Privacy Policy

An overview of our privacy policy for pre-release users

Privacy Overview

This is a privacy overview for UnScreen's pre-release users. The full policy will be available when we launch to the public.

UnScreen collects information about the apps you use and the sites you visit, and sends that to the cloud. We strongly recommend reading this page diligently before installing UnScreen.

What We Collect

We collect the following data:

  • Your name and email address
  • The names of the apps you use
  • The domains (and subdomains) of the sites you visit (but not the full URL) li Timestamps related to when you use the above apps and sites

That data is encrypted and sent to our servers. We use it to understand how you use your computer, to provide insights on how to reduce your distraction, and to make UnScreen better.

When/How is data collected?

The desktop app you install sends through activity once every 5 minutes. In short: whenever the "tree" icon is present in your menu bar without a red dot in the middle, UnScreen is logging data

Who has access to that data?

Data is stored on Amazon AWS servers. We do not sell any data to third parties. Only a small subset of engineers and data scientists employed by UnScreen have access to AWS keys.

Data regarding personal identity can only be accessed by engineers and data scientists employed by UnScreen. In most instances, personal details are not accessed when examining activity logs. Occasionally, single lines of logged activity may be sent to our 3rd party bug tracking service, Sentry, for the purpose of debugging. Personally Identifiable Information is obfuscated in these logs.

Individual logs and personally identifiable information are not shared with governments or other institutional third parties except where legally required by US, EU, UK, Canadian or Australian law. (This will only happen in extreme cases, such as terrorism investigations)

Aggregated data (eg: "the average user is 2.1% more productive at 8am than 8pm") may be shared with accredited academic institutions and nonprofits for the purpose of improving online health and behaviors. That data may also be discussed and published by UnScreen for the purpose of raising awareness regarding harmful internet practices and best practices for reducing harmful use. It does not allow for disclosure of an individual users' logged data or identity, or any behaviors or trends attributable to an individual user.