PAUNO
Privacy Policy.
1. Who we are
Pauno is provided by CodeEnsis Ltd. ("we", "our", "us"), Χριστόδουλου Σώζου 2, EIFFEL TOWER, Floor 3, Flat/Office 301, 1096 Λευκωσία, Κύπρος, which is the controller for the limited data described here.
2. What Pauno does
Pauno blocks the apps you choose. To open a blocked app you spend minutes you earned by doing push-ups, squats, a breathing exercise or a short maths quiz.
3. Permissions and what they are for
- Usage access. Lets Pauno see which app is in the foreground, so it knows when a blocked app is opened, and shows your daily screen-time numbers inside the app. This is read on your phone only.
- Display over other apps. Lets Pauno show the block screen on top of a blocked app.
- Foreground service. Keeps blocking running while blocking is turned on. You can stop it in the app.
- Notifications. Used for the blocking notice and, if you start a free trial, a reminder 24 hours before the trial ends.
- Start at boot. Restarts blocking after the phone restarts.
- Front camera. Used only during a push-up session, and only after you allow camera access. Each frame is checked on your phone by Google ML Kit face detection, which runs on the device, to see how close your face is; the frame is then discarded. Nothing is recorded, saved, or sent anywhere, and no face is identified or recognised. If you do not allow the camera, push-ups are counted with the proximity sensor or by tapping the screen.
- Proximity sensor and accelerometer. Used during an exercise session to count push-ups and squats. The readings are processed live on your phone and are not stored or sent anywhere. Push-ups can also be counted by tapping the screen.
You can revoke any of these in your phone's settings. Blocking will not work without usage access and display over other apps.
4. Data stored on your device
The list of apps you block, the names of installed apps shown in the picker, your usage numbers, earned-minutes balance, streak, schedule, Strict mode setting and your other settings are stored in the app's local storage on your phone and are deleted when you uninstall the app. They are never sent to us or to any third party. If you have turned on your device's own backup, the system may include them in your personal backup; we cannot read it.
5. Purchases
Pauno Premium is a subscription (yearly, with a 3-day free trial, or monthly) bought through Google Play, which processes the payment. We never see your payment details. We use RevenueCat to check and manage your subscription. RevenueCat receives an anonymous app user ID it generates and your purchase receipts from Google Play, and tells the app whether Premium is active. It does not receive your name, your email or anything about the apps you block. See RevenueCat's privacy policy.
6. Usage statistics and crash reports (optional)
Pauno includes Google Firebase Analytics and Firebase Crashlytics. Both are off by default. During first-time setup the app asks whether you want to share anonymous usage statistics and crash reports, and nothing is collected until you say yes. You can change each choice at any time in Settings → Privacy.
Analytics receives anonymous app events, for example which setup step you reached, that a push-up session finished and roughly how many minutes it earned, or that the subscription screen was shown. It never receives the names or package names of the apps you block or use. Together with each event Firebase receives a random app instance ID, device model, OS and app version, language and an approximate location derived from the IP address. Crashlytics receives crash reports: the stack trace, device model, OS and app version, and a Firebase installation ID.
The app does not use the advertising ID, contains no ads and does not share data for advertising. Google processes this data on our behalf under the Firebase data processing terms. We do not sell personal data.
7. Where data is processed
CodeEnsis is established in Cyprus, EU. Google Firebase and RevenueCat may process data in the United States and other countries, relying on the EU–US Data Privacy Framework and the European Commission's Standard Contractual Clauses.
8. Our website
The Terms and this Privacy Policy open in an in-app browser tab served by codeensis.com, whose hosting keeps standard server logs (such as IP address, time and page) for security for a limited period.
9. Support emails
If you email us, we use your email address and message only to answer you and keep the correspondence as long as needed for that.
10. Children
Pauno is not directed at children under 13 and does not knowingly collect personal data from anyone.
11. Legal basis (GDPR) and your rights
Usage statistics and crash reports are processed on the basis of your consent, which you can withdraw in Settings. Subscriptions rely on the performance of a contract, handled by Google Play and RevenueCat. Support requests rely on legitimate interest. Uninstalling the app removes everything it stored on the phone; analytics and crash data are tied to random app IDs, not to your name or email. You may contact us to exercise your rights of access, rectification, erasure, restriction, objection and portability, and you may complain to the Cyprus Commissioner for Personal Data Protection or your local supervisory authority.
12. Changes to this policy
If anything above changes, we will update this page and its effective date.
13. Contact
Privacy questions or requests: [email protected]. General support: [email protected].