IOn Sleep Privacy Policy

Effective date: 2026-10-02. Last updated: 2026-10-02.

This policy explains how The Ritz Plaza LLC, a South Dakota limited liability company doing business as The IOn Project ("we", "us"), handles information in connection with the IOn Sleep Android app (package com.theritzplaza.ionsleep). It applies to the app only. Our website has its own privacy policy.

1. The short version

Your sleep data stays on your phone. Sleep sessions, alarms, sound presets and settings are stored on your device. They are not uploaded to us and are excluded from Android cloud backup. They leave your phone only if you export them yourself.
An account is optional. You can use IOn Sleep as a guest. If you choose to sign in with Google, we store your name, email address, profile photo link and account ID so we can manage your free trial and subscription status.
The free version shows ads. Ads are served by Google AdMob, which uses your device's advertising ID and other device information. Subscribers and people in an active free trial do not see ads.
We use Google Firebase for sign-in, account storage, crash reports and app usage analytics.
We do not sell your personal information, and we never see your payment details. Google Play handles all payments.
You can delete your account in the app (Settings, Delete Account) or by emailing us. See section 10.

2. Who we are

The Ritz Plaza LLC (doing business as The IOn Project)
330 S Main St, Winner, South Dakota 57580, USA

We are the data controller for the personal information described here. For privacy questions and requests, email privacy@theionproject.com.

3. What stays on your device

The following is created and stored only on your phone. We cannot see it.

Sleep tracking: the start and end time of each session, its length, whether it was a nap, whether an alarm ended it, which sounds were playing, and any quality rating or notes you add.
Alarms, sound mixes, presets and app settings.
Your ZIP code and the weather result used for weather themes (see section 4).
If you sign in, a copy of your name, email address and profile photo link, cached for display in Settings.

The app turns off Android's automatic cloud backup, so this data is not copied to your Google Drive backup. If you use the CSV export (a Premium feature), the file you create contains your session dates, times and durations, and goes wherever you choose to share it.

4. What we collect, why, and who processes it

Information	When	Why	Who processes it
Google account details: name, email address, profile photo link, and a Firebase user ID	Only if you sign in with Google	To create your account, show who is signed in, and manage your free trial and subscription status	Google Firebase Authentication and Cloud Firestore
Account record: the details above, your free trial start and end dates, subscription status fields, account creation date, and a copy of the app's default settings	Only if you sign in	To apply your trial and Premium access	Google Cloud Firestore
Advertising data: your device's advertising ID, IP address, device and app information, and how you interact with ads	When ads are shown (guests and free users)	To show ads that fund the free version, including personalized ads unless you opt out in Android settings	Google AdMob (see section 5)
Crash reports: stack traces, device model, Android version, app version and a crash-reporting installation ID	When the app crashes	To find and fix bugs	Google Firebase Crashlytics
App usage analytics: events such as app opens and session length, onboarding steps, sounds played, alarm times set, rating prompts, purchase attempts and results, and promo codes entered, together with an app instance ID and the advertising ID	While you use the app	To understand which features are used and to fix problems	Google Analytics for Firebase
Purchase status: which subscription you hold, whether it is active, and a purchase token	When you subscribe or the app checks your subscription	To unlock Premium	Google Play. We never receive your card or payment details.
ZIP code (US only)	When you use weather themes (Premium)	To look up current weather for your area. The app sends only the ZIP code, not your GPS location.	OpenWeather (OpenWeatherMap)
Feedback emails: your email address, your message, and the device model, Android version and app version that the app adds to the draft	Only if you send us feedback from the app	To answer you	Our email provider

The app does not request access to your location, contacts, microphone, camera, photos or files.

5. Advertising

If you use IOn Sleep as a guest or on the free version, the app shows banner ads and, at most about once every 8 hours, a full-screen ad. Ads are provided by Google AdMob. To choose and measure ads, Google collects your device's advertising ID, IP address, device information and ad interactions, and may use them to personalize ads. On supported devices, Google may also use Android's Privacy Sandbox advertising features (such as Topics and attribution reporting), which the app's ads library declares. Google handles that data under its own privacy policy and explains its ad practices at How Google uses information from sites or apps that use its services.

You can limit this at any time: on most Android phones, go to Settings, Privacy (or Google), Ads to delete or reset your advertising ID and opt out of ads personalization. Subscribers and people in an active free trial do not see ads.

6. Permissions the app uses

Alarms, notifications, full-screen alerts and showing over the lock screen: so your alarm rings reliably and can be dismissed from the lock screen.
Do Not Disturb access: optional, to manage Do Not Disturb around your alarm.
Physical activity: only for the step-counting wake-up challenge, if you turn it on.
Phone state: declared so the app can tell if you are on a call when an alarm rings. It is not used for anything else.
Display over other apps: used only to open the full-screen alarm setting on some Samsung phones. The app does not draw over other apps.
Internet and network state: for sign-in, ads, weather, purchases and crash reports.

7. Sharing and selling

We do not sell your personal information, and we do not share it with data brokers. We share information only with the service providers named in this policy, to run the app:

Google (Firebase Authentication, Cloud Firestore, Crashlytics and Google Analytics for Firebase) processes data on our behalf under Google's data processing terms.
Google AdMob receives advertising data as described in section 5. Under some US state privacy laws, showing personalized ads may count as "sharing" personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising. You can opt out as described in section 5.
Google Play handles purchases, in-app review prompts and in-app updates under Google's own terms and privacy policy.
OpenWeather receives your ZIP code when weather themes request weather.

We may also disclose information if required by law, or to protect our rights or the safety of others.

8. Legal bases (for users in the EEA, UK and Switzerland)

To provide the app, your account, your free trial and Premium: performance of our contract with you.
Crash reports, usage analytics and security: our legitimate interest in keeping the app working and improving it.
Ads in the free version: our legitimate interest in funding the free version. You can object at any time by opting out of ads personalization (section 5) or by subscribing.
Weather themes and feedback emails: your request when you use those features.

9. How long we keep it

Account record and Google account details: until you delete your account. After deletion, Firebase removes authentication data from its live and backup systems within 180 days.
Crash reports: about 90 days, after which Firebase begins removing them.
App usage analytics: according to the retention setting in our Google Analytics account, which is no longer than 14 months.
Advertising data: held by Google under Google's own retention policies.
Feedback emails: as long as needed to answer you, and no longer than 24 months.
On-device data: until you delete it, clear the app's data, or uninstall the app.

10. Your choices and rights, including deletion

Delete your account in the app: sign in, open Settings, choose Delete Account, and confirm. This deletes your account record and your sign-in account. If deletion fails, sign out, sign back in, and try again, or email us.
Delete your account by email: email privacy@theionproject.com from, or naming, the Google account you used. We will delete your account record and sign-in account. Full instructions are on our account deletion page.
Delete on-device data: uninstall the app, or clear its storage in Android settings.
Ads personalization: see section 5.
Access, correction, portability and objection: email us. We offer these rights to everyone, wherever you live, and respond within 30 days.

Crash reports and usage analytics are linked to installation and app instance IDs, not to your name. If you want them removed, email us and we will help as far as Google's tools allow. You may also complain to your local data protection authority.

11. Children

IOn Sleep is not directed at children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from them. The app does not ask for your age. If you believe a child has given us personal information, email us and we will delete it.

12. Security

Information sent between the app and Google or OpenWeather is encrypted in transit. Account records are stored in Google Cloud Firestore and protected by Google's infrastructure security. No system is perfectly secure, so we keep the data we hold small: your sleep data never leaves your phone.

13. International users

We are based in the United States, and our service providers may process information in the United States and other countries. Google transfers data under its own legal safeguards, including Standard Contractual Clauses where required.

14. Changes to this policy

If we change this policy, we will update the date at the top. If a change materially affects how we use your information, we will also tell you in the app or on the Google Play listing before it takes effect.

15. Contact

Privacy questions and requests: privacy@theionproject.com
Mail: The Ritz Plaza LLC, 330 S Main St, Winner, South Dakota 57580, USA