YourFocus Privacy Policy

Effective Date: 13 July 2025

1. Introduction

YourFocus provides a mobile application that offers an AI‑powered companion intended to insert a mindful pause before you open other social‑media apps. Protecting your privacy is fundamental to our mission. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose and safeguard personal data when you use YourFocus, visit our website, or otherwise interact with us.

2. Who We Are (Data Controller)

3. Personal Data We Collect

Category Examples When Collected
Account Data Name, email address, phone number, password (hashed), avatar When you create or update an account
Usage & Device Data IP address, device IDs, OS version, app interactions, logs Automatically when you use the app
AI Interaction Data Text prompts you send to the AI companion, AI responses When you chat with the AI
Subscription & Payment Data Plan type, purchase receipts, payment tokens (handled by Apple/Google) When you buy a paid subscription
Support Data Support tickets, attachments When you contact support
Referral & Marketing Data Referral code, marketing preferences, campaign IDs When you opt‑in to marketing

We do not intentionally collect: special‑category data (e.g., health, biometrics) unless you choose to share it in a chat; precise GPS location; or personal data from third‑party social networks—other than statistics the OS provides about your app‑launch behaviour.

4. How & Why We Use Your Data (Legal Bases)

Purpose Legal Basis (UK GDPR)
Provide, maintain & personalise the app (incl. AI responses) Art. 6 (1)(b) – Contract
Analyse app performance & improve features Art. 6 (1)(f) – Legitimate interests (product improvement)
Process payments & manage subscriptions Art. 6 (1)(b) – Contract; Art. 6 (1)(c) – Legal obligation (tax)
Send service messages (e.g., updates, security alerts) Art. 6 (1)(b)
Send marketing communications Art. 6 (1)(a) – Consent
Detect, prevent & investigate fraud or abuse Art. 6 (1)(f) – Legitimate interests (security)

5. AI Companion & Content Processing

Your chat prompts and the AI‑generated responses are processed on secure UK‑ or EU‑based servers operated by vetted processors that follow ISO 27001 standards. We retain interaction logs for up to 30 days by default for debugging and safety monitoring, after which they are either aggregated or deleted unless we are legally required to retain them longer.

Automated decision‑making

YourFocus does not make decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects based solely on automated processing.

6. How We Share Data

We never sell your personal data. We share it only with:

  1. Service providers (hosting, analytics, payment processors) under data‑processing agreements.
  2. Legal & compliance recipients (to comply with laws, enforce our Terms, or protect rights).