Privacy Policy

Last updated: October 6, 2026

My Family Alarm ("we", "us", or "our") operates the My Family Alarm mobile application (the "App") and the familyalarm.com website. This Privacy Policy describes how we collect, use, and protect your information.

Information We Collect

Account Information

• Apple Account information: When you sign in with Apple, we receive your Apple-provided user identifier and, optionally, your name and email address (or a private relay email).
• Display name: The name you choose to display to family members.
• Avatar color: Your chosen profile color.

Family Data

• Family name: The name your family group uses.
• Family membership: User identifiers of family members for sharing alarms.
• Invite codes: Temporary codes for family member invitations.

Alarm Data

• Alarm settings: Times, titles, repeat schedules, sound preferences.
• Check-in records: For a check-in alarm, whether and when someone checked in.
• Target information: Which family member each alarm is for.

Device Information

• Device identifier: A unique identifier for your device.
• Device name: Used to identify which device an alarm is on.
• Push notification token: Required to deliver alarm notifications.

How We Use Your Information

We use your information to:

• Deliver alarm notifications to the correct devices
• Sync alarms across your family's devices
• Display family member information
• Send important notifications about alarms
• Improve app reliability and fix bugs

Data Storage and Security

• Firebase / Google Cloud: Your data is stored securely using Firebase Firestore with encryption at rest and in transit.
• Access control: Firestore security rules ensure you can only access your own data and your family's shared data.

Service providers

A small number of outside companies help us run the app. Each one processes your data only to provide the app, and we do not sell or share your data for advertising.

• Google Firebase: sign-in, our database, push notifications, and the server functions the app calls. Firebase processes your account id, display name, email, your family and alarm data, and your devices' push tokens.
• RevenueCat: manages the Family Alarm Plus subscription. RevenueCat processes your account id and your purchase history.
• Apple: Sign in with Apple, your App Store purchases, and push delivery.

Family Data Sharing

When you join or create a family:

• Family members can see shared alarm information
• Family members can see your display name and avatar color
• Parents can create and manage alarms for children
• Admins can manage family settings

The familyalarm.com Website

The familyalarm.com website is a static site. It sets no cookies, runs no analytics, and collects no personal information. If you email us from the site, we receive only what you choose to send.

Your Rights

You can:

• Delete your account: In the app, open Settings, tap Delete Account, and confirm with Apple. Your profile, personal alarms, devices, and purchase history are deleted immediately; if you are your family's only admin, the family is deleted too. In a family that carries on without you, alarms you set for others stay with the family and keep showing your display name, and your check-in records there are deleted within 7 days. An Apple subscription keeps renewing until you cancel it in your Apple Account settings.
• Leave a family: Remove your data from a family group
• Update your information: Change your display name and preferences
• Export your data: Request a copy of your data

Data Retention

• Account data is retained while your account is active
• Check-in records (who checked in for which alarm, and when) are deleted automatically after 7 days
• Deleted alarms are removed immediately
• When you leave a family or delete your account, your membership is removed from that family. Alarms you set for others stay with the family and keep showing your display name, and your check-in records there are deleted within 7 days.

Child mode

A parent can set up a child's own device — one with no Apple Account — so a child can see and respond to alarms without a phone of their own. A parent enters the child's name in the app and pairs the device with a one-time code.

• We store the child's name, the paired device's name, a pairing token, the device's time zone, and its alarm and notification permission state.
• We store the child's check-ins: whether they checked in for an alarm, and when.
• The child creates no account and gives no email.

A parent can unlink the device (protected by the parent's PIN) or delete the child's profile at any time. Deleting the family deletes all of it.

Children's Privacy

My Family Alarm is designed for families, including children:

• Child profiles are managed by parents
• We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13 without parental consent
• Parents can view and delete children's alarm data

Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy. We will notify you of significant changes through the App or via email.

California Privacy Rights

California residents have additional rights under the CCPA. Contact us to exercise these rights.

Contact Us

For privacy questions or data requests, contact us at hello@familyalarm.com.