County — Privacy Policy
County – Countdown Timer is an iOS and iPadOS app, with a watchOS companion and home-screen widgets, for tracking challenges with daily check-ins (a challenge ends if a day is missed), countdowns to upcoming events, and milestones.
Last updated: October 20, 2026 · Effective: October 20, 2026Summary
Data We Process
| Data type | Purpose | Legal basis | Retention |
|---|---|---|---|
| Content you enter: event titles, notes, icons and colours, dates, daily check-ins and off days, reminder times | App functionality: challenges, countdowns, milestones and reminders | Not transmitted to us | On your device until you delete it or uninstall the app |
| Optional first name | Greeting you in the app | Not transmitted to us | On your device until you change or delete it |
| Custom colour palettes and app settings | Personalising the app | Not transmitted to us | On your device until you delete them or uninstall the app |
| Copy of your data shared with the widgets and the Apple Watch app (App Group / WatchConnectivity) | Showing your events in home-screen widgets and on your paired Apple Watch | Not transmitted to us | On the same device and your paired watch; refreshed whenever the app updates it |
| Your data in your private iCloud database (Apple CloudKit) — only if iCloud Sync is turned on | Syncing your events across your devices | Stored in your own iCloud account; not accessible to us | Until you delete it from the app or from iCloud settings |
| iCloud Sync on/off preference (iCloud key-value storage) | Remembering your sync choice across your devices | Stored in your own iCloud account; not accessible to us | Until you change it or clear your iCloud data |
| Premium purchase and subscription status (Apple StoreKit) | Unlocking Premium and restoring purchases; entitlements are verified on your device | GDPR 6(1)(b) contract performance | Apple retains the underlying transaction record per its policies; we receive no payment card data |
County does not access your location, contacts, photos, camera or microphone, does not use the advertising identifier (IDFA), and does not ask for an email address or phone number.
Where Your Data Is Stored
On your device
Your events, check-ins, off days, reminder times, notes and optional first name are stored locally on your iPhone or iPad (SwiftData), as are your custom colour palettes. The home-screen widgets read a copy through a shared App Group container on the same device, and the Apple Watch app receives a copy over WatchConnectivity on your paired watch. None of this is sent to us.
Optional iCloud Sync (Premium)
If you turn on iCloud Sync, County stores your data in the private database of your own iCloud account using Apple CloudKit, so it can sync between your devices. This database belongs to your iCloud account; we, as the developer, have no access to its contents. A single on/off preference for sync is stored in iCloud key-value storage. To deliver changes between your devices, CloudKit uses Apple's silent push notifications, which are handled entirely by Apple. iCloud data is processed by Apple under its own terms and Apple's privacy policy.
Notifications
Reminders are local notifications scheduled on your device. County uses no push server of its own, and no notification tokens are sent to us.
In-App Purchases (Premium)
County Premium is offered through Apple In-App Purchase as monthly and yearly auto-renewable subscriptions (possibly with a free trial) and as a one-time lifetime purchase. Payment is processed by Apple; we never receive your card number or payment details. Your entitlement is verified on your device with Apple StoreKit.
No Analytics, Advertising or Tracking
County contains no analytics, advertising or crash-reporting SDKs, and no other third-party SDKs. We do not track you across apps or websites, we do not sell your data, and we do not share it with third parties. The only other party involved is Apple, as the platform provider for iCloud and In-App Purchases.
International Transfers
We do not receive your County data, so we make no transfers of it. If you turn on iCloud Sync, your data is stored by Apple in your iCloud account under Apple's own terms. See the common policy — International Data Transfers section.
Children's Privacy
County is not directed to children under 13 (COPPA) or 16 (GDPR Art. 8). We do not knowingly collect data from users below these thresholds. Contact privacy@albooren.com to report inadvertent child data collection.
Your Rights & Deletion
Because your data stays on your device and, if you choose, in your own iCloud account, you control it directly: you can view, edit and delete it in the app at any time. To erase everything, use Settings → Delete All Data in County. To remove data stored in iCloud, use Clear Cloud Data in the app's iCloud prompt, or go to iOS Settings → Apple Account → iCloud. Uninstalling the app removes the data stored on your device. For full GDPR / KVKK rights, including access, rectification, portability, and complaint to a supervisory authority, see the common policy.
Direct requests and questions: privacy@albooren.com