Privacy

This page describes what the app does with your data. It is written to match what the app actually does; if that changes, this page changes with it.

Your calendars

YearView reads the events of the calendars you select through Apple’s EventKit framework, to draw them in the year views. The system only offers full calendar access, not a read-only level, so the permission prompt asks for full access. The app itself is read-only: it never creates, changes or deletes an event or a calendar.

Events are read and drawn on your device. They are not sent to the developer or to any server, and the app has no way to send them: it makes no network connections.

What the app stores on your device

YearView keeps its settings in the app’s own storage on your device: which calendars are selected, filters, view and display options, the time zone you chose, and the order of your calendars. If you use web publishing on the Mac, it also stores the names and email addresses of the viewers you add. This data stays on your device, inside the app’s sandbox. Deleting the app deletes it.

Web publishing (Mac, optional)

If you turn it on, YearView writes web page files into a folder you choose. It does not upload anything; the app only writes files. What happens to them afterwards, such as syncing the folder or putting it on a web server, is up to you.

What a published page contains

• Anonymous page: dates and times with colour bars only. Event titles are left out, and calendars carry neutral labels instead of their names.
• Personalized page for a viewer: the title of an event only if that viewer’s email address is among its attendees. All other events appear without a title.
• Private page: all event titles, for your own use.

Pages for individual viewers sit at a long random address that is reused so the link stays the same when you republish. Anyone who has a link can open that page, so share links only with people who should see it. You can turn publishing off and delete the published files from within the app.

Third parties

YearView contains no third-party code, advertising or analytics. If you install the beta through TestFlight, or the app from the App Store, Apple handles the installation and may collect usage, crash and feedback data according to your Apple settings and its own privacy policy. The developer receives that data only in the form Apple provides it, for example tester feedback that you choose to send.

Changes and contact

If this page changes, the date at the top changes. Questions about privacy: yearview@afaik.org.