Sykerö Track Work Time — Privacy Policy

Last updated: 2026-06-12

Summary: Sykerö Track Work Time is an offline app. It does not collect any personal data, and it does not hold the Android INTERNET permission — so it cannot send anything to the internet or to us. The only data that ever leaves the app does so on your explicit action: an optional Pebble smartwatch integration (relayed locally to your watch) and bug/crash reports you choose to email. Nothing is ever sent to a server.

What the app stores on your device

Everything the app keeps lives on your device and is removed when you uninstall it. Specifically:

Your tracking data — clock-in / clock-out events, the task and any free-text note for each interval, stored in the app's private database.
Your settings — task list, home time zone, automatic-pause times, work-time targets, working days, and (if you enable them) the geo-coordinates of your workplace and the Wi-Fi network name used for auto clock-in. Stored in the app's private preferences.
Location / Wi-Fi data — only if you enable location- or Wi-Fi-based tracking, the app uses your coarse location and/or visible Wi-Fi network names to clock you in and out. This is processed and stored on your device only.
Backups and logs — a daily automatic backup and log files written to the folder you grant the app. Logs may contain Wi-Fi names or coarse locations if you enabled those features.

Pebble smartwatch integration (optional)

The app can optionally connect to a Pebble smartwatch so you can start and stop tracking and pick a task from your wrist, and see your status on the TimeStyle watchface. This feature is off by default and only active once you enable it.

When it is enabled, the app shares with the Core Devices Pebble companion app installed on your phone, which relays it over Bluetooth to your paired watch: your current tracking status, the active task, your task list, and work-time / target / budget figures. Task names may contain personal or work-related text.

This information travels only between your phone and your own watch. The app does not transmit it to any server — it has no internet access. The Pebble companion app is a separate product with its own privacy policy.

Permissions and why the app asks for them

Every permission is used strictly for the feature it belongs to. The app does not use any of them for advertising, analytics, or profiling, and it does not request the INTERNET permission.

Permission	Purpose
`ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION`, `ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION`, `ACCESS_BACKGROUND_LOCATION`	Only if you enable location-based tracking: detect when you arrive at and leave your workplace, to clock you in and out. Coarse location is used (no GPS), and all location data stays on your device.
`ACCESS_WIFI_STATE`, `CHANGE_WIFI_STATE`, `NEARBY_WIFI_DEVICES`	Only if you enable Wi-Fi-based tracking: detect when your workplace Wi-Fi network is in range, to clock you in and out.
`FOREGROUND_SERVICE`, `FOREGROUND_SERVICE_LOCATION`, `RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED`, `REQUEST_IGNORE_BATTERY_OPTIMIZATIONS`	Keep automatic tracking running reliably in the background and after a reboot. The background service is disabled by default.
`POST_NOTIFICATIONS`, `VIBRATE`	Show the optional work-day notification, and vibrate on location-based clock-in / clock-out if you enable it.

Bug and crash reports

If the app crashes, it can offer to send a crash report to the developer; you can also send your logs from a menu item. In both cases the report is attached to an email that your own email app sends to bugs.trackworktime@sykero.fi — the app itself transmits nothing, and only if you choose to send it. The report does not include your tracked times or places, but the appended log file might contain personal data; if so, it is kept strictly confidential and used only to identify the problem. You are welcome to review and anonymize the log before sending.

Attribution

Sykerö Track Work Time is an open-source fork of Track Work Time by ZephyrSoft (Mathis Dirksen-Thedens), licensed under the GNU General Public License v3. Source code: github.com/Sykero-Software/trackworktime.

Changes to this policy

If this policy changes, the updated version will appear on this page, and the "Last updated" date at the top will reflect the change. Material changes will also be noted in the app's release notes on Google Play.

Contact

Questions about this policy? Email trackworktime@sykero.fi.

Data controller: Tuomas Airaksinen Software Oy (Business ID 3592153-9), Finland.