Privacy Policy

Fuzzy Clock calculates time and solar phrases on your device. It saves the place you choose, and Mac and iOS place lookups use Apple's geocoding service. This page explains that distinction and the data each feature uses.

Calendar access on Mac

The Mac app uses Apple's EventKit framework to read upcoming events and display them in its dropdown. macOS calls the permission “full access,” but Fuzzy Clock's calendar feature only reads events; it does not create, edit, or delete them. Your calendar selection is saved as a preference. The iPhone, iPad, Watch, and widget features described here do not read your calendar.

Location and Apple services

Crafted solar phrases use a saved coordinate to calculate sunrise, sunset, and solar noon locally. You can request a current location through the system permission prompt. On Mac, iPhone, and iPad, you can also enter a city or ZIP code instead.

On Mac and iOS, Fuzzy Clock uses Apple's geocoding service to turn an entered place into coordinates or coordinates into a readable place name. These lookups use a network service and send the place query or coordinate to Apple. They are not sent to a Lost Province Labs server. See Apple's explanation of geocoding and Apple's privacy policy.

The Watch app requests its own location and saves its coordinate for solar calculations; it does not perform the Mac and iOS place-name lookups. The apps use individual location requests rather than continuous location tracking. A saved place is not automatically refreshed as you travel. Request a new location or choose another place when you want to change it.

What is saved on your devices

The Mac app saves preferences and location information, including coordinates, an entered place query, and a resolved place name, in local app preferences. It also writes the location information to a shared local container that its widget can read. The iPhone and iPad app saves the same kinds of location information in its own shared container for its widgets.

The Watch app saves its selected phrase mode and coordinate in a local container shared with its complication. Each Mac or iOS widget has its own phrase, date, and rounding configuration managed by WidgetKit. WidgetKit also manages the display timelines and snapshots.

Fuzzy Clock does not implement cloud sync or transfer these saved locations between Mac, iPhone, and Watch. Device backups and Apple's operating-system services are managed separately by Apple; local storage is not a promise that data is excluded from system backups.

Your controls and saved locations

You can review or revoke calendar and location permissions in your device's privacy settings. Revoking location permission prevents new authorized location requests; it does not erase a coordinate that Fuzzy Clock has already saved. Solar phrases may continue using that saved place.

On iPhone and iPad, “Forget saved location” removes the app's shared location file and requests a widget refresh. The Mac and Watch apps do not currently provide an equivalent forget-location control. Choosing Standard time on the Watch changes the display mode; it does not delete the saved coordinate. Widget refresh timing is controlled by the operating system.

Accounts, analytics, and purchases

Fuzzy Clock has no app account, advertising, analytics SDK, or developer-operated backend in the current implementation. Calendar and saved-location data are not uploaded to Lost Province Labs. Apple provides the system services described above, as well as TestFlight and App Store distribution, under its own policies.

The current app implementation does not include StoreKit purchases. If in-app purchases are added, this policy will be updated to explain purchase, restoration, transaction verification, and any associated services before that functionality is distributed.

Children's privacy

Fuzzy Clock is not directed at children. It has no registration or analytics collection through Lost Province Labs. The device permissions and Apple services described above still apply.

Changes to this policy

This update replaces the earlier Mac-only description. It corrects the previous statements that location was not saved, only preferences were written to disk, and the app made no network requests of any kind. Future changes to app data handling will be reflected here with an updated date.

Contact

Questions about this policy or your saved data? Write to [email protected].