Privacy Policy

Ayscend LLC ("Ayscend," "we," "us," or "our") operates the Ayscend mobile application (the "App"). This Privacy Policy describes what personal information we collect, how we use and share it, and your rights and choices regarding your information.

This Privacy Policy applies to all users of the App. Please read it carefully. If you do not agree with this Privacy Policy, do not use the App.

a. Information You Provide Directly

We may collect information you provide when you create an account or use the App, including:

• Account information: First name, last name, email address, username, date of birth or age, and gender.
• Profile content: A profile picture you upload from your photo library or take with your camera.
• Goals and preferences: Your motivations for reducing screen time, daily screen time goals, estimated hourly value used to calculate time or money savings, and notification preferences.
• Social interactions: Friend connections, connection requests, group memberships, leaderboard participation, and related social activity.
• Support communications: Information you provide when you contact us for help, feedback, or support.

b. Screen Time Data

Ayscend collects screen time data only for the specific apps you select to track. We do not collect usage data for your entire device.

For each tracked app, we may collect:

• Daily and historical usage duration
• Progress toward your personal usage goals
• Goal, streak, achievement, and leaderboard-related information

This data is:

• Stored on our servers through Firebase/Firestore so it can be displayed in your personal Screen Time Report, shared with friends you have connected with, and displayed in group leaderboards you join
• Visible to other users only as described in Section 4 below
• Not used for advertising
• Not sold to third parties
• Not used for cross-app or cross-site tracking

You grant this access explicitly through Apple's Screen Time-related permission prompt. You can revoke access at any time through iOS Settings. Revoking access may limit or disable core App features.

c. Calendar Data

If you grant calendar access, we use calendar information solely to help you schedule tasks and screen-free time within the App. We collect or use only the calendar information reasonably necessary for scheduling, such as event dates and times and, where needed, event titles. We do not use calendar data for advertising, and we do not make calendar data visible to other users.

Calendar data may be processed by our service providers only as necessary to operate the App or comply with law. You may revoke calendar access at any time through iOS Settings.

d. Information Collected Automatically

We may collect limited technical information, including:

• Device information: Device type, operating system version, App version, and time zone.
• Push notification tokens: Used to deliver reminders, goal alerts, streak notifications, and other App-related notifications to your device.
• Authentication and operational identifiers: Internal identifiers needed to authenticate your account, operate the App, prevent abuse, and maintain security.
• Operational logs: Limited logs necessary to operate, secure, debug, and maintain the App.

e. Analytics and Crash Reporting

We do not currently use third-party analytics or crash-reporting tools. If we add analytics, crash reporting, or similar tools in the future, we will update this Privacy Policy before doing so and, where required, obtain any necessary consent.

f. Information from Third-Party Sign-In Providers

If you sign in using Google or Apple, those providers may share your name, email address, and authentication identifier with us according to their respective privacy policies and your sign-in choices. We do not receive your Google or Apple password.

g. Payment and Subscription Information

Subscriptions are processed through Apple's in-app purchase system. We do not receive or store your full payment card information. We may receive subscription-related information needed to manage your access to paid features, such as subscription status, product type, renewal status, and entitlement information.

We use the information we collect to:

• Create, authenticate, and maintain your account
• Verify eligibility to use the App, including age eligibility
• Provide account and profile features
• Provide core App features, including screen time tracking, goal setting, streaks, achievements, and the Screen Time Report
• Enable social features, including friend connections and group leaderboards
• Display your screen time progress to friends or group members where you choose to use those features
• Send push notifications and reminders tied to your goals
• Sync with your calendar to display events and help schedule screen-free time
• Process and manage subscription access through Apple's in-app purchase system
• Improve App functionality, reliability, safety, and user experience
• Respond to support inquiries
• Prevent fraud, abuse, unauthorized access, and misuse
• Comply with applicable legal obligations

We do not use Screen Time data, calendar data, or profile information for advertising.

We do not sell your personal information. We do not "share" personal information as that term is used under California privacy law, meaning we do not disclose personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising.

We share information only in the following limited circumstances.

a. With Other Users, Based on Your Choices

Ayscend includes optional social features. Your username, profile picture, and screen time data for your selected tracked apps may be visible to friends you have connected with inside the App. If you join a group leaderboard, your username, profile picture, and screen time data for your tracked apps may be visible to all members of that group.

You should only connect with users and join groups where you are comfortable sharing this information.

b. With Service Providers

We use third-party service providers who process information on our behalf to help us operate the App, including:

• Firebase/Google: Authentication, cloud database storage through Firestore, cloud functions, infrastructure, and related operational services.
• Superwall: In-app subscription paywall and entitlement management.
• Apple: Sign in with Apple, App Store distribution, and in-app purchase processing.
• Google: Google Sign-In, if you choose to use it.

c. Legal Requirements and Safety

We may disclose your information if we believe disclosure is reasonably necessary to:

• Comply with law, regulation, legal process, or governmental request
• Enforce our Terms and Conditions
• Protect the rights, property, or safety of Ayscend, our users, or the public
• Detect, prevent, or address fraud, abuse, security incidents, or technical issues

d. Business Transfers

If Ayscend LLC is involved in a merger, acquisition, financing, reorganization, bankruptcy, or sale of assets, your information may be transferred as part of that transaction. We will notify you through the App or by email if your information becomes subject to a different privacy policy.

Ayscend is not directed to children under the age of 13, and users must be at least 13 years old to use the App. We may collect date of birth or age to verify eligibility.

We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If we learn that we have collected personal information from a child under 13 without verifiable parental consent, we will delete that information promptly.

If you are a parent or guardian and believe your child under 13 has created an account or provided personal information to us, please contact us immediately at support@ayscend.com.

We retain personal information for as long as your account is active or as reasonably necessary to provide the App, maintain your account, comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, enforce agreements, prevent fraud or abuse, and protect the App.

If you delete your account, we will delete or anonymize your personal information within a commercially reasonable timeframe, except where we are required or permitted to retain certain information for legal, security, fraud-prevention, accounting, or compliance purposes. Some information may remain in backups for a limited period.

You may delete your account from within the App or by contacting us at support@ayscend.com.

We may need to verify your identity before processing certain deletion requests. Deleting the App from your device does not automatically delete your account or all information associated with your account.

We use reasonable technical, administrative, and organizational safeguards designed to protect your information, including encryption in transit and security protections provided through Firebase's infrastructure. However, no method of electronic transmission or storage is completely secure. We cannot guarantee absolute security of your information.

Depending on your location, you may have the right to:

• Access the personal information we hold about you
• Correct inaccurate information
• Delete your account and associated personal information
• Receive a copy of certain personal information
• Withdraw permissions for Screen Time or calendar access through iOS Settings
• Object to or restrict certain processing of your information
• Appeal a denied privacy request, where applicable

To exercise any of these rights, contact us at support@ayscend.com. You can also control certain permissions directly through your device settings.

This section applies to California residents where required by applicable law.

We may collect the following categories of personal information:

• Identifiers, such as name, email address, username, account ID, and authentication identifiers
• Customer records information, such as account and subscription-related information
• Protected classification information, such as age, date of birth, or gender, if provided
• Internet or electronic network activity information, such as selected app screen time usage, App interactions, and device-related information
• User content, such as profile photos
• Commercial information, such as subscription status and entitlement information
• Inferences, such as goals, preferences, progress, and screen time insights
• Sensitive personal information, to the extent Screen Time data or similar activity information qualifies as sensitive personal information under applicable law

We do not sell personal information. We do not "share" personal information as that term is used under California privacy law, meaning we do not disclose personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising. We do not knowingly sell or share the personal information of users under 16.

California residents may have rights to know, access, correct, delete, and limit certain uses of personal information, subject to legal exceptions. To exercise these rights, contact us at support@ayscend.com.

Based on our current data practices, the App may collect the following data types:

• Contact Information, such as name and email address
• Identifiers, such as user ID and authentication identifiers
• Usage Data, such as screen time data for selected tracked apps
• User Content, such as profile photos
• Purchases, such as subscription status and entitlement information
• Other Data, such as age, date of birth, gender, goals, preferences, and app-related settings
• Device or technical information, such as device type, operating system version, App version, time zone, push notification token, and operational logs

Ayscend integrates with or relies on the following third-party services, each governed by its own privacy policy:

• Firebase / Google
• Google Sign-In
• Sign in with Apple
• Apple In-App Purchases
• Superwall

Your use of these services may be subject to their own terms and privacy policies.

Ayscend LLC is based in the United States. If you access the App from outside the United States, your information may be processed in the United States or other countries where our service providers operate. Privacy laws in those countries may differ from the laws where you live.

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The "Last Updated" date at the top will reflect the most recent revision. If we make material changes, we will notify you through the App, by email, or by another appropriate method. Continued use of the App after changes are posted means you accept the updated Privacy Policy.

If you have questions, concerns, or privacy requests, contact us at: