Privacy Policy

Firebreak is a macOS menu bar utility that watches your Mac's thermal state and running processes, and lets you freeze or stop the ones overheating it. This policy explains what Firebreak reads and what, if anything, leaves your Mac.

The short version: Firebreak collects no data and never connects to the internet. Everything it reads stays on your Mac.

Nothing. Firebreak has no accounts, no sign-in, no advertising, no analytics, no crash reporting and no tracking. It makes no network connections.

To find what is heating your Mac, Firebreak reads the following while it runs:

• The system thermal state and CPU load
• The list of running processes, with their names, executable paths and CPU usage
• CPU temperatures, in the version downloaded from GitHub

This information is used only on your Mac, to show readings in the menu bar and to decide when to alert you. It is held in memory, is not written to disk, and is never sent anywhere.

Firebreak saves only your settings, such as the alert temperature threshold, whether automatic alerts are on and what the menu bar shows. They are stored on your Mac and never leave it.

Alerts are delivered as local macOS notifications. Links in Settings to the GitHub repository open in your web browser; Firebreak itself does not connect to GitHub. Deleting the app removes it.

Firebreak collects no personal information from anyone, including children.

If this policy changes, the new version will appear on this page with a new "Last Updated" date above.