Privacy policy
Hallpost lets a group send its newsletter from its own email account. It is built so that your member list and your newsletters stay on your device. We don't ask you to create an account, we run no server that receives your data, and we don't sell personal information.
Members, newsletters and the unsubscribe list
The names and email addresses you import or type, your newsletters, their delivery status and your unsubscribe list are saved in a file in the app's own folder on your device. They are not sent to us. You decide what personal information about your members you put in, and you are responsible for having their permission to email them. Deleting a member, a list or a newsletter, clearing the app's data or uninstalling the app removes them.
Sending email
When you send a newsletter or a test, your device connects directly to the mail server of the account you set up (for example Gmail, Zoho, Yahoo, iCloud or your own provider), over an encrypted connection (TLS), and hands each email to it. That provider then delivers the mail and processes it under its own privacy policy. Hallpost never sends your mail through any server of ours.
Your app password is stored in the operating system's secure storage (Windows Credential Manager or the Android Keystore) and is only sent to that mail server to log in.
Domain check
"Save and check" looks up the SPF and DMARC records of the domain in your sending address (for example yourchurch.org) using Cloudflare's public DNS-over-HTTPS service (cloudflare-dns.com). Only the domain name is sent. Free webmail domains such as gmail.com are not looked up.
Licence check (Windows, Hallpost Pro)
Hallpost Pro is sold by Lemon Squeezy, which acts as the merchant and handles payment. You enter card details on Lemon Squeezy's checkout page; the app never sees them. When you activate or validate a licence, the app sends your licence key and your computer's name to Lemon Squeezy's licence API. "Free this seat" sends the key and that activation's ID. See the Lemon Squeezy privacy policy.
Advertising (Android only, Google AdMob)
Hallpost for Android is free and shows optional rewarded videos and occasional full-screen ads through Google AdMob. The Windows version shows no ads. To show and measure ads and to prevent fraud, Google may collect:
- your device's advertising ID and other device identifiers,
- approximate location derived from your IP address,
- information about how you interact with ads, and basic device and app information.
AdMob never receives your member list, your newsletters or your password. If you are in the European Economic Area, the UK or Switzerland, the app asks for your consent before personalised ads are shown, and you can change your choice in Settings > Ad privacy choices. You can also reset or delete your advertising ID in Android settings. Google's use of this data is described in How Google uses information from sites or apps that use its services.
No analytics
The apps and this website use no analytics or tracking service. Newsletters sent with Hallpost contain no tracking pixels and no tracked links.
Videos on this website
Demo videos are hosted on YouTube and load only when you press play, from youtube-nocookie.com. YouTube may then set cookies under its own policy.
Children
Hallpost is not directed at children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from them.
Security and retention
Data on your device stays until you delete it. Email you send is kept by your mail provider under its policy. Data sent to Lemon Squeezy (Windows licence) and Google AdMob (Android ads) travels over encrypted connections and is kept under their policies.
Your choices
- Remove members, lists or newsletters in the app, or uninstall it.
- Replace or remove the saved app password in Sending account, or revoke the app password at your mail provider.
- Change ad consent in Settings > Ad privacy choices (Android, where offered).
- Free your licence seat in Settings > Hallpost Pro (Windows).
Changes
If this policy changes, we'll update this page and its effective date.
Contact
Questions about privacy: anithabheesetty@gmail.com