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Privacy and Legal

Subjective strives to be a safe and secure app for all users, and as such we take user privacy very seriously. This page outlines our privacy policy and legal information.

Privacy Policy​

Subjective Labs (henceforth referred to as 'we', 'our', 'our service' or 'us') is committed to the privacy of our users, and does not collect or store any identifying user data including location when not linked to a Subjective ID.

'Data' refers to any data inputted on Subjective products, or generated from activity on our products.

'PII' refers to personally identifiable information. We collect the following PII,

  • Full name as inputted or in the account tied to your Subjective ID
  • Email address if used in setup of your Subjective ID
  • Phone number if used in setup of your Subjective ID

'User', 'you' or 'your' refers to you and your usage on Subjective products.

Subjective ID and Cloud​

By creating a Subjective ID, you agree to the following,

Your data, whether in the cloud or not, is yours and yours only.

Subjective ID users' data is stored securely in the Subjective Cloud. By creating a Subjective ID, you agree that all data you input into Subjective can be collected and retained by us.

We never sell user's PII and only store and access only necessary user data for delivery of our service, analytics and support. Your Subjective data will never be used to target advertising to you.

By creating an account you agree to the following personally identifiable information being collected by us.

  • Full name as inputted or in the account tied to your Subjective ID
  • Email address if used in setup of your Subjective ID
  • Phone number if used in setup of your Subjective ID

You may request the edit of the PII records that we hold in your Subjective ID either in your account options, or by contacting us at [email protected]

We maintain a comprehensive security program surrounding user data and PII and its security, confidentiality, and integrity. We act in the best interest of your privacy. This includes administrative, technological, and physical safeguards around the storage, transmission and handling of your data.

We will require that our vendors with whom user PII is shared in order to deliver our service, are obligated to follow these same commitments for the given PII.

We will allow a successor entity to maintain user PII, in the case of our merger or acquisition by another entity, provided the successor entity is subject to these same commitments for the previously collected PII.

We will not knowing retain user data, including PII, for a longer period than necessary to support your usage. This time period is unlimited with activity, and two years of inactivity. If you no longer require a Subjective ID or cloud storage of your data, you can request an account deletion.

A request for your user data or account deletion can be sent through [email protected]

Local services and support​

The local usage of location and notifications within the browser, is strictly opt-in. Location is used only for weather services and presenting local schools in your area, while notification access is used only for optional pre-bell notifications.

We may access ID data for support purposes, however this will only occur with consent from the account owner. Subjective cannot read the data stored locally in your browser.

Derivative data​

We may collect analytics and derivative data about your device and your app usage, from other third party providers, Google, Cloudflare and Apple.

We may collect information about your session and activity on Subjective, this can reveal bell times, however is not tied to you. We aim to never collect any identifying or personal information, however the collection of this data is subject to the privacy policies of the respective organisations.

Students will be given prominent notice if this privacy policy changes and no data usage that does not fall under these terms will occur without prerequisite consent.

If there are any questions regarding our data collection practices or user privacy measures, contact us at [email protected].

Subjective thanks the following open-source and Creative Commons licensed works and projects, which make Subjective possible.

Code Scanner by Paul Hudson​

Subjective for Apple platforms utilises the Code Scanner library by Paul Hudson, for the scanning of QR codes throughout several aspects of the app. Usage of Code Scanner is permitted under the MIT license in which a copy is required to be attached.

MIT License.

Copyright (c) 2021 Paul Hudson

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

Front of NSBHS B block by Dxwkx​

The Subjective landing page contains a cropped version of the North Sydney Boys High School image by Dxwkx. This work is licensed under Dxwkx, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.