Privacy Policy
Kazeway asks for as little as possible. Your Screen Time data is read on your device and stays there. We don't sell your data.
In short: Kazeway asks for as little as possible. Your Screen Time data is read on your device and stays there — Apple's framework prevents the app from sending it anywhere. We don't sell your data and we don't track you across other apps or websites. The information that reaches anyone outside your device is what Apple and our subscription provider need to run a subscription, plus your own private iCloud backup of your settings.
Who we are
Kazeway is an iOS application operated by Unplug Sphere LLC ("we", "us"). This policy explains what happens to information when you use the app. You can reach us at support@kazeway.com.
What we ask for
Kazeway is designed to need as little information about you as possible.
At present the app does not ask you to create an account, and does not ask for your name, email address, or phone number. If we introduce accounts in a future version, they will be introduced with their own explanation of what they store, and this policy will be updated before that happens.
Kazeway does not use advertising SDKs and does not track you across other apps or websites. We do not sell your data, and we do not share it for cross-context behavioural advertising.
Your Screen Time data
Kazeway shows you how you use your device. That information — app usage, pickups, and blocked attempts — is provided by Apple's Screen Time and Family Controls frameworks and is processed entirely on your device.
Apple's frameworks are built so that this data cannot be transmitted off the device by the app that displays it. Kazeway has no ability to read it outside that protected context and no ability to send it anywhere. It is not included in any backup we operate, and we never see it.
Information stored on your device
The app stores the following locally:
- The blocking rules you create, including their names, schedules, and time limits
- Which apps and website categories you have chosen to block or allow
- Your selected goals and app preferences
- Usage statistics and insights derived from Screen Time data
- Whether a rule is currently running, and any break time you have used
Usage statistics, insights, and the state of what is currently running are stored only on the device they relate to. They are not included in iCloud backup and do not move between your devices.
Two small records are kept in your device's Keychain, which iOS keeps even after an app is deleted: the date you last used the emergency pass, so that reinstalling does not give you a new one, and the date Kazeway showed you its free-trial offer, so that it is not shown again. Each holds only that date, and neither leaves your device.
iCloud backup
Kazeway backs up each device's configuration to iCloud so that it comes back if you delete and reinstall the app on that device. Each device keeps its own backup, and nothing is synced or shared between your devices. Backup is on by default, and you can turn it off at any time in the app's Settings, which deletes that device's backup.
What is backed up: your rules, including their schedules, whether each is strict, and which apps and categories they cover; your goal settings; your other app settings such as time format, display language and which notifications you have turned on; which of the app's default rules the device has already received; and whether the free-trial offer has been shown on that device.
What is not backed up: your usage statistics and insights, whether a rule is currently running, the break time used today, and the emergency pass. Those stay on the device they belong to.
Backed-up information is stored in your own private iCloud container, under your Apple Account. This is Apple's infrastructure, not ours. We have no access to it and cannot read what is stored there. Each device reads only its own backup.
Your selected apps and categories are saved as identifiers that Apple's Family Controls framework creates, not as app names, and they are backed up and restored with the rules they belong to.
Apple's handling of iCloud data is governed by Apple's Privacy Policy.
Subscriptions and payments
Kazeway offers an optional paid subscription. Payment is processed by Apple through the App Store. We never see or handle your payment card details.
To determine whether your subscription is active, the app uses RevenueCat, a subscription-management service acting as our processor. RevenueCat receives:
- An identifier for your subscription. If you are signed in to iCloud, this is an identifier Apple creates for your Apple Account and this app. It is the same on each device where you use Kazeway with that account, which is what lets your subscription follow you. It is not your name or email address, and it is different in every app that uses iCloud. If you are not signed in to iCloud, a randomly generated identifier for your installation is used instead.
- Your App Store purchase receipt and subscription status
- Basic technical information such as your device model, operating system version, and country
Under privacy laws such as the GDPR and the CCPA, an identifier like this is treated as personal information. We describe it here for that reason.
You can see this identifier for yourself. It appears in the app under Settings → About as your Support ID, and it is the only thing that lets us find your subscription if you write to us.
This information is used solely to verify, restore, and manage your subscription. It is not used for advertising, and it is never combined with your Screen Time data, which RevenueCat does not receive.
When you write to us
The app does not ask for your email address, but you may choose to give us one by writing to support. Settings → About → Contact Support opens your own email app with a message addressed to us, your Support ID already in it, and nothing sent until you send it.
When you do send it, we receive your email address, whatever you have written, and that Support ID, which is what lets us look up your subscription. We use it to answer you and for nothing else. The message stays in our support mailbox, which is hosted by our email provider, and you can ask us to delete it at any time.
Analytics and diagnostics
The current version of Kazeway does not include third-party analytics or crash-reporting services. If we add any in future, this policy will be updated to describe what is collected and why, and nothing we add will be used for advertising or sold.
Apple may provide us with aggregate, anonymised App Store analytics and crash reports if you have opted in to sharing them with developers through your device settings. That data comes from Apple, is not identifiable to you, and is governed by Apple's own privacy terms.
Notifications
Kazeway can send you reminders about your rules and scheduled summaries. These are generated on your device and scheduled locally. There is no push server, and no notification content is transmitted.
How long information is kept
Information stored on your device remains until you delete it or delete the app itself, except the two Keychain records described above, which iOS keeps after the app is deleted. Settings → Delete All Data in the app removes your rules, goals and settings from that device, deletes that device's iCloud backup, and clears the trial-offer record; the emergency-pass record stays. It applies to that device only, so to remove everything, use it on each device. It cannot be undone, and it does not affect your subscription.
Deleting the app removes what is on that device but leaves its iCloud backup, so that reinstalling can restore it. The backup is deleted by Delete All Data or by turning backup off in the app's Settings, and anything in your private iCloud container can also be removed through your Apple Account settings.
Subscription records held by RevenueCat and Apple are retained according to their own policies and our need to honour and restore active subscriptions.
Children
Kazeway is not directed at children under 13, and we do not knowingly seek information from them. If you believe a child has provided information to us, contact us and we will address it.
Your rights
Depending on where you live, you may have rights to access, correct, delete, or port personal information held about you, and to object to certain processing. You also have the right not to be discriminated against for exercising them.
In practice, we hold very little: no name, no email address, and no account. The identifier described in the subscription section is the main item associated with you, and where you are signed in to iCloud it is associated with your Apple Account rather than a single installation.
To remove what Kazeway has stored, use Settings → Delete All Data in the app on each of your devices: it clears that device and its iCloud backup. Kazeway's data in your private iCloud container can also be removed through your Apple Account settings. For anything else, including the subscription identifier described above, contact us at support@kazeway.com and we will respond within the time your local law requires.
International users
Unplug Sphere LLC is based in the United States. Our service providers, including Apple and RevenueCat, may process the limited information described above in the United States and other countries. Where required, those transfers rely on the safeguards those providers maintain.
Changes to this policy
If this policy changes, we will update this page and revise the date above. Material changes — including the introduction of accounts or of any analytics service — will be described here before they take effect, and noted in the app.
Contact
Questions about this policy can be sent to support@kazeway.com.