Privacy Policy

Your privacy is fundamental to us. This policy explains how GoalPost collects, uses, and protects your personal information.

Effective Date: May 1, 2025 | Last Updated: December 2024

1. Introduction

BridgeMind LLC ("we," "our," or "us") operates GoalPost, an intelligent goal tracking and productivity application. This Privacy Policy describes how we collect, use, store, and protect your personal information when you use our mobile application and related services.

By using GoalPost, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy. If you do not agree with our policies and practices, do not download, register with, or use this application.

2. Information We Collect

2.1 Account Information

  • Registration Data: Email address, first name, and encrypted password
  • Profile Information: User preferences and account settings
  • Authentication Tokens: Secure access tokens for app authentication

2.2 Goal and Task Data

  • Goals: Goal titles, descriptions, weekly hour targets, target dates, completion status
  • Focus Sessions: Session duration, start/stop times, pause duration, completion status
  • Progress Tracking: Minutes logged, session completion rates, productivity scores
  • User Notes: Optional notes and focus area descriptions you add to sessions

2.3 Onboarding and Preferences

  • Goal Categories: Selected categories (work, education, health, personal development, etc.)
  • Productivity Hours: Your preferred productive time periods (morning, afternoon, evening, night)
  • Time Intervals: Preferred focus session durations (15 min, 30 min, 1 hour, 2 hours)
  • App Preferences: Notification settings and user interface preferences

2.4 Usage and Analytics Data

  • App Usage: Feature interactions, screen views, session frequency
  • Performance Data: App crashes, error logs, and performance metrics
  • Device Information: Device type, operating system version, app version
  • Review Tracking: App store review prompts and user responses (anonymized)

2.5 Leaderboard and Social Features

  • Focus Time Statistics: Aggregated focus time for leaderboard rankings
  • Streak Data: Consecutive days of goal achievement
  • Achievement Metrics: Productivity scores and completion rates (anonymized for rankings)

3. How We Use Your Information

3.1 Core App Functionality

  • • Provide goal creation, tracking, and management features
  • • Enable focus session timing and progress tracking
  • • Calculate productivity scores and weekly progress metrics
  • • Synchronize data across your devices using secure cloud storage
  • • Generate personalized dashboard statistics and insights

3.2 Personalization and Optimization

  • • Customize the app experience based on your onboarding preferences
  • • Optimize session timing suggestions based on your productive hours
  • • Provide relevant goal categories and templates
  • • Adapt the interface to your preferred time intervals and workflows

3.3 Social and Competitive Features

  • • Generate anonymized leaderboard rankings based on focus time
  • • Calculate and display productivity streaks and achievements
  • • Enable friendly competition through aggregated statistics
  • • Provide community engagement features (data anonymized)

3.4 App Improvement and Support

  • • Analyze usage patterns to improve app performance and features
  • • Identify and fix bugs, crashes, and technical issues
  • • Optimize user experience and interface design
  • • Provide customer support and respond to user inquiries
  • • Determine optimal moments for app store review prompts

4. Data Sharing and Disclosure

We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal information. We may share your information only in the following limited circumstances:

  • With Your Consent: When you explicitly authorize us to share specific information
  • Service Providers: With trusted third-party vendors who help us operate GoalPost (cloud hosting, analytics, customer support) under strict confidentiality agreements
  • Legal Requirements: When required by law, court order, or to protect our rights and safety
  • Business Transfers: In connection with a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets (with notice to users)
  • Aggregated Data: Anonymous, aggregated statistics for leaderboards and research that cannot identify individual users
  • App Store Reviews: Anonymous usage metrics to app stores for review prompt optimization

5. Data Security

We implement comprehensive security measures to protect your personal information:

  • Encryption: All data is encrypted in transit (HTTPS/TLS) and at rest using industry-standard encryption
  • Secure Storage: Sensitive data stored using Expo SecureStore with device-level encryption
  • Authentication: JWT-based secure authentication with token expiration
  • Access Controls: Strict employee access controls and regular security training
  • Infrastructure: Secure cloud hosting with regular security updates and monitoring
  • Data Isolation: User data is isolated and accessible only to the account owner

While we strive to protect your personal information, no method of transmission over the internet or electronic storage is 100% secure. We cannot guarantee absolute security.

6. Data Retention

  • Active Accounts: We retain your data while your account is active and as needed to provide services
  • Account Deletion: When you delete your account, we remove your personal data within 30 days
  • Legal Requirements: Some data may be retained longer if required by law or for legitimate business purposes
  • Anonymized Analytics: Aggregated, anonymized usage data may be retained indefinitely for research and improvement
  • Backup Systems: Data in backup systems is deleted within 90 days of account deletion
  • Review Data: Anonymous review prompt data is retained for app optimization purposes

7. Your Privacy Rights

Depending on your location, you may have the following rights:

Access & Portability

Request a copy of your personal data in a portable format

Correction

Update or correct inaccurate personal information

Deletion

Request deletion of your account and personal data

Restriction

Limit how we process your personal information

Objection

Object to certain types of data processing

Opt-out

Unsubscribe from marketing communications

To exercise these rights, contact us at legal@bridgemind.ai. We will respond within 30 days and may require identity verification.

8. International Data Transfers

GoalPost is operated from the United States. If you are located outside the US, your information may be transferred to, stored, and processed in the US or other countries. We ensure appropriate safeguards are in place for international transfers, including:

  • • Standard Contractual Clauses approved by the European Commission
  • • Adequacy decisions for certain countries
  • • Other appropriate safeguards as required by applicable law

9. Children's Privacy

GoalPost is not intended for children under 13 years of age. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If we become aware that we have collected personal information from a child under 13, we will take steps to delete such information.

If you are a parent or guardian and believe your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us at legal@bridgemind.ai.

10. Contact Us

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact us:

Email: legal@bridgemind.ai

Data Protection Officer: legal@bridgemind.ai

We will respond to your inquiry within 30 days (or as required by applicable law).

11. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy periodically to reflect changes in our practices, technology, legal requirements, or other factors. We will notify you of material changes by:

  • • Sending an email to your registered email address
  • • Displaying a prominent notice in the GoalPost app
  • • Updating the "Last Updated" date at the top of this policy

Your continued use of GoalPost after any changes indicates your acceptance of the updated Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with the changes, you should discontinue use and delete your account.