Privacy Policy

Last updated: 2026

HawkView is published by David G. This policy explains what data is - and is not - handled by the HawkView application and the hawkview.co website.

The app is offline by design

HawkView is a local image viewer. Your images, edits and settings stay on your computer. No image is ever uploaded to a server. There are no accounts, no sign-up, no telemetry, and no ads.

Update check

On startup, and only if "Check for updates on startup" is enabled (you can turn it off in Settings), HawkView downloads a small latest.json file from hawkview.co to compare version numbers. This request sends no personal data - it is a plain web request (your IP address is visible to the web server, as with any Internet connection, and is not kept for tracking).

Contact form

If you write to us through the contact form, we process your name, email and message for the sole purpose of replying to you. Messages are kept only as long as needed to handle your request, then deleted. They are never sold or shared.

Site analytics

The website uses no tracking cookies and no third-party trackers (Google Analytics, etc.).

Your rights

Under the GDPR, you can request access to, correction of, or deletion of your data by writing to contact@hawkview.co.