Octant — Privacy Policy
Last updated: August 18, 2026

The short version: Octant does not collect, transmit, or sell any of your data.
Your position is read by the app, shown to you, and stays on your device.

DEVELOPER
Octant is developed by Dzianis Milasheuski, an individual developer based in
Lithuania. Questions about this policy: info@porconova.com

WHAT WE COLLECT
Nothing. Octant has no analytics, no ads, no accounts, and no servers that
receive your data. There is no sign-up and no login. The app makes no network
requests of its own: the only network activity is Apple's own In-App Purchase
system when you buy or restore Pro. We do not know who you are, where you are,
or which points you have saved.

HOW THE APP WORKS
- Your position, accuracy, altitude, speed and course come from the device's own
  GNSS receiver through Apple's Core Location framework. They are displayed and
  held in memory while the app runs. Nothing is uploaded.
- Compass heading, the level, air pressure and barometric altitude come from the
  device's magnetometer, motion sensors and barometer through Apple's Core
  Motion framework. Same rule: shown, not sent.
- Saved points are written to a file inside the app's own container on your
  device, as ordinary JSON. They are not synced to iCloud and not copied
  anywhere else.
- The sky chart is computed, not fetched. Satellite positions are calculated on
  the device from published orbital parameters that ship inside the app, using
  your coordinate and the current time. No almanac is downloaded and no request
  is made to obtain it.
- The AR sky view shows a live camera preview with the computed satellite
  positions drawn over it. The image is displayed on screen only: no frame is
  recorded, saved, analysed, or transmitted, and the app has no photo library
  access at all.
- Settings — units, coordinate format, averaging preferences — are stored in the
  app's own preferences on the device.
- If you add a Lock Screen or Home Screen widget, the app writes your latest
  fix (coordinate, accuracy, altitude, timestamp) into a shared container that
  only Octant and its own widget can read (App Group group.com.pn.gps). It stays
  on the device, is overwritten roughly twice a minute while the app is open,
  and is removed with the app.

WHAT LEAVES YOUR DEVICE
Only what you export yourself, and only where you send it. Coordinates copied to
the clipboard, a coordinate shared through the share sheet, and GPX or CSV files
exported from your saved points go exactly where you choose to put them — a
message, a mail, another app, a file. Nothing is sent automatically, and nothing
is sent to us.

PERMISSIONS
- Location (While Using the App). Required: without it the app has no position,
  no accuracy figure, no altitude, and nothing to return to. Octant never
  requests Always or background location, and does not track you when it is not
  open. The app shows its own explanation screen before the system prompt.
  Revoke it any time in Settings → Privacy & Security → Location Services.
- Motion & Fitness. Optional. It drives the compass, the level and the
  barometric altitude. Everything else works without it; the app says so in
  place rather than blocking you.
- Camera. Optional, and asked for only when you open the AR sky view. Used for
  the live preview behind the satellite overlay and for nothing else.

PURCHASES
Octant Pro is sold through Apple's In-App Purchase, as a subscription (monthly
or yearly) or a one-time Lifetime purchase. Apple, not the developer, processes
payment. We receive no personal or payment information — only whether this
device holds a valid entitlement. You can manage or cancel a subscription in
Settings → [Your Name] → Subscriptions on your device.

YOUR RIGHTS
Because the app collects no personal information on the developer's side, there
is no developer-held data for you to access, correct, export, or delete.
- Data stored on your device can be removed by deleting the app, or item by item
  inside it: saved points can be deleted individually or all at once.
- Your own saved points can be exported at any time as GPX or CSV, which is a
  complete, portable copy of everything the app holds about your locations.
- An active subscription can be cancelled in your Apple Account subscriptions.

CHILDREN
Octant is a navigation and measurement instrument. It is not directed at
children under the age of 13 and does not knowingly collect any data from
children.

ACCURACY AND SAFETY
Octant reports what the device's receiver reports, including its own margin of
error, and computes satellite geometry from public orbital data. It is an
instrument, not a safety-of-life system: do not rely on it as your only means of
navigation where a wrong position could cause harm. The app draws no signal
bars, because iOS exposes no per-satellite measurements to any app; anything
that claims otherwise is estimating.

REGULATORY NOTES
The app is designed so that no directly identifying personal information (name,
email, IP address, advertising identifier, account ID) is collected by the
developer or by any third party the developer uses. Location data is personal
data, and it is processed entirely on your device, under your control, and is
never transmitted to the developer. Where Apple acts as a processor for
purchases, those activities are governed by Apple's own privacy policy. If you
use the app in a professional or organisational context, you may be the
controller of the location data you record with it under applicable law.

CONTACT
Questions or concerns: info@porconova.com