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Privacy Policy for Treatise

Effective Date: September 25, 2026 Last Updated: September 25, 2026

This Privacy Policy explains how the developer of Treatise (“we,” “us,” or “our”) handles information when you download, install, or use our mobile application, Treatise (the “Application” or “App”).

Please read this Privacy Policy carefully. By installing or using Treatise, you agree to the terms of this policy. If you do not agree with these terms, please do not install or use the Application.

The short version: Treatise does not collect, transmit, or share any of your information, with anyone, for any reason. Everything you do in the app stays on your device.

1. Information We Collect

We do not collect any information at all. Treatise has no user accounts, no backend server, no analytics, no crash reporting, no advertising, and no third-party software development kits (SDKs) of any kind. The Application never makes a network request during normal use — every exercise, value, and piece of content it shows you is bundled inside the app itself.

A. Information We Do NOT Collect

Personal Identifiable Information (PII): We do not collect your name, email address, physical address, phone number, or any account credentials — there is no account to create.
Device or Advertising Identifiers: We do not collect your device’s advertising identifier (IDFA), IP address, or any other device identifier.
Location Data: We do not access or collect location data of any kind, precise or approximate.
Usage Analytics or Diagnostics: We do not collect analytics, crash reports, or performance telemetry. Nothing about your use of the app is measured, recorded, or transmitted anywhere.
Microphone or Camera Data: The Application does not access your microphone or camera.
Contacts, Photos, or Other Device Data: The Application does not request or access your contacts, photos, calendar, or any other data on your device beyond what is described below.

B. Information Stored Locally, On Your Device Only

To provide its core function, Treatise stores the following information exclusively on your device, using local storage (SQLite) that is never transmitted anywhere:

Your selected values (e.g., wisdom, justice, patience) and which exercise types you have enabled.
Your chosen daily delivery time, used only to schedule a local notification on your device.
Your exercise history — which exercises have been delivered to you and whether you have opened or completed them.
Your favorites — any exercises you have starred.
Your practice notes — any text you write in the app’s practice editor.

None of this information ever leaves your device. We have no server to send it to, and no way to see it even if we wanted to.

2. How We Use Information

Because nothing is collected, there is nothing for us to use. The information described in Section 1(B) is used solely by the Application, on your device, to:

Select and schedule exercises relevant to the values you chose.
Show you your reading history, favorites, and streak.
Save the practice notes you write, so you can return to them later.

3. Third-Party Services

Treatise integrates no third-party services of any kind. There is no advertising network, no analytics provider, no crash-reporting service, and no cloud backend. Nothing in the app communicates with any server, ours or anyone else’s.

4. Local Notifications

Treatise uses your device’s built-in notification system to remind you of your daily exercise, at the time you choose. This is a purely local, on-device schedule maintained by iOS itself — it does not involve a push notification server, and no notification content or delivery data is sent to us or to Apple beyond what your device already handles as part of the standard operating system.

5. Children’s Privacy

Treatise does not knowingly collect personal information from anyone, of any age, because it does not collect personal information from anyone at all. The Application contains some historical and classical-rhetoric content (for example, discussions of historical tyrants or wartime decisions) intended for a general audience; parents should review the app’s content and its App Store age rating before allowing a child to use it.

6. Data Retention and Deletion

All information described in Section 1(B) remains on your device for as long as you keep the app installed. You may delete it at any time:

Delete all data: Settings → Delete all data, within the app, immediately and permanently erases all locally stored information and returns the app to its initial state.
Uninstalling the app also removes all of its locally stored data, per standard iOS behavior.

Because this information is never copied anywhere else, deleting it on your device deletes it completely — there is no separate copy for us to also remove.

7. Your Rights

Depending on your jurisdiction (for example, the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, or California), you may have rights regarding your personal data, including rights of access, correction, deletion, and portability. Because Treatise collects no personal data and maintains no user accounts or server-side records, there is no data for us to access, correct, or provide to you beyond what already exists directly on your own device, which you control fully through the in-app “Delete all data” option and your device’s own settings.

8. Security

Since all data stays on your device, its security is governed by your device’s own security features (such as its passcode, Face ID/Touch ID, and disk encryption). We recommend keeping your device’s operating system up to date.

9. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time, for example to reflect changes to the app’s functionality. Any changes will be posted here with an updated “Last Updated” date. Material changes will also be noted in the app’s release notes.

10. Contact Us

If you have any questions, concerns, or requests regarding this Privacy Policy, please contact us:

Email: abrahamdoe@gmail.com
Website: [insert a hosted URL for this policy before App Store submission — see note below]

Note for the developer: Apple requires a live, publicly accessible URL for this policy at submission time. A free option is to publish this file as a GitHub Pages page or a Claude/other static-hosting page, then paste that URL both here and into App Store Connect. Replace the placeholder above once you have one.