[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":161},["ShallowReactive",2],{"legal-privacy":3},{"id":4,"title":5,"body":6,"description":151,"extension":152,"meta":153,"navigation":154,"path":155,"seo":156,"sitemap":157,"stem":158,"updated":159,"__hash__":160},"legal\u002Fprivacy.md","Privacy Policy",{"type":7,"value":8,"toc":137},"minimark",[9,13,18,21,25,47,51,54,58,66,89,92,96,99,103,109,113,116,120,123,127,134],[10,11,12],"p",{},"Kafma is a desktop Kafka client made by Karma IO LLC. This page explains what data we handle and why. The short version: Kafma has no app accounts, the app contains no analytics or telemetry, and this website sets no cookies.",[14,15,17],"h2",{"id":16},"your-kafka-data-does-not-pass-through-us","Your Kafka data does not pass through us",[10,19,20],{},"Kafma connects directly from your device to the Kafka clusters, Schema Registries, identity providers, and other endpoints you configure. We don't proxy those connections and never receive their contents. Cluster credentials, connection settings, and locally cached data stay on your device; data leaves it only when you direct Kafma to send it to a service you've configured — for example, producing a message or cloning data to another cluster.",[14,22,24],{"id":23},"website-analytics","Website analytics",[10,26,27,28,35,36,40,41,46],{},"This website uses ",[29,30,34],"a",{"href":31,"rel":32},"https:\u002F\u002Fumami.is",[33],"nofollow","Umami Cloud",", provided by Umami Software, Inc., for aggregate website usage statistics. Umami sets no cookies and does not track visitors across sites. It processes limited technical information such as pages visited, referring site, browser, operating system, device type, language, screen dimensions, approximate location, and campaign parameters such as UTM tags. We configure it to run only on ",[37,38,39],"code",{},"kafma.app"," and to respect your browser's Do Not Track setting. See the ",[29,42,45],{"href":43,"rel":44},"https:\u002F\u002Fumami.is\u002Fprivacy",[33],"Umami privacy policy",".",[14,48,50],{"id":49},"information-you-provide","Information you provide",[10,52,53],{},"If you choose to submit a website form or contact us, we collect the information you provide, such as your email address and message. We use it only to respond or provide the updates you requested, and retain it only as long as needed for that purpose.",[14,55,57],{"id":56},"license-validation-pro","License validation (Pro)",[10,59,60,61,65],{},"The paid version of Kafma validates its license through the payment and licensing provider identified in our ",[29,62,64],{"href":63},"\u002Fterms","Terms of Service",":",[67,68,69,77,83,86],"ul",{},[70,71,72,76],"li",{},[73,74,75],"strong",{},"On activation",", the app sends your license key and a coarse device label (such as \"Kafma on macOS\"). Your hostname and other identifying device details are not sent.",[70,78,79,82],{},[73,80,81],{},"Periodically"," (normally every 7 days), the app revalidates by sending your license key and its activation instance ID.",[70,84,85],{},"As with any network request, the provider's servers can see your IP address.",[70,87,88],{},"On your device, Kafma stores the license key (encrypted using your operating system's secure storage), the activation instance ID, the time of the last successful validation, and the resulting license state.",[10,90,91],{},"Your Kafka data is never part of license validation.",[14,93,95],{"id":94},"update-checks","Update checks",[10,97,98],{},"By default, Kafma checks GitHub Releases shortly after startup to see whether a newer stable version is available. When it finds one, it downloads the update in the background and installs it after a later normal application exit, so the new version opens the next time you start Kafma. You can turn off Automatic updates in Settings; when it is off, Kafma makes no startup update request, but you can still check for and download an update manually. As with any network request, GitHub receives your IP address and standard request metadata. These requests do not include your license key, cluster configuration, or Kafka data.",[14,100,102],{"id":101},"payments","Payments",[10,104,105,106,108],{},"Purchases are processed by the merchant of record identified in our ",[29,107,64],{"href":63},". It collects your payment and billing details under its own privacy policy; we receive your email address and order details, which we use to deliver your license and provide support.",[14,110,112],{"id":111},"what-we-dont-do","What we don't do",[10,114,115],{},"We don't sell personal data, share it for advertising, or show ads. We disclose limited data only as necessary to service providers that host and operate the website, provide aggregate analytics, process purchases, validate licenses, deliver update checks, and handle support — and we keep what little we receive only as long as needed to provide the service.",[14,117,119],{"id":118},"changes","Changes",[10,121,122],{},"If this policy changes, we'll update this page and the date above.",[14,124,126],{"id":125},"contact","Contact",[10,128,129,130,46],{},"Questions? Email ",[29,131,133],{"href":132},"mailto:support@kafma.app","support@kafma.app",[10,135,136],{},"Karma IO LLC is registered in Wyoming, United States.",{"title":138,"searchDepth":139,"depth":139,"links":140},"",3,[141,143,144,145,146,147,148,149,150],{"id":16,"depth":142,"text":17},2,{"id":23,"depth":142,"text":24},{"id":49,"depth":142,"text":50},{"id":56,"depth":142,"text":57},{"id":94,"depth":142,"text":95},{"id":101,"depth":142,"text":102},{"id":111,"depth":142,"text":112},{"id":118,"depth":142,"text":119},{"id":125,"depth":142,"text":126},"How Kafma handles your data.","md",{},true,"\u002Fprivacy",{"title":5,"description":151},{"loc":155},"privacy","2026-07-27","dXPW8vj2CVgpMdaY-iU91Rnm-gwWgecbNqItIJxS9Ds",1785561255127]