Privacy policy

The short version

This website has no cookies, no analytics, no ads and no trackers. The only personal data it ever collects is the email address you type into the launch notification form, and it collects that only when you press the button.

Who is responsible

Varv operates this website. For anything related to your data, write to hello@varv.app and a human answers.

The launch notification list

When you sign up to hear about the release, we store your email address, the time you signed up and the country your request came from. We use it for exactly one thing: sending you the release announcement. No newsletter, no resale, no sharing with advertisers. The legal basis is your consent, which you give by submitting the form and can withdraw at any time.

The list lives in Cloudflare Workers KV. Want off it? Email us and the address is deleted. After the release announcement goes out, the list has served its purpose and gets deleted as a whole.

Abuse protection

To stop bots from flooding the signup form, we count submissions per IP address for a short window. That counter expires automatically within an hour and is never linked to your email address. The legal basis is our legitimate interest in keeping the form usable.

Hosting

The site runs on Cloudflare's network. Like any host, Cloudflare processes technical request data (IP address, requested page, browser version) to deliver the site and defend it against attacks. Cloudflare acts as our processor under a data processing agreement. You can read Cloudflare's privacy policy for the details of that processing.

The desktop app

Varv the app is built to keep your data on your machine. Your connection credentials are stored in the Windows credential store, transfers go directly between your computer and your storage provider, and the app sends no telemetry. If that ever changes, this policy changes first and the change is announced.

Your rights

You can ask what we store about you, have it corrected or deleted, restrict or object to its processing, and take your data elsewhere. Since the most we ever hold is one email address, the usual answer is a quick confirmation that it is gone. If you believe we handle your data unlawfully, you can complain to your local data protection authority.