I didn't even see a privacy policy (not that those are in any way binding), but even it isn't doing that today who knows what will happen to the data they're collecting/have collected in the future, and like I said, smart phones aren't secure or private and they are designed to exploit users.
If you need help with your mental health, please talk to a medical professional where you have at least some measure of protection under the law instead of handing real-time records of your struggles and vulnerabilities over to under-regulated companies looking to prey on you by using that very same information.
It's unfortunate. We’ve made a similar app (to combat sugar addiction), but we made a conscious decision to avoid collecting any information we don't have to.
Our privacy policy is just that we get the data App Store shares with us and that when a user sends us an email we are going to keep that email.
Hey. This is a good callout. Honestly, I should have done more due diligence with generating privacy policies before this. I do not have any plans to sell user's data. I wrote my full thoughts on that in my reply to the top comment.
But we do store data in the cloud and use analytics to understand usage data. So technically, I am disclosing certain data with those companies.
* first name
* the type of step you took (ex. Commenting on a social media post)
* email address
The data that is collected is to understand how people are using the app, if it's helping them overcome Social Anxiety, and to contact them for stuff.
This thread has made me realize that I need to re-work the privacy policy. Most policies are made to be pretty unclear and actually obfuscate what will actually be done with data. I hate reading those and just want to know:
* What data is collected & why
* Where it's being sent
If anyone has other concerns, you can drop me a line at teeoh@roadmaptogrow.com. I am quite committed to being upfront with this -- even if people don't like the all of the policy.
Yes, currently I need to sign some new agreement because Apple changed the terms and put it back on App Store. I will try to remember and let you know, thanks for the interest.
If you need help with your mental health, please talk to a medical professional where you have at least some measure of protection under the law instead of handing real-time records of your struggles and vulnerabilities over to under-regulated companies looking to prey on you by using that very same information.