WELCOME TO MARIE GREGG APPS

Marie Gregg Apps develops accessibility-inspired and creative productivity applications designed to simplify workflows, reduce overwhelm, and support creativity, communication and organisation.

This Privacy Policy explains how information is handled across the Marie Gregg Apps family of applications, including:

  • Symptaura

  • Planaura

  • Odyaura

  • Optaura

1. Availability

The Marie Gregg Apps family is currently available primarily in English (United Kingdom).

Features, captions, prompts, transcripts, notifications and interface text are designed primarily for English-speaking users.

Some speech recognition or system services provided by Apple may support additional languages depending on device and regional settings. Marie Gregg Apps does not currently guarantee full functionality outside English (UK).

2. International Users

Marie Gregg Apps may be downloaded and used worldwide.

By using the apps, you understand that information processed locally on your device may be subject to the laws and privacy regulations of your country or region.

Marie Gregg Apps aims to align with:

• UK GDPR
• EU GDPR
• Applicable Apple App Store privacy requirements

Because the majority of data is stored on your device or within your personal Apple iCloud account, users maintain primary control over their information.

3. Our Privacy Approach

Marie Gregg Apps is designed with a privacy-first approach.

Unless explicitly stated otherwise:

• Your content remains on your device or in your private iCloud account.
• We do not sell your data.
• We do not operate advertising trackers.
• We do not store your creations on external servers owned by Marie Gregg Apps.
• We do not collect unnecessary personal information.

Most app-generated content is processed and stored locally on your device or within Apple's CloudKit services linked to your Apple ID.

4. Information Accessed By Our Apps

Some apps may request access to certain device features in order to function correctly.

This may include:

  • Camera

  • Microphone

  • Photo Library

  • Notifications

  • Location Services

  • iCloud/CloudKit

  • Speech Recognition

  • Health Information (Symptaura)

Permissions can be revoked at any time through your Apple device settings.

5. Microphone Access

Certain apps may request microphone permission, including Optaura.

The microphone is used solely for features such as:

• Live captions
• Speech-to-text transcription
• Accessibility support

Speech recognition accuracy may vary depending on accent, environment, background noise, internet connectivity, device capability and language support.

Audio is processed for app functionality and is not stored by Marie Gregg Apps unless you intentionally save transcripts on your own device.

6. Camera Access

Certain apps may request camera permission, including:

• Optaura
• Tonaura
• Odyaura

Camera access is used for:

• Capturing photos
• Extracting colour palettes
• Creating visual content
• Travel images and memories

Captured media remains on your device unless you choose to export or share it.

7. Photos Library Access

Some apps may request access to your Photos Library, including:

• Tonaura
• Odyaura

This access is used for:

• Importing images
• Generating palettes from photos
• Saving exported content
• Supporting creative workflows

Marie Gregg Apps does not upload or externally store your personal photo library.

8. Local Device Storage and iCloud Synchronisation

Marie Gregg Apps stores information primarily on your device.

Examples include:

• Saved colour palettes
• Generated prompts
• Saved transcripts
• Trips and packing lists
• Tasks and checklists
• User preferences and settings

Odyaura

Odyaura stores:

• Trips
• Packing lists
• Buy lists
• Preparation lists
• Shared travel information
• Profile defaults

Data is stored locally and, where sharing or synchronisation is enabled, within your private iCloud account using Apple's CloudKit technology.

Marie Gregg Apps does not access your travel data and does not sell or share it with third parties.

Planaura

Planaura stores:

• Personal tasks
• Work tasks
• Parent tasks
• Subtasks
• Checklists
• Categories
• User preferences

Planaura synchronises your information across your Apple devices when signed into the same Apple ID.

This synchronisation uses Apple's CloudKit technology.

Marie Gregg Apps:

• Cannot access your private iCloud database.
• Cannot read your tasks.
• Does not sell your data.
• Does not share your information with advertisers.

Symptaura

Is a private symptom diary designed to help you understand your health over time. Track symptoms, energy, sleep, medication, mood, diet, water intake, exercise and more. Then generates clear reports to share with your GP or healthcare professional if you choose. Your information remains private, stored securely on your device, giving you complete control over your personal health data.

9. Notifications

Certain Marie Gregg Apps applications may request permission to send notifications.

For example:

Odyaura

Notifications may remind you about:

• Upcoming trips
• Packing reminders
• Departure countdowns
• Preparation deadlines

Planaura

Notifications may remind you about:

• Tasks and deadlines
• Incomplete lists
• Important reminders
• Productivity goals

These notifications are local notifications generated by your device.

You may disable notifications at any time within your Apple device settings.

10. App-to-App Workflow Integrations

Some Marie Gregg Apps products work together to support connected workflows.

Examples include:

• Odyaura using WeatherKit and shared travel features.
• Tonaura sharing palette and mood information with Inspiaura.

Where apps communicate:

• Data transfer occurs locally where possible.
• Only the information necessary for the feature is transferred.
• Marie Gregg Apps does not centrally store this information.

11. Third-Party Services

Some apps use Apple-provided frameworks and services, including:

  • CloudKit

  • iCloud

  • HealthKit

  • Speech Framework

  • AVFoundation

  • Photos

  • UserNotifications

  • WeatherKit

  • MapKit (if future)

  • StoreKit

  • TestFlight

These services are governed by Apple's own Privacy Policy.

12. Data Security

Reasonable efforts are made to keep app data secure through:

• Apple's security infrastructure
• Local-device storage
• Private CloudKit databases
• Apple ID authentication

We do not sell personal information, build advertising profiles or use third-party advertising trackers.

Odyaura uses trip information only to provide travel planning, packing, reminders, sharing and weather-based suggestions.

Planaura uses task information only to provide organisation, planning and reminder features.

Marie Gregg Apps does not sell your personal data and follows a privacy-first approach.

Users remain responsible for securing their devices, backups and exported content.

Data is processed only for the functionality you request and information will not be used for tracking across apps or websites owned by other companies.

Because most Marie Gregg Apps store information locally on your device or within your personal applie iCloud account, you remain in control of your data.

Depending on the application, you may remove stored information by:

  • Deleting individual items within the app

  • Using any available reset or delete data feature

  • Deleting the app from your device

  • Disabling iCloud synchronisation where available

Deleted data may remain in backups or iCloud according to Apple's retention policies.

13. Children

Marie Gregg Apps applications are designed primarily for general audiences. Some applications, including Symptaura, should only be used by children with appropriate parental or guardian involvement. Marie Gregg Apps does not knowingly collect personal information directly from children.

14.Your Rights

Depending on your location, you may have rights relating to:

• Accessing your data
• Deleting locally stored information
• Revoking permissions
• Managing privacy settings
• Disabling iCloud synchronisation

Permissions can be managed at any time through your Apple device settings.

15. Changes to This Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy may be updated periodically as apps evolve or new features are introduced.

Updated versions will be published on the Marie Gregg Apps website.

Continued use of the apps following updates constitutes acceptance of the revised Privacy Policy.

16. Contact

For privacy questions or support enquiries:

Marie Gregg Apps

Email: marie@mariegreggapps.co.uk

17. Governing Law

This Privacy Policy shall be governed in accordance with the laws of England and Wales.