1. The short version
ShiftRoot can see how long you spend in the apps you choose to limit — never what you watch, type, or scroll.
The camera is used only to count your morning exercise, entirely on your device. No photo or video is ever recorded, stored, or uploaded.
We do not sell your personal information, and we never have. You can export or delete your data at any time from inside the app.
This policy explains it all in full. It applies to the ShiftRoot iOS app and to shiftroot.app.
2. Who we are
ShiftRoot is operated by TECHOCTO TECHNOLOGIES PRIVATE LIMITED ("ShiftRoot", "we", "us"), a company incorporated in India under CIN U62099HP2026PTC012480. For data protection purposes, we are the controller of your personal information.
Registered office: Choras Tarna (133), Nohradhar, Sirmaur – 173104, Himachal Pradesh, India
Email: support@techocto.com
3. Information we collect
Information you give us
- Account details — your email address, display name and, if you add one, a profile picture.
- Onboarding answers — your age band, what you find most difficult about screen time, roughly how much you currently use social media, and the topics you are interested in. We use these to set sensible starting limits and to choose articles you might actually want to read.
- Your settings — which apps you have chosen to limit, your daily time limits, blocking schedules, bedtime and wake time, and your chosen wake-up mission.
- Anything you send us — for example, the contents of a support email.
Information created on your iPhone as you use ShiftRoot
Everything in this list is produced and kept on your device. It is not sent to us, and with one exception noted below we have no way of seeing it. It is described here because the app creates it, not because we receive it.
- Time spent in the apps you have chosen to limit. Apple's Screen Time framework never names the apps and never hands over durations; it only tells the app, on your device, that a threshold you set has been crossed. That is what draws your remaining time and applies your limit. It stays on the phone.
- Sleep and wake activity — whether you started a wind-down session, whether you were within your bedtime, and whether you completed your morning mission. Stored on the phone only.
- Motion and fitness data — step counts from your device's motion sensors, read only while a step-based wake-up mission is running, counted on the phone and never transmitted.
- Camera input for movement missions — if you choose the push-up or arm-raise mission, the camera detects your body position live, on your device. The image is analysed in memory and discarded frame by frame. Nothing is recorded, saved, or transmitted anywhere.
- Streaks, articles read, and unlocks earned, including when you use an emergency pass or an honest override. These live on the phone. The one exception on this page: if you sign in for the leaderboard, the dates on which you earned a streak are sent so your position can be worked out — dates only, with no times, no app names and no usage.
- Device and diagnostic information — device model, operating system version, app version and language, sent only when you contact support or when a crash report is delivered through Apple, and only if you have allowed Apple to share those. ShiftRoot contains no analytics or advertising SDK of any kind.
Payment information
Subscriptions are purchased and processed by Apple through your Apple ID. We never receive your card number or billing details. Apple tells us only whether a subscription is active and which plan it is.
4. What we never collect
To be explicit, ShiftRoot does not collect, and cannot see:
- The content of the apps you use — posts, videos, messages, searches or anything you type.
- Screenshots or recordings of your screen.
- Photographs or video from your camera. Movement missions analyse the live camera feed on your device only and keep nothing.
- Your contacts, photo library, precise location, microphone audio, or browsing history.
- Health records from Apple Health, unless you explicitly grant that permission for a feature that needs it.
5. How we use your information
- To run the features you asked for: enforcing your limits, running your bedtime schedule, sounding your alarm and verifying your mission.
- To calculate your streaks, insights and monthly rewards.
- To choose articles that match the interests you selected.
- To operate the global leaderboard (see section 6).
- To send you notifications you have enabled, such as your bedtime nudge or a warning that you are near your limit.
- To provide support, prevent fraud and abuse, keep the service secure, and comply with our legal obligations.
- To understand how the app is used in aggregate so we can improve it.
We do not use your personal information to build advertising profiles, and we do not sell or rent it to anyone.
6. The public leaderboard
The leaderboard is public inside the app. Other users can see your display name, profile picture and streak count.
If you would rather not appear, you can hide yourself from the leaderboard in your profile settings, or use a display name that does not identify you. Hiding yourself does not affect your streak or your eligibility for rewards.
7. Legal bases for processing (UK / EEA users)
| Why we process it | Legal basis |
|---|---|
| Providing the features you signed up for | Performance of our contract with you |
| Camera and motion data for wake-up missions | Your consent, given through the iOS permission prompt |
| Notifications | Your consent, which you can withdraw in iOS settings |
| Security, fraud prevention and product improvement | Our legitimate interests in running a safe, working service |
| Keeping records we are legally required to keep | Compliance with a legal obligation |
Where we rely on consent, you can withdraw it at any time — by turning off the relevant iOS permission, or by contacting us.
9. How long we keep it
- Account and streak data — for as long as your account is open.
- Usage history — kept on your iPhone for as long as the app is installed, and removed with it. We hold no copy, so there is nothing for us to retain.
- Camera frames — never stored; discarded as they are analysed.
- After you delete your account — we remove your personal data within 30 days, except anything we must keep for legal, tax or fraud-prevention reasons.
10. Your rights and choices
Wherever you live, you can:
- See and export your data — from Profile → Data in the app.
- Correct anything inaccurate.
- Delete your account and data — from Profile → Delete account, or by emailing us.
- Turn off permissions — camera, motion and notifications can each be revoked in iOS Settings. Missions that rely on them will stop working, but nothing else will break.
- Hide from the leaderboard at any time.
If you are in the UK or EEA, you also have the right to object to or restrict processing, the right to data portability, and the right to complain to your local data protection authority. If you are in California, you have the right to know, delete, correct, and not be discriminated against for exercising those rights. If you are in India, the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 gives you rights to access, correction, erasure and grievance redressal, and the right to nominate someone to exercise those rights on your behalf if you die or become incapacitated.
To exercise any right, email support@techocto.com. We respond within 30 days.
11. Children
ShiftRoot is not intended for children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from them. If you are between 13 and 16 and live in the EEA or UK, please make sure a parent or guardian agrees before you sign up.
If you believe a child has given us personal information, email support@techocto.com and we will delete it.
12. International transfers
We and our service providers may process your information in countries other than your own, including outside the UK and EEA. Where we transfer personal data out of the UK or EEA, we rely on approved safeguards such as the UK International Data Transfer Agreement or the European Commission's Standard Contractual Clauses.
13. How we protect your information
All traffic between the app and our servers is encrypted in transit using TLS. Access to production systems is restricted and authenticated. Sensitive processing — including all camera analysis — happens on your device rather than on our servers.
No system is perfectly secure, so we cannot guarantee absolute security, but we take these obligations seriously and will notify you and the relevant regulator if a breach affects your personal data and the law requires it.
14. Changes to this policy
If we make a material change, we will update the date at the top of this page and let you know in the app or by email before the change takes effect. Continuing to use ShiftRoot after that means you accept the updated policy.
15. Contact us
Questions, requests, or complaints about privacy:
- Email: support@techocto.com
- Post: TECHOCTO TECHNOLOGIES PRIVATE LIMITED, Choras Tarna (133), Nohradhar, Sirmaur – 173104, Himachal Pradesh, India
Grievance redressal
If you are in India and are not satisfied with how we have handled your personal data or a complaint, you may write to our Grievance Officer at support@techocto.com, marking your message "Grievance – ShiftRoot". We will acknowledge within 24 hours and aim to resolve the matter within 15 days, as required under Indian law. You may also complain to the Data Protection Board of India.