Privacy

Privacy policy

Alan Watts Academy app · last updated 12 November 2026

The short version: the app has no accounts, no advertising and no tracking. It works without telling us who you are. We store a few things so that reminders, likes and the contact form can work, and you can delete them yourself at any time.

Who we are

The app is offered by the Alan Watts Academy (Richard van der Linde). For any question about your data, write to richard@alanwattsacademy.com or use the Contact tab in the app.

What we store, and why

Notifications
If you turn on reminders or video alerts, we store the technical address your phone or browser gives us for sending notifications (a push subscription, or a device token in the iPhone app), your time zone, whether you want video alerts, the kind of device and browser, and when you signed up. We use this only to send the notifications you asked for, at your local time. Turn notifications off in the app and we remove it.
Likes and opened explanations
When you like an item or open an explanation, we store that together with a random number that the app created on your device. The number is not linked to your name, email address or phone. We use the totals to see which items people value.
Quiz answers
When you answer a quiz question, we store the answer, whether it was correct and the time. If notifications are on, the answer is linked to your notification subscription. We use the totals to see how difficult a question is.
Contact form
When you send us a message, we receive your name, email address and message by email and keep a copy on our server so nothing gets lost. We keep the 500 most recent messages and use them only to answer you.
Protection against abuse
To stop automated abuse, the server keeps a shortened, scrambled form of your IP address for at most one hour. Our hosting provider also keeps standard server logs.

What stays on your device

The app keeps your likes, your quiz answers, your notification choices and the random number mentioned above in the storage of your device, so the app remembers them the next time you open it. We do not use cookies in the app.

Other parties involved

We do not sell your data and we do not share it with anyone else, unless the law requires us to.

How long we keep it

Notification details are kept until you turn notifications off, delete your data, or your device reports that the subscription has ended. Likes and quiz answers are kept until you delete them. Contact messages are kept as described above.

Deleting your data

In the app, tap the bell at the top right and choose Delete my data. This removes your notification subscription, your likes and your quiz answers from our server and from your device. To have a contact message removed, or if you cannot use the app, email us and we will take care of it.

Your rights

You can ask us what we hold about you, and ask us to correct or delete it. If you live in the European Union or the United Kingdom you also have the right to object, to restrict processing, to receive your data, and to complain to your data protection authority. We rely on your consent for notifications, and on our legitimate interest in running and improving the app for the rest.

Children

The app is meant for adults and is not directed at children under 16.

Experimental chat

An experimental AI chat exists that is not part of the regular app and can only be opened with a special link. If you have been given that link and use it, your messages are sent to Anthropic, the company whose AI model answers them, and a daily message count is kept per device.

Changes

If we change what the app stores, we update this page and the date at the top.

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