Effective Date: September 14, 2026

Last Updated: September 14, 2026

Developer / Publisher:The Balance Brands

Contact Email: care@thebalancebrands.com

At ARA Health ("ARA", "we", "our", or "us"), published by The Balance Brands, we believe personal health data belongs exclusively to you. ARA is designed with a privacy-first, gentle care architecture ("Notice. Understand. Tend."). This Privacy Policy explains how ARA collects, uses, stores, protects, and handles your information when you use our mobile application. We are committed to transparency and do not monetize, sell, or exploit your health data.

2. Information We Collect

ARA allows you to track and monitor holistic daily rhythms and health intentions. Depending on how you interact with the app, the following categories of data may be recorded:

A. Health & Wellness Metrics Logged by You

Hydration: Daily water consumption, target goals, and quick-logged amounts.

Rest & Sleep: Sleep duration, bedtime, wake time, sleep quality tags, and user-defined ratings.

Movement & Activity:Daily step counts, active movement minutes, distance, and workout notes.

Nutrition & Meals: Logged meals (breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks), meal names, nutritional estimates, and notes.

Medications & Supplements: Medication and supplement names, dosages, scheduled times, instructions, brands, and adherence statuses (taken, skipped, snoozed).

Well-Being & Subjective States: 1–10 gentle reflective ratings for energy, mood, stress, and pain.

Symptoms:User-logged symptoms, onset time, severity, and contextual notes.

- App version, operating system version, and general non-identifying device specifications required for app rendering and performance stability.

- We do not collect permanent hardware identifiers, IMEI numbers, or advertising identifiers (AD_ID).

If you explicitly choose to connect ARA with platform services such as Android Health Connect:

- We only read or sync the specific data categories you grant permission to access (such as steps, sleep sessions, or hydration).

- Data received from Health Connect is used solely to display your health timeline and calculate daily rhythm patterns. It is never transferred to third parties or used for advertising.

3. How We Use Your Information

We process your health and profile data strictly to provide and improve the functionality of ARA Health:

- To present your daily rhythm dashboard, progress cards, and health trends.

- To display personalized timeline summaries and gentle pattern observations (e.g., correlations between sleep and energy).

- To generate on-demand, user-initiated Provider Summaries and PDF reports that you choose to share with your healthcare providers.

- To maintain your medication and supplement schedules.

- Sell, rent, lease, or monetize your health information.

- Share your data with third-party advertisers, data brokers, or marketing networks.

- Use your personal health data to train public foundation AI models.

- Perform automated profiling for insurance or commercial evaluation.

- Local-First Architecture: By default, your health metrics, medication lists, notes, and well-being logs are stored directly on your device in a secure, isolated SQLite/Room database partition.

- No Unsolicited Cloud Sync: Your personal health logs remain under your local control.

- Data Protection: We apply industry-standard protections to ensure your data is safeguarded against unauthorized access, loss, or alteration.

5. Medical Disclaimer

ARA Health provides health tracking, habit building, and pattern observation tools for informational and personal reflection purposes only. ARA does not diagnose medical conditions, provide clinical advice, prescribe medications, or replace the care of a licensed physician or medical provider. Always consult a qualified healthcare professional regarding any medical questions or health concerns.

6. Your Rights & Data Ownership

You retain complete ownership over your data within ARA Health:

- Access & View: You can review all logged data at any time across the Today, Timeline, Insights, and Me screens.

- Export / Portability: You can generate a comprehensive export summary or backup of your data directly within the app.

- Data Deletion / Reset: You can permanently clear and delete your logged data at any time via the Reset Logs / Clear All Data button in the app's settings ("Me" tab). This immediately purges your stored records from the device.

- Revoke Permissions:You can revoke any device or Health Connect permissions at any time through your Android device settings.

7. Children's Privacy

ARA Health is not directed to children under the age of 13 (or under the applicable legal age in your jurisdiction). We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If you believe that a child has provided us with personal information, please contact us at care@thebalancebrands.com and we will promptly delete the data.

8. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy periodically to reflect app updates, security enhancements, or legal requirements. When updates are made, we will update the "Last Updated" date at the top of this document. Continued use of the app constitutes acknowledgment of the revised policy.

9. Contact Us

If you have any questions, feedback, or privacy concerns regarding ARA Health or wish to exercise your data privacy rights, please reach out to our dedicated care team:

Email: care@thebalancebrands.com

App: ARA Health