Effective date: June 26, 2026 • Operated by FocusSquirrel • Contact: focussquirrel@ec3ai.com
The short version. FocusSquirrel keeps your stuff on your device.
We don't have accounts, we don't keep a server database of your tasks, and we don't sell or share
your data or show you ads. The one exception is the optional AI features — when you use them, the
text you're organizing is sent to our AI provider to do the sorting, and you can turn that off.
What we store, and where
Everything you put in FocusSquirrel — your tasks, lists, grocery items, stores, daily mood
check-ins and journal notes, and the preferences the app learns about how you organize — is stored
locally on your device (in the app's local storage on phones; in your browser's
storage on the web). It does not leave your device except as described under "AI features" below.
We do not collect your name, email, contacts, location, advertising identifiers,
or analytics/usage tracking. There are no third-party advertising or tracking SDKs in the app.
AI features (the only data that leaves your device)
If you use "Plan my day" or "Sort it out" (brain dump), the
relevant text — the tasks or brain-dump you're organizing, plus any facts the planner has learned
in order to avoid re-asking you — is sent over an encrypted connection to our backend, which
forwards it to OpenAI to generate the result. We send no account or identity
information with it.
Per OpenAI's API data-usage policy, data submitted through their API is not used to
train their models and is retained only briefly for abuse monitoring.
The AI features can be turned off in Settings; with them off, nothing is
transmitted and the app works fully offline.
We do not keep a copy of this text on our servers — our backend simply passes it through.
Permissions we request
Microphone — only when you tap the mic to speak a task. Your speech is
converted to text so you can capture hands-free. We don't record or store audio.
Calendar — only if you choose to add a task to your device calendar.
Notifications — to send the gentle reminders you opt into. These are
scheduled on your device.
Sensitive information
Your tasks and notes are free text and may include personal details (medications, children's
names, schedules, moods). Because this data stays on your device, you control it. If you choose to
use the AI features, the text you're organizing is sent to OpenAI as described above — so avoid
putting information there that you don't want processed by an AI service.
Your controls
Tasks: complete, edit, or move to Trash (then restore or permanently empty it).
Lists, stores, learned preferences, mood/journal check-ins, and AI-learned facts are each
viewable and deletable in Settings.
Download my data exports everything as a file you control; Import restores it.
Uninstalling the app (or clearing site data on the web) removes all local data.
Data retention
Because your data is stored locally, we retain nothing on our servers. Your data stays on your
device until you delete it, clear the app's storage, or uninstall.
Children
FocusSquirrel is not directed to children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect data from them.
Changes
If this policy changes, we'll update it here and revise the effective date above.