Take a Beat — Privacy Policy

Effective Date: November 2, 2026
Last Updated: November 7, 2026
Developer: Take A Beat LLC
Contact: takeabeatapp@gmail.com
Website: https://kdebono89-alt.github.io/takeabeat/

1. Introduction

Take A Beat LLC ("Take a Beat," "we," "our," or "us") respects your privacy and recognizes that physiological and emotional wellbeing information is sensitive.

This Privacy Policy explains how information is accessed, processed, collected, used, shared, retained, and deleted when you use the Take a Beat mobile application, smartwatch companion applications, website, and beta testing services (collectively, the "Services").

Take a Beat helps adults recognize physiological changes, reflect on their experiences, and use self-regulation strategies.

Take a Beat is a wellbeing tool, not a medical device, diagnosis, treatment, or emergency response service.

Our Services are intended for adults aged 18 or older.

2. Information Processed by the Application

Depending on your device, enabled features, and permissions, Take a Beat may access or process:

Physiological and activity information

• Heart rate and changes in heart rate
• Heart-rate variability (HRV), when available
• Movement and activity information
• Supported sleep-related measurements
• Other available smartwatch sensor measurements used to evaluate physiological changes

Information you provide

• Emotional check-ins and self-reported experiences
• Notes, reflections, and journal entries
• Caffeine intake information
• Coping strategies and personal preferences
• Feedback and voluntarily generated reports

Technical information

• Application version
• Device and operating system information
• Smartwatch connection status
• Sensor availability and monitoring status
• Error and diagnostic information processed locally or voluntarily included in a report

The specific information available depends on your device, operating system, and enabled features.

Physiological measurements and personal monitoring information are processed locally on your devices.

Automatic uploads are limited to participating beta builds and require your agreement in the app. See Beta Testing and Daily Reports below.

3. How We Use Information

Take a Beat processes information to:

1. Establish and adjust personalized physiological baselines.
2. Identify physiological changes that may warrant a check-in.
3. Deliver notifications and smartwatch alerts.
4. Display monitoring history and personal trends.
5. Provide breathing, grounding, and other self-regulation tools.
6. Generate user-requested summaries and reports.
7. Maintain application functionality and support troubleshooting.
8. Evaluate voluntarily submitted beta feedback to improve application reliability.

Physiological measurements cannot reliably identify a person's emotions or diagnose a medical or psychological condition.

4. Device Permissions

Take a Beat may request access to health measurements, activity sensors, Bluetooth or connected-device functionality, and notifications, depending on the platform.

These permissions support the features you choose to use.

You can manage or revoke permissions through your device's operating system settings.

Revoking certain permissions may limit monitoring, alerts, or other functionality.

5. Local Storage and Security

Physiological information, personal entries, monitoring history, and personalized settings are stored and processed locally on your devices.

The application does not integrate Firebase, Crashlytics, or other third-party analytics or crash-reporting services.

We take reasonable measures to protect information within the Services. However, no electronic storage or transmission method is completely secure.

Information may leave your device when you share a report, submit feedback, contact us, or agree to automatic beta reporting.

Device operating systems and backup services may independently process or retain information according to their own settings and policies.

6. Beta Testing and Daily Reports

During beta testing, participants may generate and manually email reports to Take A Beat LLC.

Reports may contain physiological measurements, monitoring summaries, technical details, and information voluntarily included by the user.

In beta builds with automatic reporting available, the app asks you during setup or on first use after updating. If you agree, the phone sends one diagnostic report per completed day to a restricted Take A Beat LLC inbox over HTTPS, beginning with the available data from the day you agree. Reports can send in the background when you are away from the app. You can continue using the beta without sharing and turn off future uploads at any time in Settings → Beta Reports.

Automatic reports can include your random tester code, available heart rate and other sensor data, timestamps, structured check-ins, and device diagnostics. They exclude names, contact details, messages, and journal text. Sensor readings and timestamps may still be identifying. Automatic uploads are retained for up to 180 days. For earlier deletion, contact us with your tester code.

Automatic uploads are processed using Supabase hosting and a restricted database configured in the United States. Take A Beat LLC uses a private Google email relay to deliver copies to takeabeatapp@gmail.com. Hosting and email providers also process technical request and delivery information under their own privacy practices. Report contents are not published or made available to other testers.

For reports you email manually, the sender's email address may identify the participant even when the report uses a beta identifier.

Automatic beta reports, including our emailed copies, are retained for up to 180 days. Reports you email manually are retained for six months and then deleted, unless a longer retention period is required by applicable law.

We use submitted reports to investigate issues, evaluate performance, and improve the application.

Email providers may independently retain copies according to their own policies.

7. Therapist and Third-Party Sharing

Take a Beat may help users prepare reports for therapists, healthcare professionals, or other recipients.

Reports prepared for therapists or other recipients are not sent automatically. The separate automatic beta-report process is described above.

Users must manually initiate sending through their chosen email application.

Once shared, the recipient and email provider may independently process or retain the information.

8. Analytics and Advertising

Take a Beat does not integrate third-party analytics or crash-reporting services.

We do not sell personal information or health information.

We do not use physiological measurements, emotional check-ins, or personal monitoring history for targeted advertising.

9. Website and Beta Registration

Visitors may voluntarily submit contact information through the Take a Beat website to request beta access or receive related communications.

Registration submissions are processed using Web3Forms, a third-party form-processing service.

When you submit the interest form, we include an approved platform and campaign label from the link you followed or the referring website, where available. This helps us count which campaigns produce signups. We do not include your browsing history or create a persistent marketing identifier.

We use submitted information to manage beta participation, provide installation instructions, communicate testing updates, and respond to inquiries.

Web3Forms processes submitted information according to its own privacy practices.

We do not use physiological measurements to target individuals for marketing.

10. Data Retention and Deletion

Information stored locally in Take a Beat generally remains on the user's device until application data is cleared or the application is uninstalled, subject to operating-system storage and backup behavior.

Take a Beat does not currently provide a dedicated in-app data deletion feature.

Take A Beat LLC keeps automatic beta reports for up to 180 days and manually emailed beta reports for six months.

You may request earlier deletion of reports, beta registration information, or other personal information held by Take A Beat LLC by emailing:

takeabeatapp@gmail.com

Subject: Privacy / Data Deletion Request

We will review and process verified requests in accordance with applicable law.

Deleting the application stops future reports from that installation. Reports previously received by Take A Beat LLC follow the retention and deletion process above. Email providers and other recipients may retain copies independently.

11. Children's Privacy

Take a Beat is intended for adults aged 18 or older.

We do not knowingly solicit personal or health information from children through the beta program.

If we learn that personal information was collected from an ineligible minor, we will take appropriate steps to delete information under our control, subject to applicable law.

12. Health and Safety Disclaimer

Take a Beat is a wellbeing and self-regulation tool, not an emergency response service or a substitute for professional healthcare.

It is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any medical or mental health condition.

Monitoring and alerts may be delayed, incomplete, or inaccurate because of sensor limitations, connectivity, operating-system restrictions, or other factors.

An absence of alerts does not indicate that a person is safe, calm, or free from medical or psychological concerns.

Always consult a qualified healthcare professional for medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment.

In an emergency, contact local emergency services.

13. Third-Party Platforms and Services

Take a Beat operates on devices and platforms provided by companies such as Apple and Google.

These platforms may independently process information associated with application installation, device operation, permissions, diagnostics, and beta distribution under their respective privacy policies.

The Take a Beat website uses Web3Forms for beta registration.

The website also uses Metricool for audience measurement. Its website tracker processes limited visit data, including IP address, requested page, referrer information where available, and browser window or viewport dimensions. Metricool states that this tracker does not use cookies, localStorage, sessionStorage, or persistent visitor identifiers. Identifiable IP addresses are deleted or irreversibly anonymized within 36 hours. This integration measures website visits; it does not transmit signup-field contents or application health records. Read Metricool’s Privacy Policy for details.

Automatic beta uploads use Supabase hosting and a private Google email relay. Manually emailed reports are processed by the sender's and recipient's email providers.

14. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy as Take a Beat develops, including when new features, integrations, subscriptions, or data-processing practices are introduced.

Updated versions will be published with a revised effective or last-updated date.

Where required by law, we will provide additional notice or obtain consent before materially changing how sensitive information is processed.

15. Contact Us

Take A Beat LLC

Email: takeabeatapp@gmail.com

Website: https://kdebono89-alt.github.io/takeabeat/