Privacy Policy for JournalMate

1. Information We Collect

JournalMate is an AI-powered personal planning and productivity application. We collect and process the following types of information to provide personalized planning services:

1.1 Facebook Profile Information

• Basic Profile Data: Name, email address, profile picture
• Demographic Information: Age, birthday, location (if shared)
• Social Connections: Friends list (used for social goal recommendations)
• Activity Data: Posts you've liked or saved (used for interest analysis)
• Personal Interests: Pages you follow, groups you're in (for personalized recommendations)

1.2 Spotify Music Data

• Currently playing tracks and recently played music
• Top artists and tracks (for personality insights)
• Playlists and music preferences (for mood and energy analysis)

1.3 Location Data

JournalMate accesses your device's location to provide contextually relevant planning recommendations. Specifically:

• Approximate Location (Coarse): Used to suggest nearby activities, local events, and location-relevant planning (e.g., travel, date nights, fitness spots)
• Precise Location (Fine): Requested only when you use features that require it, such as finding specific venues, geofenced reminders, or turn-by-turn context for activities
• Location is never sold or shared with third parties for advertising or marketing purposes
• Location access can be revoked at any time in your device settings

1.4 Device Permissions and Sensor Data

• Camera & Photos: Used to attach images to plans, journal entries, or activity imports
• Contacts: Optional — used to suggest collaborative goals or invite friends
• Calendar: Optional — used to schedule tasks and reminders around your existing commitments
• Microphone: Used only for voice input when you choose to dictate plans or journal entries
• Notifications: Used to send task reminders and goal progress updates you've opted into

1.5 Application Usage Data

• Goals and tasks you create
• Planning conversations with our AI assistant
• Progress tracking and achievement data
• Notification preferences and settings

2. How We Use Your Information

We use your information solely to provide personalized planning and productivity services:

• Personalized AI Planning: Your demographic and interest data helps our AI create more relevant and achievable action plans
• Social Context: Friends and social activity data helps suggest collaborative goals and social accountability
• Music-Based Insights: Your music preferences help us understand your personality, energy levels, and optimal timing for different activities
• Location-Based Planning: Your device location is used to suggest nearby activities, local events, fitness locations, and place-relevant plans (e.g., travel itineraries, date night spots). Location data is processed on-device or sent securely to our servers solely to generate these recommendations and is never used for advertising
• Contextual Recommendations: We combine your data with environmental factors (time, weather, location) for better planning

3. Information Sharing and Disclosure

We do NOT sell, rent, or share your personal information with third parties for marketing purposes. We only share information in these limited circumstances:

• AI Processing: Anonymized data is sent to OpenAI and Anthropic for AI-powered planning (no identifying information)
• Legal Requirements: If required by law or to protect our rights and users
• Service Providers: Trusted partners who help operate our service (under strict confidentiality agreements)

4. Data Security

We implement industry-standard security measures to protect your data:

• Encryption of data in transit and at rest
• Secure authentication and access controls
• Regular security audits and updates
• Limited data retention periods

5. Your Rights and Choices

• Data Access: You can view all data we have about you in your profile settings
• Data Correction: You can update or correct your information at any time
• Data Deletion: You can request deletion of your account and all associated data
• Data Portability: You can export your data in a machine-readable format
• Consent Withdrawal: You can disconnect Facebook/Spotify integrations at any time

6. Data Retention

We retain your data only as long as necessary to provide our services:

• Active accounts: Data is retained while your account is active
• Inactive accounts: Data is automatically deleted after 2 years of inactivity
• Deleted accounts: All data is permanently removed within 30 days of deletion request

7. Children's Privacy

JournalMate is not intended for children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If we discover we have collected such information, we will delete it immediately.

8. Changes to This Policy

We may update this privacy policy from time to time. We will notify you of any material changes by email or through the application. Your continued use of JournalMate after such changes constitutes acceptance of the updated policy.