Privacy
Policy

Who we are

Augur is an Android app developed independently. The person responsible for the app is Víctor Parra Cruz. You can reach us at appaugur@gmail.com.

Data stored on your device

Everything you enter in Augur is saved only on your device, in the app’s local database:

• Your decisions: title, prediction, stated confidence, category, dates, outcome and, if you add it, the success criterion
• The sealed message to your future self and the pre-mortem
• The notes you add to a decision
• Your preferences: theme, language, notification and lock settings
• The state of Augur Pro and of the free trial, as recorded by the app

This data is not sent to any server of ours. It leaves your device only if you export it or choose a folder for automatic backup (see “Backup, export and import”). The local database is not encrypted (see “Lock and sealing”). Uninstalling the app deletes it.

Deleting decisions

When you delete a decision, Augur does not erase it immediately: it hides it and keeps it on your device for 30 days so that you can undo the deletion. After that period it is permanently removed from the local database the next time you open the app. Decisions in the deleted state are not included in exports.

Backup, export and import

Manual export (JSON or CSV file) starts only when you ask for it, and the file goes to the destination you choose. These files are not encrypted, so protect them like any personal document. We receive no copy.

The automatic backup of Augur Pro periodically writes a JSON file to a folder you choose on your device (or in a storage provider offered by Android’s file picker). Augur does not upload it to Google Drive or to any server of ours. If the folder you choose is synchronised by a cloud service, that service handles the file under its own policy.

The backup contains your decisions (without those in the deleted state) and their notes. You can import or merge a JSON file that you select; it is read on your device.

Augur’s data is not included in Android’s or Google’s automatic backup (allowBackup is turned off). To move to another phone, export the JSON backup first and import it on the new one.

Lock and sealing

In Settings you can turn on, free of charge, an optional lock (“Lock Augur on open”) that uses your system’s fingerprint, face, PIN or pattern. Android performs the check: Augur does not receive or store any biometric data.

The local database is not encrypted. The sealed message and the prediction are hidden until the review date and cannot be edited, but they are not encrypted either.

Anonymous diagnostics

Augur includes no third-party analytics SDKs, advertising networks or behavioural tracking, and we do not use Firebase, Crashlytics or similar services. By default, the app sends anonymous diagnostics to our own server, hosted on Cloudflare:

• About once a day, while the app is in use and there is a connection: a random installation identifier (not linked to you or to your advertising ID, and lost when you uninstall), the app version, the language, the Android version, the device model and the approximate country, which the server derives from the connection
• If the app crashes, the next time it starts: the technical error report (error trace, thread name, date and time), together with the same version and device data and the installation identifier

It is used to know how many installations are active and to fix errors. Augur adds none of your decisions, notes or messages to it. The error trace is generated by Android; as it is a system message, in rare cases it could contain fragments of text the app was processing when it failed.

You can turn this off in Settings with “Send anonymous diagnostics”: the app then sends nothing and deletes any pending crash reports. We keep diagnostic data while it is useful for counting active installations and fixing errors; it is not deleted automatically on a fixed schedule. Because the identifier is random, is not shown in the app and is not linked to your name or email, we cannot tell which records are yours.

Feedback from the app

In Settings you can send us a comment. It is sent only if you tap “Send”, and it works even if anonymous diagnostics are turned off. It contains:

• The type of comment and the text you write (up to 2,000 characters). You can write anything you like, so please do not include sensitive data about yourself or others.
• The approximate country, derived by Cloudflare from the connection. The IP address is used only to limit the request rate and our code does not store it.
• Only if “Include technical data” is ticked (it is ticked by default, and the screen shows what will be sent): the app version, the language, the Android version, the device model, the platform and, if it exists, the random installation identifier used by diagnostics, which allows the comment to be linked to those records.

The comment is stored in our own database on Cloudflare and is deleted automatically 12 months after we receive it (a daily process). You can ask for it to be deleted earlier by writing to appaugur@gmail.com. Because it is not tied to your name or email, tell us its text and the approximate date so that we can find it.

If sending fails, the app offers to write to us by email instead. In that case the message goes through your email app and your email provider.

Reminders and calendar

Augur may send you local notifications (for example, a weekly digest or a notice that a decision is ready for review). They are generated on your device with WorkManager and are rescheduled after the phone restarts. No external notification service is involved.

The button that adds the review to your calendar opens your calendar app with an event pre-filled with the title of the decision and the review date. Augur requests no calendar permission and does not read your calendar; what your calendar app then does with the event (for example, synchronising it) depends on that app.

Purchases and Augur Pro

Purchases (Augur Pro, a one-time payment, and the Tip Jar) are processed by Google Play under Google’s privacy policy. We receive only a confirmation of the purchase, without access to your payment details. Augur saves on your device only whether Pro is active; the free 7-day trial offered after your first review is also tracked on the device.

Pro codes (discontinued)

Before version 2.6, Augur Pro could be activated with a code. The app no longer lets you redeem codes and sends no redemption data. Anyone who already redeemed a code keeps Augur Pro on their device.

The data of earlier redemptions (the code, the redemption date, the origin of the code with, where we issued it manually, an internal note, and an anonymous installation identifier) remains in a database hosted by Cloudflare. It is kept only to prevent an issued licence from being used more than once. It is not linked to your name or email address. If you want it deleted, write to appaugur@gmail.com and tell us your code.

Providers and this website

We rely on two providers only: Google Play (purchases) and Cloudflare (our servers and this website). There are no ads, no accounts and no third-party analytics SDKs.

This website sets no cookies of its own and uses no analytics. Your choice of theme is stored in your browser, and the typefaces are loaded from Google Fonts, so Google receives your IP address when you open a page. Cloudflare, which hosts the website, processes connection data as an infrastructure provider.

Your rights

Depending on where you live (for example, under the GDPR in the European Union), you may have the right to access your data, to correct or delete it, to restrict or object to its processing and to lodge a complaint with your data protection authority.

Almost everything you enter in Augur stays on your device, where you control it: you can delete it in the app or by uninstalling. What reaches our servers (diagnostics, feedback and old code redemptions) is not linked to your name or email, so to locate it we may need information that only you can give: the text and approximate date of your feedback, or the code you redeemed. Write to appaugur@gmail.com.

Notice

Augur measures your judgement. It does not advise you or replace a professional (medical, financial or legal).

Children

Augur is not directed at children under the age of 14. If you are a parent or guardian and believe a child has used the app, please contact us at appaugur@gmail.com.

Changes to this policy

If we make material changes to this policy, we will update the date at the top of this page. Significant changes will also be communicated in the app’s update notes on Google Play.

Contact

For any question about your data and privacy, write to us at appaugur@gmail.com. We aim to reply within 72 hours on business days.