Privacy policy

Last updated 9 November 2026

Who we are

Grovetime is made by Product Rhythm Studio AB, a company in Sweden. We are responsible for your family’s data under the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). You can reach us at hello@grovetime.app.

What Grovetime stores

Only what you type or choose in the app:

• the names or nicknames you give each person, and what the kids call each grown-up (for example “Mamma” or “Dad”);
• each kid’s age, so we can suggest things that suit them;
• the emoji and language each person picks;
• which kinds of activities each person likes or would rather skip;
• the activities you have done together, when, and who picked them;
• the memories you add after an activity (a word or an emoji each, shown as lanterns in your grove);
• your family settings, such as which days you hope to have time together.

We use this only to run Grovetime for your family: to suggest activities, grow your grove and show your memories.

Where it is kept

Your family’s data is saved on each phone or tablet that uses Grovetime. So that everyone in the family sees the same grove, a copy is also stored on our server, under a random family code. The code is not linked to any name, email or phone number.

Anyone who has your family code can open your family in Grovetime, so only share it with people in your family.

Our server is run by Netlify, Inc., which hosts the app and stores the family data for us. Netlify may store data in the United States; its data processing agreement with us includes the EU Standard Contractual Clauses. Like any web host, Netlify keeps short technical logs (such as IP addresses) to keep the service running and secure.

To stop people from guessing family codes, we count wrong codes for one hour. We don’t store your IP address for this, only a scrambled version of it that can’t be turned back into the address.

Everything sent between the app and the server is encrypted (HTTPS).

What we don’t collect

• No email addresses, phone numbers, photos, contacts or location.
• No advertising identifiers, analytics or third-party trackers. Even the fonts come from our own server.
• Reminders are scheduled on your phone itself; nothing about them is sent to us.

Children

Grovetime is made for families to use together, and a grown-up sets it up. Kids join with the family code their grown-up gives them. We only ask for a first name or nickname and an age, and the app has no ads and nothing to buy on the kids’ side.

Why we are allowed to use the data

We use your family’s data to provide the service you asked for when you set up Grovetime (GDPR article 6(1)(b)).

How long we keep it

We keep your family’s data for as long as your family uses Grovetime. If a family hasn’t opened Grovetime for 24 months, we delete its data from our server.

Removing a person in the app hides them from your family. Resetting the app removes the data from that phone only.

To erase everything, a grown-up can tap Delete our family’s data in the app’s settings. That deletes your family from our server straight away, and from the other phones the next time they go online.

If someone outside the family has your code, a grown-up can tap Make a new family code. The old code stops working for everyone.

Your rights

You can ask to see, correct, export or delete your family’s data, or object to how we use it. Email hello@grovetime.app with your family code, which you’ll find in the app’s settings. We will reply within 30 days.

If you are unhappy with how we handle your data, you can complain to the Swedish Authority for Privacy Protection (IMY) or the data protection authority in your own country.

Changes to this policy

If we change this policy, we will update the date at the top. If a change affects what we store or who we share it with, we will tell you in the app first.