Privacy Policy

Signals & Shadows

Last updated: January 2025

Your strategic insights and future observations are deeply personal and valuable. This privacy policy explains how Signals & Shadows protects your data and respects your privacy completely.

Our Core Promise

Your future is private. Signals & Shadows is built on the principle that your strategic insights and personal observations belong to you alone. We believe your strategic observations should remain completely private, free from tracking, data collection, or corporate surveillance.

"Your strategic insights belong to you alone."

Local-First Storage

All your signals, shadows, and strategic insights are stored exclusively on your device using an encrypted database. No cloud storage, no servers, no external databases.

No Data Transmission

The app never sends your personal data anywhere. Your strategic observations, backcasting plans, and megatrends stay private on your phone.

No Analytics or Tracking

We don't track how you use the app, what signals you capture, or how you synthesize your insights.

No Third-Party Services

The app doesn't integrate with any external services, cloud platforms, or data analytics tools.

What We Don't Collect

Personal identification information
Location data
Device identifiers
Usage analytics or behavior tracking
Signal content or strategic insights
Backcasting plans or megatrends
Social media connections
Contact information from your phone
Photos or media files
Network information
Search history
Export activity

What We Do Collect

Signals you choose to log
Shadow observations you record
Backcasting plans you create
Megatrends you synthesize
STEEP categorizations you assign
Impact ratings you set
App settings and preferences

Your Data Rights

Complete Ownership

You own 100% of your data. It's stored on your device using an encrypted database and belongs to you entirely.

Export Anytime

Export all your signals, shadows, and strategic data as JSON files whenever you want, for backup or external analysis.

Delete Everything

Permanently delete all your strategic data with one tap. No cloud backups mean true deletion.

No Account Required

Use the app without creating any accounts or providing personal information.

Why This Matters

Your strategic observations (your signals, your shadows, your visions of the future) are valuable intellectual property. Many apps track, analyze, and monetize this sensitive strategic data.

Signals & Shadows refuses to participate in this exploitation.

Questions About Privacy?

Have questions about how Signals & Shadows handles your strategic data?

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