PRIVACY
We built Code Pirate specifically so that your data never passes through our hands. This page explains exactly what we see — and what we don’t.
Short version: Your API key and your prompts never leave your machine. We don’t store them. We can’t read them. We never see them. The only thing CodePirate.cc ever receives is a license validation ping — and only if you have a Pro license.
1. Your API Keys
Code Pirate is built on a Bring-Your-Own-Key (BYOK) architecture. Your API key is:
- Stored locally in VS Code’s built-in
SecretStorage— the same encrypted, OS-level keychain used by VS Code itself - Sent directly from your editor to your chosen AI provider (OpenRouter, Anthropic, Groq, etc.)
- Never transmitted to CodePirate.cc — our servers are not in the request path
We are architecturally incapable of reading your API key. There is no endpoint on our servers that receives it.
2. Your Prompts & Code
Your prompts, your codebase context, and the AI responses you receive go directly between your editor and your AI provider. CodePirate.cc is not a proxy or relay.
- We never see your prompts
- We never see your code
- We never see the AI’s responses
- We log nothing about your usage patterns, model selections, or session content
For questions about how your AI provider handles your data, refer to their privacy policies: OpenRouter, Anthropic, Groq.
3. License Validation
If you activate a Pro license, Code Pirate sends a single validation request to CodePirate.cc. That request contains:
- Your license key
- A product identifier (
"code-pirate")
That’s it. The request contains no prompt content, no usage data, no telemetry, no file paths, no model selections. Free Core users never send any requests to our servers.
4. Website Analytics
CodePirate.cc may collect standard web server logs (IP address, browser user agent, page visited, timestamp) for security and traffic monitoring. We do not use third-party behavioral tracking scripts, ad networks, or fingerprinting tools.
If we add analytics in the future, we will update this page and use a privacy-respecting tool (e.g. Plausible or Fathom — no cookies, no cross-site tracking).
5. Contact Form Data
If you submit your email address via the Lifetime Pirate or Pro waitlist forms, that email address is stored securely and used only to notify you when the relevant feature ships. We will never sell your email or add you to unrelated marketing lists. You can request deletion at any time by emailing [email protected].
6. Local Offline Models
If you use Code Pirate with Ollama or LM Studio, all inference happens locally on your machine. No data is sent anywhere — not to us, not to any AI provider. Full airgap.
7. Changes to This Policy
If we ever change our data practices in a meaningful way, we will update this page and note the date at the top. We will never retroactively apply new data collection practices to existing users without notice.
8. Contact
Questions about this policy: [email protected]