Privacy – licences of the Apolon Precision Lab Analyzer
Last updated: 22 October 2026
Who is responsible
Apolon (apolon.org) runs this licence service and is the controller of the data described here. For any question or request about your data, please contact us through apolon.org.
What the program sends and why
The Precision Lab Analyzer contacts this server when you enter a serial number, start a trial, release a computer, and when its licence lease should be renewed (about every 30 days, every day during a trial). Your measurements, captures, projects and reports never leave your computer.
| Data | Purpose | Kept |
|---|---|---|
| Serial number: only a keyed one-way hash and a shortened form (MSA1-****-****-XXXX) | check the serial and redeem it once | while the licence exists |
| Device key: the public part of a key created on your computer (the private part never leaves it) | prove that requests come from the activated computer | while the licence exists |
| Computer identification: keyed one-way hashes of hardware numbers (e.g. motherboard / system UUID) | recognise your computer again after a reinstall; one trial per computer | while the licence exists; for trials also afterwards, only the hash |
| Computer name | show you and us which computer holds the licence | while the licence exists |
| IP address and the country derived from it (no city, no exact location) | security: detect misuse of serials and too many trials | IP address 12 months, then removed |
| Times of activations and checks, licence history | device limits, support | 24 months |
| Customer name and e-mail, only if you give them to us for support or an invoice | support, licence transfers | while the licence exists; erased on request |
We do not use the data for advertising, do not sell it and do not give it to anyone, except the hosting provider below.
Legal basis
Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR (providing the licence you bought or the trial you asked for) and Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR (our legitimate interest in preventing misuse of serial numbers and trials).
Where the data is stored
On a server of our hosting provider Bluehost (Newfold Digital), which processes it on our behalf under its data processing terms. Connections are encrypted (HTTPS); the database is reachable only from the server itself. Daily backups are kept for 30 days.
Your rights
You can ask for a copy of your data, its correction or erasure, restriction of processing, and object to processing based on legitimate interest. Erasing the data of an active licence ends the licence. You may also complain to a data protection supervisory authority.
Countries of IP addresses: IP Geolocation by DB-IP (CC BY 4.0).