Privacy Policy

Ministry Timer · Last updated 15 September 2026

The short version Ministry Timer does not collect, transmit, or share any personal data. There is no account, no cloud, and no tracking. Everything you enter stays on your device, and the developer never sees any of it.

This policy explains exactly what Ministry Timer (“the app”) does and does not do with your information. It applies to the iOS and Android versions of the app, published under the identifier com.vita.ministrytimer.

1. Who we are

Ministry Timer is developed and published by Vitezslav Skarda (“we”, “us”), an independent developer. For the purposes of the GDPR we would be the data controller — but as set out below, we do not collect or process any personal data at all.

You can reach us at rexervit@gmail.com.

2. What the app stores on your device

Everything you enter in Ministry Timer is written to the app’s own private storage area on your phone or tablet. Specifically, the app stores:

That is the complete list. This information is never sent to us, and the app has no way to send it anywhere on its own.

3. Information about other people

If you add study contacts, you are recording another person’s name on your device. Please note:

4. What we do not do

The app requests no runtime permissions. It does not access your location, camera, microphone, photos, contacts, calendar, or health data.

5. Network connections the app makes

We would rather be precise here than simply claim the app is “completely offline”.

App updates (Expo)

Ministry Timer is built with Expo, and when you open the app it may contact u.expo.dev — a service operated by Expo (650 Industries, Inc.) — to check whether an app update is available. That request carries technical information only: the platform you are on, the app and runtime version, and a randomly generated installation identifier. Like any request to any website, it also reveals your IP address to that server. It contains none of your ministry records, notes, contacts, or settings. See Expo’s privacy policy.

Apart from this update check, the app makes no network requests. It contains no code that sends your data anywhere.

The app stores

Apple and Google collect their own information when you download, install, or update the app, and Android may offer to send crash diagnostics to Google. This happens under their policies, not ours — see Apple’s privacy policy and Google’s privacy policy.

6. Backups made by your device

Your operating system may include the app’s data in its own device backup (iCloud Backup on iOS, Google’s backup service on Android), depending on your device settings. Those backups are handled by Apple or Google under their policies, and we have no access to them. You can turn app backups off in your device settings.

7. Export and import

The Settings screen lets you export all of your data as a JSON file. When you do this, the app hands the file to your device’s standard share sheet, and you decide where it goes — email, a cloud drive, a messaging app, or local storage. Once you send it somewhere, that destination’s own privacy policy applies to the copy you sent. The export contains everything listed in section 2, including your notes and contact names, so treat the file as sensitive.

Import works the other way around: the app reads only the file you explicitly pick, and replaces your current data with its contents. Neither export nor import sends anything to us.

8. Deleting your data

Because your data is never transmitted to us, we hold nothing about you — there is no server-side copy to request, and nothing for us to retain or delete. Deleting the app deletes the data permanently, so export a backup first if you want to keep it.

9. Security

Your records are kept in the app’s private, sandboxed storage, which other apps on your device cannot read. They are protected by your operating system and by your device’s own encryption and passcode. The app does not add a separate layer of encryption or its own passcode lock.

We recommend using a device passcode or biometric lock. Be aware that a jailbroken or rooted device, or an unencrypted computer backup, may allow app data to be read by other software.

10. Children’s privacy

Ministry Timer is not directed at children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children — or from anyone else, since the app collects no personal information at all. If a child uses the app, their entries stay on their own device exactly as described above.

11. Your rights

Privacy laws such as the EU and UK GDPR, the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA/CPRA), and similar legislation give you rights to access, correct, port, and erase personal data that a company holds about you.

We hold no personal data about you. There is nothing for us to disclose, correct, export, or delete, because your information never leaves your device — you already have complete and direct access to all of it, and you can export or erase it yourself at any time using the features described above.

We do not sell or share personal information as those terms are defined under the CCPA/CPRA, and we do not process personal information for targeted advertising. The app does not respond to “Do Not Track” signals, because it performs no tracking to begin with.

12. International users

Because your data stays on your device, the app does not transfer your personal information across borders. The only outbound connection is the update check described in section 5, which is handled by Expo’s infrastructure under their policy.

13. Changes to this policy

If this policy changes, we will update the “Last updated” date at the top of this page, and the new version will be published here. Material changes will also be noted in the app’s store release notes. Because this page is kept in a public repository, you can review its full revision history on GitHub.

14. Contact us

Questions about this policy, or about privacy in Ministry Timer: