Privacy Policy — White Noise Sleep with AI

Effective date: [DATE] Last updated: [DATE]

This Privacy Policy explains how [COMPANY OR DEVELOPER NAME] ("we", "us") handles information when you use White Noise Sleep with AI (the "App") on iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch and Apple TV, including its widgets, Live Activities and Siri shortcuts.

The short version: we don't run servers for the App, we don't have accounts, and we don't collect, sell or share your personal information. Almost everything stays on your device. The exceptions are explained below: streaming sounds, Apple's subscription system, optional family sharing through your own iCloud, and the optional AI features, which send your requests directly to the AI provider you choose with your own key.

1. Information that stays on your device

The following is created and stored only on your device (and, where noted, your paired Apple Watch). We never receive it.

Deleting the App removes this information from your device, unless you use iCloud Backup (section 6). You can also remove downloads, creations and mixes inside the App at any time.

2. Microphone and cry detection

Cry detection (a Pro feature) and voice recording use your device's microphone only after you turn them on and grant permission.

• Cry detection analyses sound in short windows using Apple's on-device sound classifier. Audio is processed in memory and is never recorded, stored or transmitted, to us or anyone else.
• Cry detection can keep listening while the App is in the background or the screen is locked, so it can soothe your baby. iOS shows the orange microphone indicator and the App shows a Live Activity while it listens. You can stop it at any time from the App, the Live Activity or Apple Watch.
• Voice recording saves what you record on your device only, to make your own lullaby. It is not uploaded anywhere.

You can turn off microphone access at any time in Settings › White Noise AI › Microphone.

3. Streaming sounds and scenes

When you play a nature sound or open a sound's animated scene for the first time, the App downloads the file from our file server (babynoise.byapp.in). As with any internet download, the server receives your device's IP address and standard request information (such as which file was requested and the time). This is used only to deliver the file. We do not use it to identify you, build a profile, or for advertising, and we do not share it. [HOSTING PROVIDER] may keep standard server logs for [NUMBER] days for security and reliability. No account, cookie or identifier is sent by the App.

After the first play, the sound is saved on your device and plays offline; scenes are kept in the App's cache (iOS may clear it when space is low, and the scene simply downloads again). The built-in sounds (white, pink and brown noise, fan, hair dryer, heartbeat, shush and womb sounds) are included in the App and need no download.

4. Optional AI features (Pro)

The AI Sleep Studio and AI parenting tips work only if you add an API key from an AI provider in Settings. When you use them:

• Your request goes directly from your device to the provider you configured (for example OpenAI, an OpenAI-compatible service, or ElevenLabs). It does not pass through us.
• What is sent: the text you type to describe what calms your baby, your baby's age if you've set it (for tips), the generated lullaby text (to turn it into speech), and short prompts for nature sounds and videos. Please don't include names or other personal details in your descriptions.
• The provider processes your request under its own privacy policy and terms, and may log it. You are responsible for your account with that provider and for any charges it makes.
• Results (lullaby text, audio and video) are downloaded to your device and stored there.

If you don't add a key, nothing is ever sent to an AI provider.

5. Family sharing (iCloud)

If you turn on Share with Family, the App stores your baby log (sleep, feeds, diaper changes and the times cry detection heard crying), your baby's age and your bedtime routine in your own private iCloud account, using Apple's CloudKit, and shares them only with the people you invite through Apple's sharing sheet. Invited people can view and add entries; you can remove them or stop sharing at any time, and members can leave.

• This data is held by Apple under Apple's Privacy Policy and your iCloud settings. We cannot access it; there is no server of ours involved.
• Only log times and short details (such as "Left", "Wet" or the soothing sound), the age setting (in months), the routine's sound and timer, and the first name iCloud shows for the family member who logged each entry are shared — no photos, audio or recordings. Cry detection shares only that crying was heard, never the sound itself.
• Two-phone monitor: while cry detection is on, the phone in the nursery shares a small status with your family — whether it's listening, when crying was last heard, what sound is playing, and its battery level — and family members can send it "play a soothing sound" or "stop" commands. No audio is ever shared or recorded.
• Activity alerts ("Baby fell asleep", "Feed finished", "Crying heard") are created as notifications on each family member's own device from the shared log. They are not sent through any server of ours. You can turn each kind off in the App.
• Turning sharing off deletes the shared copy for everyone; each device keeps its own local log.

6. iCloud Backup (Pro, optional)

If you turn on iCloud Backup, the App copies what you've created in it — your sleep and baby log, mixes, favorites, settings, family-sharing link, "what works" history, tips, voice recordings and AI creations — to a private area of your own iCloud account (Apple's CloudKit private database). The backup is never shared with anyone, including family members, and we cannot access it; there is no server of ours.

• When you reinstall the App or set up a new device signed in to the same iCloud account, the App offers to restore the backup. Restoring is free.
• Not included: your AI API keys (they stay in your device's Keychain), downloaded sounds (they download again), and temporary data.
• You can turn automatic backup off, or delete the backup at any time, in Settings › iCloud Backup. You can also manage or delete it in your device's iCloud storage settings.

7. Animal Friends (for young children)

Animal Friends is a picture screen for toddlers: tapping an animal plays its sound and says its name. Everything it uses is built into the App. It works fully offline, makes no network requests, uses no microphone or camera, shows no links, ads or purchases, and collects nothing. Leaving the screen needs a 2-second press-and-hold, so a child stays inside it. The animal's name is spoken by your device's built-in speech voice, on the device.

8. What the App learns on your device

• What works for your baby: when cry detection soothes, the App notes which sound was playing and how long until the crying stopped, to suggest the sound that works best. No audio is kept, and this information never leaves your device.
• Nap predictions are calculated on your device from your sleep log and your baby's age.

9. Purchases

Pro subscriptions are sold and managed by Apple through the App Store. We do not receive your name, payment details or Apple Account information. The App only checks with Apple whether your subscription is active. See Apple's Privacy Policy.

10. Notifications, widgets, Siri and Apple Watch

• Notifications (bedtime and feed reminders, "crying heard", family activity alerts) are created and scheduled on your device. They are not sent through any server of ours.
• Widgets, Live Activities and Siri shortcuts run on your device.
• Apple Watch communicates with your paired iPhone directly using Apple's WatchConnectivity. Only playback commands and status (what's playing, the timer, whether cry detection is on) are exchanged.
• Apple TV runs on its own and stores its settings on the Apple TV.

11. What we do not do

• We do not collect analytics, crash reports or usage statistics.
• We do not use advertising, advertising identifiers or tracking, and we do not sell or share personal information.
• We do not require an account, email address or sign-in.
• We do not access your location, contacts, photos or health data.

If we ever change this, we will update this policy and, where the law requires it, ask for your consent first.

12. Children's privacy

The App is designed for parents and caregivers to use for their babies and young children. It is not directed at children, and children are not expected to operate it. We do not knowingly collect personal information from anyone, including children. The App does not ask for a child's name, photo or other identifying details. The optional "baby's age" setting stays on your device and, if you use AI tips, is sent only as an approximate age in months to the AI provider you chose.

13. Data security

Information stays in the App's protected storage on your device, and API keys are kept in the iOS Keychain. Connections to the sound host and AI providers use HTTPS where the provider supports it. No method of storage or transmission is completely secure, so please keep your device protected with a passcode.

14. Your rights and choices

Because we don't collect or hold personal information about you, there is nothing for us to access, correct or delete on our side. You stay in control on your device:

• Delete downloads, creations, mixes and log entries in the App, or delete the App to remove everything.
• Export your baby log as a CSV file from Logs & Insights at any time. The file goes only where you choose to share it.
• Turn microphone and notification permissions on or off in iOS Settings.
• Remove your API keys in the App's Settings.
• For information held by an AI provider, contact that company using its privacy policy.

If you live in a region with privacy laws such as the GDPR (EU/UK) or the CCPA/CPRA (California), you still have rights under those laws. Contact us if you have a question or request, and we will respond within the time the law requires.

15. International users

We do not transfer your information, because we do not receive it. AI providers and file hosts you connect to may process data in other countries under their own policies.

16. Changes to this policy

We may update this policy from time to time. We will change the "Last updated" date above and, for significant changes, tell you in the App or in the App Store release notes.

17. Contact us

[COMPANY OR DEVELOPER NAME] [POSTAL ADDRESS] Email: [CONTACT EMAIL]

This policy describes how version 1.0 of the App works. It is a template and is not legal advice. Please have it reviewed by a qualified lawyer for the countries where you publish the App.