Privacy Policy
Last updated: June 25, 2026
The short version: Birdie reads your Google Calendar on your own device to know when a meeting is starting. Your calendar events are never sent to or stored on our servers, never shared, and never sold. Birdie only ever reads your calendar, it can't change anything.
Who we are
Birdie is a free, open-source desktop app that flies a little bird across your screen when a meeting starts. It is maintained by Francesca Kim. Questions? Email francescakim22@gmail.com.
What Birdie accesses
- Your Google Calendar (read-only). When you connect your Google account, Birdie requests the
calendar.readonlypermission. It reads your upcoming events so it knows when to fly the bird and which meeting it's for. It cannot create, edit, or delete anything. - Basic Google profile. Your email address and basic profile info, used only to sign you in.
How Birdie uses it
- Your calendar events are read locally, on your device, to schedule the flyby and show the meeting name, time, and join link. They are not transmitted to our servers and not stored anywhere outside your own computer.
- Your Google sign-in token is stored encrypted on your device using your operating system's secure keychain, so Birdie can keep reading your calendar in the background without asking you to sign in repeatedly.
Information you choose to give us
These are optional and only happen if you act on our website:
- Sign-up / waitlist: your name, email, and how you heard about Birdie, if you submit the form.
- Ratings & feedback: your star/feather rating and any message, if you submit feedback.
This information is stored in our database provider (Supabase) so we can email you about the app and improve it. It is never sold. No calendar data is ever included.
Google API Services Limited Use
Birdie's use and transfer of information received from Google APIs to any other app will adhere to the Google API Services User Data Policy, including the Limited Use requirements. Specifically, Birdie uses Google Calendar data only to provide and improve the meeting-reminder feature, does not transfer or sell it, does not use it for advertising, and no humans read it.
Who we share data with
We don't sell or rent your data. We rely on a few service providers strictly to run Birdie:
- Google — sign-in and the Calendar API.
- Supabase — stores website sign-ups and feedback (never calendar data).
- Vercel — hosts this website.
Deleting your data
- Disconnect Birdie from your Google account any time at myaccount.google.com/connections. This revokes its calendar access immediately.
- Remove the local data by quitting Birdie and deleting its data folder (it's under your user Library / Application Support).
- Delete your sign-up or feedback by emailing francescakim22@gmail.com and we'll remove it.
Children
Birdie is not directed at children under 13 and we do not knowingly collect their data.
Changes
If this policy changes, we'll update the date at the top. Material changes will be noted on this page.
Contact
Email francescakim22@gmail.com with any privacy questions.