Clean Dopamine Privacy Policy

Last updated: June 16, 2026

Clean Dopamine (“we,” “us,” “our”) is committed to protecting your privacy and handling your data responsibly. By using our website or app, you consent to the practices described in this policy.

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1. Information We Collect

Information You Provide Directly

We collect information you provide directly to us, including your name, email address, and any behavioral or wellness data you choose to log, such as sleep, screen time, daily check-ins, mood or cognitive assessments, habits, and other self-reported inputs.

Wearable & Device Data

If you connect a wearable device or health platform, we may receive device-generated activity and wellness data, strictly with your explicit authorization. We request only the data needed to operate the features you enable.

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Garmin Connect Data

Clean Dopamine integrates data from consenting users' Garmin wearables via Garmin Connect's Health API. If you choose to connect your Garmin account, then, and only with your explicit authorization through Garmin’s OAuth consent screen, we collect the following Garmin device-sourced data:

• Sleep: sleep stages (deep, light, REM, awake), duration, and sleep score

• Heart rate: resting, average, and maximum heart rate

• Heart rate variability (HRV)

• Steps and daily activity: daily step count, distance, active time, moderate/vigorous intensity minutes, floors climbed, and active calories

• Stress and Body Battery

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How we use Garmin data. Garmin data is used to let you view your Garmin-derived activity and wellness data within Clean Dopamine alongside your other key metrics (such as screen time and user-logged habits), via graphs and charts. If you choose to participate in optional wellness challenges and share your metrics (ex- a  step count challenge), your Garmin-derived metrics and scores may be visible to other participants (see “How We Share Your Information” below). We do not use Garmin data for any purpose other than providing the features you enable, and we never share it with advertisers or data brokers.

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How Garmin data is processed and stored. Garmin transmits your data to our servers over an encrypted (HTTPS) server-to-server connection. We process and store it using Google Firebase and Google Cloud Platform (Cloud Functions for processing and Cloud Firestore for storage), hosted in the United States. Google acts as our data sub-processor under its data-processing terms. Garmin data is never processed by, shared with, or used to train any third-party artificial-intelligence service or any external data-processing service. 

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Third parties. Other than Google (Firebase/Cloud) as described above, we do not share Garmin data with any third party, except (a) other participants in wellness challenges or leaderboards you choose to join, who can see your derived metrics and scores, and (b) where required by law. We never sell Garmin data, share it with advertisers or data brokers, or use it for targeted advertising.

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Disconnecting Garmin. You can disconnect Garmin at any time in the app’s connection settings. Disconnecting calls Garmin’s deregistration endpoint, after which Garmin stops sending us new data and your stored Garmin access tokens are deleted. Garmin data already incorporated into your check-ins and history is retained unless you request deletion (see “Data Retention & Deletion” below).

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WHOOP Data

If you connect your WHOOP account, then with your explicit authorization we collect sleep (staging, duration, quality), recovery and readiness scores, resting heart rate and HRV, strain, and workout/movement data. WHOOP data is used, processed, stored, and shared on the same basis described above for Garmin (Google Firebase/Cloud as sub-processor; visible to other participants only if you join a challenge or leaderboard; no third-party AI or advertising use). You may disconnect WHOOP at any time in the app’s connection settings, and we will stop receiving new WHOOP data upon disconnection.

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Apple Health & Other Connected Wearables

You may also connect other supported sources (such as Apple Watch via Apple Health, or Strava). In these cases we may receive heart rate, movement, sleep staging, activity, and related metrics, strictly with your explicit authorization, and handle them on the same basis described above.

Technical Information

We also collect standard technical information such as IP address, device type, and usage or error logs to help maintain security, performance, and reliability. This is separate from your wearable health data.

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2. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect to:

• Operate and improve the Clean Dopamine platform

• Let you view and track your Garmin-derived and self-logged data over time, alongside other key metrics like screen time and habits

• Support check-in and optional social features you choose to use

• Analyze aggregated or de-identified app-usage patterns to understand how the product is used; this excludes your raw Garmin and other wearable health data, and cannot be used to identify you

• Maintain the security, performance, and reliability of our systems

We do not use your Garmin or other wearable health data to train artificial-intelligence models or for any analytics beyond operating the features you have enabled.

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3. How We Share Your Information

We do not sell your data, rent it, or share it with advertisers or data brokers, and we never use your information for targeted advertising.

Your data is shared only in the following situations:

• Service Providers (sub-processors): We use Google Firebase / Google Cloud Platform (Cloud Functions and Cloud Firestore) to process and store your data, including Garmin and other wearable data, under Google’s data-processing terms. We do not use any other third-party processor for wearable health data.

• Wellness Challenges & Leaderboards: If you choose to participate in optional wellness challenges or group leaderboards, the metrics and scores derived from your wearable data, including Garmin-derived data, are visible to the other participants. This is entirely opt-in, and you can stop at any time. Only derived metrics and scores are shared this way; never your raw data, and never with advertisers, data brokers, or any other external third party.

• Healthcare Providers: With healthcare providers or other professionals only when you explicitly opt in. Summarized reports, rather than raw data logs, are provided. You control this access, must grant it yourself, and may revoke it at any time.

• Legal Requirements: If required by law, regulation, or valid legal process.

Except as described above, wearable-derived data is never shared with any third party, including advertising networks, analytics providers, data brokers, or third-party AI services, without your explicit consent.

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4. Data Storage & Processing

Your data, including Garmin and other wearable data, is stored and processed on Google Cloud Platform / Firebase infrastructure located in the United States (Cloud Firestore for storage, Cloud Functions for processing, Firebase Cloud Messaging for notifications). Google processes this data solely as our sub-processor to provide the service.

5. Data Security

We take security seriously and use industry-standard safeguards, including encrypted data transmission, secure storage, and restricted access controls. Although no system is perfectly secure, we continuously monitor and update our protections to keep your data safe.

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6. Data Retention & Deletion

We retain your information only as long as necessary to operate the service or comply with legal obligations. When you disconnect a wearable, we stop receiving new data from that source; data already synced and incorporated into your history is retained until you request its deletion. You can request deletion of your data at any time by contacting us at gage@clean-dopamine.com, and we will delete it from our systems (including Google Firebase/Cloud storage) except where retention is required by law.

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7. Your Rights & Controls

You may, at any time:

• Request access to your data or ask for corrections

• Disconnect Garmin, WHOOP, or any other connected wearable, revoking our access to new data from that source

• Revoke healthcare-provider access or other sharing permissions, and leave any challenge or leaderboard

• Request deletion of your data

• Request a portable copy of your data

To exercise any of these rights, contact us at connect@clean-dopamine.com.

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8. Children’s Privacy

Clean Dopamine is intended for users 18 and older. If we become aware of data collected from a minor without proper consent, we will delete it promptly.

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9. Changes to This Policy

We may update this policy occasionally. If we make material changes, we will notify you through the website or in-app. Continued use of Clean Dopamine following any update means you accept the revised policy.

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10. Contact Us

For questions, requests, or concerns about this Privacy Policy or how we handle your data, please contact us at gage@clean-dopamine.com.