⚡ Auster
Auster is a focus timer that blocks distracting apps during a session. This policy explains exactly what we collect, why, and who else sees it. It is written to be read, not to be survived.
Auster is operated by Ali Ozan Özmelek, Türkiye. For anything in this policy, including data access and deletion requests, contact support@austershield.com.
| Data | Why | Where it lives |
|---|---|---|
| Account identifier, and email address if your sign-in provider shares one | To sign you in and keep your history attached to you | Our database |
| Username and the “weakness” you declare during onboarding | Shown in the app; the weakness is used to personalise the message you get when you quit a session early | Our database |
| Focus sessions: the goal text you type, duration, chosen mode, whether you finished or quit, and the number of times a blocked app was opened | Your history, streaks and statistics | Our database |
| The messages the AI coach generates about you | So you can read them again in your log | Our database |
| Push notification token | Only if you enable notifications | Our database |
| Your list of blocked apps | To know what to block | Your device only |
| Service | What it receives | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| Supabase | Everything listed above | Database, authentication and server functions. Hosted in the European Union (Frankfurt). |
| Google (Gemini) / Groq | Only the goal text of the failed session and your declared weakness, each truncated to 200 characters | Generating the message shown when you quit a session early. Groq is used only as a fallback if Google is unavailable. |
| RevenueCat | A pseudonymous account identifier and your purchase status | Managing subscriptions |
| Apple / Google | Sign-in and purchase details, handled by them | Authentication and payment |
| Expo | Your push token | Delivering notifications, only if you enable them |
| Cloudflare | Standard web-server logs for this website only (IP address, user agent) | Hosting austershield.com. The app itself does not talk to this website. |
About the AI coach. When you quit a session early, the goal you typed and your declared weakness are sent to Google’s Gemini API to write the message. Depending on the API tier we operate on, Google may use that content to improve its own products, including review by human reviewers. Do not put anything sensitive, private or identifying in the goal field. Nothing else about you is sent — not your name, not your email, not your history.
Your data stays for as long as your account exists. Delete your account and it goes with it — see below. We do not keep backups of deleted accounts beyond the operational retention window of our hosting provider.
In the app: Settings → Danger Zone → Delete Account. This permanently removes your profile, every focus session and every message the AI wrote about you, along with your sign-in record. It cannot be undone, and it does not require contacting us. If you would rather we did it, email support@austershield.com.
Deleting your account does not cancel a subscription. Manage that through your Apple or Google account.
You can request a copy of your data, ask us to correct it, or ask us to delete it. Under the GDPR you may also object to processing, request restriction or portability, and complain to your local supervisory authority. Turkish users have equivalent rights under KVKK. Write to support@austershield.com and we will respond within 30 days.
Auster is not directed at children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect data from them. If you believe a child has given us data, email us and we will remove it.
Data is encrypted in transit. Access is enforced at the database level: every record is scoped to its owner, and fields you do not own — such as your subscription status — are not writable from the app at all. Payment details never touch our systems; Apple and Google handle them.
austershield.com is a static site. It sets no cookies, runs no analytics and loads nothing from third parties. Your language and protocol preference are kept in your own browser’s local storage and never leave it.
If this policy changes in a way that matters, we will say so in the app before it takes effect. The date at the top always reflects the current version.