Privacy Policy

Time Capsules (website and Android app) · Last updated: October 24, 2026

Your capsules are personal. Messages, photos and voice recordings stay on your phone and are never uploaded to our servers. This page explains what Time Capsules keeps, where and why.

1. Data controller

Michele Porcaro, independent developer, is the data controller under Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (GDPR). Contact: jamiromicdev@gmail.com

2. The website

No cookies, no tracking. This website uses no cookies, analytics tools, advertising pixels or contact forms. Fonts are served from this website, not from third parties.

Technical logs. Like any website, the hosting provider (Netlify, Inc.) automatically records some technical data (IP address, date and time, requested page, browser type) to run the service and protect it from abuse. Legal basis: legitimate interest (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR). Logs are kept according to the hosting provider's policies.

Language preference. The language you choose is stored in your browser's localStorage, only on your device, and is never sent to us.

3. The Time Capsules app

3.1 What stays on your phone

Capsule titles and messages, photos, voice recordings, opening and creation dates, and your Pro status are stored only in the app's private storage on your device. They are never uploaded to our servers.

3.2 What we store online: the free-plan limit

The free version allows one capsule. To enforce this limit even after the app is reinstalled, the app saves in Google Firebase Cloud Firestore:

This record contains no capsule content and is not linked to your name, email or Google account. It is used only for the free-plan limit. Legal basis: legitimate interest in preventing abuse of the free plan (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR). When you first open the app, it explains this and asks you to accept.

3.3 When you share a capsule

Sharing creates a link that contains the capsule's title, message and opening date. Photos and voice messages are not included. The link is sent through the app you choose (for example a chat app or email) and is not stored on our servers. Anyone who has the link can import the capsule.

3.4 Permissions

Content accessed through these permissions stays on your device. You can revoke any permission at any time in Android settings.

3.5 Notifications

Reminders are scheduled on your device for the day each capsule opens. No notification content leaves your phone.

3.6 Purchases

Time Capsules Pro is bought through Google Play. We never see your payment details; Google's Privacy Policy covers how they are handled. The app only receives confirmation that the purchase is valid.

4. What we do not collect

Time Capsules has no account, no advertising and no analytics. It does not collect your name, email, location, contacts or the content of your capsules.

5. Transfers outside the EU

Google (Firebase, Google Play) and Netlify may process data in the United States. These transfers rely on the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework and/or standard contractual clauses approved by the European Commission.

6. Retention

DataHow long
Capsules, photos, recordings (on your phone)Until you delete them in the app or uninstall the app
Free-plan record (Firestore)Until you ask us to delete it (see Delete your data)
Website logs and purchase dataAccording to the policies of Netlify and Google

7. Your rights

You have the right of access, rectification, erasure, restriction, portability and objection (Arts. 15–22 GDPR). You can delete your capsules directly in the app. For the free-plan record or anything else, write to jamiromicdev@gmail.com: we reply within 30 days.

8. Complaints

You can lodge a complaint with the supervisory authority of your country. In Italy: Garante per la protezione dei dati personali, garanteprivacy.it.

9. Children

Time Capsules is not directed at children under 13 and does not knowingly collect their data. If you believe a child has provided data, contact us and we will delete it.

10. Changes

This policy may be updated. The date of the last update is always shown at the top of the page.