Privacy policy

Effective July 26, 2026

State of Us is a private check-in service for invited households of exactly two people. It does not contain advertising, sell personal information, or track people across apps or websites.

Information the service handles

• Your Sign in with Apple account identifier and the credentials needed to keep you signed in.
• The short display name you choose for the household board.
• Your check-in values, their dates and times, and whether they belong to a morning or evening reminder.
• Household settings such as timezone, reminder times, quiet hours, board layout, and invitation status.
• A Vestaboard API token if you choose to connect a board. The token is encrypted at rest and is never returned to a client.
• Basic request information, such as an IP address and request path, used to secure and operate the service.

How information is used

The information is used only to authenticate household members, save and display check-ins, calculate private trends, schedule reminders, deliver the current household status to a connected Vestaboard, prevent abuse, and maintain the service.

Sharing

Authentication is provided by Apple. If a household member connects a Vestaboard, the current board layout is sent to Vestaboard for display. State of Us does not share information with advertisers or data brokers and does not use third-party analytics.

Storage and retention

Application sessions are stored in the iOS Keychain. Pending check-ins and reminder settings are stored on the device. Server data is stored on a privately operated service and protected by encrypted backups. Check-in history remains available until the household owner deletes the household. Deleted information may remain temporarily in encrypted backups maintained solely for disaster recovery.

Your privacy choices

A household member can export the household data from Settings. The household owner can permanently delete the household, both members’ check-ins, and active sessions from Settings. Either member can disconnect their Vestaboard token and can stop using Sign in with Apple for State of Us from their Apple Account settings.

These controls are available directly in the app and do not require a support request. For help locating them, follow the account and privacy steps on the support page.

Support

For privacy questions or help exercising these choices, visit the State of Us support page.