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Caboose Privacy Policy

Last updated: December 4, 2025

Caboose is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy outlines how Caboose handles your personal information when you use our app.

Data Collection and Use

Caboose does not collect, store, or share any personal data from its users. Our app does not require you to provide any personal information, and we do not access or track any of your device's data (e.g., contacts, location, photos, or other media).

Screen Recording Data

Caboose uses macOS Screen Recording permission to capture a dedicated virtual display that the app creates specifically for streaming to your Android tablet. This section provides detailed information about how screen recording data is handled.

Features Using Screen Recording

The only feature that uses screen recording is the display streaming functionality. Caboose captures video from a virtual display (separate from your primary Mac screen) and streams it in real-time to your connected Android device, allowing you to use your Android tablet as a secondary monitor.

Data Collected via Screen Recording

Caboose captures the following data from the virtual display:

Caboose does not capture:

Purpose of Screen Recording

Screen capture data is collected solely to enable real-time display streaming to your Android device over your local network. The video frames are:

  1. Captured from the virtual display
  2. Encoded using hardware-accelerated H.264 or HEVC compression
  3. Transmitted directly to your Android tablet over a local TCP connection
  4. Displayed on your tablet as a secondary monitor

There is no other purpose for this data. No analysis, storage, profiling, or secondary use of screen recording data occurs.

Third-Party Sharing of Screen Recording Data

Screen recording data is never shared with any third parties. The video stream is transmitted exclusively to your own Android device over your local network (WiFi or USB). No screen recording data is sent to external servers, cloud services, analytics providers, or any other third parties.

Storage of Screen Recording Data

Screen recording data is not stored. All video frames exist only in device memory during the brief moment between capture, encoding, and transmission to your Android device. Once transmitted, frames are immediately discarded. No screen recording data is written to disk, cached, logged, or persisted in any form. When the streaming session ends, all data is cleared from memory.

Retention of Screen Recording Data

Screen recording data has zero retention. Data exists only for the milliseconds required to encode and transmit each frame. No historical data is kept, and no recordings can be retrieved after transmission.

Network Communication

Caboose uses your local WiFi network or USB connection to communicate between your Mac and Android device. All communication occurs directly between your devices using peer-to-peer connections. No data is sent to external servers or third parties.

Third-Party Services

Caboose does not use third-party analytics tools, crash reporting services, or any other third-party services that track or collect data about your app usage or screen content.

In-App Purchases and Advertisements

Caboose does not display any advertisements and does not require in-app purchases.

Children's Privacy

Our app is designed for users of all ages. We do not collect any personal information from children or adults.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. If we make changes, we will update the "Last updated" date at the top of this page. You are encouraged to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any updates.

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