HUNCHED

Privacy policy

Hunched: Text Neck Solution · Stephen Evrard / Omicron Studio LLC
Updated November 2, 2026

Hunched uses phone motion measurements to help you monitor posture. This policy describes the app's account, health and fitness, device, and advertising data practices.

Information the app uses

• Account: name, email address, Firebase user ID, and sign-in credentials or a Google/Apple sign-in token. Firebase handles authentication. Apple may provide a private relay email address.
• Optional profile and health details: date of birth, phone number, ZIP code, referral source, screen-time habits, medical history and pain issues that you choose to enter; pain ratings and notes; and posture measurements and usage history when you use posture tracking.
• Purchases: store product and purchase/entitlement information used to unlock paid features. Google Play or Apple handles payment details; Hunched does not collect your card or bank account number.
• Device and app use: Firebase installation and messaging identifiers for app operation and notifications. Firebase Analytics and Google Mobile Ads may collect app interactions, diagnostic information, device or other identifiers, and approximate location inferred from an IP address.

How information is used and shared

Account and health/fitness information supports sign-in, account management, posture features, history, reminders, and support. Health information is not supplied to the advertising SDK by Hunched. Firebase processes account, app data, analytics, and notification information to provide these services.

Google Mobile Ads (AdMob) collects and shares approximate location, app interactions, diagnostics, and device or other identifiers for advertising, analytics, and fraud prevention. The app requests non-personalized ads; this does not prevent all advertising data collection. Google and Apple process store purchases. See Google's privacy policy and Apple's privacy policy for their practices.

Security and retention

App data sent to Firebase and Google Mobile Ads is encrypted in transit. Hunched keeps account and app records while providing the service, until you request deletion or the information is no longer needed. After verifying an account-deletion request, support removes the account and associated app data. Hunched has no additional study-retention period for data held in the app. Independent research teams and app stores may hold separate records under their own policies. If a specific legal retention requirement applies, support will explain the affected data, reason, and period.

Your choices and deletion

You can leave optional questionnaire fields blank and control notifications in your device settings. You can request correction, deletion of your whole account, or deletion of selected app data by emailing dean@hunchedapp.com. See account and data deletion instructions. Do not send a password or payment details. Deletion does not automatically cancel a store subscription; manage it through Google Play or Apple.

Research participation and children

If you participate in a research study, contact the study team about withdrawing or information held separately by that team. Hunched is not intended for children under 13. Contact support if you believe a child under 13 has provided personal data so support can investigate and remove it.

Contact and updates

For privacy questions, contact Hunched at dean@hunchedapp.com. Updates to these practices will appear on this page with a revised date.