Privacy Policy | Time with My Parents iPhone App

Scope

This Privacy Policy (this “Policy”) explains how the Time with My Parents Secretariat (the “Secretariat,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) handles information in the iPhone app “Time with My Parents” (the “App”; shown as “Time with Parents” on iPhones set to a language other than Japanese). How information is handled on the website “Time with My Parents” (oyatonojikan.com) is explained in the Site Policy (in Japanese).

The Terms of Service and Privacy Policy that open inside the App are pages of this website. When you open them, information is sent to Google through Google Analytics and Google Fonts, as on other pages of the website. This is explained in the section “ほかの会社に送られる情報” (Information sent to other companies) of the Site Policy.

Information you enter in the App

The following information you enter in the App is stored on your iPhone.

Profiles: nickname, date of birth (if you enter an age instead, the date of birth calculated from it), gender, image (a photo, or an emoji with a background color), and the age to highlight in the Age Chart (a Premium setting)
Events: title, date and time, repeat settings, alert timing, who the event is with (the profiles you select), whether the event was completed or skipped, and color
“How Many Times Left?”: what to do, how many times a year, with whom (the profiles you select), and color
Settings: the notification time for all-day events (events without a specific time), whether Notifications, Analytics, and Tracking are turned on or off, and the versions of the Terms of Service and Privacy Policy you agreed to

The App does not send this information to the Secretariat or to any other company. The Secretariat cannot see this information and cannot restore it if it is lost.

The App has no feature that syncs your information with iCloud. If iCloud Backup is turned on for your iPhone, the App’s data is included in the backup, as with other apps.

The file you create with More > Data Management > Create Export Data contains your profiles (including photos), events, and “How Many Times Left?” entries in unencrypted form. If you share this file, or an image made with “Save or Share Image” in the Age Chart (the image shows nicknames and ages), the information in it goes to the recipient or service you choose.

To delete all your profiles, events, and “How Many Times Left?” entries, tap More > Reset > Reset All Data. This does not delete your settings. To delete everything, including your settings, delete the App.

Information sent to Google

The App uses two Google services: Google Analytics for Firebase and Google AdMob. When you use the App, the following information is sent from your iPhone to Google. The profiles, events, and “How Many Times Left?” entries you enter in the App are not sent.

In this Policy, “tracking” refers to the iPhone setting “Allow Tracking.” Apple describes tracking as linking information about users or devices collected in an app with information collected from other companies’ apps, websites, and other sources, for targeted advertising or advertising measurement. The advertising identifier (IDFA) is an identifier that your iPhone creates for advertising. On the same iPhone, every app that you allow to track receives the same value.

Google Analytics for Firebase (App usage statistics)

Recipient: Google LLC and its affiliates
Information sent: when you open the App and how long you use it, the screens you view, ads shown and tapped, device model, iOS and App versions, language setting, IP address, an identifier that Firebase creates for each installation of the App, and the identifier for vendor (IDFV), which is the same for all apps from the same developer on your iPhone. If you allow tracking, your advertising identifier (IDFA) is sent instead of the IDFV. Google estimates your approximate location from your IP address.
How we use it: to compile statistics on which screens and features are used, and to improve the App
How Google uses it: to analyze how the App is used. Because we have connected Google Analytics with Google AdMob for the App, the events that Google Analytics records automatically (such as the first launch and screen views) are also used to choose the ads shown through Google AdMob. Google may also use it for the purposes described in the Google Privacy Policy.
Retention: we have set detailed event-level data (such as when you opened the App and which screens you viewed) to be deleted 2 months after it is sent, and user-level data linked to identifiers to be deleted 14 months after you last use the App. Records that Google Analytics treats as key events, such as the first launch, are deleted 14 months after they are sent. Google deletes this data once a month. Aggregated figures remain.

Automatic sending of usage data is on by default. Turning off More > Analytics > Automatically Send Usage Data stops sending to Google Analytics. It does not stop sending to Google AdMob. Tapping “Reset Usage Data” on the same screen deletes the analytics data stored on your iPhone and replaces the identifier that Firebase creates for each installation of the App with a new one. Data sent before and after the reset is then counted as coming from different users in Google Analytics. The IDFV and IDFA do not change.

Google AdMob (ads)

Recipient: Google LLC and its affiliates
Information sent: IP address, device model and iOS version, the App’s name, the ads shown and whether you tapped them, performance data such as how long the App takes to launch, crash logs, and identifiers sent even if you do not allow tracking, such as the IDFV (an identifier shared among apps from the same developer). If you allow tracking, your advertising identifier (IDFA) is also sent. In the European Economic Area, the UK, and Switzerland, your ad consent choices are also sent. Google estimates your approximate location from your IP address.
How we use it: to show ads in the App and use the ad revenue to run the App
How Google uses it: to deliver ads and measure their performance. Because we have turned on an identifier used only for the App (the publisher first-party ID), ads are chosen based on how you use the App even if you do not allow tracking. You can turn off this use through the controls shown in ads. If you allow tracking, it is also used, together with information collected from other companies’ apps and websites, to choose ads that match your interests. Google may also use it for the purposes described in the Google Privacy Policy.
Other ad companies: Google may share information needed to show ads, such as device information and identifiers, with other ad companies that bid on ad space in the App. Outside the European Economic Area, the UK, and Switzerland, this may include the IDFV.
Retention: set by Google (see Google’s page “How Google retains data we collect”)

The App may ask whether you allow tracking when it starts, or when you turn on “Allow Tracking” in More > Tracking. The number of ads you see is the same whether or not you allow tracking. To withdraw permission, go to your iPhone’s Settings > Apps > Time with Parents and turn off “Allow Tracking.”

In the European Economic Area, the UK, and Switzerland, the App shows a consent screen for ads when it starts if you have not yet made a choice. To change your consent later, tap More > Ad Options. This item appears only in the European Economic Area, the UK, and Switzerland.

With Premium, the App does not show ads. However, even with Premium, the App checks your ad consent status and prepares its ad features when it starts, and it loads ads (without showing them) when you open the screen for adding or editing an event, a profile, or a “How Many Times Left?” entry. As a result, the information listed above, except the ads shown and whether you tapped them, is sent to Google.

How Google uses and protects information

The Secretariat uses these services under Google’s terms and data protection conditions. Google states that it protects the information it receives using the measures described under “Keeping your information secure” in the Google Privacy Policy, such as encrypting data in transit and limiting access to personal information to people who need it to process that information. The Secretariat has reviewed these measures and confirms that information sent to Google is protected to a level equal to or higher than that described in this Policy. How Google uses the information it receives is explained on the following pages.

Storage and processing outside Japan

Information sent to Google Analytics and Google AdMob is received by Google LLC in the United States and may be stored and processed outside Japan.

Information we receive through feedback and inquiries

More > Feedback in the App opens the same Google Form as the contact page on our website. The form asks for the topic and details of your inquiry, your name (a nickname is fine), and your email address. We store what you send by form or email in services provided by Google LLC in the United States (Google Forms, Google Sheets, and Gmail), where only the Secretariat can see it, and it may be stored and processed outside Japan. We use it to reply to you and to improve the website and the App. We do not provide it to third parties without your consent, except as required by law. The same rules are set out in the section “お問い合わせで受け取る情報” (Information we receive through inquiries) of the Site Policy (in Japanese).

Requests to access, correct, delete, or stop using information

The Secretariat does not hold the information you enter in the App. To delete it, use the steps under “Information you enter in the App” above.

Information sent to Google Analytics and Google AdMob does not include the profiles, events, or “How Many Times Left?” entries you enter in the App, such as nicknames and dates of birth. The Secretariat has no way to tell which data came from a particular person’s iPhone, so it cannot delete data for an individual. How to stop sending usage data and what “Reset Usage Data” does are explained under “Information sent to Google” above.

If you want us to tell you how we use what you sent us through an inquiry, give you access to it, correct, add to, or delete it, stop using or erase it, or stop providing it to third parties, contact us through the form on our contact page or by email. To confirm that the request comes from you, enter the email address you used for your inquiry in the form, or send your email from that address. We will reply to that address.

Operator

The App is operated by the Time with My Parents Secretariat. If you ask, we will tell you by email the name and address of the business operator and the measures we take to keep personal information secure, as set out in Japan’s Act on the Protection of Personal Information.

Changes and contact

If we change this Policy, we will post the updated Policy and the revision date on this page. If a change requires your consent under law, we will update the App and ask for your consent on the consent screen shown when you start the App after the update.

For questions or complaints about this Policy or how we handle personal information, please use the form on our contact page or email oyatonojikan@gmail.com.

Established: April 17, 2025
Last revised: September 27, 2026