# Privacy Policy
**Effective date:** 2026-06-03
**Product:** dar-forensic (Rust library)
**Operator:** Security Ronin Ltd
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## What dar collects
dar is a local Rust library. It does not operate a server, does not have a backend, and does not transmit data to Security Ronin or any third party.
dar opens and reads DAR archive bytes from a `Read + Seek` source you provide (a file, an in-memory buffer, or any seekable stream). It makes no network connections of any kind.
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## File data
dar reads archive bytes to enumerate the catalog and extract stored files. Extracted bytes are returned to your own code and never uploaded, cached off-machine, or shared. Nothing leaves your process.
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## Telemetry
dar has no telemetry, no crash reporting, no analytics, and no update checks. It never phones home.
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## Open source
dar is fully open source under the MIT licence. You can audit every line — including the fact that there are no network calls — at [github.com/SecurityRonin/dar-forensic](https://github.com/SecurityRonin/dar-forensic).
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## Changes
If this policy changes materially, the effective date above will be updated and a note will appear in the release changelog.
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## Contact
Security Ronin Ltd — [github.com/SecurityRonin](https://github.com/SecurityRonin)