Privacy information

Publisher and privacy contact

QuakeMLer is published by The Virtual Explorer. Contact director@thevirtualexplorer.com.au for privacy questions and support.

Catalogue processing on your Mac

The current QuakeMLer source implementation processes files you select locally. It has no account system, advertising integration, analytics integration or application network entitlement. These observations describe the inspected source, not a completed audit of a signed release.

Your files and provenance

Saved review sessions contain original source bytes, accepted column mappings and keep/exclude decisions. Export also creates a matching review session beside the QuakeML catalogue. Exported QuakeML contains retained scientific records and provenance, which may identify source filenames or records. Source files may themselves contain confidential or personal information. Inspect both files before sharing them: the companion review session can contain substantially more information than the retained QuakeML catalogue.

Keep/exclude decisions affect export inclusion: they do not remove the original source bytes from saved sessions.

Cloud folders and deletion

You choose where to save files. Dropbox, iCloud or another synchronisation service may transfer files independently of QuakeMLer, under its own terms and privacy practices.

To remove saved data, delete the relevant sessions, exports and source files, including backup or synchronised copies where appropriate. Deleting one export does not delete the original catalogue or a saved session.

Support correspondence

Support correspondence and attachments sent to director@thevirtualexplorer.com.au are accessed and handled personally by Gordon Lister. He decides how individual messages and attachments are dealt with after receipt. No fixed retention period or automatic deletion schedule is stated here. Direct questions about a message or attachment to the support/privacy contact. Avoid sending private catalogue files or credentials.

Website scope

These static QuakeMLer pages add no forms, analytics scripts, third-party fonts or advertising. Hosting-provider logging and the website’s wider practices have not been audited: this is not a claim that website visits produce no server logs.

Policy contact and effective date

Privacy contact: director@thevirtualexplorer.com.au. An effective date will be set after final release verification. This draft is not yet the app’s effective privacy policy.