Effective Date: 2025-09-01
Last Updated: 2025-09-01
Your privacy is important to us. Time Garden is built on a simple principle: your journal entries and personal insights belong to you, not to us or any cloud service. This policy explains what minimal information we collect and how we protect your privacy.
Let's start with what makes Time Garden different: Your journal entries, AI conversations, and personal insights never leave your device. All AI processing happens locally via Ollama on your computer. We cannot read your journal because we never have access to it. Your thoughts remain completely private.
We only collect information we truly need to provide Time Garden to you:
We never collect: Your journal content, AI conversations, vault data, device contents, or personal files. Time Garden runs locally and we have no access to your actual journaling data.
We use LemonSqueezy LLC (Salt Lake City, Utah) as our Merchant of Record for all transactions. This means:
LemonSqueezy has their own privacy policy governing how they handle your data, which you should review at lemonsqueezy.com/privacy. We have a Data Processing Agreement with LemonSqueezy ensuring your data is handled according to GDPR standards.
We use the information we access to:
We will never sell your data, share it with advertisers, or use your email for unrelated marketing.
We work with minimal trusted partners:
Your journal data is never shared because it never leaves your device. Customer information is only shared between us and LemonSqueezy for legitimate business purposes (order fulfillment, support, compliance).
Since LemonSqueezy is based in the United States, your customer information may be processed in the US. However, LemonSqueezy is GDPR compliant and has appropriate safeguards in place for EU data protection. Your most important data - your journal entries and AI conversations - never leaves your local device regardless of your location.
Under GDPR, CCPA, and other applicable privacy laws, you have the right to:
To exercise these rights, contact us at business@timegarden.app. We'll respond within 30 days. Remember: your journal data is already under your complete control since it stays on your device.
We protect your data with appropriate technical and organizational measures including secure hosting, access controls, and encrypted connections. Customer data is retained as long as necessary to provide services, comply with legal obligations, and resolve disputes.
Retention periods:
Our website uses minimal, privacy-friendly analytics without cookies or cross-site tracking. We don't use advertising cookies, social media pixels, or invasive tracking technologies. Website analytics data is anonymized and used solely to improve user experience.
Students who request free AI licenses must provide verification (student ID, .edu email, or enrollment documentation). This information is used solely to verify student status and provide the free license. Student information is handled with the same privacy standards as paying customers.
Time Garden is designed for users 16 and older. We don't knowingly collect personal information from children under 16. If we discover we have collected such information, we'll delete it immediately.
We may update this privacy policy to reflect changes in our practices or legal requirements. Material changes will be communicated via email to registered users with 30 days notice. Continued use of Time Garden after changes indicates acceptance.
Privacy questions & data requests: business@timegarden.app
Technical support: support@timegarden.app
Our location: Hamburg, Germany
LemonSqueezy (Merchant of Record): Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
If you're not satisfied with our response to privacy concerns, you can contact the appropriate data protection authority in your country.
Time Garden was built with privacy as a core principle, not an afterthought. Local AI processing ensures your most sensitive data - your thoughts and reflections - never leave your device. We collect only what's necessary to deliver and support the product, and we're transparent about exactly what that includes.
This privacy policy complies with GDPR, German BDSG, CCPA, and applicable international privacy laws. We believe privacy policies should be clear and actionable, not confusing legal documents that hide important information.