Privacy policy

Who is responsible

This policy covers the iPhone app Affirmation: Sankalpa (“Sankalpa”) and this Sankalpa website. The publisher and controller responsible for the personal information described here is:

You can contact us about privacy, support or accessibility at that address. Other Swisswise products have their own policies.

Your data in the app

Sankalpa has no user account, app-operated server, advertising or tracking. Your writing and selected pictures are not sent to Swisswise or uploaded to an AI service. The included affirmations, illustrations and instrumental music are bundled with the app.

The app stores the information needed for the features you use locally on your iPhone:

• Your optional name, language, focus choices and appearance settings.
• Favorites, personal affirmations and widget preferences.
• Journal entries, unfinished reflection drafts, intentions and mood entries.
• The background image you choose to import, and your reminder settings.

These records let you read your saved words, continue writing, review past reflections and keep your chosen settings. We do not receive a copy of them. There is no server-side profile of your reading, writing or moods.

You decide what to write. Reflections and moods may contain sensitive personal information, so consider who can access your unlocked device and any copies you share. Sankalpa is for personal reflection; it does not diagnose or treat a condition.

Widgets and optional permissions

Home and Lock Screen widgets

The app and its widget share a protected local App Group container. By default, widgets show included daily thoughts. If you select favorites or personal words as their source, those words can be seen by anyone who can see your Home or Lock Screen. Journal entries and mood records do not appear in widgets.

Notifications

Reminders are optional local notifications. Their text does not include your private writing. You can disable reminders in the app or change notification permission in iOS Settings. Reading does not require notification permission.

Photos

Custom backgrounds use the iOS photo picker. Sankalpa receives only the image you select and creates a smaller local copy without the original photo metadata. Saving a finished image asks for permission to add to Photos; it does not require general access to your photo library.

Removing a background from Sankalpa removes its imported copy, not the original in Photos. A name, photo permission and reminders are all optional.

Apple and purchases

Where in-app purchases are available, Apple processes the payment and provides a verifiable transaction to Sankalpa. The app checks trial access and purchased unlocks on your device using StoreKit. Swisswise does not receive your card or bank details through the app.

Starting a trial does not automatically make a later paid purchase. A paid unlock requires a separate purchase confirmed through Apple. Product and trial availability depend on your app version and Apple’s availability.

Apple may process App Store, purchase, diagnostic and device information under its own settings and policies. See Apple’s privacy policy. Purchase history and refunds are managed through Apple.

Sharing, exports and device backups

Sharing and exporting happen when you choose them. The destination you select—such as Files, Photos, an email app or another sharing service—then handles that copy under its own settings and privacy rules.

In Profile → Export your words, you can export your intention, favorites, personal words, saved reflections, mood history and unfinished draft, where present, as a readable text file. This is not a complete, restorable backup of the app and does not include every setting or picture.

Sankalpa does not provide its own cloud synchronization. However, your iPhone or iCloud device backup may include local app data. Those backups are controlled by your device settings and Apple; they are separate from Sankalpa’s local storage. See Apple’s explanation of iCloud Backup.

Local storage therefore does not mean that a copy can never leave your device. You control manual sharing and exports, and should review your device backup settings separately.

Keeping and deleting your data

Your local app content remains until you delete it or remove the app’s data. You can delete journal entries and personal affirmations individually. Profile → Reset personal data offers a confirmation step before removing personal writing, favorites, moods, reminders and customization, including the imported background copy.

Export anything you wish to keep before resetting. Resetting does not remove purchases in your Apple account, original photos, images already saved to Photos, shared or exported files, or earlier device backups. Delete those copies separately if needed.

We cannot inspect, retrieve or remotely delete the content stored only on your device. We do not hold a server backup of your journal. Restoring purchases does not restore personal writing.

This website

This website uses local images, video and fonts. We do not add advertising trackers, analytics or externally loaded fonts. The support form is separate from the writing demo.

Support form

When you submit the support form, your email address, message and language are sent to Swisswise through Web3Forms. The service also processes technical data, including your IP address, for delivery and spam prevention. We use your message to answer your request.

Web3Forms is operated by Web3Creative in India and uses international infrastructure. Its policy states that form submissions may be retained for up to three years. See its privacy policy and data processing terms for details.

Support correspondence is kept for as long as needed to deal with your request and meet applicable record-keeping obligations. Do not send passwords, payment details or private journal entries.

Web3Forms privacy policy · Web3Forms data processing agreement

The short arrival

The home page offers a short, silent arrival. A single flag in session storage remembers that it has appeared in the current browser tab, so it does not repeat as you browse. This flag contains no personal information or writing and is not sent to us. It ends with the tab’s session. You can skip the arrival immediately or replay it from the footer. Automatic arrival is bypassed when reduced motion is enabled or when you follow a link to a section.

The small writing space

The writing example on the home page is separate from the iPhone app. Its text stays temporarily in the page’s memory, is not saved or sent, and is cleared when you reload or leave the page. It does not create a journal entry in Sankalpa.

Technical delivery

We use Cloudflare to deliver and protect the public website at affirmate.org. Cloudflare processes technical request data, including your IP address and information about the requested resource, browser and connection, to provide its delivery and security services. This is separate from the iPhone app: Cloudflare does not receive your local app journal or the text you type into this website’s writing example.

Cloudflare operates internationally, so technical request data may be processed outside Switzerland. See Cloudflare’s privacy policy for its data handling and international transfers. We do not use website requests to build advertising profiles. For questions about this website’s delivery, contact support@swisswise.com.

Cloudflare may set security cookies when its protection features require them, for example to remember a completed security check. These are separate from advertising or analytics cookies. See Cloudflare’s explanation of its cookies.

Links you choose to open

The App Store links and QR code lead to Apple only when you open them. Links to Apple, Swisswise and the Swiss data protection authority take you to separate services with their own privacy policies. A support email link opens your email application; it does not send a message automatically.

When you contact support

If you email us, we receive your email address and the message, attachments and technical details you choose to include. We use that information to answer your request and handle related follow-up. Email is processed by your email provider and our email service; it is separate from the app’s local storage.

The app does not automatically attach your journal, moods or pictures. Please do not send private journal entries, passwords, Apple account credentials, full payment details or device backups. If a screenshot helps, remove private content first.

Support correspondence is kept for handling the request and relevant follow-up, subject to any applicable record-keeping obligations. You can ask about the information held in your conversation, its retention, correction or deletion using the same support address.

Your rights and choices

You can ask whether Swisswise processes personal information about you, request access to that information and ask for inaccurate information to be corrected or for information to be deleted. Depending on the law that applies, you may also have rights to object to or restrict processing, withdraw consent where processing relies on it, or receive a portable copy of your data. These rights can be subject to legal conditions and exceptions.

Send requests to support@swisswise.com. We may need enough information to verify that a request concerns your own information. Do not send identity documents or sensitive writing unless they are specifically needed and a suitable way to provide them has been agreed.

For content held only in Sankalpa on your iPhone, use the app’s export and deletion controls; Swisswise cannot access that content. There is no Sankalpa account to delete. Permissions and Apple backups can be managed separately on your device.

You may raise concerns with the Swiss Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner (FDPIC) or the competent authority where you live. The FDPIC also explains the right to information under Swiss data protection law.

Changes to this policy

This policy is effective from 31 October 2026. If the app or website’s data handling changes, the policy will be updated with a new date. App-related changes are also reflected in the privacy information provided with the app.

For practical instructions, visit Sankalpa support. For questions about this policy, contact support@swisswise.com.