Privacy

DRAFT — this version is awaiting approval by the Art of Living team. Please replace the [bracketed] placeholders.

Controller [Art of Living Germany e.V., street address, postcode, city]. Privacy contact: [insert email address].

What we store For your account: email address, password (stored only as a hash), display name and language. Voluntary, only if you enter them: real name, city, age range, gender, interests and causes. Your content: completed challenges with notes and photos, messages, team and community membership, meditation entries. Technical: server logs (IP address, timestamp) to keep the service secure.

Why we use it To run the app and send the verification email when you register (Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR). Voluntary profile fields and push notifications rest on your consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR) and can be withdrawn at any time in your profile or device settings. Gender is never shown publicly and is used only for anonymised statistics.

Where the data lives On Hetzner Online GmbH servers in the EU (Finland). Verification emails are sent by our processor Resend (Resend Inc., USA); [transfer based on EU Standard Contractual Clauses — please verify]. There are no analytics or advertising tools and no cookies beyond the login session.

Your rights You have the right to access, rectification, erasure, restriction of processing, data portability, withdrawal of consent, and to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority. Write to [insert email address].

Deletion On request we delete your account and its content. Backups are overwritten after 14 days at the latest.

Minimum age The app is intended for people aged 16 and over.