Privacy policy
Last updated 30 October 2026
The short version
powercouple is an app for two people to set goals and keep each other going. We collect what the app needs to do that, show it to you and the partner you pair with, and nothing more. We don’t sell your information, show ads, or track you across other apps and websites.
This policy explains what we collect, why, who can see it, how long we keep it, and the choices you have. “We”, “us” and “our” mean Baris Turker, who publishes powercouple and is responsible for your information.
What we collect and why
Account. Your email address and password. We use them to create your account, sign you in, keep your account secure, and send account emails such as sign-up and password reset codes. Your password is stored only in hashed form, which nobody can read, including us. When you ask to reset your password, we first check whether an account uses the email you typed, so the app can tell you if none does; the check keeps no record of the email.
Profile. The name you choose, whether you are a woman or a man, your character, and your phone’s time zone. Your name and character are how you and your partner appear to each other. Gender decides who can pair: a powercouple couple is one woman and one man. Your time zone makes each day start and end on your own calendar, so streaks are counted fairly.
What you share as a couple. The goals you set and the days they are for, the photos you submit as proof, your partner’s confirmations, the notes you send, and a record of which goals were scheduled each day. This is the app itself: it exists so that you and your partner can see it.
Photos. Only the photos you choose to submit. The camera opens only when you tap to take a proof photo. When you choose from your library, your phone’s own photo picker gives the app just the photo you pick, never the rest of your library. Photos are made smaller on your phone before they are uploaded.
Pairing. The invite codes you create, and a short-lived record of wrong codes entered from your account, which stops anyone from guessing their way to someone else’s code.
Notifications. If you turn notifications on, your phone gives us a token that identifies it, and we store that token with your account so we know where to send them. You choose which notifications you want in account settings. The text we send — your partner’s name, the title of a goal, or the note they sent you — travels through Expo’s push service and Apple on its way to your phone, and we send nothing to either of them if you leave notifications off.
Technical information. When the app connects to our servers, our hosting provider records technical details such as IP address, device and app information, and the time. These logs are used to run the service and keep it secure.
What we don’t collect. No analytics, no advertising identifiers, no location, and no contacts. The app contains no cookies, advertising or tracking code.
Our reasons for using it
If you are in the European Economic Area or the United Kingdom, the law asks us to tell you the legal basis for each use of your information:
- Providing the app you signed up for, including showing your information to your partner: to perform our contract with you (GDPR Article 6(1)(b)).
- Keeping accounts secure, stopping abuse such as guessed invite codes, and keeping server logs: our legitimate interest in running a safe service (Article 6(1)(f)).
- Keeping or disclosing information when the law requires it: to meet a legal obligation (Article 6(1)(c)).
Your email address, password, name and gender are needed to create an account and pair, so without them we can’t provide the app. Everything else you add is up to you.
Who can see your information
Your partner. While you are paired, your partner sees your name, character, goals, photo proofs, confirmations, notes and streaks, and you see theirs. When a couple ends, neither of you can see the other’s information any more.
Our service providers. These companies help us run powercouple:
- Supabase Pte. Ltd. (Singapore), for our database, sign-in, photo storage and server functions. It uses your information only on our instructions, to provide its service to us, under an agreement that requires it to protect your information.
- Google LLC (United States), whose Gmail service sends our account emails. Google handles them under its own terms and privacy policy.
- 650 Industries, Inc. (United States), trading as Expo, whose push service passes our notifications to Apple. It receives your notification token and the text of the notification, keeps no copy of that text once it has been handed over, and keeps a record of the handover for 24 hours.
- Apple Inc. (United States), whose Apple Push Notification service delivers notifications to your phone. This is part of iOS, and Apple handles them under its own privacy policy.
When the law requires it. We disclose information when the law requires it, such as under a valid court order, and only what it requires. Unless the law forbids it, we will tell you first.
Nobody else. We never sell or rent your information, and never share it for advertising. If powercouple is ever taken over by another company, we will tell you before your information moves and becomes subject to a different privacy policy.
Where your information goes
Your information is stored in Japan, in our hosting provider’s Tokyo data center. We are based in South Korea, so for you this is a transfer abroad unless you live in Japan. The details:
- What: everything described under “What we collect and why”.
- To whom: Supabase Pte. Ltd., Singapore (privacy@supabase.com). It stores the information in Japan, and may reach it from Singapore and the United States to run and support the service.
- Also: Google LLC (United States), contact support.google.com/policies?p=privpol_privts. It receives your email address and the account emails we send you, to deliver them, and may store them in the United States and other countries where it has servers.
- Also, if you turn notifications on: 650 Industries, Inc. (United States), contact expo.dev/privacy, and Apple Inc. (United States), contact apple.com/legal/privacy/contact. They receive your notification token and the text of each notification, to deliver it.
- When and how: whenever you use the app, and whenever we send you an account email, over encrypted connections.
- Why: to host powercouple’s database, sign-in, photos and emails.
- For how long: as described under “How long we keep it”.
- Saying no: the app can’t work without these transfers. If you don’t want them, don’t create an account, or delete yours in account settings.
The European Commission and the United Kingdom recognize Japan as protecting personal data adequately, and Supabase’s access from other countries is covered by the European Commission’s Standard Contractual Clauses. Google LLC is certified under the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework, its UK Extension, and the Swiss-U.S. Data Privacy Framework.
How long we keep it
- Your account, profile, and everything in your couples: until you delete your account.
- Invite codes: until they are used or replaced, and never longer than 7 days.
- Records of wrong invite codes: 15 minutes.
- Your notification token: until you turn every notification off, sign out of that phone, or delete your account.
- Notifications waiting to be sent: up to 3 days once sent, and one day if they could not be.
- Expo’s record of handing a notification to Apple: 24 hours. Neither Expo nor Apple keeps the text of a notification once it has been delivered.
- Server logs: up to 7 days.
- Database backups, which contain account information but not photos: up to 7 days.
- Account emails, and any replies or bounce notices: up to 60 days in the Gmail account we send them from. Anything older than 30 days is moved to the trash, and Gmail empties the trash 30 days later.
- Google’s own records of delivering those emails: as long as Google keeps them under its privacy policy.
We keep information longer only when the law requires it, or to deal with a legal claim.
Information due for deletion is erased from our systems so that it can’t be recovered. We keep no paper records.
Ending a couple, and deleting your account
Ending a couple. Ending your couple, in account settings, unpairs you both straight away. Nothing is deleted: the couple’s goals, photos and notes are hidden from both of you, and come back if the same two of you pair again.
Goals and photos. Deleting a goal takes it off your schedule, and its past proofs stay in your couple’s history. Retaking a proof photo deletes the photo it replaces.
Deleting your account. Deleting your account, in account settings, permanently deletes your account, your profile, and every couple you have been part of, including the goals, photos, confirmations and notes shared in them. Because a couple belongs to both people in it, this also removes that history for your partner, and unpairs them. It happens immediately on our live systems; copies in backups are gone within 7 days.
If you can’t use the app, email baristurkerlol@gmail.com and we will delete your account for you once we have confirmed it is yours.
Your rights
You can see and change most of your information in the app. In account settings you can change your name, change your gender while you are not paired, choose which notifications you get, end your couple, and delete your account.
Depending on where you live, including in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom and California, you also have the right to:
- get a copy of the personal information we hold about you, in a format you can take elsewhere;
- have inaccurate information corrected;
- have your information deleted;
- object to, or ask us to restrict, how we use your information;
- complain to your local data protection authority.
To make a request, email baristurkerlol@gmail.com. We will confirm the request comes from you, reply within one month, and never treat you differently for using your rights. We don’t sell or share personal information as California law defines those words, and we don’t make decisions about you by automated means.
In Korea, you can also get help from these public bodies:
- Personal Information Dispute Mediation Committee: www.kopico.go.kr, 1833-6972
- Personal Information Infringement Report Center (KISA): privacy.kisa.or.kr, 118
How we protect it
Information is encrypted between the app and our servers. On your phone, your sign-in is kept encrypted, with its key in the phone’s secure storage. Our database lets only you and your partner reach your couple’s information, and photos are private, opened only through links that expire. We look at your information only when you ask us for help, to keep the service secure, or when the law requires it.
Children
powercouple is not for anyone under 14. We don’t knowingly collect information from anyone younger. If you believe someone under 14 has an account, email baristurkerlol@gmail.com and we will delete it.
Who is responsible for your privacy
Baris Turker is responsible for protecting your personal information and for handling questions and complaints about it. Email baristurkerlol@gmail.com.
Changes to this policy
When we change this policy, we update the date at the top. If a change affects how your information is used in a way that matters, we will tell you in the app or by email before it takes effect.
Contact
Baris Turker, South Korea. Email baristurkerlol@gmail.com with any question about this policy or your information.
Adapted from the Basecamp open-source policies (github.com/basecamp/policies), available under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license (CC BY 4.0). Rewritten throughout to describe powercouple.