Find what your files reveal about you, before someone else does.
Privacy Scanner inspects your photos, PDFs, and documents for the private information hidden inside them: personal data, location metadata, and AI-generated content markers. Everything runs entirely on your Mac. Nothing is ever uploaded, no account is required, and there is no cloud. Your files never leave your computer.
PERSONAL DATA ACROSS 25 COUNTRIES
Scan for personnummer, social security numbers, passport and ID numbers, credit cards, IBANs, and more. 40+ identifier types, validated and risk-scored so you see what actually matters.
HIDDEN METADATA, EXPOSED
GPS coordinates, camera serial numbers, author names, edit history, and download sources live invisibly inside your photos, PDFs, and Office files. Privacy Scanner surfaces them, then removes them with a single action.
THE ONLY LOCAL AI-CONTENT DETECTOR ON MAC
Every other AI-detection tool uploads your images to a server. Privacy Scanner reads C2PA, IPTC, and XMP provenance markers directly on your Mac, recognizing signed Content Credentials and AI-generation metadata from 40+ AI tools, including ChatGPT and DALL-E, Midjourney, Adobe Firefly, and Stable Diffusion. Export an EU AI Act Article 50 inventory report (PDF and CSV) for the transparency rules taking effect August 2026.
FIX, DON'T JUST FIND
Strip metadata from photos and video, redact PII into clean copies, and export signed, tamper-evident audit reports with full chain of custody, verifiable with standard tools. When you clean a file, Privacy Scanner never silently discards its C2PA or AI-generation markers. If a file carries them, you decide what happens, per file.
BUILT FOR PRIVACY, BY DESIGN
No network access. No telemetry. No subscriptions. A one-time purchase unlocks every fix and export feature. Available in 12 languages.
Detection reads the provenance markers that generators embed. Files without an embedded marker won't be flagged. Privacy Scanner identifies and helps remove exposure. It is a privacy tool, not a legal certification service.
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The AI Content Inventory now shows a trust result for each signed file. C2PA signatures are checked against the trust list bundled with this version of the app. Everything runs on this Mac, offline, so certificate revocation is not checked.
Fixed a defect that could produce a corrupt Privacy Audit Report PDF.
The AI inventory CSV now opens correctly in spreadsheet apps, with accented characters intact.
Export file names now use the same calendar regardless of your system settings.
Version 2.3
The developer, Matthias Stralman, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
Privacy practices may vary, for example, based on the features you use or your age. Learn More
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