Your data never leaves your Mac.
Here’s exactly what re:Work reads, keeps, and sends.
01Recorded
- The app in front, its window title, and the open document.
- The web address of your current tab.
- When you start, stop, and step away.
- How many keys you pressed. Never which keys.
- Whether you copied something. Never what you copied.
- Whether the app in front is playing media. Never the media itself.
- Links, ticket numbers, and repo names in the window in front. Nothing else.
- If you connect your calendar: events and how many people attend. Never event notes.
02Never recorded
- Screenshots or screen recordings.
- Your microphone or any audio.
- What you type.
- What you copy.
- What’s inside your pages and documents.
03Left out
Apps you exclude. Add an app in Settings → Privacy and re:Work stops recording it.
Private windows. Private windows in Chrome, Firefox and Safari record only the app and how long you used it. Other browsers don’t say when a window is private, so exclude them if you browse privately there.
04Stored on your Mac
- Everything is stored on your Mac. No account, no cloud sync.
- Web addresses are saved without query strings or login details.
- Terminal commands are never saved, only which project you were in.
- The app’s own logs never include titles, addresses, or names.
- Keep history forever, or for 30, 90, or 365 days. Delete it all anytime in Settings → Data.
To encrypt your data, turn on FileVault.
05Sent over the network
Nothing about your activity. No app names, titles, addresses, or work hours.
re:Work makes a few requests of its own. See each one in Settings → Privacy, and turn them all off with one switch.
| Request | Sent to | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Site icons and names | The website you visited | So each site shows its own icon and name. |
| Updates and support | re:Work | To check for updates and send support requests. |
| Crash reports | re:Work, only if you opt in | To fix crashes. Reports contain none of your data. |
06Permissions
re:Work needs one permission. The rest are optional.
| Permission | Used for | Without it |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility (required) | Window titles, documents, and web addresses | Nothing is recorded. If you turn it off later, re:Work records apps and time only. |
| Calendar | Meeting names and attendees, and Plan | Meetings are still detected from Zoom, Teams, Webex, and Meet. Plan is off. |
| Notifications | Daily recaps and focus reminders | No notifications. |
| Contacts | Photos for people, if you turn People on | Initials instead of photos. |
re:Work never asks for Screen Recording, Input Monitoring, Automation, or Full Disk Access.