Privacy Policy

Who we are

Namaste Clock is published by Newron Robotics, LLC (“we”, “us”), a limited liability company formed in the State of Delaware, United States. For the purposes of the EU and UK General Data Protection Regulation we are the data controller for the limited processing described below. Questions, requests and complaints: support@newronrobotics.com.

What stays on your device

These are stored only on your iPhone, and are deleted when you delete the app:

• Your alarm times, days and chosen alarm sound
• Your choices in setup and Settings, such as whether you include Hindu content and which mantra you chose
• Which breathing exercises you prefer and the days you completed them
• Your progress through the daily verses and devotionals

The words, verses, chants and recordings in the app are fixed content that ships inside the app. Nothing is written or generated for you on the fly.

The microphone and speech recognition

To turn off the alarm you can say “Om” (or read the verse aloud). Only while that alarm screen is listening, Namaste Clock uses the microphone and Apple’s speech recognition to hear the word. Recognition runs on your iPhone whenever your iPhone supports it. If on-device recognition isn’t available, Apple may process the audio on its servers to turn it into text, under Apple’s privacy policy. The app does not record or save your voice, and no audio or text is ever sent to us. If you’d rather not use the microphone, you can turn it off in iOS Settings and type “Om” instead.

The evening app lock (Screen Time)

If you turn on the evening lock, Namaste Clock uses Apple’s Screen Time (Family Controls) framework. You choose the apps in a screen provided by Apple, and Apple gives Namaste Clock only anonymous tokens for them. The app cannot see which apps you picked by name, and it cannot see how you use them. Those tokens stay on your device and are never sent to us.

Permissions

• Alarms, so your alarm can ring, even on silent.
• Notifications, for gentle reminders, such as when your evening breath is due.
• Microphone and speech recognition, only to hear “Om” or the verse when you turn off the alarm, as described above.
• Screen Time, only if you turn on the evening app lock, as described above.

Namaste Clock does not use your location, contacts, photos, camera or health data, and it does not use any advertising identifier. It does not track you across other apps or websites.

Subscriptions

Namaste Clock is a subscription. Apple is the merchant of record and processes your payment on its own systems; we never see your card number or billing details. The app checks your subscription with Apple directly on your device. We do not use a third-party subscription service. Apple’s handling of payments is covered by Apple’s own privacy policy.

Messages you send us

If you send us a message from the app’s Help screen or from this website, we receive what you type (your name, email address, topic and message). Messages from the app also include a few details that help us fix problems: the app version, iOS version, device model and whether you have an active subscription. Messages are delivered to us by Formspree, Inc. (United States), which acts on our behalf. We use them only to reply to you and to improve the app, and we keep them only as long as needed to do that. Formspree’s privacy policy: formspree.io/legal/privacy-policy.

The Stillness Letter (our free newsletter)

On the home screen after you’ve used the app a couple of times, and at any time in Settings › The Stillness Letter, the app offers our free weekly email of breathing tips, mindful living and gentle encouragement. It is optional: the app works the same whether or not you sign up, and signing up has nothing to do with your subscription.

If you sign up, we receive your email address, the app’s language, that you signed up on iPhone, whether you did so from the home screen or in Settings, and the date. Nothing is sent unless you type your address and tap Sign me up. Sign-ups are delivered to us by Formspree, Inc. (United States). We use your address only to send you The Stillness Letter and to answer you if you reply, and we may use an email delivery service to send it. Every email has an unsubscribe link, and you can also ask us to remove you at support@newronrobotics.com. We keep your address until you unsubscribe or ask us to remove it; after that we keep only a record that you unsubscribed, so we don’t email you again. We never sell your address or share it with advertisers.

This website

namasteclock.com has no cookies, no analytics, no advertising and no tracking scripts. It is hosted on Google’s Firebase Hosting, which, like any web server, briefly processes your IP address and browser details to deliver the pages and keep the service secure.

Legal bases for processing (EEA and UK)

Where the GDPR applies, we process support messages on the basis of our legitimate interest in answering you (Article 6(1)(f)), and to perform our contract with you where your message is about your subscription (Article 6(1)(b)). We send The Stillness Letter on the basis of your consent (Article 6(1)(a)), which you can withdraw at any time with the unsubscribe link in any email.

Who we share information with

We do not sell personal information, and we do not share it for advertising. There are no advertisers, data brokers or analytics vendors. The only recipients are Apple (for payments and, when needed, speech recognition), Formspree (for messages and newsletter sign-ups you choose to send), our email delivery service (to send The Stillness Letter to people who sign up), Google (to host this website), and a court or regulator if we are ever legally required to.

International transfers

Formspree and our email delivery service process information in the United States. Where information comes from the EEA or UK, the transfer is made under the European Commission’s Standard Contractual Clauses (and the UK Addendum where applicable).

Your rights

Depending on where you live (for example in the EEA, the UK or California), you may have the right to access, correct or delete personal data we hold about you, to object to or restrict its processing, and to lodge a complaint with your local data-protection authority. We do not sell or share personal information, so there is nothing to opt out of. In practice the only personal data we may hold is a message you sent us and, if you signed up for The Stillness Letter, your email address.

For residents of California and other U.S. states with consumer privacy laws: in the past 12 months the categories we have collected are identifiers (name and email address when you message us; email address when you sign up for The Stillness Letter), customer records (your messages) and device information (app version, iOS version and device model when you message us from the app). Write to support@newronrobotics.com and we will respond within the period the law requires. Everything else lives on your phone and is removed when you delete the app.

Children

Namaste Clock is not directed to children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from them. If you believe a child has sent us a message, contact us and we will delete it.

Health

The breathing exercises are for relaxation and are not medical advice. Namaste Clock does not collect or store any health information.

Security

Messages travel over encrypted connections (TLS). The best protection is not holding data at all, which is why almost everything in Namaste Clock stays on your device.

Changes to this policy

If this policy changes we will post the new version at namasteclock.com/privacy and update the date at the top.

Contact us

Email support@newronrobotics.com, use the contact form, or use the Help screen inside the app.