Slower
Privacy Policy
The short version: Slower does not collect any personal data. There is no account, no analytics, no advertising and no tracking. Everything you do in the app stays on your iPhone, and we never see it.
Who we are
Slower is made by Fredrik Hegardt in Sweden. For this policy and for the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the data controller is:
Fredrik Hegardt, Sweden
Email: [email protected]
What the app does not do
- No account or sign-in. We never ask for your name, email address or phone number in the app.
- No analytics, no advertising, no tracking and no third-party software development kits (SDKs).
- The app does not send your data over the internet. Nothing you enter or do in the app is uploaded to us or to anyone else.
- We do not sell, share or rent any data, because we do not have any.
What stays on your iPhone
To work properly, the app saves a few things locally on your device only:
- the feeling you pick (for example "stressed" or "sleepless");
- your session history (which exercise, when, and for how long) and your longest breath hold;
- your answers to "How do you feel now?";
- your answer to "Where did you find us?";
- your settings, such as sounds, haptics, pace and reminder time.
This information is stored inside the app's own storage on your iPhone. We cannot read it and it is not sent to us. If your device backup (iCloud or a computer) is turned on, Apple may include this app storage in your backup under Apple's own terms and privacy policy, as for any app.
Reminders and notifications
If you turn on a daily reminder, the app asks for permission to show notifications. Reminders are local notifications scheduled on your iPhone. They are not sent from a server and we do not receive anything when you get one. You can turn reminders off in the app's Settings, or turn off notifications for Slower in the iPhone Settings app at any time.
Information Apple may share with us
Apple runs the App Store and handles your download under its own privacy policy. If you have chosen in your iPhone settings to share analytics or crash data with app developers, Apple may give us aggregated statistics (for example, number of downloads) and anonymous crash reports. These do not identify you, and we use them only to understand downloads and fix bugs.
If you email us
If you contact us by email, we receive your email address and whatever you write. We use it only to answer you and help with your question. Our legal basis is our legitimate interest in replying to messages people send us (GDPR Article 6(1)(f)). We keep support emails for as long as needed to handle your question and then delete them, at the latest 24 months after the conversation ends. Please do not send us health information you do not want us to have.
How to delete your data
Because everything is stored on your device, deleting the app deletes all of it: your history, answers and settings. On iPhone, touch and hold the Slower icon, tap "Remove App", then "Delete App". If a device backup contains the app's data, it is removed from that backup the next time it is replaced, or when you delete the backup. To have support emails deleted, write to [email protected].
Your rights
Under the GDPR you have the right to access, correct, delete, restrict or object to the processing of personal data about you, and to data portability. In practice we hold no personal data from the app, only emails you send us. To use any of these rights, contact us at the address above. You can also complain to the Swedish Authority for Privacy Protection (Integritetsskyddsmyndigheten, imy.se) or to the data protection authority where you live.
Children
Slower is a general-audience app and is not specially designed for children. It collects no personal data from anyone, including children. If you are a parent and have questions, contact us.
Changes to this policy
If a future version of the app changes how data is handled (for example, if it adds a feature that needs the internet), we will update this policy before that version is released, change the date at the top, and, where the change is significant, mention it in the app's update notes. Earlier versions of the app keep working as described in the policy that applied to them.
Contact
Questions about privacy: [email protected]