Privacy Policy

Last updated: May 3, 2026

Summary

Taksa is a free liturgical companion for the Chaldean Catholic Church. We do not ask for your name, your email, or any account. We do not sell or share data. We do not run advertising. We collect a small amount of anonymous, device-level usage data so we can fix crashes and understand which parts of the app are actually being used. That is the entire program.

Information we do not collect

• Your name, email address, phone number, mailing address, or any other personal identifier
• Your contacts, photos, camera, or microphone
• Your physical location
• Anything from other apps on your device
• Payment, financial, or health information (the app is free and has no in-app purchases)
• Any social-media profile, login, or identifier

Information we do collect

Anonymous usage analytics

The app uses PostHog, a privacy-respecting analytics service, to record anonymous device-level events. These events tell us things like which liturgical section was opened, which audio track was played, when a screen took too long to load, and when the app crashed. Each install is assigned a randomly generated identifier; that identifier is not tied to any name, email, account, or device serial number.

Session replays are recorded for debugging UI problems. All text input fields are masked before any frame leaves your device, so the developers never see what you typed. Replays capture only screen layout and gestures.

Crash reports include the JavaScript stack trace, the app version, and the operating system version. They do not include personal data.

On-device preferences

The app stores your preferences locally on your device using a fast key-value store. These are things like: your language (English or Sureth), your light/dark theme choice, the font you picked for Syriac script, your reader text size, and which sections you've expanded. These preferences never leave your device and are deleted when you uninstall the app.

Audio cache

Hymns and chants stream on demand from assets.taksa.app, our content delivery network. The first time you tap a track, it downloads to the app's cache folder on your device so future plays are instant and work offline. The CDN logs ordinary request information — IP address, user-agent, requested file — for approximately 24 hours for abuse prevention. Those logs are not tied to any user identity and are deleted automatically. You can clear the on-device audio cache at any time from Settings → Clear cache.

Update check

Each time the app launches it makes a single request to our servers to check whether the installed version is still supported. The request includes only the platform (iOS or Android) and the build number — no personal information.

Permissions the app may request

The app asks the operating system for the minimum permissions it needs to function:

• Calendar (optional) — only if you choose to add liturgical feasts, fasts, or memorials to your device's calendar. The app writes events you explicitly request and never reads existing events from your calendar.
• Notifications (registered, currently unused) — the notification capability is registered with the operating system so future versions can deliver a daily reading reminder if you opt in. The current version sends no notifications and registers no push token with any server.

The app does not request access to your camera, microphone, photo library, contacts, location, motion data, health data, or files outside its own sandbox.

Service providers

The app relies on a small number of vendors for distribution and infrastructure:

• Apple App Store and Google Play Store — distribution of the app
• Amazon Web Services (AWS) and CloudFront — hosting and delivery of audio files
• Cloudflare — hosting of this website (taksa.app)
• PostHog — anonymous usage analytics, as described above

Each of these providers handles data under its own privacy policy.

Children's privacy

Taksa does not knowingly collect any personal information from anyone under the age of 13. The app collects no personal information from anyone of any age. If you believe a child has somehow provided personal information to us, please contact us at the email below and we will investigate.

Your choices

• You can clear the audio cache at any time from Settings → Clear cache.
• You can deny or revoke calendar and notification permissions in your device's system settings.
• You can uninstall the app to delete all locally stored preferences and cached audio.

Changes to this policy

Material changes to this policy will be reflected here with a new "Last updated" date.

Contact

Questions or concerns? Email [email protected].