What we collect
When you use Altar, we collect what we need to run your Account and provide the features you choose: your sign-in identity, purchase and license records, team memberships and roles, and basic service records such as account status and storage usage.
Altar reads your After Effects compositions locally, through the Bridge, so it can show you what is on your timeline and apply the changes you ask for. That comp state is processed on your machine to drive the plugin. If you use Altar Chat, your prompts and the relevant comp context are sent to the AI provider whose key you supplied, under that provider’s own privacy terms rather than ours.
Assets in your Local Library stay in the folder you choose on your machine. When you save an asset to a Team Library, we process and store the files, metadata, poster, and optional motion preview so authorized team members can browse, preview, download, and reuse them. We do not use your Vault assets to train shared models.
We collect anonymous, always-on product telemetry so we can keep Altar reliable, including plugin version, feature usage, and error reports. This telemetry is not tied to your identity.
What we use it for
We use your data to run your Account, manage team access, operate Local and Team Library features, bill purchases and subscriptions, prevent abuse, and improve the plugin. We never sell your data. We never use the contents of your comps, Vault assets, or Chat prompts to train shared models.
Where it lives
Account, purchase, membership, and Team Library data is held on vetted infrastructure and encrypted in transit and at rest. Local Library assets and comp data stay on your machine except for assets you choose to save to a Team Library and the context Altar Chat sends to your chosen AI provider when you use it.
Your rights
You can export or delete the data tied to your Account. If you operate in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, or California, you have additional rights, including access, portability, restriction, and objection. Write to [email protected] and we will route it to a human.
Cookies & analytics
The marketing site at motionaltar.com uses essential cookies for sign-in and a small set of privacy-respecting analytics cookies for traffic shape. No third-party advertising trackers, ever. You can refuse non-essential cookies and change your mind from the footer of any page.
Subprocessors
We rely on a short list of vetted providers for cloud hosting, content delivery, authentication, transactional email, and payments. Each provider processes data under contractual protections appropriate to its role. The AI provider you connect to Altar Chat is not our subprocessor; you choose it, and it handles your prompts under its own terms.
Children
Altar is built for motion designers. We do not knowingly collect data from anyone under 16.
Changes
We update this policy when we change how we handle data. Material changes are posted at motionaltar.com and emailed to Account holders before they take effect.
Contact
Privacy questions, deletion requests, and data export tickets: [email protected]. Altar is published by Sidequest Plugins.