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Privacy Policy

Effective Date: June 23rd 2025

1. Introduction

Welcome to Firelize! This Privacy Policy explains how Brave & Hungry GmbH ("we", "us", or "our") collects, uses, shares, and protects information in relation to our desktop application Firelize (the "Software") and our related services, including our website and account management portal (collectively, the "Services").

This policy also outlines your rights regarding your personal data.

Our Commitment to Privacy (Zero Knowledge Principle for Project Data):

Firelize operates on a zero-knowledge basis concerning your Firebase project data. We never access, store, transmit, or process any details about your Firebase projects, databases, documents, authentication credentials (beyond what's necessary for the Firebase SDKs to operate locally), or storage files. All operations involving your Firebase project data are performed locally on your machine – never in our cloud.

Firelize communicates only with its license server to validate your license status. No information about your Firebase projects or how you use Firelize specifically with your project data is collected, transmitted, or stored by us through this process.

2. Data Controller & Data Protection Officer

The data controller responsible for your personal data is:
Brave & Hungry GmbH
Stiftskellerweg 10
87439 Kempten (Allgäu)
Germany

Our Data Protection Officer (DPO) is Marcel Otten, who can be reached via email.

3. Information We Collect

3.1. Information You Provide Directly

When you create an account and activate a license for Firelize, we collect your name and email address.

If you subscribe to Firelize, our payment processor Paddle will collect payment information necessary to process transactions, including your name, email address, and billing address. We may receive confirmation of payment and subscription status from the payment processor.

If you contact us for support, we collect your email address and any information you provide in your message.

3.2. Optional Usage Data (Consent-Based)

We offer optional usage data sharing to help us improve Firelize. This is strictly opt-in (under Article 6(1)(a) GDPR), and consent can be withdrawn at any time in the Software's settings.

With consent, we may collect aggregated statistics like how often certain features are used. This data will never include Firebase project content or structure.

3.3. Information Collected Automatically

When Firelize checks your license, we may log your IP address, OS, Firelize version, and license key for validation and anti-fraud purposes. This occurs at startup and periodically.

3.4. Website Analytics

We use Plausible for privacy-friendly analytics. It does not use cookies and collects only anonymized data such as page views and referrers. No personal data is collected.

4. How We Use Your Information

5. Data Sharing and Disclosure

We do not sell or rent your data. We may share your data only as described below:

6. International Data Transfers

Personal data may be processed outside the EEA, particularly by Postmark and some Google services. We use safeguards like Standard Contractual Clauses to ensure adequate protection.

7. Data Security

We implement reasonable security measures to protect your data. However, no system can be 100% secure.

8. Data Retention

We retain your data while your account is active or as required for legal purposes. You may request deletion by contacting us.

9. Your Rights (GDPR and Applicable Laws)

You may have the following rights:

To exercise your rights, contact us via email.

10. Children's Privacy

Firelize is not intended for individuals under 16. We do not knowingly collect personal data from children. If we do, we will delete it. Contact us if you believe we’ve collected such data.

11. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this policy. If changes are material, we’ll notify you via email or within the app or website. We encourage you to review the policy periodically.

12. Contact Us

If you have questions, please contact:

Brave & Hungry GmbH
Stiftskellerweg 10
87439 Kempten (Allgäu)
Germany

Email