Your rota stays yours.

Who we are

ShiftPOP (“ShiftPOP”, “the app”, “we”, “us”) is a personal shift calendar for iPhone, operated by John Halley. This Privacy Policy explains what information the app stores, what leaves your device, and how to contact us.

The public website for the app is shiftpop.app. The iOS app may appear as ShiftPop or, on an existing App Store listing, as Nursie.

What ShiftPOP is

ShiftPOP helps you plan Day, Evening, Night, Off, Vacation, and custom shifts, estimate pay, set reminders, and add Home Screen widgets.

ShiftPOP is a shift planner. It is not medical, mental health, or crisis care, and it is not intended for storing other people’s personal details.

Information you add to the app

You may choose to enter information such as:

• Shift dates, times, types, titles, colours, and notes
• Repeating shift patterns
• Pay settings, such as an hourly rate, overtime multiplier, and logged overtime hours
• Themes, appearance, reminder, and other app preferences

Please do not enter names, phone numbers, addresses, patient details, or other identifying information about other people. Custom shift titles can appear on widgets, so keep them free of confidential information.

Information stored on your device

Your shifts, notes, pay settings, themes, notification preferences, and other app settings are stored in the app database on your iPhone.

If iCloud Sync is available and turned on, that private database can sync through your own iCloud account so you can use it on your Apple devices. Apple processes that data under Apple’s privacy policy. We cannot read your private iCloud rota.

ShiftPOP also uses an on-device App Group so Home Screen widgets can show upcoming shift names and times. That widget data stays on your device.

Notifications

ShiftPOP can schedule local notifications on your device to remind you before upcoming shifts. Permission is optional. Notification content is generated on your iPhone and is not sent to our servers. You can turn reminders off in ShiftPOP or in iOS Settings.

Widgets

If you add a ShiftPOP widget, it can show upcoming shift names and times on your Home Screen. Personal notes are not shown on widgets.

Purchases

If you buy ShiftPOP Pro, the purchase is processed by Apple. ShiftPOP uses RevenueCat to confirm Pro access on this device and to restore it later. We do not receive your full payment card details.

Apple and RevenueCat process purchase and subscription information according to their own privacy policies. Subscription terms are shown by Apple before you buy, and ShiftPOP uses Apple’s standard Terms of Use (EULA).

Shared Groups

Shared Groups is optional. You can keep using ShiftPOP as a personal calendar without signing in.

If you continue with Sign in with Apple to use Shared Groups, Apple authenticates you and Firebase stores a sharing account so you can create or join a group. That account can include a display name you choose, a colour used in the group calendar, group membership, and the shift days, types, and times you choose to share with that group.

Personal notes, mood check-ins, and reflections are not shared with group members and are not written to Shared Groups documents.

Invite links and join codes let colleagues open ShiftPOP and join your group. Anyone with a valid invite can join until you revoke it or the group is full.

You can sign out or delete your sharing account from Groups. Deleting that account removes you from Shared Groups. It does not delete the personal rota stored on your iPhone or in your iCloud account.

Feedback

If you send feedback from Settings, we receive the message you write, plus basic details that help us investigate: app version and build, device model, iOS version, locale, time zone, feedback category and area, optional satisfaction rating, Pro-access status, and a random feedback-device identifier created on your iPhone.

Feedback is delivered to a private Google Sheet using Google Apps Script. Please do not include other people’s names or other identifying details.

You can also email us directly using the contact address below. Anything you include in that email is used only to respond and to improve ShiftPOP.

Analytics and tracking

This version of ShiftPOP does not use analytics or crash-reporting services. We do not collect advertising identifiers, and ShiftPOP does not track you across other companies’ apps or websites.

Website

The ShiftPOP website is a static marketing site. It does not use analytics cookies or a website visitor identifier. Your browser and hosting provider may still create ordinary server or security logs, such as IP address and the page requested, as part of delivering the site.

How we use information

• Provide the calendar, reminders, pay estimates, and widgets
• Sync your private rota through your iCloud account when iCloud Sync is on
• Unlock and restore Pro
• Run Shared Groups if you choose to sign in, including invites and the shift details you choose to share
• Respond to feedback or privacy requests you choose to send

We do not sell your personal information. We do not use your rota, notes, or pay settings for advertising.

Third-party services

Depending on how you use ShiftPOP, these services may process information:

• Apple iCloud, for optional sync across your Apple devices
• Apple App Store, for purchases, subscriptions, and restore
• Sign in with Apple, if you use Shared Groups
• Firebase Authentication and Cloud Firestore, if you use Shared Groups
• RevenueCat, to confirm and restore Pro access
• Google Apps Script and Google Sheets, for feedback you choose to submit

Those services process information according to their own privacy policies, including Apple, Firebase, RevenueCat, and Google.

Retention

Personal rota data stored only on your device remains there until you delete it, reset the app, or remove the app. If that data was synced to iCloud, it remains in your iCloud account until you delete it there or through Apple’s iCloud tools.

Feedback and support emails are kept only for as long as reasonably needed to respond, fix issues, and keep a record of the request. Purchase records needed to restore Pro are retained by Apple and RevenueCat according to their own policies.

Deletion

You can delete shifts and settings from inside the app. Removing the app from your device also removes the local database, unless it was synced to your iCloud account.

If you use Shared Groups, you can delete that sharing account in Groups → account menu → Delete Sharing Account. That removes you from shared groups and deletes the Firebase sharing account. It does not cancel ShiftPOP Pro or delete your personal calendar.

Deleting the app does not cancel an active ShiftPOP Pro subscription. You can manage or cancel a subscription in your Apple ID settings.

To ask for help with data removal, email johnhalley1994@gmail.com with the subject “ShiftPOP data deletion request”. Please do not send rota notes, patient details, or other confidential information in that email.

Your rights

Depending on where you live, you may have rights to ask for access, correction, or deletion of personal information associated with you, or to object to or restrict certain processing. ShiftPOP stores most of your rota on your device or in your iCloud account, so the fastest way to delete that information is usually from the app, by removing the app, or through your Apple ID / iCloud settings.

To make a privacy request about information we hold, such as feedback you sent us, contact:

Children’s privacy

ShiftPOP is intended for adults who plan work shifts. It is not directed at children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you believe a child has provided personal information, please contact us and we will delete it.

International processing

If you use Apple, RevenueCat, Firebase (for Shared Groups), or send feedback, those providers may process information in the United States or other countries. Their safeguards and privacy terms apply to that processing. Shared Groups data is stored in Firebase’s europe-west1 region where possible.

Changes to this policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page with a new “Last updated” date.

Contact

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or how ShiftPOP handles data, contact John Halley at: