GlimpetsPrivacy Policy
The short version
- There's no account. We never ask for your name or email.
- The camera view and the shape of your room are processed on your iPhone and never uploaded.
- Your pet and your time together are stored on your iPhone and in your own private iCloud. We can't see them.
- We count anonymous app usage (like how often pets get a pat) to make Glimpets better. It isn't linked to you and is never used for ads or tracking.
- We don't sell or share your data.
Who we are
This policy covers the Glimpets app for iPhone and this website. If you have any questions, contact us at support@cipheus.com.
Camera and your room
Glimpets uses your camera so your pet can appear in your room. To place your pet on the floor and let it move around furniture, the app builds a map of the surfaces around you.
- Camera images and the room map are processed entirely on your iPhone.
- They are never uploaded to us or to anyone else.
- If “Remember my room” is on, the room map is saved on your iPhone so your pet can return to its favorite spot. You can turn this off in the app's Settings.
- You can use Glimpets without camera access. Your pet will live in its cozy corner instead.
Microphone and speech (optional)
If you turn on “Answer to their name”, Glimpets listens for your pet's name so it can turn to look at you. This uses Apple's speech recognition and is off by default. We don't record or store audio.
Your pet and your time together
Your pet's name, appearance, personality and a log of your interactions (such as pats and chin scratches) are stored:
- on your iPhone, and
- in your own private iCloud database, so your pet comes with you to a new iPhone.
We have no access to this data. To delete it, delete the app and remove Glimpets data from iCloud in your iPhone's Settings → [your name] → iCloud → Manage Account Storage.
Videos you record
Videos you record in Glimpets are handed straight to the iOS share sheet. You decide where they go. We never receive them.
Anonymous usage statistics
We use TelemetryDeck, a privacy-focused analytics service, to understand how Glimpets is used. For example, how long people spend in the room view, or which personalities are chosen.
| What | Why | Linked to you? |
|---|---|---|
| App interactions (events such as “pet patted”, time in room view, personality chosen) | Improving the app | No |
| A salted, one-way hashed device identifier that can't be reversed and isn't shared across apps | Counting unique users | No |
This data contains no names, photos, location or anything that identifies you. It is not used for advertising and not combined with data from other apps or websites.
What we don't do
- We don't collect your location, contacts, photos, health or financial information.
- We don't track you across other companies' apps or websites, and we don't show ads.
- We don't sell your data or share it with third parties, other than TelemetryDeck processing the anonymous statistics described above on our behalf.
Notifications
If you allow notifications, Glimpets sends at most one quiet note a day about what your pet is doing. These are scheduled on your iPhone; no notification data is sent to us.
Children
Glimpets doesn't knowingly collect personal information from anyone, including children, because it doesn't collect personal information at all.
Your rights
Because we don't hold personal data about you, there is usually nothing for us to access, correct or delete. Your pet's data is under your control on your iPhone and in your iCloud. If you're in the EU, UK or another region with data protection laws and have a question about your rights, contact us and we'll help.
This website
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Changes
If we change this policy, we'll update the date at the top of this page. Significant changes will also be noted in the app's release notes.
Questions about privacy?
Email us