Privacy Policy


This Privacy Policy applies to the Exhale mobile application, hereby referred to as the “Application,” “App,” or “Exhale”, created by Vimala Jain, hereby referred to as the “Service Provider.”

Exhale is a quit-smoking and self-improvement app designed to help users quit smoking, manage nicotine cravings, and build healthier habits by tracking progress, streaks, goals, and related personal reflections. This service is provided as a Freemium service and is intended for use “AS IS.”

Information We Collect

Exhale may collect limited information necessary to provide and improve the Application.

1. Account Information

Exhale supports Sign in with Apple. When you sign in using Apple, we may receive information provided by Apple, such as:

  • Your Apple-provided user identifier

  • Your name, if you choose to share it

  • Your email address, if you choose to share it

  • A private relay email address, if you choose to hide your email using Apple’s Hide My Email feature

We use this information only to create and manage your Exhale account.

2. App Usage and Tracker Data

Exhale may allow users to enter or track information such as:

  • Smoke-free streaks and progress

  • Relapse/reset history

  • Check-ins or quit-smoking tracking activity

  • Notes, journals, or other self-entered progress information

This data is used to provide the core functionality of the Application.

3. Automatically Collected Information

The Application may automatically collect certain non-personal or technical information, including:

  • Device type

  • Operating system version

  • App version

  • Crash logs

  • Performance data

  • General usage analytics

This information helps the Service Provider improve app stability, functionality, and user experience.

How We Use Your Data

The Service Provider may use collected information for the following purposes:

  • To create and manage your account

  • To allow you to track your progress and app activity

  • To sync or restore your data, where applicable

  • To improve the Application and its features

  • To detect and fix crashes, bugs, and technical issues

  • To understand general usage trends through aggregated or anonymized analytics

  • To comply with legal obligations, if required

Exhale does not use your tracker data to publicly identify you.

Sensitive Personal Data

Exhale may involve personal habit-tracking related to smoking, nicotine use, cravings, withdrawal, relapses, and quitting progress. The Service Provider understands that this may be sensitive information.

The Service Provider is committed to protecting the confidentiality of this data and only uses it for the purpose of providing the Application’s quit-smoking and self-improvement features.

Users should avoid entering information that they do not wish to store in the Application.

Community Safety

Exhale provides community chat to help users support one another. To maintain a safe and respectful environment, we use moderation tools and enforce our Community Guidelines.

Reporting Content

Users can report messages that are abusive, explicit, hateful, spam, or otherwise inappropriate. Reported content is reviewed, and we may remove content or take action against accounts that violate our guidelines.

Blocking Users

Users can block members within the community. Once blocked, messages from that user will no longer be visible to the person who blocked them.

Content Moderation

Exhale combines automated moderation with human review to help keep our community safe. Our automated systems help detect potentially inappropriate or harmful messages, while a dedicated human moderator reviews reported content and takes appropriate action.

We aim to review all reported content and take necessary action, including content removal or account enforcement, within 24 hours of receiving a report.

Community Guidelines

Users must not post explicit sexual content, harassment, hate speech, threats, spam, illegal content, or any material that harms or disrupts the community. We reserve the right to remove content and take appropriate action against violating accounts.

User Profiles

Users may choose a display name, which is subject to moderation. Offensive or misleading usernames may be rejected or changed. Exhale does not allow custom profile pictures; all users are assigned a default avatar.

Third-Party Access

Only aggregated, anonymized, or necessary technical data may be shared with third-party services to help the Service Provider operate, analyze, and improve the Application.

The Application may use third-party services that have their own privacy policies regarding how they handle data. These services may include:

  • Sign in with Apple

  • Firebase Authentication

  • Google Analytics for Firebase

  • Firebase Crashlytics

  • AdMob, if advertisements are shown in the App

You can review the privacy policies of these third-party services here:

The Service Provider may disclose User Provided and Automatically Collected Information:

  • As required by law, such as to comply with a subpoena or similar legal process

  • When the Service Provider believes in good faith that disclosure is necessary to protect their rights, protect your safety or the safety of others, investigate fraud, or respond to a government request

  • With trusted service providers who work on behalf of the Service Provider, who do not have independent use of the information disclosed to them and who have agreed to follow this Privacy Policy

Sign in with Apple

Exhale uses Sign in with Apple to provide a secure and private login option.

If you choose to hide your email address, Apple may provide Exhale with a private relay email address instead of your actual email address. Exhale will use this relay email only for account-related purposes.

Exhale does not receive your Apple ID password.

Data Storage and Retention

The Service Provider retains user data only for as long as necessary to provide the Application’s services, comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce agreements.

If you delete your account, the Service Provider will delete or anonymize your personal data, unless retention is required by law.

Data Deletion

You may request deletion of your account and associated personal data by deleting your account from the app’s Settings section. The data is deleted right after the account deletion process.

Opt-Out Rights

You can stop all collection of information by the Application by deleting your account and uninstalling the app. You may use the standard uninstall process available through your mobile device or mobile application marketplace.

You may also limit analytics or advertising tracking through your device settings, where available.

Children’s Policy

The Application is not intended for children under the age of 13.

The Service Provider does not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under 13 years of age.

If the Service Provider discovers that a child under 13 has provided personal information, the Service Provider will immediately delete such information from its servers.

If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided personal information, please contact the Service Provider at: vimalajain.apps@gmail.com so that appropriate action can be taken.

Security of Data

The Service Provider is concerned about safeguarding the confidentiality of your information.

The Service Provider uses reasonable physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards to protect information processed and maintained through the Application.

However, no method of transmission over the internet or electronic storage is completely secure. Therefore, the Service Provider cannot guarantee absolute security.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy may be updated from time to time for any reason.

The Service Provider will notify users of any changes by updating this page with the new Privacy Policy. Users are advised to review this Privacy Policy regularly for any changes.

Continued use of the Application after changes are posted will be deemed acceptance of the updated Privacy Policy.

Last Updated

This Privacy Policy was last updated on 1 October 2026.

Your Consent

By using the Application, you consent to the collection, use, and processing of your information as described in this Privacy Policy, now and as amended in the future.

Contact Us

If you have any questions regarding privacy while using the Application, or if you have questions about the Service Provider’s practices, please contact us via vimalajain.apps@gmail.com.