Privacy Policy

Your journal on your device

The current apps do not require a Kaen account. Your thoughts, selected feelings, written responses, decisions, next steps, pins, dates, and journal history are stored on your device. Appearance, reminder settings, and purchase access are also stored locally. Journal search and trends are calculated on your device.

The current apps do not send your journal to a Kaen-operated server. They do not include advertising trackers or third-party analytics. Optional sync, exported files, system backups, purchases, and information you send to support are described separately below.

Optional export, import, and sync

You can export a journal backup, import a backup, or enable sync through a folder you select in your device's file picker. On supported iOS versions, a separate optional iCloud sync setting is also available. Sync is off until you enable it; availability depends on your platform and installed file providers.

Backup files contain your entries, including writing, feelings, dates, decisions, and next-step information, and may include appearance preferences. Sync snapshots contain journal entries, deletion markers, and an app-generated device identifier and revision number used to merge changes. This identifier is not an advertising ID. Kaen reads and writes these files to provide backup and sync.

If you choose a cloud-backed location, your file provider transfers and stores the files under its own terms and privacy policy. This can make your journal available on other devices or to anyone with access to that location. Choose a private folder and review the provider's access settings.

Kaen backup and sync files use readable JSON. Kaen does not add password protection or end-to-end encryption to these files. File protection and encryption during transfer depend on your device and provider. Disconnecting sync stops Kaen's use of the selected folder; it does not delete files already stored there.

Device backups

Android system backup is enabled for Kaen. Depending on your device settings, operating system, and backup provider, app data may be included in cloud backups or device-to-device transfers. On iOS, app data may also be included in system backups. These processes are separate from Kaen's export and sync controls and are governed by your platform settings and provider's policies.

Removing Kaen or clearing its local data does not necessarily remove exported files, cloud copies, or older system backups. Manage those copies through the relevant provider.

Reminders and notifications

Kaen schedules reminders locally using your device's notification services. It does not send reminder text or push tokens to a Kaen notification server. The available controls depend on your app version and include daily and weekly invitations, Night Unload reminders, next-step reminders, and named custom reminders.

On Android, custom reminder names appear in notifications. Built-in invitations and next-step notifications use general wording rather than quoting your journal entry. Notification previews may be visible to others with access to your device; Android notifications request private lock-screen visibility, and your device settings control what is shown.

You can change or disable reminders in Kaen or turn off notification permission in device settings. Daily, weekly, Night Unload, and custom reminder settings are device-local and are not included in Kaen journal exports or sync. A reminder time attached to a journal next step is part of that entry and can travel with it. System backups may include local settings.

Ember purchases

Kaen Ember is an optional one-time in-app purchase. Google Play or Apple's App Store processes payments under its own terms and privacy policy. Kaen does not receive your full payment-card details.

The store provides purchase status and transaction information needed to unlock, confirm, and restore Ember. The current apps check purchases with the store and keep access status locally; Kaen does not operate a purchase-verification server. Your journal content is not included in purchase requests. The store controls its own transaction records and retention.

Keeping and deleting information

Local journal entries remain until you delete them, clear the journal, clear app storage, or remove the app. You can delete individual entries or clear the journal from within Kaen. Local preferences remain until changed or app data is removed. Uninstall and restore behavior depends on your device's backup settings.

When sync is enabled, Kaen records deletion markers and applies them as connected copies successfully sync. Offline devices, earlier snapshots, exported backups, provider trash, and version history may retain older copies. To remove those copies, use the provider's deletion and backup controls on each relevant location. Kaen cannot erase a file or backup it can no longer access.

Accounts from older Kaen releases

Some older releases offered email/password accounts and account-based cloud storage. The current apps do not require those accounts or retrieve their server records. Installing the current app, deleting local entries, or uninstalling does not itself request deletion of a previous account or its cloud records.

For a request concerning an older account, email me@yousofabouhalawa.com and identify the account email and the action requested. We may need to verify account ownership before acting. Do not send a password, payment-card details, or your journal contents. We will explain any information needed to process the request and any applicable retention limits.

Support and privacy requests

If you email us, the email service processes your address, message, and any attachments you choose to send. We use this information to respond, troubleshoot, or handle your request. Share only what is needed; journal contents are not required for a general privacy inquiry.

Support correspondence is kept for as long as needed to resolve the request and meet applicable recordkeeping obligations. You can ask us to delete correspondence; we will explain any information we need to retain for legal or security reasons.

The website and external services

kaen.space provides product information, articles, and app-store links. It does not host your journal or offer a Kaen account. Website hosting infrastructure may process IP addresses, requested pages, browser information, timestamps, and error information to deliver and protect the site. The current website does not include advertising trackers or a third-party analytics SDK.

When you follow an external link, make a store purchase, or use a file provider, that service's privacy policy governs its own handling of information.

Security and your choices

Local app data relies on the operating system's app storage protections and your device security. Protect access to your device and accounts, choose private backup locations, and review notification previews. Kaen does not offer an additional journal password or app-level encryption layer, and no storage or transfer method can be guaranteed completely secure.

You can use the core journal without enabling sync or reminders. To ask about access, correction, or deletion of information handled by us, contact me@yousofabouhalawa.com. For files or transaction records held by your chosen provider, use that provider's controls as well.

Policy changes

We will update this policy when the product or its data handling changes and revise the date above. Material changes will be explained in the app, release information, or on the website as appropriate.