Privacy Policy

1. Who we are

Novus Daily is provided by Michael Holgate (“we”, “us”). Contact: support@thenovusapp.com.

For the purposes of the UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018, we are the data controller for any personal data we process.

2. What data Novus Daily collects

Sobriety logs, journal entries, photos, and app preferences remain stored locally on your device (UserDefaults / app sandbox) and are never sent to our servers.

We do collect data when you choose to interact with the community Ideas Board to submit feature suggestions or vote on existing ones:

• Firebase Anonymous Authentication: The app creates a secure, temporary, and randomized anonymous user ID. This is used solely to authenticate your session, validate your suggestions, and prevent duplicate upvotes on the Ideas Board. It does not collect or link to any personal identities such as your name, email, or phone number.
• Feature Suggestions Data: If you submit an idea, the following details are securely sent to and stored in Google Firebase:
  • Your name or chosen pseudonym
  • The selected category of the idea (e.g., Tracking, Mindfulness, Customization)
  • Your idea summary (title)
  • Your explanation of the idea (description details)
  • The estimated daily recovery impact (e.g., Game-Changer, Very Helpful)
  • Your device locale (to format and localize the dashboard settings)

Outside of these user-initiated community board contributions, there is no server-side tracking, no analytics SDK, no advertising identifier, and we cannot read or access your private sobriety logs.

3. Third-party services we rely on

To deliver the app and community features, we utilize the following third-party services:

• Apple App Store / TestFlight — distributes the app. Governed by Apple’s Privacy Policy.
• StoreKit (In-App Purchases) — if you subscribe to Novus Daily Pro, Apple processes the payment. We receive only a confirmation that you have an active subscription; we never see your name, card details, address or Apple ID.
• Google Firebase — hosts the community Ideas Board, handles anonymous user authentication to manage submissions securely, and stores feature suggestions and votes.

We do not use Google Analytics, Facebook SDKs, Sentry, Crashlytics or any other third-party tracking or analytics service.

4. Crash logs and diagnostics

If you opt in to “Share with App Developers” in your iPhone’s Privacy & Security settings, Apple may forward anonymised crash logs to us. These contain no personal information and no app data — only technical details about why the app crashed. This is entirely optional and controlled by you in iOS settings.

5. Subscriptions

Novus Daily Pro subscriptions (£2.49/month or £24.99/year) are managed by Apple. Apple handles billing, renewal and cancellation. To manage or cancel your subscription, open the App Store → tap your profile picture → Subscriptions.

6. Children

Novus Daily is not intended for children under 13. The app is age-rated 13+ on the App Store.

7. Your rights under UK GDPR

Because we don’t hold any personal data about you on our servers, most data-subject rights have no practical effect — there is nothing for us to disclose, correct or delete.

If you have data stored within the app on your phone, you have full control: deleting the app removes all of it. There is no backup or cloud copy that we hold.

You retain all the usual rights under the UK GDPR (access, rectification, erasure, restriction, portability, objection) should they ever become relevant. If you have a question or concern, email support@thenovusapp.com.

You may also lodge a complaint with the UK Information Commissioner’s Office at ico.org.uk.

8. Changes to this policy

If we change this policy we’ll update the “Last updated” date above. Substantive changes will be highlighted in the app on next launch.

9. Contact

Questions? Email support@thenovusapp.com.