ISRForge privacy policy.

Effective date: July 27, 2026

Overview

ISRForge builds practical macOS software. TelemetryISR processes user-selected photos and metadata locally unless the user chooses Gemini cloud analysis or optional Google Maps imagery. ISRForge does not operate a cloud-processing, advertising, analytics, or tracking backend for TelemetryISR. The ISRForge website separately collects information that a visitor voluntarily submits through the MobileCommandISR beta-interest form.

Information Handled By TelemetryISR

TelemetryISR may handle user-selected photos, downsampled image previews, filenames, relative folder context, local file paths, EXIF and GPS metadata, Lightroom-related metadata, user-entered prompts and context, keywords, captions, research text, and generated metadata results. This information is used to provide the app's visual grouping, metadata review, location review, and writeback workflows.

Local Processing And Storage

Visual similarity processing, workflow state, settings, and metadata review occur on the user's Mac. Gemini and Google Maps API keys are stored locally in the macOS Keychain. ISRForge does not receive or manage those keys. Users may remove configured keys in TelemetryISR Settings or with macOS Keychain Access. Local workflow data can be removed by deleting the app's container or using the supplied uninstall guidance.

Gemini Cloud Analysis

If the user configures Gemini cloud analysis, TelemetryISR may send selected downsampled image previews, filenames and relative folder context, existing metadata, GPS or location context, prompts, and user-provided instructions directly to Google's Gemini API using the user's own API key. If the user explicitly uses Research Distiller, text extracted locally from a selected PDF, Markdown, or text file is sent to Gemini to create editable research notes.

TelemetryISR explains this transfer before cloud analysis is enabled. These requests go directly from the user's Mac to Google under the terms associated with the user's Google account, API project, and service tier. Users can stop future transfers by disabling cloud analysis or removing the Gemini key. ISRForge does not receive, store, or proxy Gemini traffic.

Google Search Grounding

When an eligible user enables the paid grounded-location option, TelemetryISR may make one focused, text-only Gemini request for a proposed coordinate after image analysis identifies a subject. Google Search grounding may receive the selected subject identity and country context. The GPS review map displays the fixed grounded pin with a provenance explanation, the complete grounded result, its linked supporting sources, and Google's Search Suggestions. TelemetryISR keeps that grounding evidence only in the active app session, does not persist it in photo metadata, and excludes it from support logs. The coordinate becomes eligible for writeback only after the user confirms it.

Map Imagery

Apple Maps is the default in-app map. If the user separately configures a Google Maps Platform key, TelemetryISR requests Google map imagery tiles and required attribution for the visible review map. The Google Maps key is not used to resolve or validate GPS coordinates. Apple and Google handle map requests under their respective terms and privacy policies.

Data Collection By ISRForge

ISRForge does not collect TelemetryISR photos, metadata, API keys, generated results, or app-usage analytics. If a user voluntarily emails ISRForge for support or sends an exported support log, ISRForge uses the supplied information only to diagnose and respond to that request. Users should remove private photos, API keys, and sensitive catalog details before sharing support materials.

MobileCommandISR Beta Interest

If a visitor voluntarily submits the private MobileCommandISR beta-interest form, ISRForge collects the supplied name, email address, vehicle model and model year, optional vehicle generation and Bluetooth OBD-II adapter details, and optional notes. ISRForge uses this information only to evaluate beta testing needs, select suitable vehicles and testers, and contact the visitor about MobileCommandISR testing.

Beta-interest responses are stored in a private, access-controlled file on the ISRForge website host. ISRForge does not sell this information or use it for unrelated advertising. Submitting the form records interest but does not guarantee selection for a beta build.

Retention And Deletion

ISRForge has no TelemetryISR cloud-processing account or backend record to delete. Local app data and Keychain items remain under the user's control on the Mac. Data sent through a user-configured provider is handled under the terms and controls associated with the user's own account, API project, and service tier. Support emails and voluntarily supplied diagnostic files are retained only as long as reasonably necessary to resolve the request or meet legal obligations; users may request deletion by contacting ISRForge. MobileCommandISR beta-interest records are retained while they remain useful for beta recruitment and testing, or until the person who submitted the information asks ISRForge to delete the record.

Tracking And Advertising

TelemetryISR does not contain third-party advertising, cross-app tracking, or marketing analytics.

Website Advertising Measurement

The ISRForge website uses the Google tag for Google Ads measurement. Google may receive information such as page visits, browser/device details, referral data, and advertising identifiers or cookies where available. This website tag does not send TelemetryISR photos, local file paths, metadata, prompts, API keys, or app workflow data to ISRForge or Google.

Google's use of this information is governed by Google's policies at policies.google.com/privacy.