Privacy Policy
Inkday is a private voice diary. The app stores your entries only on your iPhone. We do not run a backend, accounts or in-app analytics. This policy describes what stays on the device, what we do not collect, and what is processed when you visit this website.
1. Controller
Controller under the GDPR:
Fabian Gruß Digital SolutionsProprietor: Fabian Gruß
Engelbosteler Damm 77A
30167 Hannover
Germany
Email: inkday@fabiangruss.com
See also the legal notice. No data protection officer is appointed because the law does not require one here.
2. The app does not send diary data to us
Recordings, transcripts, mood and reminder settings stay in the app’s private storage on the device you use. We cannot read this data. We have no server that receives it. The app does not include a developer network stack for uploading diary content.
Locally the iPhone may store:
- Voice recordings you make in the app
- On-device transcripts of those recordings
- Mood colour and icon, automatic or chosen by you
- Reminder on/off and time
- Language and appearance you choose in Settings
- Whether you finished onboarding
Permissions
- Microphone. Only when you record a page.
- Speech recognition. Turns that recording into text with Apple’s on-device speech frameworks. Diary audio is not sent to us.
- Notifications. Optional. One local daily notification on your iPhone, not through our servers.
Apple system services (not us)
- Speech models. The first time a language is used, Apple’s speech framework may download an on-device model from Apple.
- On-device models. Mood and icon suggestions use Apple’s Foundation Models when available.
- Purchases. The archive unlock is sold through Apple In-App Purchase. Apple processes the payment. We do not receive card details or diary content.
- Device backups. An iPhone backup (including iCloud Backup) may include local Inkday data, like other apps. You control that in iOS Settings.
Apple’s processing is described in Apple’s Privacy Policy. Apple is an independent controller for that processing.
3. This website
This site sets no cookies and loads no analytics, advertising or social plugins.
Hosting
The site is hosted by Vercel Inc., 440 N Barranca Ave #4133, Covina, CA 91723, USA · Vercel privacy policy.
A visit generates ordinary server logs: IP address, time, requested file, referrer, browser identifier and status code. They are used to deliver the site, keep it secure and debug errors. Legal basis: GDPR Art. 6(1)(f) (legitimate interest in running a reachable, secure site). We do not combine these logs into a profile.
Vercel may process data in the United States. Where required, transfers rely on the EU–US Data Privacy Framework (GDPR Art. 45) and/or Standard Contractual Clauses (Art. 46). Log retention follows Vercel’s setup, typically days to weeks unless a longer period is needed to handle abuse.
If you write to inkday@fabiangruss.com, we process the data you send (address, content, optional iOS version) to reply. Legal basis: GDPR Art. 6(1)(b) or (f). We keep the message only as long as needed to handle it and any proof duties, then delete it.
4. Recipients
We do not share diary content — we never receive it. Technical recipient of website requests is Vercel. Purchases and system speech/model downloads are processed by Apple.
5. Retention on the device
Local entries stay until you delete a page or the app. Deleting a page removes transcript and audio immediately. There is no server copy for us to delete.
6. Your rights
Where we process personal data (mainly website logs and email), you may request access, rectification, erasure, restriction, portability, and object to processing based on legitimate interests (GDPR Arts. 15–21).
Data that exists only on your iPhone you remove in the app or by deleting the app. We cannot access it.
You may lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular where you live. In Germany that is the state data-protection commissioner; see the Federal Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information.
7. No obligation to provide data; no profiling
You do not have to give us personal data. The app works without an account. We cannot answer support mail without an email address. We do not make automated decisions including profiling under GDPR Art. 22.
8. Children
Inkday is not directed at children under 16. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children.
9. Changes
If this policy changes, we update this page and the date.
Privacy questions: inkday@fabiangruss.com · Support · Legal notice