Ears Up - Privacy Policy Supplement
Effective Date: July 11, 2026 Last Updated: July 11, 2026
This Privacy Policy Supplement is specific to Ears Up and supplements WagDev LLC's general Privacy Policy and Data Security Standards.
1. Summary
Ears Up is a single-user daytime-sleepiness self-check-in app. Your check-in content is stored only on your device. Everything you record — your check-ins, sleepiness ratings, notes, and any reminder schedule you set — is stored locally on your device in an encrypted database and never leaves it. There is no account, no login, and no cloud. We do not operate a server, we do not run analytics on your check-in content, and we do not have a copy of your check-in data anywhere.
Two narrow outbound data flows leave your device, disclosed in detail below. Neither one receives your check-in content:
- Google AdMob — serves banner advertisements and collects ad-related data (§2.3, §4.2). Governed by Section 4.3 of WagDev's general Privacy Policy.
- Sentry — receives crash reports and error stack traces so we can fix bugs (§2.4, §4.3). Governed by Section 4.2 of WagDev's general Privacy Policy. Sentry data is never linked to your check-in content and is not linked to your identity (Ears Up has no account identity to link it to). Crash and performance reporting is disabled entirely in development and automated-test builds.
2. Data Collection
2.1 What You Provide
All of the following is stored exclusively on your device in an encrypted local SQLite database (SQLCipher):
- Daytime-sleepiness check-ins and the ratings you record
- Any notes you attach to a check-in
- Any reminder or check-in schedule you configure
- Settings you configure within the app
We never see, transmit, or store any of this check-in content on our infrastructure, and it is never shared with AdMob or any advertiser.
2.2 What Ears Up Does Not Collect
- No email address, name, username, or any account identifier
- No phone number or contact information
- No precise or approximate location from device GPS (Ears Up does not request or use location permissions; AdMob may derive coarse location from your IP address, see §2.3)
- No photos, camera access, microphone access, or health/fitness sensor data
- No contacts, calendar, or any other system data
- No analytics on your check-in content or in-app actions
2.3 What AdMob Collects on Google's Behalf
Ears Up is supported by banner advertisements. When you use Ears Up, the embedded Google Mobile Ads SDK collects the following for ad serving and measurement — not your check-in content:
- IP address
- Device advertising identifier (IDFA on iOS or Google Advertising ID on Android) — only if you grant permission via the App Tracking Transparency prompt on iOS or have Ad ID enabled on Android
- Approximate location derived from your IP address (country/region only)
- Diagnostic and performance data (ad load latency, crash reports)
- Records of ads served to you and your interactions with them (impressions, clicks)
- A Google-assigned SDK instance ID
The full disclosure of AdMob data practices appears in Section 4.3 ("Advertising in Some Apps") of the WagDev Privacy Policy, which is incorporated here by reference. Your AdMob data is governed by Google's privacy policy.
2.4 What Sentry Collects for Crash and Error Reporting
To diagnose and fix bugs, Ears Up integrates Sentry — a crash and error reporting service operated by Functional Software, Inc. (d/b/a Sentry). When the app encounters a runtime error or crash, the Sentry SDK transmits:
- Stack trace of the error (mapped back to our source code)
- Device model, operating system version, and app version
- A Sentry-generated session identifier (not linked to your identity, not used for tracking)
- Navigation breadcrumbs (which screens you visited shortly before the error)
- Crash-relevant diagnostic data (e.g., available memory at time of error)
What Sentry does not receive from Ears Up:
- Your IP address (we disable PII collection in our SDK config)
- Any advertising identifier (IDFA / GAID)
- Approximate or precise location
- Any of your check-in content — ratings, notes, or schedule
- Performance traces or session replays
Sentry crash and performance reporting is gated off entirely in development and end-to-end test builds, so it only operates in released production builds. Sentry data is retained per Sentry's data retention policy and governed by Sentry's privacy policy. The full disclosure of how WagDev uses Sentry across apps appears in Section 4.2 ("Service Providers") of the WagDev Privacy Policy.
3. How Ears Up Uses Your Data
3.1 Local Use Only
Your check-in data is used solely to power the app's features on your device:
- Displaying your check-in history
- Showing simple trends in your daytime-sleepiness ratings over time
- Reminding you to check in, if you set a schedule
No remote processing, no machine learning on your content, no human review.
3.2 No Cross-Device Sync
Because Ears Up does not have a server or an account, your check-in data does not sync between devices. If you install Ears Up on a second device, you will start fresh on that device. If you delete and reinstall Ears Up on the same device, your local data will be erased (see Section 5 below).
4. Data Sharing
4.1 We Do Not Share Your Check-In Data
- We do not share your check-in content with anyone — period
- We do not share your check-in content with advertisers, including AdMob
- We do not have anyone to share your check-in content with, because we do not have a copy
4.2 AdMob Receives Only Ad-Serving Data
AdMob receives only the data categories listed in Section 2.3 above. It does not receive your check-in ratings, notes, schedule, or any content you create in the app.
4.3 Sentry Receives Only Diagnostic Data
Sentry receives only the data categories listed in Section 2.4 above. Our SDK configuration disables PII collection, performance traces, and session tracking. Sentry receives no check-in data of any kind.
5. Your Privacy Controls
5.1 On-Device Controls
Because all of your check-in data is local to your device, you have direct control:
- Delete individual check-ins: Remove any check-in from your history within the app
- Delete all data: Uninstall the app to permanently remove every check-in, note, schedule, and setting from your device
5.2 Advertising Controls
- iOS: Settings → Privacy & Security → Tracking → toggle Ears Up off to deny ad tracking. You may also revoke consent any time after the initial App Tracking Transparency prompt.
- Android: Settings → Google → Ads → toggle "Delete advertising ID" to reset or disable your Google Advertising ID system-wide.
- EEA/UK/Swiss users: Tap "Update Privacy Choices" in the Google consent dialog any time to change your ad personalization choices.
- US state privacy law users: Use the "Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information" link in the Google consent dialog where applicable.
The app remains fully functional whether or not you grant ad tracking permission.
5.3 Data Export
Ears Up does not currently offer a built-in data export. Because your check-in data lives only on your device, you cannot lose it to a server outage — but you also cannot retrieve it if your device is lost. Back up your device using its native backup system (iCloud Backup, Google One Backup) to preserve your Ears Up data.
6. Data Retention
6.1 As Long As You Have the App
Your check-in data is retained on your device for as long as you have Ears Up installed and your device's storage permits. We do not impose any time-based retention limits because we never receive your check-in data.
6.2 After Uninstall
Uninstalling Ears Up removes the app's encrypted SQLite database from your device. Because we never received your check-in data, there is nothing for us to delete on our side. Ad-related data already collected by AdMob remains subject to Google's retention practices, which you can review and manage at adssettings.google.com.
7. Children's Privacy
Ears Up is not directed to children under 13 and we do not knowingly collect any personal information from children under 13. Because Ears Up has no account system and collects no personal identifiers of its own, there is no profile to create. AdMob is configured with "treat as child-directed" set to No, meaning Ears Up is not designated as a child-directed app under COPPA. Parents who believe their child under 13 is using Ears Up should uninstall the app, which removes all local data.
8. Security
8.1 On-Device Security
Your Ears Up check-in data is stored in an encrypted local database using SQLCipher (via expo-sqlite), layered on top of Apple's and Google's standard application sandboxing. We also rely on:
- iOS Data Protection (when you have a passcode set)
- Android Application Sandbox + full-disk encryption (on devices that support it)
Because Ears Up has no network sync of your check-in content, there are no transit-layer security concerns for that content.
8.2 AdMob and Sentry Security
Data sent to AdMob is encrypted in transit using TLS by the Google Mobile Ads SDK. Crash reports sent to Sentry are likewise encrypted in transit using TLS.
9. Compliance Notes
9.1 Apple App Privacy Details
The following data types are declared in Ears Up's App Store privacy nutrition labels, consistent with the app's iOS privacy manifest:
- Identifiers: Device ID (used for advertising; linked to user; not used for tracking unless user grants ATT permission) — AdMob
- Usage Data: Advertising data (collected by AdMob; linked to user only when ATT is granted)
- Approximate Location: Coarse location derived from IP (collected by AdMob; not linked to user)
- Diagnostics: Crash data, performance data, and other diagnostic data (collected by AdMob and Sentry; not linked to you and not used for tracking under either SDK's configured settings; collected only for app-functionality purposes)
No data from your check-in content is declared, because no check-in content is collected off your device.
9.2 Google Play Data Safety
The Google Play Data Safety section declares the AdMob categories above (device or other IDs, app activity / advertising data, and approximate location for advertising) plus the Sentry diagnostics categories, a "Data is encrypted in transit" affirmation, and a "Users can request data deletion" affirmation pointing to the uninstall path in Section 5.1. Sentry crash data is declared as Diagnostics → Crash logs, not linked to a user.
10. Changes to This Supplement
If we materially change how Ears Up collects or uses data, we will bump the version of this document and update the Last Updated date. Continued use of Ears Up after a change indicates acceptance of the revised supplement.
11. Privacy Contact
For Ears Up privacy questions:
- Email: privacy@wag.dev
- Response time: Within 3 business days
For urgent privacy concerns:
- Email: support@wag.dev
- Mark subject as "Urgent Privacy Issue"
This Privacy Policy Supplement should be read together with WagDev LLC's general Privacy Policy and Data Security Standards for a complete understanding of our privacy practices.