Journey Tracker Privacy Policy

A. Account and authentication information. Depending on how you sign up, we receive your email address and basic profile information from your authentication provider (Apple or Google). If you create an email/password account, we collect the name and email you provide. We store which login methods are linked to your account and your Journey Tracker user ID.

B. User content you provide. Photos you upload (progress photos, thumbnails, and collection avatars) and related information you enter (collection titles, photo titles/descriptions, and dates).

C. Profile picture. If you upload a profile picture, we store it and basic related information (such as file type) and a flag indicating whether you have one.

D. Reminders and notifications. If you set reminders, we store your reminder settings, including any custom reminder text you write. Reminders are scheduled on your device. If you allow notifications, we store your device's push notification token and time zone while you are signed in, and use them to send service notices, such as a problem with your subscription.

E. Device and app diagnostics. Technical information such as app version/build, device model, iOS version, and diagnostic information related to crashes and app performance, tied to your account's user ID.

F. Analytics and usage information. Event data about how you use features (for example, which screens you open, creating collections, uploading photos, viewing comparisons, sharing, and notification actions). We use analytics providers, including Google Analytics for Firebase, to understand which screens and features people use. They receive these events tied to your account's user ID, but not your photos, the titles or notes you write, or your email address.

G. Purchases. If you subscribe to Premium, we receive your purchase and subscription history from Apple through our subscription provider, tied to your account's user ID. Purchase events, such as the plan and price, also reach our analytics. Apple handles payments; we do not receive your card or payment details.

H. Ad attribution. If you install Journey Tracker from one of our ads in App Store search results, Apple tells us which of our ads led to the install, and the country. We use this only to measure our own ads.

I. Support communications. If you contact us, we receive the information you include in your message and any attachments.

We do not collect precise geolocation, and we take an active step to keep location out of your photos — see Section 6.

Depending on how you use it, the Service can hold photos and notes that reveal sensitive personal information — for example, information that could reveal a health condition, a body change, a pregnancy, or a medical or cosmetic procedure. Whether to upload such content is entirely your choice, and the Service works without it.

Where we handle information of this kind, we do so only to provide the Service you have asked for — storing, displaying, comparing, and exporting your own content at your direction. We do not use it to infer characteristics about you or for advertising, and we do not sell or share it. You can remove it at any time by deleting the content or your account. Additional disclosures are in our Consumer Health Data Privacy Policy.

Provide the Service: create and manage your account; store and retrieve your photos and related information; show comparisons; and enable the exports and sharing you initiate.

Deliver reminders you request, at the times and intervals you configure.

Maintain security and integrity: authenticate users, prevent unauthorized access, detect and limit abuse, and protect our systems.

Improve the Service: understand usage patterns, troubleshoot, fix bugs, and improve performance.

Measure our own ads: learn which of our App Store search ads lead to installs and subscriptions.

Communicate with you: respond to support requests and send important service announcements.

Comply with law: meet legal obligations and respond to lawful requests.

We do not use your photos to train machine-learning models, and we do not use your information for third-party advertising or cross-app tracking. We do not perform facial recognition or any other biometric identification on your photos. To line your photos up, the app finds where a face, body, or object sits in each one; that runs on your iPhone, and those positions are not sent to us.

Photos on your device can contain embedded metadata, including GPS coordinates. The app removes GPS location data from photos before uploading them, so we do not receive or store the location where your photos were taken.

This protection covers the copy we store. It does not apply to a photo you separately export or share outside the Service through your device's own sharing tools — that copy is handled by whatever app or service you send it to.

Your uploaded photos are kept in private storage that is not publicly accessible. We use technical and organizational measures designed to protect your information, including access controls and encryption in transit and at rest.

We keep the specifics of our security configuration confidential.

A. Service providers. We use service providers to operate the Service. They process information on our behalf under written terms that limit their use of it to providing services to us. They fall into these categories:

To learn how Google uses data from apps that use Google Analytics, see How Google uses information from sites or apps that use our services. These categories may change as the Service evolves.

B. At your direction. When you use your device's sharing features to share an image, video, or text, that information is disclosed to the third-party apps or services you choose.

C. Legal and safety. We may disclose information if we believe in good faith it is necessary to comply with law, enforce our Terms, or protect the rights, safety, and property of our users, the public, or us. This includes reports of apparent child sexual abuse material to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children as required by 18 U.S.C. § 2258A.

D. Business transfers. If Journey Tracker is involved in a merger, acquisition, financing, reorganization, or sale of assets, information may be transferred as part of that transaction, subject to applicable law.

Notifications: enable or disable reminders in the app and in iOS Settings.

Content: add, edit, and delete collections and photos at any time.

Account: update your display name and delete your account from within the app.

Access and export: contact us at the address below to request a copy of your account information.

EEA/UK (GDPR). You have the right to access, correct, delete, restrict, or object to processing of your personal data; to data portability; and to withdraw consent where processing is based on consent. You may lodge a complaint with your local supervisory authority. We will not discriminate against you for exercising these rights.

California (CCPA/CPRA). You have the right to know what personal information we collect and how we use and disclose it; to request deletion; to request correction; and to opt out of the "sale" or "sharing" of personal information and to limit use of sensitive personal information. We do not sell or share personal information, and we do not use sensitive personal information for any purpose other than providing the Service — so there is nothing for you to opt out of or limit, and we do not offer a "Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information" link. We will not discriminate against you for exercising these rights.

Other U.S. states. Residents of states with comprehensive privacy laws (including Colorado, Connecticut, Virginia, Texas, Oregon, and others) have similar rights to access, correct, delete, and obtain a portable copy of their personal information, and to appeal a denied request. To appeal, reply to our response or email us with "Appeal" in the subject line; if we deny your appeal, you may contact your state Attorney General.

Washington and Nevada. See our Consumer Health Data Privacy Policy.

How to exercise your rights. Use the in-app controls, or email us at support@journeytrackerapp.com. We will verify your request against your account and respond within the timeframes required by law. You may use an authorized agent where the law permits.