Privacy Policy

1Data controller and contact

Spoiler Lock is an iPhone app developed and published by Jorge Maldonado Borbón, operating under the IndieLob brand (hereinafter “the developer”, “we” or “us”).

• Data controller: Jorge Maldonado Borbón (IndieLob)
• App: Spoiler Lock, for iPhone
• Contact and privacy email: support@indielob.com

As explained below, the developer does not receive, host or have any way to view anything you save in the app. Even so, you can write to us with any privacy question.

2Scope of this policy

This policy describes how data is handled by the Spoiler Lock app for iOS (iOS 18 or later) and its three Screen Time extensions — the shield screen, the shield buttons and the schedule monitor — across all of its features, including the optional Spoiler Lock Pro purchase. It also covers this website’s support form (section 15).

It does not cover the third-party services you may use alongside the app — mainly Apple (Screen Time, iCloud, App Store, Photos) — or the apps and websites you decide to block, which are governed by their own privacy policies.

3What Spoiler Lock does not do

To leave no room for doubt, here is the list of things the app does not do:

4Screen Time and the apps you choose

To block apps, Spoiler Lock uses Apple’s Screen Time frameworks (FamilyControls with individual authorization, ManagedSettings and DeviceActivity). These are the same tools the system uses, and they are designed to protect your privacy:

• You choose apps in Apple’s picker. It is drawn by iOS, not by Spoiler Lock. When you’re done, iOS gives the app only opaque identifiers (tokens) that let it ask the system to block those apps or websites, but that reveal neither their names nor any other data.
• The app cannot read the list of apps installed on your device, or know when or how much you use an app, or which pages you visit.
• For usage-based unlocks (1, 5 or 10 minutes of actual use), iOS notifies the app when that amount of use of the blocked apps has been reached. The app receives no more detail than that notice.
• The screen you see when you open a blocked app is displayed by iOS with Spoiler Lock’s design. If you tap its buttons (for example, to count a spoiler avoided or take a 15-minute peek in Gentle mode), the extension only updates your data on the device.
• You can revoke Screen Time access at any time in iOS Settings. If you do, shields stop blocking.

5What the app stores and where

Spoiler Lock stores its information in the private, sandboxed space that iOS reserves for it on your device and in an App Group container shared only with its own extensions. No other app and not the developer can access them.

If you back up your device to iCloud or to your computer, the app’s data is included in that backup, which is managed by Apple (section 8).

6iPhone permissions

You can review and revoke permissions at any time in iOS Settings.

• Screen Time (required): without it the app can’t block anything. It uses individual authorization, which only affects your own device. See section 4.
• Notifications (optional): to remind you when a shield starts, a release arrives or an unlock ends, and about your streak or a new achievement. These are local notifications scheduled on the device; they don’t go through any server. You can choose which ones you receive in the app’s settings.
• Photos: Spoiler Lock uses the system photo picker, which needs no permission, so it only receives the image you pick as a poster; it has no access to the rest of your photo library.

The app does not use location, the camera, the microphone, contacts or calendars.

7Apple services used by the app

• Screen Time: applies blocks and schedules on your device, as explained in section 4.
• App Store and StoreKit: purchases, Spoiler Lock Pro verification and “Restore Purchases” happen directly with Apple (section 9).
• Photo picker and notifications: these work on the device, as explained in section 6.
• Crash reports: if you have turned on sharing analytics data with developers in iOS, Apple may provide us with anonymous technical crash reports. You control this in Settings › Privacy & Security › Analytics & Improvements.

These services are governed by Apple’s Privacy Policy.

8Device backups and switching iPhones

• Spoiler Lock makes no backups of its own and does not use iCloud or CloudKit to sync. Each device has its own shields, because the identifiers of the chosen apps are only valid on that device.
• Your device’s iCloud or computer backup may include the app’s data. That backup is managed by Apple, not by the developer, who cannot see, read or recover its contents.
• When you restore a backup, the Screen Time permission is not restored: you will need to grant it again for your shields to block again. The app lets you know if there are ongoing shields without permission.

9Purchases and Spoiler Lock Pro

Spoiler Lock Pro (yearly subscription, monthly subscription or one-time lifetime purchase) is handled entirely by Apple, through the App Store and your Apple Account.

• The developer never sees or receives your payment method, billing address or Apple Account.
• To find out whether you have Pro, the app checks your current purchases with the App Store on your device. That status is not stored or sent to the developer.
• “Restore Purchases” simply asks Apple to check the purchases on your Apple Account again.
• Subscriptions are managed and cancelled in your Apple Account settings; the app only opens that Apple screen.
• Apple makes aggregated, anonymous sales reports available to the developer, which do not identify any buyer.

10Children

Spoiler Lock is not directed at children and does not collect personal data from anyone, whatever their age. There are no public profiles, no in-app messaging, no content from other users and no targeted advertising.

11Your rights and your control

Laws such as the European GDPR, California’s CCPA/CPRA and Mexico’s LFPDPPP grant rights of access, rectification, erasure, objection and portability over the personal data a company holds about you.

If you have any privacy-related question, write to us at support@indielob.com and we will reply within a reasonable time.

12How to delete your data

• A finished shield: use “Remove from History” on its screen.
• Everything at once: in the app’s settings, “Reset All Data” lowers all shields, removes the restrictions and erases your XP, streaks and achievements. This can’t be undone.
• All local data, along with the app: uninstall Spoiler Lock. iOS deletes its data with it.
• Screen Time access: revoke it in iOS Settings.
• Device backups: manage them in Settings › [your name] › iCloud or on your computer.

13Retention and security

• Your data is kept for as long as you want: until you remove a shield from your history, reset all data or uninstall the app.
• Local data lives in the app’s sandboxed container and its App Group, protected by your device’s encryption and by your passcode, Face ID or Touch ID.
• Since there are no developer servers or centralized databases, there is no store of information that could leak.

14App Store privacy labels

Consistent with all of the above, Spoiler Lock’s App Store listing is declared as “Data Not Collected”: the app does not send data to the developer or to third parties for their use, and it does not track you within the meaning of Apple’s App Tracking Transparency (which is why you will never see the tracking permission prompt).

15This website’s support form

If you write to us through the support form on spoilerlock.indielob.com, after ticking its consent box, we receive your name, email address, topic and message by email, together with technical details of the submission (the language and page you write from, the date, your IP address and browser type), for the sole purpose of replying to you and preventing abuse. They are not stored in any database or used for advertising; the message is kept in the support mailbox only for as long as needed to help you. To prevent bulk submissions, the server keeps a hashed fingerprint of your IP address for one hour, after which it is discarded automatically. This website uses no cookies or analytics; the language selector only stores your choice in your own browser. You can also write to us directly at support@indielob.com.

16Changes to this policy

If a new feature ever changes how data is handled, we will update this policy and its effective date. If the change is substantial, you will be notified within the app itself or in the App Store release notes.

17Language and precedence clause

The Spanish version of this Privacy Policy is the only official and legally binding version. The versions available in other languages — English, French, Italian, Brazilian Portuguese, European Portuguese, German, Turkish, Simplified Chinese and Dutch — are published solely for informational purposes and as a courtesy, to make them easier to understand, and have no legal force in themselves.

In the event of any discrepancy, contradiction, ambiguity, translation error or omission, or conflict of interpretation between the Spanish version and any of its translations, the Spanish version shall always prevail in its entirety and shall govern for all legal purposes.

18Contact

For any question, request or clarification regarding this Privacy Policy: