Not yet ready for App Store submission.
This draft is based on the information provided for the upcoming Dot Buddy app. The shipping app is not part of this website project, so its exact data collection and settings have not been verified. The items listed below must be confirmed before this is used as the final policy.
1. The little overview
Dot Buddy is a virtual companion app. This draft describes the services identified for the app: Mixpanel for analytics, Sentry for crash diagnostics, and Apple Intelligence for processing on the device or through Apple’s Private Cloud Compute.
The Dot Buddy app and this marketing website are separate. The website does not include the app’s analytics or crash-reporting tools. You can contact Dot Buddy at [email protected].
2. Analytics & crash diagnostics
Mixpanel — understanding app use
Dot Buddy uses Mixpanel for analytics to help understand how the app is used. Analytics involves sending information to Mixpanel. It should not be described as necessarily anonymous or as staying entirely on your phone.
Depending on configuration, Mixpanel’s mobile libraries can include interaction events, timestamps, installation or device identifiers, app versions, device details, operating-system information, and approximate location derived from an IP address. These are examples of what the provider supports, not a verified list of what Dot Buddy sends.
The exact events, identifiers, IP-address handling, location enrichment, and any analytics consent or opt-out controls require confirmation against the shipping app.
Mixpanel’s data properties documentation
Sentry — understanding crashes
Dot Buddy uses Sentry for crash diagnostics to help identify and investigate problems. Diagnostic reports are sent to Sentry and may include error details, stack traces, app and operating-system versions, device information, or logs, depending on which features are enabled.
What Sentry actually receives depends on the app’s configuration and filtering. The final policy must confirm the data collected, whether identifiers or network details are included, and how potentially sensitive information is handled. Provider defaults alone do not establish Dot Buddy’s settings.
3. Apple Intelligence
Dot Buddy’s described Apple Intelligence processing can take place on the device or, for applicable requests, through Apple’s Private Cloud Compute. These are different processing paths: it would not be accurate to say that all AI processing stays on your phone.
On-device processing
When a request is processed entirely by an on-device model, that processing happens on the device rather than sending the request to Private Cloud Compute.
Private Cloud Compute
When Apple Intelligence uses Private Cloud Compute, the information needed to fulfil the request is sent to Apple’s server-based system. Apple states that data processed by Private Cloud Compute is used only to fulfil the request, is not stored or made accessible to Apple, and that the results are returned securely to the device.
Apple separately describes limited information it may collect about requests and optional device analytics. The exact Apple Intelligence features and processing routes used by the final Dot Buddy app still need to be confirmed.
5. This website is different
This is a static product and support website. We do not install analytics SDKs, advertising trackers, tracking cookies, or third-party embeds on it. There are no newsletter forms, accounts, or submission forms, and browsing it does not sign you up for anything.
Your browser contacts the website’s hosting service to request pages, images, and fonts. That delivery can involve technical information such as an IP address and browser details; the hosting service’s log and retention practices need to be confirmed before the final policy is published.
Support links open your email app. If you email us, your email service and the receiving email service handle that message. Please send only information relevant to your question, and avoid passwords or sensitive personal information.
Links to Apple, Mixpanel, Sentry, or other external websites open their pages rather than embedding their tools. Those services have their own privacy practices.
6. Your privacy questions
For questions about this draft or the information associated with your use of Dot Buddy, email [email protected]. You may also use this address to ask about access, correction, or deletion of information.
How a request can be handled depends on the information actually held, the ability to identify relevant records, and applicable law. The final policy must explain the supported process and any applicable privacy rights, rather than promising unverified controls or a particular response period.
7. What must be confirmed before launch
The following are editorial review items, not statements of confirmed app behaviour:
- The complete data collected by the shipping app, including exact Mixpanel and Sentry fields, identifiers, logs, and settings.
- How pet and app data are stored; how Nearby and sharing work; which permissions are requested; and which service providers receive information.
- Retention periods and deletion procedures for app data, analytics, crash reports, support messages, and hosting logs.
- Applicable legal bases, consent requirements, analytics choices, user-rights procedures, and any region-specific disclosures.
- The Apple Intelligence features, processing routes, and any data associated with them.
- Any additional legally required operator details and a final effective date, with App Store privacy disclosures aligned to the app’s actual behaviour.
8. Policy updates
This page will need to be revised as the launch app’s practices are confirmed. A final effective date and an accurate description of the app’s practices should replace this pre-launch draft before submission.
Questions are always welcome at [email protected].