Watchism Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy explains how Watchism handles information when you use the app. Watchism is designed as a privacy-first iPhone app. The app does not require an account, does not include advertising SDKs, and does not use analytics or hidden telemetry.

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1. Publisher

Watchism is published by Aldo Gonzalez - Total Tech Consulting, Inc..

2. What Watchism Stores

Watchism stores watch-related information locally on your device so the app can function. Depending on how you use the app, this may include:

• watch names, brands, model information, notes, and collection status
• wear logs, timing observations, rate history, and related measurement details
• watch photographs and thumbnails saved into the app, or references to photos you choose to link from Apple Photos
• pricing, valuation history, wishlist information, acquisition priority, saved brand favorites, boutique notes, authorized dealer records, and directory preferences
• saved world-time zones, dashboard layout preferences, Watch Box sort and arrangement preferences, wear-log sort preferences, and other app settings

3. Permissions and Optional Data Access

Watchism only accesses protected device data when you explicitly choose a feature that needs it.

• Camera: used only if you choose to take a watch photo in the app.
• Photos: used only if you choose to import or link a photo from your photo library. Before the Photos picker opens, Watchism explains that selected iCloud Photos assets may be downloaded by iOS for the action you approve.
• Contacts: used only if you choose to link a boutique advisor from your contacts.
• Location: used only if you activate astronomy location so Watchism can calculate sunrise, sunset, twilight, solar noon, and daylight context. Moon phase remains available without location.

4. How Watchism Uses Information

Information accessed or stored by Watchism is used only to provide app features you request, such as:

• organizing and displaying your watch collection and wishlist
• attaching and cropping watch photos
• recording and sorting wear logs and timing observations
• calculating watch-related summaries, rate views, and wear rotation views
• storing your preferred app layout, Watch Box sort and arrangement, time zones, and source settings
• calculating moon phase locally and solar astronomy context when location is enabled

5. Network Activity

Watchism does not send your collection data to a Watchism server because Watchism does not operate a cloud account system for user collection storage.

Network access in Watchism is limited to the following categories:

• Reference time synchronization: the app can contact configured time-reference endpoints such as NTP, HTTPS Date, and Roughtime. You can choose which source is primary, and Watchism then consults the remaining enabled sources in the displayed fallback order.
• User-initiated browsing: if you open a watch website, brand page, dealer website, or boutique-related link, Watchism loads the destination at your request in its non-persistent embedded browser or through the system browser, depending on the action.
• User-initiated image import: if you choose to import a selected browser image, Watchism downloads that image so it can be attached locally to a watch or wishlist entry. That selected-image request may include the page referrer and browser user agent, but Watchism does not forward browser cookies to the image download.
• User-approved Photos downloads: if you choose to import or link Photos-library images, selected iCloud Photos assets may be downloaded by iOS so Watchism can import a copy, cache a linked preview, or later load the original for review, crop, or analysis.

Watchism does not use analytics, advertising, fingerprinting, or hidden reporting.

6. Data Sharing

Watchism does not sell your personal information and does not share your watch collection data with third-party advertisers or analytics providers.

Some information may be processed by Apple system frameworks or by websites you explicitly choose to visit from Watchism's embedded browser or the system browser. For example:

• Apple Photos and Camera frameworks process images you choose to capture, import, or link. If a selected Photos item exists only in iCloud Photos, iOS may download it after you approve the Photos action in Watchism.
• Apple Contacts processes the contact you choose to link.
• Apple Location Services provides location data if you enable astronomy location.
• External websites you open from Watchism receive your connection in the same way they would if you visited them in a normal web browser, but Watchism's embedded browser uses non-persistent website data.

7. On-Device Storage and Retention

Watchism is designed to keep your watch data on your device. Collection data, app-managed images, measurements, notes, and settings remain on-device unless you explicitly export them or interact with an external website.

If you link a photo from Apple Photos instead of importing it into Watchism, the original image remains in your photo library and Watchism stores only the information needed to refer to that selected asset, plus a lightweight local preview cache. Linked originals can be loaded later for review, crop, or analysis after the Photos download consent shown during linking.

Data stays available until you delete it in the app, remove the app, or erase the device.

8. Your Choices

You can choose whether to grant Camera, Photos, Contacts, or Location access. You can also choose the primary reference source, enable or disable HTTPS Date and Roughtime as additional sources inside the app, keep astronomy location inactive while still seeing moon phase, and stop using browsing features at any time.

9. Children’s Privacy

Watchism is not directed to children and does not knowingly collect personal information from children through an account system or remote profile.

10. Changes to This Policy

If this Privacy Policy changes, the updated version will be posted at the public privacy-policy URL associated with Watchism.

11. Contact

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, contact: watchism@totalaldo.com