Part I

Privacy Policy

Effective July 1, 2026. This policy explains what Project Z does and does not do with your data, in plain terms first and precise terms second.

1

Overview

Project Z is built as a local-first application. Our design goal is simple: the content of your goals and courses should never need to leave your device to be useful. This policy covers the Project Z iOS app, this website, and our beta waitlist form.

In short: we do not operate a server that stores your goals, your courses, or your usage activity. The only personal information we ever hold is the email address you choose to give us for the beta waitlist.
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Information we collect

We collect the minimum needed to run a waitlist and, later, to process optional subscription payments:

DataWhenPurposeWhere it's stored
Email addressYou submit our intake formSend your beta inviteLocal Database (secured processor)
App Store transaction IDYou purchase a subscriptionValidate purchase, manage renewalsApple, Inc. (as merchant of record)
Crash diagnostics (opt-in)Only if you enable it in iOS SettingsFix bugsApple's crash reporting pipeline, not ours

We never ask for your name, contact list, location, photos, or device identifiers, and the app does not request any permission it doesn't need to function.

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Information we do not collect

  • The goals, prompts, or courses you generate inside the app
  • Your usage patterns, session length, or feature interactions
  • Advertising identifiers or any data used for ad targeting
  • Precise or approximate location
  • Contacts, photos, or other device content

We do not sell, rent, monetize, or share this category of data — because we never have access to it in the first place. There is no analytics SDK, no ad network SDK, and no third-party crash reporter bundled into the app.

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How on-device processing works

When you type a goal, Project Z runs inference locally using Apple's on-device intelligence frameworks. No network socket is opened during generation. The resulting course is written to a sandboxed SwiftData store that is unique to your installation of the app and is included in your device's standard encrypted backups (iCloud or local), governed by Apple's own backup encryption — not by us.

Because generation happens on-device, we have no visibility into what you type, what courses are generated, or how you use them. We cannot recover this data for you if it's lost, since we never had a copy.

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Technical Incapacity to Monitor Content

Because our architecture leaves zero network sockets open during execution and writes exclusively to an isolated local sandbox, it is a technical impossibility for Project Z's creators, developers, or owners to view, log, check, filter, or intercept your inputs. We maintain absolutely no administrative access or command visibility over what is typed, searched, or generated within your local application sandbox.

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Third-party services & data sharing

We rely on a small number of third parties strictly for functions we don't build ourselves:

  • Processing Engine (Formspree) — collects waitlist email submissions securely from our intake form. We retain waitlist emails only as long as needed to send your invite, and we remove entries from the database on request.
  • Apple, Inc. — processes App Store purchases, subscription billing, and (if you opt in) crash diagnostics, under Apple's own privacy terms. We receive only an anonymized, aggregated purchase confirmation — never your card details.

We do not use any advertising network, analytics platform, or data broker. We have never sold personal information and we do not intend to.

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Data retention & deletion

Waitlist email addresses are retained until your invite is sent and for up to 12 months afterward for support purposes, unless you ask us to delete it sooner. Course and goal data never reaches us, so there is nothing on our servers to delete — deleting the app from your device, or deleting a course inside it, removes that data completely and immediately, including from any iCloud backup on your next sync.

To request early deletion of your waitlist email, contact us using the details in Contact Us.

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Your rights (GDPR, UK GDPR, and CCPA/CPRA)

Depending on where you live, you may have the right to:

  • Request access to the personal data we hold about you (in practice, this is limited to your waitlist email and purchase confirmation, if any)
  • Request correction or deletion of that data
  • Object to or restrict our processing of it
  • Request a portable copy of it
  • Withdraw consent at any time, without affecting the app's core functionality
  • Lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority

Because Project Z does not sell personal information and does not use your data for cross-context behavioral advertising, there is no "opt out of sale" flow to run — there is nothing being sold. Residents may still submit a rights request as described in Contact Us, and we will respond within the timeframe required by applicable law.

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International data transfers

Waitlist emails processed may be transferred to and stored securely on infrastructure using standard contractual clauses and safeguards for cross-border processing. Because your goal and course content never leaves your device, no international transfer of that content ever occurs.

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Children's privacy

Project Z is not directed at children under 13 (or the equivalent minimum age in your jurisdiction), and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children. Because our waitlist only asks for an email address and the app itself collects no personal data at all, the practical exposure is minimal — but if you believe a child has submitted an email to our waitlist, contact us and we will delete it promptly.

10

Security measures

Waitlist submissions are encrypted in transit via TLS. On-device data is protected by iOS's sandboxing and file-system encryption. Because we do not operate a central database of user content, there is no central store of your course data for anyone to breach. No transmission or storage system is completely immune to risk, and we cannot guarantee absolute security, but our architecture is deliberately designed to minimize what could ever be exposed.

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Changes to this policy

If we change this policy in a way that materially affects your rights, we will update the "Last revised" date above and, where required by law, notify you through the app or the email on file. We encourage you to review this page periodically.

Part II

Terms of Service

Effective July 1, 2026. By downloading, installing, or using Project Z, you agree to the terms below.

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Acceptance of terms

These Terms of Service form a binding agreement between you and Project Z's publisher. If you do not agree to them, do not download, install, or use the app. Continued use of the app after a posted update to these terms constitutes acceptance of the revised terms.

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License grant & restrictions

We grant you a single, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to install and run Project Z on Apple devices that you own or control, for your personal, non-commercial use, subject to Apple's standard licensed application end user license agreement.

You may not: reverse-engineer, decompile, or disassemble the app except where permitted by law; resell, sublicense, or commercially exploit the app or its output; use the app to build a competing product; or circumvent any technical measure that restricts access to paid features.

3

Subscriptions & in-app purchases

Certain advanced course-tracking and analytics features are offered under a premium subscription tier, billed and managed exclusively through Apple's In-App Purchase system.

  • Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period.
  • Payment is charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase.
  • You can manage or cancel your subscription in your device's Settings > Apple ID > Subscriptions at any time.
  • Refunds are handled by Apple under its own refund policy; we do not process refunds directly.
  • Prices may vary by region and are subject to change with notice before your next renewal.
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Acceptable use

You agree not to use Project Z to generate, store, or distribute content that is unlawful, infringing, or intended to harass or harm others, and not to attempt to interfere with the app's operation or security, including through automated scraping, jailbreak-specific exploitation, or credential abuse against Apple's platform services.

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User-Generated Prompts & Input Responsibility

Project Z operates purely as a neutral, local text processing tool. The application core does not curate, pre-filter, manage, review, or control the phrases, terms, objectives, or instructions inputted by the user. You assume single, absolute, and total legal and criminal liability for any goal or textual prompt you input into this tool.

The creators, developers, owners, and operators of Project Z explicitly disclaim any liability or responsibility for what users search, generate, or attempt to build using the output structure of this software. You agree that you will not use this tool to compile info for hazardous, restricted, unsafe, weaponized, or illegal activities.

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Intellectual property

Project Z, its name, logo, interface design, and underlying software are the property of its publisher and are protected by copyright, trademark, and other applicable laws. Course content you generate is yours; we claim no ownership over the specific goals, prompts, or courses you create, and — because that content stays on your device — we have no ability to access, use, or reproduce it.

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Disclaimer of warranties

The app is provided "as is" and "as available," without warranties of any kind, whether express or implied, including implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement. We do not warrant that generated courses will be accurate, complete, safe, or suitable for your specific circumstances, or that the app will be uninterrupted, error-free, or free of data loss resulting from device failure, operating system crashes, or user error.

The step breakdowns generated by the on-device AI model are structural approximations for educational layout planning and personal analysis only. They do not constitute certified blueprints, engineering plans, professional advice, or safety clearances.

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Limitation of liability

To the maximum extent permitted by law, the publisher, creator, and developers of Project Z will not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, or any loss of data, goodwill, legal infractions, safety hazards, physical harm, or financial losses arising from your choices, searches, or actions built out from application usage, even if advised of the possibility of such damages.

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Indemnification

You agree to indemnify and hold harmless the publisher, creator, and developers of Project Z from any legal claims, suits, governmental inquiries, damages, or legal expenses arising from your direct violation of these terms or your misuse of the tool to generate hazardous or unlawful content.

10

Termination

You may stop using Project Z at any time by deleting the app. We may suspend or terminate your access to premium features if you violate these terms, though because course content lives on your device, deletion of access does not delete your existing local data.

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Governing law & dispute resolution

These terms are governed by the laws of the jurisdiction in which the publisher is established, without regard to conflict-of-law principles, except where local consumer-protection law requires otherwise. Disputes will first be addressed through good-faith informal negotiation; if unresolved, either party may pursue claims in the courts of competent jurisdiction, subject to any mandatory arbitration or small-claims rights available to you under local law.

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Changes to these terms

We may update these terms from time to time. Material changes will be reflected in the "Last revised" date at the top of this page, and where required, we will provide additional notice through the app.

Part III

Cookie & Tracking Policy

Covers this website only. The Project Z iOS app contains no cookies, web views, or tracking SDKs of any kind.

1

What this site uses

This website does not set analytics, advertising, or third-party tracking cookies. It uses only what's strictly necessary to render pages. No cross-site tracking, fingerprinting, or ad pixel is present.

2

Your choices

Because we don't deploy optional or advertising cookies, there's no consent banner to manage.

Part IV

Accessibility Statement

1

Our commitment

We aim for this site and the Project Z app to be usable with VoiceOver, Dynamic Type, and Reduce Motion enabled. If you encounter a barrier using either, please tell us — accessibility issues are treated as priority bugs, not feature requests.

Part V

Contact Us

Questions about this charter, data requests, or anything else legal — reach us directly.

General & privacy inquiriessupport.projectz@gmail.com
Data deletion requestssupport.projectz@gmail.com — subject line "Data Deletion"
Response timeWithin 30 days, typically much sooner
Governing document versionv4.1 — July 1, 2026