Privacy Policy

Effective 14 November 2026

Netsweep is a network scanner for the Mac made by Benjamin Lee. This policy covers the Netsweep app and this website.

The short version

Netsweep does not collect, store or share any information about you. There is no account, no analytics, no advertising and no tracking. The developer never receives your scan results or anything else from the app.

What stays on your Mac

Everything a scan finds stays on your Mac: IP and MAC addresses, hostnames, device models, open ports, and the custom names, comments and links you add. Manufacturer lookups use a list built into the app and need no internet connection. To find and identify devices, Netsweep sends requests only to devices on the network you are scanning.

Public IP lookup (optional)

To show your public IP address, country and internet provider, Netsweep makes a request to ipinfo.io. Like any internet request, this reveals your public IP address to that service, which handles it under its own privacy policy. Nothing else is sent. You can turn this off in Settings › General.

iCloud sync (optional, off by default)

If you turn on iCloud sync, your custom device names, comments and links, together with the MAC addresses they belong to, are stored in your own iCloud account so your other Macs can read them. This data is handled by Apple under Apple’s privacy policy. The developer has no access to it.

Files you export

Exported scan results and name files are saved where you choose and go nowhere else.

This website

This site uses no cookies and no analytics scripts. It is hosted by Cloudflare, which may process standard request data such as IP addresses to deliver and protect the site.

Children

Netsweep does not collect information from anyone, including children.

Changes

If this policy changes, the new version will be posted on this page with a new effective date.

Contact

Questions: [email protected]