Shade Diary

Privacy Policy

Effective date: 27 August 2026 Last updated: 27 August 2026 Operator: Clueless Creations LLC, Illinois, United States Contact: support@shadediary.com

This policy describes the Shade Diary website and the local diary version of the iOS app. The website includes a browser prep worksheet and optional launch-interest signup. App availability is stated on the website; a description here does not mean the app is already available in the App Store.

What We Collect

Your diary stays in the app on your device. Preparation plans, product names, session dates, personal notes, wash counts and journal photos are stored locally. This version does not send them to Shade Diary, an analytics service or an AI provider. You can use the diary without an account.

Your browser worksheet stays in your browser. Your goal, date, notes and checklist are used to prepare the worksheet on the page. Choosing Save stores a copy in that browser's local storage. They are not included in an email signup. Downloads, copied text and printed copies go where you choose.

Optional email signup. If you ask to hear about launch availability, we store your email address and signup time. The email is readable in the stored record; hashing the lookup key is not encryption or anonymity. We use the address for that request, not to add your diary to a profile. The signup response confirms that the address was saved, not that an email was sent or that access is guaranteed.

Website operation and security. Our host receives network information such as IP address, requested URL, time, browser headers and response status when serving the site. The signup service uses a time-windowed hash of the IP address for an abuse counter held in Cloudflare Durable Objects. It also holds a daily total that does not identify a visitor. We do not add diary content or worksheet answers to URLs or application logs.

Support. If you email us, we receive your address, message and any attachments you choose to send. Please do not send sensitive photos or personal information unless needed for your request.

Third-Party Recipients And Vendors

There is no advertising SDK, third-party analytics SDK, payment collection or session replay enabled in this local diary release or its browser worksheet. We do not sell personal information or share it for cross-context behavioural advertising. We may disclose information we hold if legally required or to protect the service and people's rights; this does not give us access to a diary that stays only on your device.

AI Processing And Photos

Live AI preview generation is disabled in this release. Choosing a journal photo does not upload it for generation or model training. Previously saved previews, where present, remain separate from actual journal results; a preview is not a prediction of what dye will do.

The app copies only photos you select. It resizes and re-encodes journal copies to remove embedded metadata, including location metadata. It does not alter the original in your Photos library. We do not infer health, hair suitability, race or other sensitive characteristics from your records. If live generation is introduced later, its provider, data flow and controls must be disclosed before you choose to use it.

Retention And Deletion

Local diary. Records remain on your device until you delete them or remove the app. Settings → Your journal → Delete journal removes preparation plans, sessions, notes and journal photos from the app's journal. It does not delete saved previews or your original Photos-library images. Delete session removes that session's records and journal photos while leaving separate preparation plans and previews. Delete saved previews has a separate scope and confirmation.

The journal folder is excluded from the app's device backup. There is no Shade Diary cloud sync or recovery copy. Export journal or Export session creates a readable JSON file containing the selected record's notes and journal photo copies; anyone with the file can read it. An export is not an automatic restore feature. Files you save, share or copy elsewhere must be managed and deleted in those destinations. We cannot remotely recover or erase data stored only on your device.

Browser worksheet. A saved worksheet stays in local storage until you clear it in the worksheet or remove the site's browser data. Clearing one browser does not clear another browser or a downloaded file. Browser or device changes can remove the saved copy.

Launch-interest email. We retain the address and signup time while responding to the launch-interest request, until you ask us to remove it or we discontinue the list. No automatic expiry is currently configured. To withdraw the request or ask for deletion, email support@shadediary.com from the address you used. We may need to verify the request before removing a record. Signup does not currently start an automated email sequence.

Security and support. IP-based signup counters expire within 20 minutes and are scheduled for deletion; daily totals expire within two days. Cloudflare may retain recovery history of the counter database for up to 30 days. These counters do not contain your email, worksheet or journal. Hosting/network logs follow Cloudflare's service settings and retention practices. Support messages remain while needed to answer the request and address follow-up or legal obligations; we review removal requests individually rather than promising an automatic mailbox purge.

Your Choices And Rights

You can use the worksheet without signing up, decline photo access, delete local records, clear saved browser data and export your own journal. There is no Shade Diary account to close.

Depending on where you live and the law that applies, you may have rights to access, correct, delete or obtain a copy of personal information we hold; withdraw consent; object to or restrict processing; and complain to a data-protection authority. Contact support@shadediary.com to make a request. We do not require you to send a local journal to exercise rights about your email record. We do not penalize you for making a privacy request.

Where applicable, we use consent for optional launch-interest contact, legitimate interests for necessary service security and support, and legal obligations for legally required records. Our providers may process information internationally. The operator must confirm any jurisdiction-specific transfer and representation requirements before offering the service in a region that requires them.

Cookies And Tracking

The worksheet uses local storage only when you choose to save. The application code does not set advertising or analytics cookies and does not perform cross-site tracking. Hosting/security services may use necessary cookies according to their configuration. There is no tracking behaviour to switch on when a browser sends Do Not Track or Global Privacy Control; we do not use these signals to enable tracking.

Children

Shade Diary is not directed to children under 13, and the launch-interest list is not intended for children under 13. If you believe we have received a child's personal information, contact us so we can investigate and remove information we hold where required. We cannot identify or remotely delete records that exist only on a person's device.

Security And Changes

We use HTTPS for the website, bounded requests and local app storage protections. No service or device is completely secure. Use your device's lock and take care when exporting private notes or photos.

We update this policy when our practices change and show the effective date above. Material new collection, analytics or photo processing must be disclosed before it is enabled. Questions and requests: support@shadediary.com.