StatusPulse Privacy Policy

Effective date: March 6, 2026

Developer: MipYip.com
App: StatusPulse for macOS

Overview

StatusPulse is a macOS menu bar application that monitors service status pages by periodically polling publicly available RSS, Atom, and JSON feeds. This policy describes what data StatusPulse does and does not collect, store, or transmit.

Short version: StatusPulse collects no personal information. All data stays on your device.

Data we do not collect

StatusPulse does not collect, transmit, or share:

  • Personal information of any kind (name, email address, location, etc.)
  • Usage analytics or behavioral telemetry
  • Crash reports (unless you explicitly choose to submit one — see below)
  • Device identifiers or fingerprints
  • IP addresses or network metadata
  • Any information about which services you monitor

Data stored locally on your device

StatusPulse stores the following data locally in your macOS user data directory (~/Library/Application Support/StatusPulse/). This data never leaves your device except where noted below.

File What it contains
settings.json App preferences: theme, poll interval, notification settings, mute lists
services.json Enabled service IDs and any custom service definitions you have added
state.json Last known status for each monitored service (used to detect transitions)
crash.log Crash stack traces, if any occur — stored locally only, never transmitted automatically

These files are created and managed entirely on your device. MipYip has no access to them.

Network requests

StatusPulse makes outbound HTTP requests only to the status pages of services you have explicitly enabled. For example, if you enable "GitHub", StatusPulse will periodically fetch https://www.githubstatus.com/history.rss.

  • All requests are read-only — no data about you or your device is sent to these services
  • Requests include a standard User-Agent header identifying the app and version
  • No personal information is included in any outbound request
  • No third-party analytics, advertising, or tracking SDKs are present in the app
  • StatusPulse does not contact MipYip servers for any purpose

Crash reporting (optional and explicit)

If StatusPulse crashes, a crash report is written locally to your data directory. No crash data is transmitted automatically.

If you choose to report a crash using the in-app "Report on GitHub" button, your browser will open a pre-filled GitHub issue form. Submitting that form is entirely your choice and is subject to GitHub's own privacy policy. The pre-filled content includes the app version, macOS version, and a sanitized stack trace from which local file paths have been removed.

macOS notifications

If you have enabled notifications in StatusPulse, the app uses macOS's native notification system (Apple's UserNotifications framework). All notification content — service names and status changes — is handled entirely by macOS. MipYip does not have access to notification content or delivery data.

Children's privacy

StatusPulse is a developer utility not directed at children under 13. We do not knowingly collect information from anyone under 13.

Changes to this policy

If this policy changes materially, the updated version will be posted at this URL with a revised effective date.

Contact

Questions about this privacy policy? Reach us at mipyip.com.