
Privacy Policy
Last updated: August 8, 2025
Adam Rendo respects your privacy. This umbrella policy applies to all web apps, mobile apps, and games Adam publishes (e.g. Celestial Sounds, Authorlytica, and the adamrendo.com website).
1. Data Collection
- Email Addresses
When you subscribe to my mailing list, I collect only your email address to send occasional updates. I do not collect names, phone numbers, or any other personal information. - Anonymous Analytics
The adamrendo.com website uses Umami to collect anonymous usage statistics. This includes page views, referrers, device type, and country — but does not track individual users, store IP addresses, or use cookies for tracking. Data is self-hosted and not shared with third parties. See Umami’s Privacy Policy: umami.is/privacy - No Commercial Use of Data
Adam Rendo does not sell, rent, or otherwise disclose your personal data to any third party, advertiser, or marketing partner.
2. Hosting Infrastructure
Adam Rendo's React-based web apps are served via Amazon Web Services (AWS). AWS may collect:
- Request logs: IP address, timestamp, user-agent, referrer
- Performance metrics: availability, latency (CloudWatch)
Log data and metrics are governed by AWS's privacy practices: aws.amazon.com/privacy
3. Content Delivery Network
The adamrendo.com website uses Amazon CloudFront as the CDN. CloudFront edge servers may log your IP address, request timestamp, user-agent and geolocation. These logs are governed by Amazon's privacy practices: aws.amazon.com/privacy
4. Distribution Platforms
- Google Play Store
For android apps, Google collects anonymized install/device metrics and crash reports. See Google's Privacy Policy: policies.google.com/privacy - Apple App Store
For ios apps, Apple logs downloads, crash logs, and in-app purchase records. See Apple's Privacy Policy: apple.com/legal/privacy - itch.io
itch.io tracks page views, download counts, and basic requester info (IP address). See itch.io's Privacy Policy: itch.io/privacy
5. Newsletter Service
Amazon SES (Simple Email Service) is used for managing email subscriptions and sending updates. SES may process email addresses and basic usage metadata (e.g., delivery status). Practices are governed by AWS's SES privacy policy: aws.amazon.com/privacy
Unsubscribe: Every email includes an unsubscribe link.
6. Payments & In-App Purchases
Purchases (apps, in-app features) are processed by Apple or Google. Only purchase confirmations are received; billing details are not accessed.
7. Third-Party Libraries & Services
No analytics, advertising, or social-media SDKs are integrated. Any future services added (e.g., Sentry, Firebase, additional email providers) will be noted in this policy.
8. Cookies
Cookies and local storage are not used for tracking purposes.
9. Changes to This Policy
Updates to this policy will be posted here with a revised “Last updated” date.
10. Contact
Questions? Email theadamrendo@gmail.com.