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Privacy

LogWeight handles body weight, which is GDPR Art. 9 special-category personal data. The privacy posture is documented here so reviewers, auditors, and future contributors share the same understanding.

Data flow

  1. The user enters a weight in the app.
  2. The value is held in memory (@State) only for the lifetime of the entry surface.
  3. On Save, the value is written to HKHealthStore via HKQuantityTypeIdentifier.bodyMass.
  4. The local copy is discarded; subsequent reads go back through HealthKit.

The app:

  • has no server, no account, no cloud sync of its own.
  • maintains no separate weight database.
  • writes no weight values to logs, UserDefaults, Keychain, files, or any other persistent storage.
  • contains no third-party SDKs (no analytics, no crash reporters, no auth providers).
  • does not access the contact book, location, microphone, camera, photos, or any sensor other than HealthKit body-mass.

Cross-device synchronisation, when the user has more than one device, is handled by Apple Health itself.

Feedback

Settings → Feedback offers two rows, both user-initiated:

  • Send feedback opens a draft in the user's own mail client, addressed to the support mailbox. The body is prefilled with app version, build, iOS version, and device model only. The user sees and can edit the draft before sending. Nothing is sent by the app itself, and no health data is included. If no mail app is available, the support address is copied to the clipboard instead.
  • Rate LogWeight on the App Store opens the App Store review page. No data is passed.

Whatever the user chooses to write is processed as ordinary email by the support mailbox; it is not linked to any app-side identifier.

Lawful basis

The lawful basis for processing under GDPR is explicit consent, gathered through the standard HealthKit authorisation sheet. The user can revoke consent at any time in Settings → Health → Data Access & Devices → LogWeight. Once revoked, future writes will fail and the app surfaces a calm prompt to re-enable.

Data subject rights

Because the app holds no copy of the user's data:

  • Right of access: the user reads their data in the Health app.
  • Right to rectification: edits happen in the Health app.
  • Right to erasure: delete in the Health app or revoke HealthKit access.
  • Right to data portability: export from the Health app.
  • Right to object: revoke HealthKit access.

Apple Privacy Manifest

App/iOS/Resources/PrivacyInfo.xcprivacy declares:

  • NSPrivacyTracking = false — LogWeight does not track users.
  • NSPrivacyCollectedDataTypes — declares Health & Fitness > Body Measurements with purpose AppFunctionality, linked to the user, not used for tracking.
  • NSPrivacyAccessedAPITypes — declares the required-reason UserDefaults API (settings storage).

On-screen redaction

The app implements two layers of on-screen redaction:

  1. .privacySensitive() — the SwiftUI modifier that asks the OS to redact content in system-generated screenshots (app switcher, Siri suggestions, Lock-Screen previews).
  2. PrivacyRedactionModifier — a custom modifier that overlays an opaque view when the app is backgrounded OR when UIScreen.main.isCaptured reports an active screen recording.

Known limitations of UIScreen.isCaptured

UIScreen.isCaptured is documented by Apple to not fire reliably in every capture scenario. We acknowledge:

  • AirPlay mirroring to an Apple TV does not always set isCaptured = true.
  • Wired QuickTime recording via a Mac does not set isCaptured = true.
  • ReplayKit-driven capture has its own lifecycle and may not be reflected in isCaptured.

These are Apple-framework limitations, not defects in LogWeight. The .privacySensitive() modifier handles every system-generated capture scenario regardless of these gaps.

Data export and deletion (operational)

If a user requests their data:

  • They control it themselves in the Health app — LogWeight cannot return data it does not hold.
  • If a request comes through the LogWeight contact channel, the response is: "Open the Health app on your device. Tap your profile photo → Export All Health Data."

If a user requests deletion:

  • They delete the values in the Health app.
  • They revoke HealthKit access for LogWeight in Settings → Health.

Logging

SecurityLog (in LogWeightCore) is the only logging facade. It exposes event(_: StaticString) and error(_: StaticString, code: Int) — and nothing else. There is no API path through which a weight value, a user identifier, a sample identifier, or a date can be logged.