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docs: privacy page covers the update check of the downloaded apps - #12

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Requested by Paul

Part of #11. Draft: Paul approves the wording, and it merges only when the Sparkle builds ship (mac4DSTEM#122, macTEM#104). Until then the page would describe a check that doesn't exist yet.

  • The lede says the App Store versions make no connection beyond mac4DSTEM's user-started Materials Project fetch, and that the downloaded versions also check for updates.
  • New section "Update check (downloaded versions only)": what the check sends (app name and version, macOS version, nothing else), how often (at most daily, only with automatic checks on), and how to turn it off.
  • The macTEM section is narrowed to the App Store version. "Last updated" is now 5 November 2026.

tools/check_site.py fails in check_releases (no macTEM.dmg asset on the latest macTEM release). That's the known v1.2.0 DMG gap another thread is fixing, and this PR doesn't cause it.

Store badges come in a separate PR once both apps are listed.

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The GitHub DMG builds gain Sparkle (mac4DSTEM#122, macTEM#104); the App
Store builds have no updater. The page now says what the check sends and
how to turn it off, and that the App Store versions make no such request.

Done: privacy text for website#11, held as a draft until Sparkle ships.
Next: store badges once both apps are listed.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

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