Your data stays on your device.

Effective date: October 10, 2026. BulkPro is a local-first application; the files you process never reach our servers. This policy explains the minimum data we process, what we never process, the legal basis, our sub-processors, and your rights. It is written with Turkish Law no. 6698 (KVKK) and, for users in the European Economic Area (EEA), GDPR principles in mind.

1. Data controller

BulkPro is developed and provided by Bilgetek; for this policy the data controller is Bilgetek (Istanbul, Türkiye). General contact: hello@bilgetek.com. For privacy and personal data requests: privacy@bilgetek.com.

2. Core principle: local-first processing

BulkPro runs on your desktop. The files you process (PDF, Excel, images, video, audio) are processed only on your device and are never sent to Bilgetek servers or third parties. The limited processing described below is for communication, downloads and updates.

3. What we process (minimum)

We process only the following limited data for the app to function and for our services to be delivered:

  • If you use the contact form: your name, email and message are processed to answer your request.
  • When you connect to the website, installer or update servers, the providers may process your IP address and standard connection information.

Version 0.1.46 sends no license-validation or usage-telemetry (heartbeat) requests.

4. What we do NOT process

  • File content: not a single byte of your PDFs, Excels, images, video or audio reaches our servers.
  • Filenames or file paths.
  • Identity data: no signup or email is required.
  • Browser/cookie-based tracking inside the app: BulkPro is a desktop application.
  • Keyboard, mouse, screen, microphone or camera capture.
  • Third-party ad-network data or ad SDKs.

5. Purposes and legal basis

Each processing activity has a defined purpose and legal basis.

  • Security updates: legitimate interest (KVKK art.5/2-f; GDPR art.6(1)(f)).
  • Responding to the contact form: consent and/or legitimate interest (KVKK art.5/1, 5/2-f; GDPR art.6(1)(a), 6(1)(f)).

6. AI module data flow

OCR, background removal, Whisper transcription and every other AI feature run on local models. Models are downloaded on first use and then keep working offline.

  • No AI operation makes an external API call.
  • Your audio, image, text never leaves your device.
  • Models run locally on your device CPU.

7. Sub-processors

To deliver the service we work with a limited set of infrastructure providers. Each provider performs only its own function and has no access to your file content.

  • Cloudflare: website hosting, CDN, email routing and form security (Turnstile). Keeps standard connection metadata.
  • Resend: delivery of contact-form messages.
  • GitHub: hosting and download of installer releases.

Some of these providers operate their servers outside Türkiye. Limited data (e.g. connection metadata, email address) may therefore be transferred abroad, only to the extent needed to deliver the service.

8. Data retention

Version 0.1.46 sends no license-validation or heartbeat data. Any records retained from earlier versions remain subject to their existing retention periods and legal obligations. Contact-form correspondence is kept for at most 3 years after the request is resolved, then deleted or anonymized.

9. Your rights

Under KVKK and GDPR you have the rights of access, rectification, erasure, restriction of processing and objection. You can request deletion or a summary of your records by writing to privacy@bilgetek.com. We handle requests within 30 days. EEA users may lodge a complaint with their data protection authority; users in Türkiye may complain to the Personal Data Protection Authority (KVKK).

10. Children's privacy

BulkPro is not directed at people under 18 and we do not knowingly process children's personal data.

11. Policy updates

When this policy changes meaningfully, the effective date is updated and a summary is shown to the user on next app launch.

Got questions?

For privacy and personal data requests: privacy@bilgetek.com

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