PhonePort privacy policy

The short version

PhonePort runs on your PC. It talks to your iPhone, iPad or Mac on your local network and, for iPhone control, over Bluetooth. GraniteAi, LLC does not receive your screen, your keystrokes, your files, your logs or your crash reports. You buy PhonePort from the Microsoft Store, and Microsoft handles the payment.

What PhonePort does on your PC

• It shows your device's screen. The picture and sound arrive over your local network and are drawn and played on the PC. PhonePort sends nothing to GraniteAi, LLC or to any other internet service.
• It announces your PC on the local network so that an iPhone, iPad or Mac can list it under Screen Mirroring. The announced name is the PC's name unless you rename the receiver. Other devices on the same network can see that name.
• It sends mouse and keyboard input to your iPhone over Bluetooth. Windows stores the Bluetooth pairing. PhonePort keeps identifiers for the iPhones you choose so it can reconnect them.
• It reads the Windows network category and the PC's Bluetooth adapter capabilities. PhonePort uses them to tell you whether the network is Private or Public and whether the adapter can control a phone. It sends them nowhere.
• It reads the clipboard only when you ask. If you press Ctrl+V while the phone picture has focus, PhonePort reads the clipboard text, up to 1,024 characters, and types it on the iPhone over Bluetooth.
• It writes to your clipboard when you take a screenshot. The screenshot is copied there.
• It asks Windows for its Store license. PhonePort asks Windows whether you are on the free trial or have bought the app, and can open the Microsoft Store's purchase window. These requests go through Windows to Microsoft. The Microsoft Privacy Statement covers Microsoft's use of that information.
• It opens links in your browser when you click them, for example the product page in the About box.

Other than the Store license request, PhonePort makes no internet connections of its own and has no analytics or advertising.

What PhonePort stores on your PC

All of this stays on your PC. The log, the settings and the crash reports are in the app's own data folder under your Local AppData, in the folder Windows creates for PhonePort. Menu > Receiver > Open log folder opens it.

• Settings (settings.ini; on first start PhonePort copies it once from an earlier AirWindows folder if one exists): the receiver name, video and window choices, an AirPlay device id, and identifiers for the iPhones you paired and the AirPlay senders they belong to.
• A log (debug.txt, and debug.old.txt when it fills): technical events such as connections, Bluetooth pairing steps, device and receiver names, network addresses, the type of each connected network (Private or Public), the names of screenshot and recording files, and errors. It can show which devices you used and when.
• Crash reports (a crashes folder in the same place, the five newest kept): when PhonePort stops unexpectedly it saves a memory snapshot of its threads. It can contain device names, network addresses and recently typed text. PhonePort does not send it anywhere. You can send one to support if you choose to.
• Screenshots and recordings you make (Pictures\PhonePort and Videos\PhonePort): whatever was on your device's screen at the time, and the device's sound in a recording. PhonePort does not lock or remove them.

Who can read the mirrored picture on your PC

PhonePort can share the decoded picture with other programs on your PC through a local, read-only pipe that only your own Windows account can open. In the Microsoft Store version this is turned on. A program you run under your Windows account can use it to see what your device shows. Install only programs you trust. Input still goes only through the PhonePort window.

Purchases

You buy PhonePort through the Microsoft Store, under Microsoft's terms and Microsoft's privacy statement. The Store also runs the free trial. Microsoft takes the payment, so GraniteAi, LLC does not receive your card or other payment details. Microsoft's developer reports, as its documentation describes them, give GraniteAi, LLC counts and totals, not the names or email addresses of buyers.

What GraniteAi, LLC receives

GraniteAi, LLC can see summary figures in Microsoft's Partner Center. Microsoft's documentation describes these as counts of acquisitions by market, device type, age group and gender, sales totals, and crash counts with failure details such as stack traces and the device type, model and operating system build. It also describes demographic figures as including an "Unknown" group for people who have not shared that information. If you post a rating or review in the Store, it is public and GraniteAi, LLC can read it.

Windows may send crash information to Microsoft according to your Windows diagnostic data settings. If you turn that off in Windows, it does not reach Microsoft.

If you email support at guru@graniteai.co, GraniteAi, LLC receives your email address and what you write or attach. A log or crash report you attach can contain the details listed above. GraniteAi, LLC uses these only to answer you and does not share them. It keeps support emails for up to 24 months.

Your choices

• Delete local data. Quit PhonePort and delete its data folder (Menu > Receiver > Open log folder opens it) and the PhonePort folders in Pictures and Videos. If you ran an earlier version, it kept its data in an AirWindows folder under your Local AppData and saved captures in AirWindows folders in Pictures and Videos. Those are separate and can be deleted too. Uninstalling PhonePort removes the app.
• Forget a phone. Choose Disconnect from the phone button in PhonePort, then remove the PC from the iPhone's Bluetooth settings.
• Stop the picture sharing. Quit PhonePort. The pipe exists only while it runs.
• Limit who can reach the receiver. Use PhonePort only on networks Windows treats as Private, and only on networks you trust.
• Purchase and Store data. Ask Microsoft. Your Microsoft account and the Microsoft Privacy Statement cover what Microsoft keeps about your purchase.

Asking GraniteAi, LLC to delete your information

GraniteAi, LLC holds no personal information about you from PhonePort itself, because the app sends none. All it can hold is what you send to support. To have it deleted, write to guru@graniteai.co. GraniteAi, LLC deletes it within 30 days.

Children

PhonePort does not ask for or collect personal information from anyone, including children.

Changes

When this policy changes, the new text and its effective date replace this page. The version that shipped with each release is the one that applies to that release.

Contact

GraniteAi, LLC. Email guru@graniteai.co.

guru@graniteai.co