Privacy Policy for SF Balloons

Last updated: October 2026

Our Commitment to Privacy

SF Balloons does not collect any personal data. There is no account and no server of ours. Everything the app needs is inside the app; only the optional Tip Jar talks to Apple's App Store.

1. Data Controller

Yannick Lung
Am Markt 6
40764 Langenfeld (Rheinland), Germany
Email: hello [at] sf-balloons [dot] app

2. Data We Collect

None. Specifically:

No servers of our own: The app does not contact any server of ours. The symbol catalog ships inside the app.
No analytics or tracking: The app includes no analytics frameworks, crash reporters, tracking tools or third-party SDKs.
No advertising: The app contains no advertising networks.
No account: There is nothing to sign up for.

3. Data Stored on Your Mac

Your settings, recently used symbols and favorites are stored locally in the app's own sandboxed container on your Mac. We have no access to any of it. It is removed when you delete the app together with its container.

4. Tips (In-App Purchases)

SF Balloons offers optional tips as in-app purchases. When you open the Tip Jar in the settings, the app asks the App Store for the available tips and their prices through Apple's StoreKit. Purchases are processed entirely by Apple. No third-party purchase service is involved, and we do not receive your name, email address, Apple Account or payment information.

5. Apple App Store

When you download SF Balloons or leave a tip through the Mac App Store, Apple processes your transaction data according to their own privacy policy. The same applies if you choose to rate the app through Apple's rating prompt. We receive only anonymized, aggregated sales statistics from Apple and have no access to your Apple Account or payment information.

Apple's privacy policy: apple.com/legal/privacy

6. This Website

This website is hosted by ALL-INKL.COM – Neue Medien Münnich, Hauptstraße 68, 02742 Friedersdorf, Germany (All-Inkl). More information can be found in All-Inkl's privacy policy.

To display the website in your browser, the server has to briefly process your IP address and technical information about your browser. Access logging in server log files is disabled for this website, so no access data is stored or analyzed. The legal basis is Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR; our legitimate interest lies in providing the website reliably and securely. We have a data processing agreement with All-Inkl under Art. 28 GDPR.

The website sets no cookies and uses no analytics or tracking tools. Fonts, images and scripts are loaded only from this server. Links to the App Store or other websites only take you there when you click them; from then on, the privacy policy of that provider applies.

7. Contacting Us by Email

If you email us, we process your details (such as your name, email address and the content of your message) to answer your request. The legal basis is Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR if your request relates to a contract or pre-contractual measures, and Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR otherwise; our legitimate interest lies in answering your request. We delete your message once your request has been dealt with, unless legal retention periods apply.

8. Your Rights

Under the GDPR you have the right to:

Access to the personal data we hold about you (Art. 15)
Rectification of inaccurate data (Art. 16)
Erasure of your data (Art. 17)
Restriction of processing (Art. 18)
Data portability (Art. 20)
Objection to processing based on Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR (Art. 21)
Complaint to a supervisory authority (Art. 77), for example the State Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information of North Rhine-Westphalia

Since the app itself does not process any personal data, this mainly concerns emails you send us. A short message is all it takes.

9. Children's Privacy

SF Balloons does not collect personal data from anyone, including children. The app is suitable for users of all ages.

10. Changes to This Policy

We may update this privacy policy from time to time. The latest version will always be available on this page.

11. Contact

If you have any questions about this privacy policy, please contact us at:

Email: hello [at] sf-balloons [dot] app