Tend.
Privacy Policy
Last updated: [DATE]
This is a draft. It was written to plainly describe what
Tend's code actually collects and does today — it has not been reviewed
by a lawyer. Please have it reviewed before treating it as your real
privacy policy for real users' data.
What Tend is
Tend is a daily ritual for couples: each of you privately picks one word
for how the day felt, and once you've both logged, it's revealed to each
other. You can also share gratitudes, moments, and flags with your
partner. This policy explains what information that requires and what we
do with it.
Information we collect
Directly from you or your device:
- Account info — a display name, and an email address only if you choose to save your account with Apple, Google, or email + password.
- Content you create — your daily word, gratitudes, moments, and flags (including any free text you write).
- Pairing info — your partner's display name and the invite code used to connect your accounts.
- Device info — a push notification token (if you enable notifications) and your device's timezone, used to know when "today" starts and ends for your couple.
How we use it
- To run Tend's core feature: matching your and your partner's daily words and revealing them to each other once both are in.
- To send you notifications you've opted into — a daily reminder to tend, and an alert when your partner has logged.
- We do not use your information for advertising, and we do not sell it to anyone.
Who we share it with
- Your partner — the person you're paired with sees your logged word once you've both logged (never before), plus anything you share as a gratitude, moment, or flag. That's the whole point of the app.
- Firebase / Google Cloud — the infrastructure that stores your data and runs sign-in. They process it on our behalf and don't use it for their own purposes.
- Apple or Google — only if you choose to sign in with them, to verify your identity.
- Expo — the service that delivers push notifications to your device.
- No ad networks. No data brokers. No one else.
Your choices
- Delete your account any time from Settings — this removes your account and ends your couple.
- Unpair from your partner without deleting your own account.
- Turn off notifications any time in Settings or your device's system settings.
How long we keep it
We keep your information for as long as your account exists. Deleting
your account removes your account data; content already revealed to
your partner (like past logged days) may remain visible to them, since
it was shared as part of using the app together.
Children's privacy
Tend is not directed at children and we don't knowingly collect
information from anyone under 13 (or 16, where local law requires it).
Changes to this policy
If anything material changes about what we collect or how we use it,
we'll update the date at the top of this page.