Privacy
A deliberately small data footprint.
Desktop distribution and early-access funnel
VODForge creates one random installation UUID in its normal local application-data folder. It is not derived from your hardware, account, IP address, email, username, or any device fingerprint. The UUID is used only to deduplicate a successful first launch, seeing the Cloud prompt, opening the Cloud page, and joining the waitlist. The first successful launch stores the operating-system family, first app version, and time; the first prompt view and Cloud click store their times.
Website download clicks
When a download link is requested, VODForge records the operating-system build, time, and an optional source label such as a campaign or community name before redirecting to GitHub Releases. This is download intent, not proof that a file finished downloading or was installed. Source labels are kept only for the current browser tab session; the website does not create a persistent visitor ID.
Waitlist
If you join, we store your normalized email address and, when present, associate it with that random installation UUID. Repeated submissions do not create duplicate signups. You can also join without an installation ID.
What is not collected
There is no advertising identifier, device fingerprint, bot profiling, download-completion tracking, session replay, geographic profile, cross-product identity, account, or generalized analytics SDK in this experiment.