Glance AIGlance AI — Privacy Policy
Glance AI is a screen-aware desktop assistant for Windows, built local-first: by default, everything it processes stays on your PC, and we (BroMind) operate no servers, run no analytics, and collect no data about you at all.
1. Information the app handles — on your device
Glance AI only processes content when you explicitly trigger it:
- Screen captures. When you press the capture button (or open the app with the hotkey, which can stage a capture of your active window), a screenshot is taken. A staged capture is shown as a removable attachment and is sent nowhere until you press Send. Auto-capture on hotkey can be turned off in Settings.
- Typed messages and attached images. What you write to the assistant and images you attach, drag in, or paste.
- Voice audio. Only while you have clicked the microphone button; recording stops when you click it again. Audio is used for the current question or dictation and is not stored.
- Clipboard. The app reads your clipboard only when you paste into it, and writes to it when you copy an AI answer. For values you marked sensitive, it can automatically clear the clipboard after a configurable delay.
- Saved personal info (optional). You may save profile fields (name, addresses, emails, phone numbers, billing) so the assistant can surface them as copy-ready chips. This profile is stored only on your PC, encrypted at rest with Windows DPAPI (per-user key plus app-specific entropy), and individual fields are included in a request only when you ask for them.
- Settings. Endpoint URL, model name, optional API key, and preferences are stored in a local configuration file under
%APPDATA%\GlanceAI.
2. Where your content goes
Glance AI is a client for an AI model you choose:
- Local model (default). The app talks to a model server on your own PC (for example Ollama at
127.0.0.1). Your captures, messages, audio, and any requested profile fields go to that local process and never leave your device. - Remote endpoint (your choice). If you configure a remote OpenAI-compatible endpoint in Settings, the same content is transmitted to that provider instead. That transfer happens under the provider's own terms and privacy policy — choose a provider you trust. The app sends your content to no destination other than the single endpoint you configured.
We (BroMind) receive nothing. The app contains no telemetry, no analytics, no advertising, no account system, and no crash reporting. We cannot see your screens, prompts, profile, or anything else.
3. Storage and retention
- Conversations are not stored. Chat history lives in memory and is gone when you clear the chat or close the app.
- Captures are not stored, with one exception: a debug option ("save captures"), off by default, writes captures to
%APPDATA%\GlanceAI\debugon your PC so you can inspect what the model sees. - Saved profile fields persist, DPAPI-encrypted, in
%APPDATA%\GlanceAI\pii.binuntil you edit or delete them. - Settings (including an API key, if you set one) persist in
%APPDATA%\GlanceAI\config.jsonon your PC.
4. Your controls
- Edit or delete saved profile fields at any time in Settings → Saved info.
- Turn off hotkey auto-capture; dismiss any staged capture before sending.
- Enable clipboard auto-clear for sensitive values.
- Point the app at a different endpoint — or back to a local one — at any time.
- Remove everything: uninstall the app and delete the
%APPDATA%\GlanceAIfolder. Nothing else exists anywhere.
5. Children
Glance AI is a productivity tool not directed at children under 13, and we do not knowingly handle their information (we handle no one's information).
6. Changes to this policy
If the app's behavior changes in a way that affects this policy, we will update this page and the effective date above before the change ships.
7. Contact
Questions or requests: contact@bromind.dev