Privacy Policy

Last updated: June 1, 2026

Ambience ("we," "us," or "our") operates the website ambience-app.com and the Ambience macOS application. This privacy policy explains what information we collect, how we use it, and your rights regarding that information.

1. Information We Collect

Contact Form

When you submit our contact form, we collect your name, email address, and the message content you provide. This information is sent to us via email and is not stored in a database.

Newsletter

When you subscribe to our newsletter, we collect your email address. We store it until you unsubscribe. Each newsletter email includes an unsubscribe link.

Analytics

We collect basic, self-hosted analytics data when you visit our website, including:

  • IP address
  • Browser user agent
  • Referring URL
  • Pages visited
  • Date and time of visit

This data is collected using our own self-hosted analytics system. We do not use third-party analytics services such as Google Analytics. No additional analytics cookies are placed for analytics purposes.

Sessions

We use a session cookie (ci_session) to enable core website functionality such as form submissions. This cookie is essential and does not track you across websites.

2. How We Use Your Information

  • Contact form data — to respond to your inquiry via email.
  • Newsletter email address — to send you updates about Ambience, including new features and visual scenes.
  • Analytics data — to understand how visitors use our website and to improve the user experience. We do not use this data to identify individual users.

3. Data Sharing

We do not sell, rent, or share your personal information with third parties except as required by law.

4. Data Retention

  • Contact form messages are retained in our email inbox and deleted when no longer needed.
  • Newsletter subscriptions are retained until you unsubscribe.
  • Analytics data is retained only as long as needed for site operations and performance analysis, and is periodically deleted.

5. Your Rights

You have the right to:

  • Unsubscribe from our newsletter at any time using the link in any newsletter email.
  • Request access to the personal data we hold about you.
  • Request deletion of your personal data.
  • Request correction of inaccurate personal data.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us.

6. Changes to This Policy

We may update this privacy policy from time to time. Changes will be posted on this page with an updated "Last updated" date.

7. Contact

If you have questions about this privacy policy, please contact us.