Privacy
Your information, under your control
Her Cycle Compass is built so daily check-ins and cycle context stay meaningful without treating private information as something that should move around automatically. This page explains the privacy philosophy in plain language, then the structured detail behind it.
Privacy overview
In ordinary use, Her Cycle Compass works with the check-ins you record, the settings you choose, and cycle estimates derived from information you allow — including optional access to Apple Health or Health Connect where supported, and/or manual cycle details you enter yourself.
- Where is information generally kept?
Check-ins and app settings are designed to remain on your device for normal use. You decide when something leaves the app — for example by exporting a backup or sharing a partner summary.
- What about Apple Health or Health Connect?
Her Cycle Compass can read menstrual-flow history from Apple Health or Health Connect when you allow it. If you separately allow write access, menstrual events you explicitly log in the app can also be saved to your health store. Her Cycle Compass never writes predicted periods or inferred cycle phases. Health-store access is optional; local menstrual logging still works if access is denied or later revoked.
- What can a partner see?
Only what you choose to include in a partner-safe summary — support-relevant context such as phase cues, needs tags, or support cards, depending on your toggles. Private notes and full check-in history are not included.
- Is sharing automatic?
No. Partner sharing is intentional: you initiate sending a snapshot (for example a viewer link, file, or copied text). There is no automatic live feed of your private check-ins to another person.
- What control do you retain?
You control what you record, whether health-store access is allowed, what appears in partner summaries, and whether to export, import, or delete check-ins on the device. Uninstalling the app removes local app data on that device.
Health boundary.Her Cycle Compass provides cycle-awareness and partner-support context. It does not diagnose medical conditions or replace professional medical advice. Forecasts are flexible estimates, not biological certainty.
Formal privacy information
The following describes current, repository-supported behaviour for the application and this website. It replaces older absolute “no cloud” marketing language where that would conflict with work still in progress on optional paired features. Where a formal legal detail cannot be established from product evidence alone, it is omitted rather than invented.
Information the app works with
- Daily check-ins — for example mood, energy, social battery, optional pain or craving notes, needs tags, and optional private notes.
- App settings — preferences such as reminders, partner visibility toggles, appearance, and how the device is used (for her / for him).
- Cycle estimates — derived from menstrual-flow history in Apple Health or Health Connect when you allow it, and/or from manual cycle details you enter in Settings.
Where information is kept in ordinary use
Check-ins and settings are stored locally on the device as part of normal app use. They are not uploaded as a general cloud backup of your private check-ins in the current shipping product experience described here.
Optional Apple Health and Health Connect access
On supported platforms, Her Cycle Compass may request permission to read menstrual-flow history from Apple Health (iOS) or Health Connect (Android) to help estimate cycle phase and timing on the device. Write access is a separate, optional permission: when granted, only menstrual events you explicitly log in Her Cycle Compass may be saved to your health store. Predicted periods, inferred cycle phases, fertile-window or ovulation predictions, mood information, partner information, and other inferred or derived data are not written as menstrual observations. Health-store access is never used to share raw health samples with a partner. If you decline access, revoke it later, or have no suitable period history, local menstrual logging continues, and the app prefers empty or unknown timing states over inventing dates.
Intentional partner sharing
When you share a partner summary (viewer link, file, or copied text), you choose what is included. Private notes and full check-in history are never part of that partner-safe channel. Anyone who receives a share link can view that snapshot until you send an updated one — treat links like something you would only give to a person you trust. Shared links are not centrally revoked from this website.
Partner Viewer
The Partner Viewer is a separate browser experience for opening a shared snapshot. It is not a login account and not live synchronisation. It does not access Apple Health or Health Connect. The viewer may keep the last imported snapshot in the browser’s local storage on that device until it is cleared there.
Pairing and related work in progress
Optional pairing and relay architecture is under active development. It is not described here as a finished, universally available cloud pairing product. The demonstrated partner path on this site remains intentional, manual partner-safe sharing. If optional connected features ship more broadly, this page and in-app messaging will be updated to match.
Accounts
Ordinary use of Her Cycle Compass does not require creating a product account or signing in to use check-ins on your device.
What we do not do (current public product behaviour)
- We do not sell or rent your personal check-in data.
- We do not include advertising trackers in the app.
- We do not share your check-ins with a partner automatically.
- We do not present forecasts as medical diagnosis or biological certainty.
Export, import, and deletion
From Settings you can export a backup of your saved check-ins, import a backup you previously saved, or delete all check-ins on the device. Backups are for your own archive or device moves — they are not the Partner Viewer format, and they do not include raw Apple Health or Health Connect samples. Deleting the app from the device removes local app data. You remain responsible for any files you save outside the app.
This website
This marketing and support site is static. It does not collect your in-app check-ins. Standard web hosting may retain basic request metadata (such as IP address) for security and operations — see your host’s documentation for details. Early-testing interest forms, when submitted on the published site, collect the fields shown on the form (name, email, and optional role) so the project can follow up about testing.
Children
Her Cycle Compass is not directed at children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children through this product.
Changes
If how information is handled changes materially — including broader optional connected features — this page will be updated to stay aligned with the product people can actually use.
Contact
Privacy questions: support@hercyclecompass.com. For product help, see Support.