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Privacy Policy — Tala

Tala app (by Ella Flow) · Last updated: 4 November 2026

1 · Who is responsible

The data controller is Marcela Salerni, trading as Ella Flow, Carabbia (Lugano), Switzerland.

For any question about this policy or the app: tala@ellaflow.ch

2 · Scope

This policy covers the Tala mobile app only, on iOS and Android. It does not cover the Ella Flow website or social media profiles, which use their own measurement tools and have separate policies.

3 · What data the app collects

Tala uses local data so you can configure and carry out practices; it does not automatically send them to the developer. There are no remote collection or synchronisation services operated by the developer. Specifically, the app contains:

• no account, no sign-up, no request for your name or email
• no analytics or usage-measurement service
• no automatic error reporting
• no advertising and no advertising identifier
• no tracking, either within the app or across apps
• no server, no remote database, no sync

Voluntary diagnostic exports and support contacts are described below.

4 · What is stored on your phone

So that the app can work, some information is written to your device's local storage and stays there:

• your settings (durations, repetitions, sounds, volumes, theme, language)
• practices you save as favourites
• your practice history (name, date and time, durations, counts and laps)
• local copies of personal audio you import
• the local diagnostic log, when enabled

Practices and settings stay saved while you keep them in the app. The history keeps up to the 200 most recent sessions; new entries may replace older ones. The app does not automatically send these data to the developer. You can remove the app's local files by uninstalling it, or — on Android — from Settings › Apps › Tala › Storage › Clear data. This does not delete backups or files you have already shared with other services.

Local diagnostics. Enabled by default, these help investigate problems. The log may record date and time, app version and operating system, practice names and settings, durations and laps, audio events and errors. Recorded settings may include the local path of a personal audio file.

The log keeps at most two files: the current file is rotated when it grows beyond about 1 MB, and the previous copy is replaced at the next rotation. Retention therefore depends on the number of events, rather than a fixed number of days. In Settings › Diagnostics you can turn off new logging or choose Clear the log to delete the local log. Turning logging off does not delete files already saved.

Manual export. Only when you tap Export full log does the app prepare the current file and open the system share sheet. No file is sent automatically to the developer: you choose an app or recipient and confirm sharing. You can cancel. Shared copies are then handled by the recipients and services you chose; clearing the log in Tala does not remove them.

5 · Permissions and system features

• Notifications. Practice notifications are local: your phone generates them, and Tala does not request a remote push notification token. You can revoke the permission in system settings. On iPhone, practice sounds play locally even without notification permission.
• Background audio playback. So that cues and background sound continue with the screen off during a session.
• Your own audio file. When you choose a track as background sound through the system picker, the file is copied into the app's private documents folder so it remains available to saved practices. The picker may also create a temporary cache copy. Changing background sound or deleting a practice does not automatically delete earlier imports. Persistent copies stay in the app's local data until removed with the app or its data. Tala does not automatically upload the audio file to a server.
• Tala does not access your microphone, camera, location, address book, contacts, calendar, photos, health or fitness data.

6 · If you write to us

If you email the address above, the developer receives your email address and the content of your message. If you also choose to send her a diagnostic log, she receives the contents of the file you shared.

The controller handles support requests personally. Any diagnostic log you choose to send remains linked to your request, your email address and the sender name, where supplied, so that she can reply and investigate the reported problem.

• Purpose: to answer you.
• Recipients: nobody, other than the email provider acting as a technical processor.
• Retention: as long as needed to handle the request, and in any case no longer than 24 months.
• Your rights: you can request access to, correction or deletion of the messages exchanged, and object to the processing, by writing to the same address.

No request is needed for data held inside the app: it is on your device and entirely under your control.

7 · The role of Apple and Google

Apple and Google collect their own data about downloads, purchases and system diagnostics under their own policies and outside the developer's control. This is not data collected by Tala.

Also, if you have enabled automatic phone backup, the app's local data may be included in the backup operated by Apple or Google under their terms.

• Apple Privacy Policy
• Google Privacy Policy

8 · Children

Tala is not directed at children under 13. The app has no accounts and no automatic data collection by the developer.

9 · Not a medical device

Tala is a tool for personal practice. It does not diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any condition, and is not a substitute for professional medical advice.

10 · Purchases

The app is free and contains no in-app purchases.

11 · Changes to this policy

Any changes will be published on this page with a new update date. If a change is substantial, it will also be flagged inside the app.

12 · Governing law

Swiss law applies, with jurisdiction in Ticino, Switzerland. This does not affect any mandatory consumer rights under the law of your country of residence, including the right to bring proceedings before the courts of your own domicile.