Privacy Policy
Short version: Claxon doesn't send your data anywhere. Here's the long version.
Last updated: April 10, 2026
The TL;DR. Claxon runs entirely on your phone and your Mac. There is no Claxon cloud, no Claxon account, and no Claxon analytics. We can't see your notifications because they never leave your local Wi-Fi network.
What Claxon does with your data
The Android app reads notifications from your phone — the app name, title, message text, and any action buttons — and sends them over your local Wi-Fi to the Claxon Mac app. It also reads battery and charging status, and (with your permission) phone call state and contact names for caller ID.
That data goes directly from your phone to your Mac over an encrypted (TLS) connection. It does not pass through a server. It is not stored on a server. It is not analyzed, sold, or shared.
What we collect
Nothing. We do not run a backend. There is no server logging your activity, no analytics SDK in the apps, and no telemetry pinging home.
The only network calls Claxon makes are:
- Phone ↔ Mac over your local network, to send notifications. This connection never leaves your Wi-Fi.
- License validation with our payment processor (LemonSqueezy) when you start the Mac app. This sends your license key for verification — nothing else. No identifying information about you, your phone, or your notifications.
- Update checks from the Mac app to getclaxon.app, to see if a newer version exists. The request includes only your current version number.
License keys and payments
If you buy a license, payment is processed by LemonSqueezy, our merchant of record. They handle the transaction, store your billing information, and issue you a license key. We never see or store your credit card details. LemonSqueezy's privacy policy applies to their handling of your payment data.
The Mac app stores your license key locally and periodically (about once every 12 hours) calls LemonSqueezy's API to confirm the key is still valid. That call sends only the license key — not your name, email, IP address (beyond what's required for the network connection), notification content, or any other personal information.
Permissions Claxon asks for
- Notification access (Android) — to read incoming notifications and forward them to your Mac.
- Phone state (Android, optional) — to detect incoming calls so you can answer them from your Mac.
- Contacts (Android, optional) — to look up caller names for caller ID. Contact data stays on your phone.
- Local network (Mac and Android) — to make the encrypted connection between the two devices.
- Notification posting (Mac) — so the Mac app can show banner notifications when the panel is closed.
You can revoke any of these at any time in Android Settings or macOS System Settings. Claxon will stop using whatever you revoke.
Sensitive content filtering
By default, Claxon blocks notifications from sensitive app categories — banking, finance, health, and authentication apps — from being forwarded to your Mac. This is on by default. You can turn it off per category in the Android app if you want those notifications mirrored too, but we recommend leaving it on.
Website analytics
Our website (getclaxon.app) uses Google Analytics 4 to understand how visitors discover and use Claxon — things like which pages are viewed, which traffic sources bring people in, and roughly where visitors are in the world at a country level. This helps us improve the site and the product.
We've configured Google Analytics to anonymize IP addresses and we do not use Google's advertising features, cross-site tracking, or remarketing. Analytics cookies are denied by default on first visit — nothing is stored or sent to Google until you explicitly click "Accept" on the cookie banner. If you click "Reject" (or ignore the banner), Google Analytics will not set cookies or collect analytics on your visit.
You can change your choice at any time by clearing the claxon_cookie_consent entry from your browser's Local Storage for getclaxon.app, which will make the banner reappear on your next visit. None of this applies to the Mac or Android apps themselves — they do not contain any analytics SDKs.
Children
Claxon is not directed at children under 13 and we do not knowingly collect any information from them. Since we don't collect information from anyone at all, this is more of a formality than a policy.
Changes to this policy
If we ever change how Claxon handles data — for example, if we add an opt-in cloud backup feature down the road — we'll update this page and note the change at the top. We won't quietly start collecting things.
Contact
Questions about privacy, data handling, or anything else? Email support@getclaxon.app. We read every message.