1. Information Collection
Required permissions:
- Screen Time: to monitor and analyze your device usage patterns
- Notifications: to send you reminders and alerts
- Photos and Camera (optional): to let you set your own image on the block screen
2. Data Usage and Protection
Your screen time information is:
- Analyzed to provide usage insights
- Used to generate usage reports and trends
- Stored locally on your device
- Not shared with third parties
- Not transmitted to our servers
3. Data Collection and Usage
3.1 Data Not Linked to Your Identity
The following data may be collected but is not linked to your identity:
- Usage data
- Product interaction: how you interact with app features and functionality
- Anonymous analytics data for app improvement
Product interaction data is collected and used solely for:
- App functionality (enabling features, preventing fraud, implementing security measures)
- Minimizing app crashes
- Ensuring and improving scalability and performance
- Providing customer support
- Understanding how features are used to improve the App
3.2 Payment and Subscription Data
When you subscribe to HourBack Premium, the following data may be collected:
App Store subscriptions (via Apple):
- Payment and subscription management is handled entirely by Apple
- We do not receive or store your payment details
- See Apple's Privacy Policy for details
Subscription management (via RevenueCat):
- We use RevenueCat to keep your subscription active across reinstalls
- RevenueCat receives an anonymous app user ID and your App Store receipt; it is not linked to your name or email
- See RevenueCat's Privacy Policy for details
3.3 Third-Party Services
HourBack uses the following third-party services:
PostHog:
- Collects anonymous device and usage data to understand how features are used
- Helps identify and fix bugs or performance issues
All third-party data collection is:
- Used only for app functionality, improvements, or advertising measurement
- Not sold or shared with other parties beyond the stated purposes
Your core screen time data remains:
- Locally on your device
- Without external data transmission
- Completely private and secure
4. Your Rights
You have the right to:
- Delete all local data by uninstalling the App
- Control app permissions through device settings
- Contact us with any privacy question or request regarding data held by our subscription processor
5. Data Retention
- Local app data remains until you uninstall the App
- Subscription data held by Apple and RevenueCat is retained under their policies for billing and fraud prevention
6. Changes to Privacy Policy
We will notify users of any material changes to this privacy policy through the App or on this page.
7. Contact Us
If you have any questions about privacy or data protection, please contact us at hello@hourback.app.