Hall · Ash · Arc · Draft · Wax | Last updated: 16 Oct 2026
This Privacy Policy explains how Second Wick (the "Application" or "Service") handles information when You use Our mobile app. We designed the Application to work primarily on Your Device: one candle in a dark hall, one spark for the last hour of the day. Where We rely on third-party SDKs (for example attribution analytics or push delivery), they process data as described below and under their own policies.
By using the Service, You agree to the practices described in this Policy. If You do not agree, please discontinue use of the Application.
Made for the last hour of the day. Second Wick is an evening ritual, not a task tracker. You strike a match in the Hall, name the one thing still worth finishing, burn a wick, snuff small tails, and send stray thoughts into smoke. Morning Ash shows what did not burn. The Arc holds evenings without punishing a missed night. The Draft is a short hold against wind and moths. Wax & thread keeps length, morning hour, sound, candle style, and this Policy. Ritual titles, snuff lists, smoke lines, ash scraps, afterglow notes, and draft holds are intended to stay on Your Device unless You choose to contact Us by email. Where We rely on third-party SDKs, they process data as described below.
Application means Second Wick, the software program provided by Us.
Company ("We", "Us" or "Our") refers to Second Wick.
Country refers to: United Kingdom.
Device means any device that can access the Service (for example a smartphone or tablet).
Personal Data (or "Personal Information") means any information relating to an identified or identifiable individual.
Service Provider means third parties that process data on Our behalf to facilitate the Service, analytics, attribution, notifications, or related technical functions.
Usage Data means data collected automatically when You use the Service (for example diagnostics, session length, or technical identifiers).
You means the individual using the Service, or the legal entity on whose behalf that individual uses the Service, as applicable.
Your spark titles, planned wick length, snuff tails, smoke thoughts, evening outcomes and afterglow notes, ash items and morning lines, month intentions, draft hold records, unlocked candle styles, ritual phrase, morning hour, sound, crackle, volume, haptics, onboarding completion, and similar app data are stored locally on Your Device (in Application Support as a local archive).
We do not require an account to use the Application. Unless otherwise stated in this Policy, this local hall is not transmitted to Our servers as part of normal use. The candle, flame, and night hall are rendered on Your Device and do not leave the phone.
We do not collect:
Wax styles: Candle styles are Application artwork unlocked by Draft holds. The Hall, Ash, Arc, Draft, and Wax screens do not open the camera or Your photo library for the ritual itself.
Hall pages (optional): If a page opened in the in-app hall asks to take a photo, pick a still, or keep a picture, the Application may request camera, photo-library, or add-only Photos permission for that page. Those stills are not stored in the local ritual archive. We do not upload Your photos to Our servers as part of the evening ritual.
Purchases: Second Wick does not offer in-app purchases, subscriptions, or other paid unlocks. StoreKit is used only so You may rate the Application if You choose. There is no checkout.
Notifications (optional): If You allow push messaging, the Application may request notification permission. Push messages may be delivered through Our messaging partner as described below.
Usage Data. Usage Data is collected automatically when You use the Service. It may include, for example, Your Device's Internet Protocol (IP) address, device type, operating system, unique device identifiers, diagnostic data, and timestamps or engagement signals related to the Application.
Product configuration. The Application may make limited network requests needed to operate the Service (for example to retrieve configuration). Such requests may include technical identifiers such as Your application bundle identifier together with identifiers associated with Our attribution and measurement partners, solely as needed for those technical purposes.
We use third-party providers to understand how the Application is discovered and used, to measure campaign effectiveness, to improve stability, and to deliver notifications. Depending on Your settings and applicable law, these partners may process identifiers associated with Your Device or install.
The Application does not integrate Firebase. We do not sell Your ritual archive for marketing.
The Application may open standard iOS surfaces such as the system camera, photo picker, or Photos add-only save when a hall page asks for them, and it may load this Policy in an in-app browser. Those surfaces are governed by Apple's policies.
We may use Personal Data to provide and maintain the Service, monitor usage, respond to Your requests, send service-related communications (including via push where You allow it), analyze and improve the Service, and support attribution and measurement as described above.
We may share information with Service Providers who process it on Our instructions and for the purposes described in this Policy, as well as where required by law, to protect rights and safety, or with Your consent where applicable.
You can stop much of the Application's on-device data collection by uninstalling the Application using Your device or store standard uninstall process. Some data may already have been processed by partners according to their policies and retention practices.
We retain Personal Data only as long as needed for the purposes in this Policy, legal obligations, dispute resolution, and enforcement of agreements. Retention details for partner-processed data are governed in part by those partners' policies.
Your information may be processed in locations where We or Our partners operate, which may be outside Your jurisdiction. Where required by law, We take steps designed to ensure appropriate safeguards for international transfers.
In Wax & thread You may "Clear ash", which removes morning scraps and lines while evenings stay in the Arc. You may "Reset the arc", which puts every evening dark and also clears intentions, ash, morning lines, and any active or pending ritual on the Device, subject to iOS behaviour. In Draft You may "Clear log", which removes hearth hold scores; unlocked candle styles stay. Draft hold records (until You clear them), unlocked candle styles, ritual phrase, morning hour, sound, crackle, volume, haptics, default wick length, digit display, and related settings remain until You change them. Replay onboarding does not wipe the hall. You may contact Us to request access, correction, or deletion of Personal Data You have provided, subject to legal retention requirements.
No electronic transmission or storage is completely secure; We strive to use commercially reasonable safeguards for Your Personal Data. Data stored on Your Device is also protected by Your device's operating system and any security features You enable (such as a passcode or biometric lock).
We may disclose Personal Data if required by law or in good faith where disclosure is necessary to comply with legal process, protect Our rights or safety, investigate fraud, or respond to lawful requests by public authorities.
Our Service is not directed at anyone under 16. We do not knowingly collect Personal Data from children under 16. If You believe a child has provided Us with Personal Data, please contact Us and We will take steps to remove it where appropriate.
The Service or Our communications may contain links to third-party sites (for example partner privacy pages). We do not control those sites and are not responsible for their content or practices. Please review their privacy policies.
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will post the updated Policy in the Application or on this page and revise the "Last updated" date above. Continued use after changes constitutes acceptance unless applicable law requires additional steps.
If You have questions about this Privacy Policy, contact Us by email:
Second Wick Support
Email: [email protected]