Arc Timer Privacy and Permissions Policy

Arc Timer should collect the minimum information required to operate the product and improve reliability. The app is a focused timer experience, so data collection should never drift into broad behavioral tracking without clear product justification and explicit policy review.

• Collect only the data needed to support core workout timing, diagnostics and clearly defined product improvements.
• Do not introduce new analytics events or identifiers without reviewing their retention, purpose and user-facing disclosure impact.
• Avoid storing sensitive workout context unless it is necessary for a user-facing feature and documented in release planning.

Any permission prompt must be justified by a direct product need and explained in plain language. Permission requests should appear only when the related functionality is about to be used, not preemptively during onboarding.

• Audio, haptic, notification, or background-related capabilities must align with the actual user experience delivered by the app.
• If a permission is optional, the app must remain usable in a degraded but understandable state when the user declines it.
• Explanatory copy for permission prompts must describe the user benefit instead of relying on generic technical wording.
• Any new permission or expanded device access requires a policy review before release sign-off.

Store disclosures, privacy text and support-facing explanations must stay aligned with the shipped app behavior. Changes that affect data handling or permission usage should be treated as release-gating items rather than documentation follow-up.

• Update privacy disclosures before shipping changes to analytics, diagnostics, or permission-backed features.
• Review store listing text and in-app explanations whenever permission behavior changes.
• Brief support and product owners on any behavior that users may interpret as increased data collection or expanded background activity.
• Block release approval if shipped behavior and public disclosures are materially inconsistent.