Desk Privacy Policy

Last Updated: October 31, 2026

Desk is a macOS mail and calendar app made by Verve Technologies LLC ("we"). This policy explains what Desk accesses, where that information goes, and how to remove it.

Summary

• Desk runs on your Mac. Your mail, calendar and contacts are stored on your Mac only.
• Desk connects directly to the services you sign in to. We don't run servers for Desk, and we never receive, store or see your data.
• We don't sell your data, use it for advertising, or use it to train AI models.
• Desk has no analytics or tracking.

Information Desk accesses

When you sign in, Desk accesses, with your permission:

• Gmail (Google): your messages, labels, drafts and settings such as signatures and send-as addresses, so it can show, sort, send and organize your mail.
• Google Calendar: your calendars and events, so it can show your schedule and create or answer events.
• Google Contacts: names and email addresses, to suggest recipients.
• Google Drive: only files you choose to upload from Desk to share as links. Desk can't see your other Drive files.
• iCloud Mail (optional): your messages and folders, using an app-specific password you create.
• Microsoft Teams (optional): the ability to create Teams meeting links for your events.
• Calendars on your Mac (optional): calendars from the macOS Calendar app, if you allow it.

How it's used

Desk uses this information only to provide its features to you: showing, searching, sorting, sending and organizing your mail and calendar. Everything Desk downloads is kept on your Mac, in Desk's own storage. Sign-in tokens and passwords are kept in the macOS Keychain.

AI features

Summaries, suggestions and similar features run on your Mac using Apple's built-in on-device model, so the content doesn't leave your Mac. If you choose to turn on Desk's optional Codex features, Desk sends the text needed for that feature (for example, a conversation you ask it to summarize or draft a reply to) to OpenAI through the Codex app installed on your Mac and signed in with your own OpenAI account. This only happens for features you turn on, and you can turn it off at any time in Desk's settings. Desk never uses your Google data to train AI models.

Sharing

We don't share your information with anyone. Desk sends information only to the services you connect (Google, Apple iCloud, Microsoft, and OpenAI if you turn on Codex features), and to Veranote, another app on your Mac, only when you ask Desk to create a task or ask in it.

Google API Services User Data Policy

Desk's use and transfer to any other app of information received from Google APIs will adhere to the Google API Services User Data Policy, including the Limited Use requirements.

Removing your data

Removing an account in Desk (Settings → Accounts) deletes its mail from your Mac and revokes Desk's access. You can also revoke Desk's access to your Google account at any time at myaccount.google.com/permissions. Deleting Desk and its folder in your Mac's Library removes everything it stored.

Changes to this policy

If this policy changes, we'll update the date at the top of this page.

Contact

Questions about this policy: h.wright@vervetechgroup.com