Privacy Policy

1. Who We Are

MARCUS is developed by Owen McLoughlin, an independent developer. This privacy policy applies to the MARCUS iOS application ("the App").

2. Data Stored on Your Device

MARCUS stores the following data locally on your device:

• Journal entries and notes -- Anything you write in the Reflect tab, your "I noticed..." notes, and your "Is this in my power?" check-ins are saved to your device's local storage using Apple's SwiftData framework. This data never leaves your device.
• Evening Review answers -- Your answers to the evening virtue questions, and any notes you add, are stored locally on your device.
• Morning intentions and your "why" -- The intentions you set each morning, and the optional sentence about why you started, are stored locally on your device.
• Lesson progress and bookmarks -- Which lessons you have read and what you have bookmarked are tracked locally so you can pick up where you left off.
• App preferences -- Your notification times, appearance and text size settings are stored locally on your device.

All of this data resides solely on your device. If you delete the App, this data is permanently deleted.

3. Data We Do NOT Collect

MARCUS does not collect, transmit, or have access to any of the following:

• Personal information (name, email, phone number, location)
• Usage analytics or behavioral data
• Crash reports or diagnostic data (beyond what Apple collects through its own systems, which you control in your device Settings)
• Advertising identifiers or tracking data
• Your journal entries, reflections, or intentions
• Device identifiers or fingerprints

We do not use any third-party analytics services, SDKs, or tracking frameworks.

4. No Network Activity, No AI

MARCUS makes no network connections of its own. All of its quotes, lessons and exercises are built into the App. It contains no AI or language-model features.

• Links you tap. Links such as the crisis helpline directories or this policy open in your web browser. MARCUS sends nothing with them.
• Saving a quote image. If you save a quote image to Photos, iOS asks for permission to add photos. MARCUS can only add the image; it cannot see or read your photo library.

5. Notifications

MARCUS can send you daily notifications: a morning thought, a midday pause and an Evening Review. These notifications are:

• Local only. They are scheduled by the App on your device using Apple's local notification system. No push notification server is involved.
• User-controlled. You choose whether to enable notifications and can customize the times. You can disable them at any time in the App's settings or in your device's system Settings.
• No data transmitted. Notification scheduling does not involve any network communication.

6. Third-Party Services

MARCUS does not integrate with any third-party services. There are:

• No analytics SDKs (no Firebase, no Mixpanel, no Amplitude)
• No advertising frameworks
• No social media integrations
• No cloud storage or sync services
• No crash reporting services (beyond Apple's own opt-in system)

7. Children's Privacy

MARCUS does not collect personal data from any user, including children. The App is rated 4+ and contains no objectionable content. Because no data is collected or transmitted, there are no special considerations under COPPA or similar regulations.

8. Data Security

Because your data never leaves your device, it is protected by your device's built-in security measures, including device passcode, Face ID or Touch ID, and Apple's hardware encryption. We recommend keeping your device's software up to date and using a passcode to protect your data.

9. Changes to This Policy

If we make changes to this privacy policy, we will update this page and the effective date above. If a future version of MARCUS introduces any data collection (for example, optional cloud sync), we will clearly describe those changes and require your explicit consent before any data leaves your device.

10. Your Rights

Because MARCUS does not collect or store any personal data on our servers, there is no personal data for us to access, export, or delete on your behalf. All data is on your device under your control. You can delete all MARCUS data at any time by deleting the App.

11. Contact

If you have questions about this privacy policy or the MARCUS app, please contact:

Owen McLoughlin
Email: busiest-21.qualm@icloud.com