Privacy Policy

The Universal Sandpit (including the website and mobile app) values your privacy. It solely collects essential information required for proper functioning and maintenance of the service. When you use The Universal Sandpit, certain data is stored locally — in your browser on the web, or on your device in the mobile app — such as settings and preferences (for example, your selected role as teacher or student). There is no tracking software or cookies employed. No personal information is collected as this is simply a service you use without signing into accounts.

Use of OpenAI API

In instances where the site leverages OpenAI's technology, we transmit the requisite input data to OpenAI's servers for processing your requests. This data is never stored on our servers and is never shared with any external third party. For insights into OpenAI's privacy protocol, we encourage you to refer to https://openai.com/policies/privacy-policy. Neither The Universal Sandpit nor OpenAI are privy to details regarding the originators of specific requests or their origins.

Alongside (iOS app)

Alongside is a focus companion app within The Universal Sandpit. In addition to the practices described above, Alongside may request the following permissions on your device:

Location: if granted, your approximate location is used solely to fetch your current local weather from the Open-Meteo public weather API (https://open-meteo.com), so that the scene's window reflects the actual weather where you are. The coordinates are sent directly to Open-Meteo in a single request per session and are not stored on our servers, on your device, or anywhere else. If denied, the app uses Sydney, Australia as a default.

Notifications: if granted, the app sends local notifications when a task in your focus session ends, so you know when one task has finished and the next has begun. These are scheduled and delivered entirely by your device — nothing is sent through our servers, and we never send marketing notifications.

Music streaming: if you enable the "music" soundscape, Alongside streams instrumental ambient and classical tracks from a publicly accessible Cloudflare R2 bucket. We do not log who listens to what.

Alongside does not collect personal information, does not use analytics, does not request permission to track you across other apps, and does not contain advertising.

Modifications to This Policy

It's possible that I may periodically refine this privacy policy. I will duly post any amendments on this page.

Get in Touch

Should you have any queries regarding this privacy policy or related needs, please don't hesitate to reach out via the Contact page.

Your Consent

By accessing The Universal Sandpit you accept the conditions outlined within this basic privacy policy.