The short version
Channelstane does not collect, transmit, sell or share any personal data. There are no accounts, no analytics, no advertising and no tracking of any kind. Everything the app stores — your season progress, your rink's scorecards, your players' names and portraits, and your settings — stays on your device and is never sent anywhere.
What Channelstane stores, and where
All of the following is kept locally in the app's own storage on your iPhone or iPad. None of it leaves your device unless you deliberately use the Share button to send a scorecard image yourself.
| Data | Purpose | Stored |
|---|---|---|
| Season and career progress | Remembers which bonspiels and venues you've unlocked, trophies won, and your rink's record | On device only |
| Scorecards | Keeps an end-by-end record of games you've played | On device only |
| Player names and skill progress | Your lead, second, vice and skip, and how their sweeping, draw weight and takeouts improve | On device only |
| Player portraits | An optional photo for a player card, taken with the camera or chosen from your photo library | On device only, in the app's own Documents folder |
| App settings | Sound, music, haptics, end length and reminder preferences | On device only (UserDefaults) |
Camera
Channelstane asks for camera access only when you choose to take a photo for a player's portrait on the Rink screen. The photo is resized and saved in the app's own storage. It is never uploaded anywhere. If you decline camera access, or your device has no camera, you can pick a photo from your library instead.
Photo library
Picking an existing photo for a player portrait uses Apple's system picker, which shows you your library without granting the app broader access. The chosen image is copied into the app's own storage, resized, and kept on your device.
Notifications
If you switch on the optional daily reminder for Skip's Call, Channelstane asks permission to schedule a local notification. This permission is requested only at that moment, and no notification content ever leaves your device — there is no push-notification service involved.
Children's privacy
Channelstane does not knowingly collect any information from anyone, including children, because it does not collect information at all. The app contains no chat, no user-generated content and no social features.
Changes to this policy
If Channelstane's data practices ever change, this page will be updated and the in-app "How Channelstane handles your data" note in Settings will be revised to match.
Last updated: November 2026.
Contact
Questions about this policy can be sent to [email protected].