email Infrastructure: To send transactional emails (e.g., password resets, login alerts).
6. Data Retention
We retain your personal information only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy.
- Account Data: Retained as long as your account is active. You may request deletion at any time.
- Server Logs: Retained for a limited period (typically 30 days) for security auditing, then deleted.
7. Your Data Protection Rights
Under data protection law, you have rights including:
- Your right of access: You have the right to ask us for copies of your personal information.
- Your right to erasure: You have the right to ask us to erase your personal information in certain circumstances.
- Your right to restriction of processing: You have the right to ask us to restrict the processing of your personal information in certain circumstances.
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at the email address below.
8. Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or wish to exercise your data rights, please contact us via email: