Privacy Policy

Last updated: July 16, 2026

Offeline ("we," "us," or "our") provides a privacy-first AI chat application that runs language models locally on your device. This Privacy Policy explains how we handle information when you use the Offeline mobile app and when you visit offeline.site (the "Website").

Summary

Offeline does not send your prompts, conversations, or other personal content to any third-party AI service. All AI processing for the mobile app happens on your device. The only network activity related to AI is when you choose to download model files from Hugging Face. We do not operate cloud accounts for chat, we do not transmit your messages to our servers for AI processing, and we do not use in-app analytics or advertising SDKs.

No Personal Data Shared With Third-Party AI Services

Offeline does not share personal data with any third-party AI provider for inference, training, ranking, or any other AI processing. In particular:

• Chat prompts and messages never leave your device
• AI responses are generated entirely on your device
• Conversation history never leaves your device
• Images, documents, audio, or other attachments you use in chat never leave your device
• Display names, assistant settings, preferences, and local device identifiers never leave your device
• No usage telemetry, prompt logs, or conversation content is sent to Offeline or any AI company

Because no personal data is transmitted to a third-party AI service, Offeline does not request permission to share personal data with an external AI provider. There is nothing to share for AI processing.

What Leaves the Device

When you use the Offeline mobile app, this is what leaves the device and what does not:

• Chat prompts, replies, and conversation history: Do not leave the device. Processed and stored only on device. Recipient: none.
• Images, documents, audio, or other chat content: Do not leave the device. Recipient: none.
• Account information: Does not leave the device. Offeline does not require an account. Recipient: none.
• App preferences and local device identifier: Do not leave the device. Recipient: none.
• AI model file downloads you initiate: Leave the device as a download request only. Recipient: Hugging Face, Inc. (model host). No prompts or chat content are included.
• Optional links you open (for example, Feedback): Leave the device only if you choose to open them. Recipient: offeline.site or the destination you select.

Information Stored on Your Device

When you use the Offeline app, the following data is stored locally on your device:

• Chat messages and conversation history
• Custom assistant names, instructions, and configuration
• A display name you provide during onboarding or in settings
• A locally generated device identifier used only on your device
• App preferences such as active model, temperature, context window, and reasoning settings
• Downloaded AI model files cached for offline use

This information is collected and stored only on your device. It is not synced to Offeline servers and is not used to create an online account. You can delete conversation history, clear cached models, or erase all user data from within the app at any time.

How Information Is Collected and Used

App data is created by your use of Offeline and remains under your control on the device. We use that on-device data only to provide local chat, remember your settings, and run the model you selected. We do not collect, sell, rent, or share this data with advertisers, analytics companies, or third-party AI services.

Information We Do Not Collect

In the Offeline app, we do not:

• Require sign-in, registration, or account creation
• Send your chat prompts, AI responses, or conversation history to Offeline servers
• Send any personal data to a third-party AI service for processing
• Collect analytics, crash reporting, or advertising identifiers through third-party SDKs
• Access your camera, microphone, photo library, contacts, or location
• Track you across apps or websites

Hugging Face Model Downloads

AI inference runs entirely on your device after a model is installed. The only third party involved in the AI feature path is Hugging Face, Inc., and only as a host for model files you choose to download.

• What is sent: A standard HTTPS download request for the model files you select. Like any web download, this request exposes your IP address and a user agent string (which identifies the app and operating system making the request) to Hugging Face's servers. Your prompts, chats, display name, and personal content are never included in these requests.
• Who receives it: Hugging Face, Inc., a US company that hosts open-source model files (for example GGUF models such as Qwen, SmolLM, Phi, and Gemma). No Hugging Face account is required, and Offeline does not send any account credentials or identifiers of yours to Hugging Face.
• What Hugging Face does with it: According to Hugging Face's own privacy policy and documentation, it automatically records standard request information — IP address, request date, approximate location derived from the IP, and device and user agent details — for security, operations, and download counting. Download counts are computed on Hugging Face's servers from these requests; no additional information is sent from your device for counting. Where Hugging Face shares download analytics with model publishers, IP addresses are provided only as non-reversible hashes alongside country or region and user agent, not as raw identities.
• When it happens: Only when you initiate a model download. After the model is stored on your device, chat works offline and does not contact Hugging Face.
• Permission: Model downloads are user-initiated. You choose which model to download. Offeline does not download models or contact Hugging Face in the background for AI chat.
• Third-party protection: Hugging Face states that it follows industry-standard administrative, physical, and technical safeguards, processes personal data in accordance with the GDPR under the supervision of the French data protection authority (CNIL), retains request logs only as long as necessary, and does not sell, rent, or lease personal information. Because Offeline never transmits your chat content to Hugging Face, your conversations cannot be affected by Hugging Face's data practices. Review Hugging Face's privacy policy at huggingface.co/privacy.

Offeline is built with the open-source Quaynor inference library for on-device model execution. Apple system services, such as optional local notifications and the App Store review prompt, are used according to Apple's policies and only when permitted by your device settings.

Other Network Activity

If you tap Feedback or another external link, your browser or in-app web view may connect to offeline.site or other destinations you select. Those visits are separate from AI chat and do not include your conversation content unless you paste or type it yourself.

Notifications

If you grant notification permission, Offeline may schedule local reminders on your device, such as prompts to return after a period of inactivity. These notifications are generated locally and are not used to deliver ads or collect usage analytics.

Clipboard

You may copy chat messages or your local device identifier to the clipboard using in-app controls. Clipboard access is initiated by you and is not used for background data collection.

Website Visitors

When you visit offeline.site, standard web server logs and privacy-respecting analytics may be collected to understand site traffic and improve the Website. This Website analytics does not include the content of your Offeline app conversations.

Data Retention and Deletion

App data remains on your device until you delete it or uninstall the app. You can withdraw consent to continued local storage by deleting data in the app or uninstalling Offeline.

• Delete individual conversations or clear chat history in the app
• Clear the model cache to remove downloaded model files
• Erase all user data in settings to remove conversation history, reset your display name and local device identifier, and restore default assistants
• Uninstall the app to remove remaining local app data from your device, subject to iOS system behavior

Downloaded model files are not removed by erase-all-data unless you separately clear the model cache. Because chat content never leaves your device, there is no remote copy for Offeline to delete on a server.

Children's Privacy

Offeline is not directed at children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If you believe a child has provided personal information through the Website, contact us and we will take appropriate steps.

Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. When we do, we will revise the "Last updated" date above. Continued use of Offeline after changes become effective means you accept the updated policy.

Contact

Questions about this Privacy Policy can be sent through the Feedback option in the Offeline app or by visiting offeline.site.