FutureSelf

Privacy Policy

Effective July 9, 2026 · Last revised August 9, 2026

Counsel review pending. This policy is a working draft based on the current code and the data flows verified so far. Release traces, vendor settings, App Store privacy answers, and the applicability of state and California AI laws remain under review. A qualified attorney must finalize it before publication. Remove this notice only after approval and redeployment.

FutureSelf is a native iOS app for behavioral growth and reflection, operated by Future Self LLC (“FutureSelf,” “we,” “us,” or “our”). This Privacy Policy explains what information we collect, what stays on your device, what leaves your device, how we use it, who processes it, and the choices you have.

By using FutureSelf or this website, you agree to this policy. If you do not agree, do not use the app.

1. Scope

This policy covers:

It does not cover third-party websites or services you open through links (for example, crisis hotlines, Apple, or nutrition databases). Those have their own policies.

2. Our privacy posture in one sentence

FutureSelf is on-device first, not device-only. Your reflections, identity work, voice recordings, and most day-to-day data start on your iPhone. Private-iCloud mirroring is off by default and requires an explicit Apple-linked FutureSelf account, available iCloud, and an in-app backup action. Active health and fitness backup to iCloud is blocked. Other limited data can leave the device for user-requested AI guidance, a default-off Apple Calendar mirror you choose to enable, optional signed-in account services, crash diagnostics, and App Store purchases.

3. Categories of personal information we collect

In the prior 12 months, depending on how you use the app, we may collect the categories below. “Collected” here means information that can be transmitted off your device to us or to a processor we use. Data that stays only on your device, or only in your own Apple iCloud private database, is noted separately.

3.1 Information you provide

3.2 Information from your device (with permission)

3.3 Diagnostics

3.4 What we do not collect for advertising or tracking

4. Sources of personal information

5. How we use personal information

We use personal information for these business purposes:

We do not use HealthKit data for marketing or advertising.

6. What leaves your device

When a feature requires it, the following may leave your device:

Circle and Connection-plan stores remain local sources of truth and do not sync to Supabase or CloudKit. Their selected data leaves only when you explicitly request an AI opener or enable Apple Calendar mirroring.

Voice recording files remain on your device unless you explicitly use an eligible private-iCloud backup path after linking Apple. When mirrored, they go to your Apple iCloud private database rather than FutureSelf's Supabase database. Private-database ownership does not by itself settle Apple's “collected” classification, which remains a counsel and App Store review item.

7. Service providers and third parties

We disclose personal information to providers that process it to operate the requested features. Before this draft is approved, the applicable account terms, retention, training-use, subprocessors, and configuration must be verified:

We do not sell personal information. We do not share personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising.

8. AI guidance and sensitive content

Your AI guide is artificial intelligence. It reflects your own words and supports your goals. It is not a substitute for professional care.

Coach is disclosed as AI at first contact and again where required. Content you write can be intimate (identity, relationships, health themes). We handle it as personal information and process it to provide the service. FutureSelf is behavioral coaching software, not a licensed healthcare provider. A draft Crisis Safety Protocol describes the current internal controls; its public availability and counsel approval must be confirmed before launch. See our Terms of Use for scope limits.

9. Retention

We retain personal information only as long as needed for the purposes above, unless a longer period is required by law.

10. Your choices and controls

11. California privacy rights (CCPA / CPRA)

If you are a California resident, you have the right to:

We do not sell personal information. We do not share personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising. We have no actual knowledge of selling or sharing personal information of consumers under 16.

How to exercise rights: email privacy@futureslf.com with the subject “California Privacy Request.” The in-app archive provides the supported categories and per-source statuses described above; use the email path for a request covering other information we hold. We will verify your request using information reasonably related to your account or device use, and respond within the timeframes required by law (generally 45 days, with one permitted extension when reasonably necessary).

Sensitive personal information. Depending on what you write or authorize, we may process health-related or other sensitive themes to provide the service, including reflections you author. The launch contract prohibits HealthKit-derived context from leaving the device in AI prompts. We use this information to provide the features you request, not for advertising.

Notice at collection. Before you write personal content, the app presents a consent notice describing AI disclosure and linking to this policy.

12. Children

FutureSelf is intended for adults age 18 and older. It is not directed to children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. Companion AI features may not be suitable for some minors. If you believe a child has provided us personal information, contact privacy@futureslf.com and we will take appropriate steps to delete it.

13. Security

We use administrative, technical, and physical safeguards appropriate to the nature of the data, including transport encryption for network traffic, Keychain storage for secrets on device, and access controls on our backend. No method of transmission or storage is perfectly secure. You are responsible for keeping your device and Apple Account secure.

14. International users

FutureSelf is operated from the United States. If you use the app from outside the United States, you understand that your information may be processed in the United States, where laws may differ from those in your country.

15. Crisis resources

FutureSelf is not an emergency service. If you are in crisis or thinking about harming yourself, you are not alone.

Call or text 988 to reach the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline, available 24/7. You can also text HOME to 741741 for the Crisis Text Line.

A draft description of our detection and referral protocol is linked at futureslf.com/safety. Availability of that public URL and counsel approval must be confirmed before launch.

16. Changes

We may update this policy from time to time. We will post the revised policy on this page and update the “Last revised” date. Material changes may also be called out in the app. Continued use after the effective date means you accept the updated policy. We review this policy at least once every 12 months.

17. Contact