Privacy Policy
Last updated 19 August 2026
Draft — pending legal review
Lockout is still in development and this document is a working draft, not a finalised agreement. It is published so the structure is visible, and it will be replaced with a reviewed version before Lockout is released. Nothing here should be relied on as a commitment.
Lockout is an iPhone app that locks selected apps behind a challenge you complete. This page explains our approach to privacy and, just as importantly, marks the parts we are not ready to state as fact yet.
Why parts of this page are incomplete
Lockout is still in development. A privacy policy is only useful if it describes what the software actually does, and some of those decisions — particularly around camera and pose data — have not been finalised. Filling those sections in now would mean guessing, and a guess in a privacy policy is a promise you may not be able to keep.
Sections marked To be confirmed below will be completed and reviewed before Lockout is released.
Camera and pose data
What the camera is for
Lockout is designed to use the iPhone camera to verify that a physical challenge — such as a set of push-ups — has been completed. The camera is intended to be used only while a challenge is running, and only for the purpose of recognising that movement.
To be confirmed
The following will be documented precisely before launch. We are not making claims about them now:
- Whether camera frames are processed entirely on your device, and whether any frame or derived pose data is ever transmitted off it
- Whether any image, video, or pose data is retained after a challenge ends, and for how long
- Which on-device or third-party components perform pose detection
- How this data is classified and handled under biometric and sensitive-data rules in your jurisdiction
iOS will always ask for your permission before Lockout can use the camera, and that permission can be withdrawn at any time in the Settings app. Without it, camera-verified challenges cannot run.
App usage information
To do its job, Lockout needs to know which apps you have chosen to lock and whether a challenge has been completed. How this information is stored, and whether any of it leaves your device, is to be confirmed.
Account information
Whether Lockout will require an account at all is to be confirmed. If accounts are introduced, this section will describe what is collected and why before that happens.
Analytics and crash reporting
Whether Lockout includes analytics or crash reporting, and which providers are involved, is to be confirmed. Any such services will be named here, along with what they receive.
Third-party services
No third-party data processors are documented at this stage. Any that are used will be listed here, with their purpose, before launch.
Children
Lockout is not directed at children. Age requirements will be confirmed alongside the App Store listing.
Your rights
Depending on where you live, you may have rights to access, correct, export, or delete personal data held about you, and to object to certain processing. Once data handling is finalised, this section will explain exactly how to exercise those rights and who to contact.
Changes to this policy
This draft will be replaced in full before release. After launch, material changes will be reflected here with an updated date at the top of the page.
Contact
There is no published contact address for Lockout yet — see the contact page, which will carry one as soon as it exists. A named contact for privacy enquiries will be included in the final version of this policy.