Hedgerow
Tapline

Tapline and your privacy

This page sums up what Tapline 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\Tapline on your PC.
  • Your settings, custom actions and list of excluded apps.
  • A count of how often you use each action, for the most-used list in the tray flyout.
  • A trial start date in the registry under your user account (Direct edition).
  • A Start with Windows entry under your user account, if that option is on (Direct edition).

When Tapline goes online

  • License activation (Direct edition): when you enter a key, Tapline 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): only when you choose Check for updates. The request includes the app’s name and version, nothing else.
  • Crash reports: off unless you turn them on. If Tapline 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.
  • When you click Search, Translate or Define, your web browser opens the site you chose in Settings › Actions with the selected text in the address. Tapline itself makes no connection for this.
  • Custom actions you create pass the selected text to the web address or program you set, only when you click them.

Good to know

  • Tapline reads the selected text through Windows accessibility to pick which actions to show. It does not keep the text, and never reads password fields.
  • In apps that don't share their selection with Windows, Tapline copies it for a moment and then restores your clipboard. Windows clipboard history (Win+V) may keep that copy. You can turn this off in Settings › General.

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.