Privacy Policy

Zap is made by David Faux, an individual in South Africa. In this policy, "we" and "us" mean David Faux. Contact: support@davidfaux.com.

Nothing. Zap has no accounts, no analytics, no advertising, no tracking and no crash reporting. We run no servers for Zap. This matches the App Store privacy label, "Data Not Collected".

Zap keeps the following on your device only:

• Your sources: the name and address of each playlist or Xtream server you add, and your username.
• Source passwords, in the Keychain on your device. They do not sync to your other devices.
• The library Zap imports from your sources.
• Your choices: favourites, renamed or hidden channels, channel numbers, guide matches, and how far you have watched.
• Settings, and a cache of pictures that your sources point to.

Delete a source in Zap to remove its data and password from the device. Delete Zap to remove everything else.

To work, Zap reads its own settings, the available disk space, file timestamps and the system uptime on the device. None of it leaves the device.

Premium can sync your favourites, channel changes, guide matches and watch progress between your devices. Zap uses Apple's iCloud key-value storage for this. The data lives in your own iCloud account. We cannot read it. Source passwords do not travel in it.

To stop syncing, turn off Zap in Settings > Apple Account > iCloud. Apple's privacy policy governs iCloud.

Apple handles purchases and subscriptions. We receive no payment details. Zap reads only your purchase status from Apple, on your device.

Zap connects directly to the servers named in your playlist. That means the playlist or server address, and the streams, guide files and pictures it lists. Those servers see your IP address and the login you gave Zap for that source. We do not run or control them. Their own policies apply.

On Apple TV, Zap can show a code and run a short-lived web page on your home Wi-Fi, so you can enter a source from your phone. The code works once and expires after 10 minutes. Only devices on the same Wi-Fi that have the code can use the page. What you type goes straight to the TV and never to us. Zap asks for local network permission for this.

Settings has a Diagnostics screen. It builds a report on your device. Nothing is sent unless you choose to copy it and send it yourself.

Zap is not directed at children. We collect no personal information from anyone.

We hold no personal data about you, so in most cases you use your rights yourself, by deleting data in Zap or in iCloud. If you are in the EU or the UK, the GDPR gives you rights of access, correction, erasure, restriction, portability and objection. If you are in South Africa, the Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA) gives you the right to ask whether we hold information about you, to ask us to correct or delete it, and to object to its processing. The responsible party is David Faux. Write to support@davidfaux.com with any question.

You may complain to your data protection authority, or in South Africa to the Information Regulator.

davidfaux.com uses no cookies, analytics or trackers. It is hosted on GitHub Pages. GitHub, as the host, may log visitor IP addresses for security, as described in GitHub's privacy statement.

We post any new version at https://davidfaux.com/zap-tv/privacy with a new date. If we ever add data collection, we will change this policy and the App Store privacy details before the release that adds it.

David Faux, South Africa. support@davidfaux.com.