Hedgerow
Pressleaf

Pressleaf and your privacy

This page sums up what Pressleaf does with your data. The Hedgerow privacy policy covers every app, the website and purchases in full.

What stays on your PC

  • Settings and data live in %LOCALAPPDATA%\Hedgerow\Pressleaf on your PC.
  • Your books, as .pressleaf project files in Documents\Pressleaf or wherever you save them, including any pictures.
  • Your settings and the list of recent books.
  • Preview pages and the ebook preview’s browser cache, in the data folder.
  • Up to 10 recent crash reports, kept on the PC whether or not sending is turned on.
  • A trial start date in the registry under your user account (Direct edition).
  • The installer registers .pressleaf files to open in Pressleaf, and an app path so other apps can find it, under your user account.
  • A Start with Windows entry under your user account, only if you turn it on in Settings › General (Direct edition).

When Pressleaf goes online

  • License activation (Direct edition): when you enter a key, Pressleaf sends the key, your PC’s name, the app’s name and an anonymous device ID to our license server. About once a week it checks the license again, sending the key and the activation’s ID.
  • Update checks (Direct edition): Pressleaf downloads a small file listing the latest version about 45 seconds after it starts. The request includes the app’s name and version, nothing else.
  • Crash reports: off unless you turn them on. If Pressleaf crashes, it saves a report on your PC; with reports turned on it also sends that report, with file paths removed, to crash.hedgerowapps.com.

Good to know

  • The ebook preview uses Microsoft Edge WebView2 to show pages built on the PC. It loads only those local files, with scripts turned off and links blocked.
  • Crash reports, if turned on, contain the app and Windows versions, the time and the error details, with file names and paths removed. They never include your manuscript.

There are no ads, and no analytics or usage tracking.

Microsoft Store edition

The Store edition doesn’t contact our license server or check for updates itself: Microsoft handles the purchase, the license and updates, under Microsoft’s privacy statement.