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Privacy notice

How My PC Direct handles information. Last updated 5 October 2026.

In short

My PC Direct is a Windows application that connects your own computers directly to each other. We keep as little information about you as the service can be run on, we do not sell it, and we do not pass it to advertising networks.

What the web server records

Every visit leaves an entry in the web server log: the address you connected from, the time, the page requested, the response, the amount of data sent, and the browser identification your browser supplies.

From that address we work out an approximate location - city, region and country - using a copy of a geolocation database held on our own server. Your address is not sent to any outside service in order to do this. Detailed records are kept for 30 days and then removed; only counts and totals are kept after that.

Cookies

This site sets no advertising or tracking cookies, and uses no third-party analytics service. The site software may set a single session cookie, which is needed for the site to function and is discarded when you close the browser.

The application itself

My PC Direct connects your computers directly. Your screen, keystrokes, clipboard, files and sign-in details travel only between your own computers, encrypted end to end, and do not pass through us. We keep no logs of your sessions, connection times or activity.

To find each other, your computers publish a small encrypted announcement to a public peer-to-peer network (a distributed hash table). The announcement includes the internet address at which the computer can be reached, and is visible to other participants in that network. Your My PC Direct credentials are not sent: only a hash derived from them is used to find your other computers.

What we do not do

We do not sell or rent information about you. We do not use advertising networks or third-party trackers. We do not attempt to identify individual visitors from their browsing.

Your rights, and how to reach us

You may ask what we hold about you, ask for it to be corrected, or ask for it to be deleted. Write to software@clue.im and we will respond.

Changes to this notice

If this notice changes, the date at the top changes with it.

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