Privacy Policy

§Summary of key points

What personal information do we process? When you use our Services, we may process personal information depending on how you interact with the app and the features you use. Learn more about personal information you disclose to us.

Do we process any sensitive personal information? Some information may be considered "special" or "sensitive" in certain jurisdictions, for example your racial or ethnic origins, sexual orientation, and religious beliefs. We do not process sensitive personal information.

Do we collect any information from third parties? We do not collect any information from third parties.

How do we process your information? We process location data and your Screen Time app/category selections entirely on your device to provide the app's core blocking functionality. We do not use analytics, tracking, or advertising services of any kind, and no location or usage data is transmitted to us or to any server. Learn more about how we process your information.

In what situations and with which parties do we share personal information? We do not share your personal information with third parties, except as described in this notice (such as business transfers) or as required by law. Learn more about when and with whom we share your personal information.

How do we keep your information safe? Because your location and Screen Time data are processed and stored only on your device, they are never transmitted over the internet by us, which substantially reduces exposure to unauthorized access. We have adequate organizational and technical processes in place for the limited information we do handle. Learn more about how we keep your information safe.

What are your rights? Depending on where you are located geographically, applicable privacy law may give you certain rights regarding your personal information. Learn more about your privacy rights.

How do you exercise your rights? The easiest way to exercise your rights is by contacting us. We will consider and act upon any request in accordance with applicable data protection laws.

Want to learn more about what we do with any information we collect? Review the Privacy Notice in full.

§Table of contents

01What information do we collect?

Personal information you disclose to us

Sensitive Information. We do not process sensitive information.

Payment Data. If you purchase a subscription, all payment processing is handled directly by Apple via StoreKit. We do not collect, receive, or store your payment instrument number, card details, or any other payment information. For details on how Apple handles payment data, see Apple's privacy policy.

Application Data. If you use our application, we may process the following information, which is handled as follows:

• Geolocation Information. The app requests access to your device's location to provide its core geofencing feature — detecting when you enter or leave locations you've marked ("pins") in order to apply or remove app-blocking restrictions. This location data is processed and stored entirely on your device. It is never transmitted to us or to any third-party server. You may change location permissions at any time in your device's Settings.
• Screen Time / Family Controls Data. The app requests access to Apple's Screen Time (FamilyControls) framework so you can select which apps or categories to block. Your selections are stored locally on your device using Apple's on-device APIs. We do not receive, see, or store which specific apps you have chosen to block.
• Push Notifications. We may request to send you notifications when you enter or exit a pinned location. These are generated and delivered entirely on-device. If you wish to opt out, you may turn them off in your device's Settings.

We do not use analytics, advertising, or tracking software of any kind. All personal information that you provide to us must be true, complete, and accurate, and you must notify us of any changes to such personal information.

Information automatically collected

Unlike many apps, Locus does not use any analytics service, crash reporting service, or advertising network, and has no backend server of its own. As a result, we do not automatically collect information such as your IP address, browsing behavior, or device usage patterns. The only network communication involved in using the app is between your device and Apple's own servers (for example, to process App Store subscription purchases), which is governed by Apple's privacy policy, not this notice.

02How do we process your information?

We process your personal information for the following reasons:

• To deliver and facilitate delivery of the Service. Your location is processed on-device to determine when to apply or remove the app/website blocks you've configured.
• To respond to user inquiries and offer support. If you contact us, we process the information you provide to respond to your inquiry.
• To protect our Services. We may process limited information as part of efforts to keep the app secure, such as detecting and preventing misuse.
• To save or protect an individual's vital interest. We may process information when necessary to prevent harm.

03What legal bases do we rely on to process your information?

If you are located in the EU or UK, this section applies to you.

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and UK GDPR require us to explain the valid legal bases we rely on in order to process your personal information. As such, we may rely on the following legal bases to process your personal information:

• Consent. We may process your information if you have given us permission (i.e., consent) to use your personal information for a specific purpose. You can withdraw your consent at any time.
• Performance of a Contract. We may process your personal information when we believe it is necessary to fulfill our contractual obligations to you, including providing our Services or at your request prior to entering into a contract with you.
• Legitimate Interests. We may process your information when we believe it is reasonably necessary to achieve our legitimate business interests and those interests do not outweigh your interests and fundamental rights and freedoms.
• Legal Obligations. We may process your information where we believe it is necessary for compliance with our legal obligations, such as to cooperate with a law enforcement body or regulatory agency, exercise or defend our legal rights, or disclose your information as evidence in litigation in which we are involved.
• Vital Interests. We may process your information where we believe it is necessary to protect your vital interests or the vital interests of a third party, such as situations involving potential threats to the safety of any person.

If you are located in Canada, this section applies to you.

We may process your information if you have given us specific permission (i.e., express consent) to use your personal information for a specific purpose, or in situations where your permission can be inferred (i.e., implied consent). You can withdraw your consent at any time.

In some exceptional cases, we may be legally permitted under applicable law to process your information without your consent, including, for example:

• If collection is clearly in the interests of an individual and consent cannot be obtained in a timely way
• For investigations and fraud detection and prevention
• For business transactions provided certain conditions are met
• If it is contained in a witness statement and the collection is necessary to assess, process, or settle an insurance claim
• For identifying injured, ill, or deceased persons and communicating with next of kin
• If we have reasonable grounds to believe an individual has been, is, or may be victim of financial abuse
• If it is reasonable to expect collection and use with consent would compromise the availability or the accuracy of the information and the collection is reasonable for purposes related to investigating a breach of an agreement or a contravention of the laws of Canada or a province
• If disclosure is required to comply with a subpoena, warrant, court order, or rules of the court relating to the production of records
• If it was produced by an individual in the course of their employment, business, or profession and the collection is consistent with the purposes for which the information was produced
• If the collection is solely for journalistic, artistic, or literary purposes
• If the information is publicly available and is specified by the regulations

04When and with whom do we share your personal information?

We may need to share your personal information in the following situations:

• Business Transfers. We may share or transfer your information in connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business to another company.

We do not use cookies, tracking pixels, or any social media or advertising tracking technologies, as the app does not include web-based tracking or a backend analytics service.

05How long do we keep your information?

We will only keep your personal information for as long as it is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Notice, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law (such as tax, accounting, or other legal requirements). No purpose in this notice will require us keeping your personal information for longer than the period of time in which users have an account with us.

Because location and Screen Time selection data are stored only on your device, this data is deleted automatically when you delete the app, and we have no copy of it to retain.

When we have no ongoing legitimate business need to process your personal information, we will either delete or anonymize such information, or, if this is not possible (for example, because your personal information has been stored in backup archives), then we will securely store your personal information and isolate it from any further processing until deletion is possible.

06How do we keep your information safe?

We have implemented appropriate and reasonable technical and organizational security measures designed to protect the security of any personal information we process. Because your location and Screen Time selection data never leave your device, they are not exposed to the risks associated with transmission over the internet or storage on our servers. However, no electronic storage or transmission technology can be guaranteed to be 100% secure, so we cannot promise or guarantee absolute security. Although we will do our best to protect your personal information, you should only access the Services within a secure environment.

07Do we collect information from minors?

We do not knowingly collect, solicit data from, or market to children under 18 years of age, nor do we knowingly sell such personal information. By using the Services, you represent that you are at least 18 or that you are the parent or guardian of such a minor and consent to such minor dependent's use of the Services. If we learn that personal information from users less than 18 years of age has been collected, we will deactivate the account and take reasonable measures to promptly delete such data from our records. If you become aware of any data we may have collected from children under age 18, please contact us at sasthabkdev@gmail.com.

08What are your privacy rights?

In some regions (like the EEA, UK, Switzerland, and Canada), you have certain rights under applicable data protection laws. These may include the right (i) to request access and obtain a copy of your personal information, (ii) to request rectification or erasure; (iii) to restrict the processing of your personal information; (iv) if applicable, to data portability; and (v) not to be subject to automated decision-making. In certain circumstances, you may also have the right to object to the processing of your personal information. You can make such a request by contacting us by using the contact details provided in the section "How can you contact us about this notice?" below.

We will consider and act upon any request in accordance with applicable data protection laws.

If you are located in the EEA or UK and you believe we are unlawfully processing your personal information, you also have the right to complain to your Member State data protection authority or UK data protection authority.

If you are located in Switzerland, you may contact the Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner.

Withdrawing your consent: If we are relying on your consent to process your personal information, which may be express and/or implied consent depending on the applicable law, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time. You can withdraw your consent at any time by contacting us by using the contact details provided in the section "How can you contact us about this notice?" below.

However, please note that this will not affect the lawfulness of the processing before its withdrawal nor, when applicable law allows, will it affect the processing of your personal information conducted in reliance on lawful processing grounds other than consent.

Account Information

Since the app does not require creating an account, there is no centrally stored account information to review, change, or delete beyond what is stored locally on your device. Deleting the app removes all locally stored data.

If you have questions or comments about your privacy rights, you may email us at sasthabkdev@gmail.com.

09Controls for do-not-track features

Most web browsers and some mobile operating systems and mobile applications include a Do-Not-Track ("DNT") feature or setting you can activate to signal your privacy preference not to have data about your online browsing activities monitored and collected. At this stage, no uniform technology standard for recognizing and implementing DNT signals has been finalized. As such, we do not currently respond to DNT browser signals or any other mechanism that automatically communicates your choice not to be tracked online. If a standard for online tracking is adopted that we must follow in the future, we will inform you about that practice in a revised version of this Privacy Notice.

California law requires us to let you know how we respond to web browser DNT signals. Because there currently is not an industry or legal standard for recognizing or honoring DNT signals, we do not respond to them at this time.

10Do United States residents have specific privacy rights?

Categories of personal information we collect

We have collected the following categories of personal information in the past twelve (12) months:

We may also collect other personal information outside of these categories through instances where you interact with us in person, online, or by phone or mail in the context of receiving help through our customer support channels, or to respond to your inquiries.

Sources of personal information

Learn more about the sources of personal information we collect in "What information do we collect?"

How we use and share personal information

Learn more about how we use your personal information in the section "How do we process your information?" We do not use cookies, targeting/marketing cookies, or social media tracking technologies of any kind. We have not disclosed, sold, or shared any personal information to third parties for a business or commercial purpose in the preceding twelve (12) months. We will not sell or share personal information in the future belonging to users.

Your rights

You have rights under certain US state data protection laws. However, these rights are not absolute, and in certain cases, we may decline your request as permitted by law. These rights include:

• Right to know whether or not we are processing your personal data
• Right to access your personal data
• Right to correct inaccuracies in your personal data
• Right to request the deletion of your personal data
• Right to obtain a copy of the personal data you previously shared with us
• Right to non-discrimination for exercising your rights
• Right to opt out of the processing of your personal data if it is used for targeted advertising, the sale of personal data, or profiling in furtherance of decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects ("profiling")

How to exercise your rights

To exercise these rights, you can contact us by emailing us at sasthabkdev@gmail.com, or by referring to the contact details at the bottom of this document.

Under certain US state data protection laws, you can designate an authorized agent to make a request on your behalf. We may deny a request from an authorized agent that does not submit proof that they have been validly authorized to act on your behalf in accordance with applicable laws.

Request verification

Upon receiving your request, we will need to verify your identity to determine you are the same person about whom we have the information in our system. We will only use personal information provided in your request to verify your identity or authority to make the request. However, if we cannot verify your identity from the information already maintained by us, we may request that you provide additional information for the purposes of verifying your identity and for security or fraud-prevention purposes.

Appeals

Under certain US state data protection laws, if we decline to take action regarding your request, you may appeal our decision by emailing us at sasthabkdev@gmail.com. We will inform you in writing of any action taken or not taken in response to the appeal, including a written explanation of the reasons for the decisions. If your appeal is denied, you may submit a complaint to your state attorney general.

California "Shine The Light" law

California Civil Code Section 1798.83, also known as the "Shine The Light" law, permits our users who are California residents to request and obtain from us, once a year and free of charge, information about categories of personal information (if any) we disclosed to third parties for direct marketing purposes and the names and addresses of all third parties with which we shared personal information in the immediately preceding calendar year. If you are a California resident and would like to make such a request, please submit your request in writing to us by using the contact details provided in the section "How can you contact us about this notice?"

11Users outside regions specifically mentioned

If you are a resident in a region not specifically addressed elsewhere in this Privacy Notice, we still process your personal information in accordance with this Privacy Notice and applicable local law. Depending on the laws of your country or territory of residence, you may have rights to request access to, correction of, or deletion of the personal information we hold about you, and to object to or restrict certain processing.

To exercise any of these rights, or if you believe we are processing your personal information in a way that is not consistent with applicable law, please contact us using the details in the section "How can you contact us about this notice?" below. You may also have the right to lodge a complaint with the data protection or privacy authority that has jurisdiction over your place of residence.

12Do we make updates to this notice?

We may update this Privacy Notice from time to time. The updated version will be indicated by an updated "Revised" date at the top of this Privacy Notice. If we make material changes to this Privacy Notice, we may notify you either by prominently posting a notice of such changes or by directly sending you a notification. We encourage you to review this Privacy Notice frequently to be informed of how we are protecting your information.

13How can you contact us about this notice?

If you have questions or comments about this notice, you may email us at sasthabkdev@gmail.com or contact us by post at:

14How can you review, update, or delete the data we collect from you?

Based on the applicable laws of your country or state of residence, you may have the right to request access to the personal information we collect from you, details about how we have processed it, correct inaccuracies, or delete your personal information. You may also have the right to withdraw your consent to our processing of your personal information. These rights may be limited in some circumstances by applicable law. Because location and Screen Time data are stored only on your device, deleting the app deletes this data. For any other questions, please contact us using the details above.