Last updated: November 9, 2026
1. Overview
DeskCheck is developed by Awan Digitals as a hardware inspection tool for Windows. It reads a machine's own hardware information and lets you run diagnostic tests against it - nothing about you as a person is ever collected. This Privacy Policy explains exactly what the app reads, stores and (in one specific case) sends over the network.
2. Information Collection and Storage
DeskCheck runs entirely on your device. It does not create an account, does not sign you in anywhere, and keeps no persistent database of its own.
- Scratch file for the storage test - when you press "Run drive test", the app writes a temporary ~256 MB file of random pattern data to the drive tab you selected (inside a dedicated "DeskCheck-storage-test" folder, or the system temp folder as a fallback), reads it back to measure throughput, then deletes the file and folder immediately afterward.
- In-memory session state - live counters (CPU load, memory usage, per-core speed) and test results are held only in the app's running memory and disappear the moment you close it.
None of this is written to a permanent database, and none of it is ever transmitted to Awan Digitals or any third party.
3. Hardware Information the App Reads
To show and test each category on its Overview page, DeskCheck queries Windows' own system interfaces (WMI, the registry, and standard Win32 APIs) for information about the machine itself:
- Processor, Memory, Graphics, Storage, Display, Battery and System - model names, capacities, driver versions, clock speeds and live load, all read-only.
- Speaker, Microphone and Webcam - the app lists connected audio/video device names and vendors; it never records anything from them on its own. The one exception is the explicit "Test microphone" button, which captures 5 seconds of audio to show a peak/average level in memory only - that recording is discarded immediately and never saved to disk or sent anywhere.
- Bluetooth and paired devices - radio presence and paired-device names, read from the Windows Bluetooth stack.
- Keyboard and Mouse - key presses and pointer actions are read only to light up the on-screen test pad while that page is open; nothing is logged or stored once you leave the page.
None of this is content you created or personal information about you - it describes the hardware itself. DeskCheck needs no administrator rights to read any of it.
4. The Network Test
Network is the only page in DeskCheck that ever leaves your machine, and only when you press its "Run network test" button. It resolves a hostname and times TCP handshakes against Cloudflare's (1.1.1.1) and Google's (8.8.8.8) public DNS resolvers to measure your connection's latency. These are plain timing probes to well-known public infrastructure - no personal data, file, or identifier is included in them, and nothing else in the app makes network requests.
5. Third-Party Services and Analytics
DeskCheck does not sell, rent, or trade any data. It contains no advertising SDK, no analytics or telemetry library, and no crash-reporting service that phones home. The only third-party endpoints it ever contacts are the public DNS resolvers described above, and only when you start the network test yourself.
6. Children's Privacy
DeskCheck is a hardware diagnostic tool aimed at general PC users and is not directed at children under the age of 13. It does not knowingly collect personal information from anyone, children included, since it collects none at all.
7. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time as the app's features change. Any revision takes effect immediately once posted here with an updated "Last Updated" date.
8. Contact Us
If you have any questions, feedback, or concerns regarding this Privacy Policy, please contact our support team at: