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Why Privacy Matters in Sleep Tracking

Your sleep data is deeply personal. Learn why SleepYou processes everything on your device and never uploads your data to the cloud.

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Your Sleep Data Is Personal

Sleep tracking reveals intimate details about your life: your daily routines, when you're home or away, your health patterns, and even audio recordings of your bedroom. This information is deeply personal and should be treated with the utmost care.

The Problem with Cloud-Based Tracking

Most sleep apps upload your data to company servers. While they may have good intentions, this creates several risks:

  • Data breaches - Your sleep patterns could be exposed in a hack
  • Third-party sharing - Companies may share or sell anonymized data
  • Terms of service changes - Privacy policies can change at any time
  • Government access - Data in the cloud can be subject to legal requests

The SleepYou Difference

SleepYou takes a fundamentally different approach: on-device processing. Here's what that means:

Everything Stays on Your Phone

All sleep tracking, analysis, and AI coaching happens directly on your device. Your sleep data never leaves your phone unless you explicitly choose to export it.

No Account Required

You can use SleepYou's core features without creating an account, signing in, or providing any personal information. Just download and start tracking.

Encrypted Storage

All sleep data is stored in an encrypted format on your device using industry-standard encryption. Even if someone gains physical access to your phone, your sleep data remains protected.

Works Completely Offline

Enable airplane mode if you want - SleepYou works perfectly without any internet connection. This isn't just a privacy feature; it's how the app is designed to work.

What About AI Features?

You might wonder: how can the AI Sleep Coach work without sending data to the cloud? We use on-device machine learning models that run directly on your phone. Modern smartphones are powerful enough to run sophisticated AI models without needing cloud servers.

Optional Cloud Backup

If you want to back up your data or sync across devices, SleepYou offers optional encrypted cloud backup. This is:

  • Completely opt-in
  • End-to-end encrypted
  • Only you can decrypt your data with your password
  • Can be disabled at any time

Our Privacy Promise

At SleepYou, we believe privacy is a fundamental right, not a premium feature. We'll never sell your data, show you targeted ads based on your sleep patterns, or change our core privacy principles. Your sleep is your business, and yours alone.