Without an account. This is the default and it stays available. Nothing you enter leaves your phone.
With an account. You can sign in with Apple or with a code we email you. An account is optional. It is only needed for sync and, when available, for following other people. Accounts are currently offered to people in the United States who are 18 or older (sections 10 and 14).
The app stores what you enter (skincare products, routines, schedules, check-off history, streaks and points, nickname, birthday, city, skin type and quiz answers, sensitivities, preferences, favorite brands and stores, and skin devices) on your device only, using your phone's local storage. We cannot see, access, or recover this information. Deleting the app deletes it. The export feature creates a text file that you control.
In this mode we do not collect names, email addresses, health information, usage analytics, advertising identifiers, or location data. The app contains no third-party analytics or advertising software.
Your email address. With Sign in with Apple, Apple can give us a private relay address instead of your real one. That choice is yours, on Apple's screen.
A random account identifier that Selv Skin creates.
Your routine: the products on your shelf, including any prescription products you add; your morning and evening routines and their order; each product's schedule; your check-off history, streaks and points; your nickname; your skin type and skin quiz answers; sensitivities and allergies; beauty preferences; favorite brands and stores; and skin devices. This is the same information the app keeps on your phone, copied so it can sync. Your birthday and city stay on your phone and are not uploaded. Any life stage settings (pregnancy, breastfeeding, or trying to conceive) you turn on stay there too.
Product requests. If you send a product request while signed in, it is saved with your account: the product name, brand, link, type, size, and any ingredients you select. We use it only to research the product and add it to Selv. It is included when you export your data and deleted when you delete your account. If you are signed out, the request goes by email instead.
Account dates: when you created the account, when you last synced, and your confirmation that you are 18 or older.
Technical records. Our hosting provider keeps short-lived logs of sign-ins and sync requests (your IP address, device type, and timestamps) for security and troubleshooting. They are deleted on a rolling basis (section 9) and are not used for anything else.
We do not store passwords (Sign in with Apple and emailed codes do not use one; for Sign in with Apple we keep only the Apple token needed to revoke the link when you delete your account), photos (profile avatars are icons you pick in the app), precise location, contacts, health records from other apps or providers, advertising identifiers, or usage analytics.
Part of your routine is information about your skin: your skin type, conditions you tell us about in the skin quiz, sensitivities and allergies you select, and any prescription products you track, along with the dates you check them off. When you create an account, this information is stored on our servers with the rest of your routine. We ask for your consent to this on the sign-up screen. You can withdraw that consent at any time by deleting your account (section 8), which removes it from our servers.
We use this information only to sync your routine and to run features you turn on. We do not share it with anyone other than the service providers that store or deliver it for us (section 6), we do not use it for advertising, and we do not sell it.
If you live in Washington or Nevada, our Consumer Health Data Privacy Policy describes this in the form those states' laws require. The commitments are the same for everyone.
To sync your routine between your devices and restore it on a new phone.
To run features you turn on, such as following (section 7).
To answer support requests you send us. Email you send to hello@selvskin.com is stored in our business mailbox (Google Workspace) for as long as we need it to help you.
We do not use account data for advertising and we do not build marketing profiles. We do not share your information with brands or retailers. Tapping a shop link takes you to that retailer, who can see the visit the way they see any visitor, whether or not you have an account. If we offer a way to do that, such as a sampling program, it is something you turn on, for the specific thing you choose, and you can turn it off.
The app's recommendations and conflict checks are computed on your phone from a rule set that ships inside the app. Account data does not change them, and they cannot be bought.
Account data is stored with Supabase, Inc., our hosting provider, on servers in the United States (Oregon, AWS us-west-2), encrypted in transit and at rest. Supabase acts only on our instructions under a data processing agreement, does not use your data for its own purposes, and runs on the infrastructure providers listed on Supabase's subprocessor page.
Each account can read and write only its own rows. This rule is enforced by the database itself.
Sign-in codes are delivered by Resend, which handles your email address and nothing else. Apple provides Sign in with Apple under Apple's privacy policy.
Selv Skin LLC is a one-person company. The founder has administrative access to the database for support and maintenance and is the only person who does. If we engage a contractor who needs access, they work under a written confidentiality agreement and we update this policy.
Public profiles are off by default. If you turn one on, only the fields you choose (display name, avatar icon, skin type, and streak or score badges) are visible to other Selv Skin users, along with your follower and following counts.
Your products, routines, history, sensitivities, prescription products, email, and anything else in section 3 are not part of a public profile and cannot be made public in the app.
If you follow someone or they follow you, both of you can see that connection. You can unfollow, block, or report another user from inside the app. Reports come to us and we act on them. Blocks and reports are kept for as long as your account exists so that they keep working.
Sign out: syncing stops. Data on your phone stays. Data on the server stays until you delete the account.
Export: Profile, then Export My Data, produces a file of everything we hold, whether it lives on the phone or on the server.
Correct: edit anything in the app and the change syncs.
Delete account: Profile, then Delete Account, removes your account and every server copy. This works from inside the app, and by email to hello@selvskin.com sent from the email address on your account. Deleting your account also withdraws the consent described in section 4. Your phone copy stays unless you delete the app.
For as long as your account exists.
When you delete your account, your data is removed from the live database right away and from any backup copies within 30 days.
If an account has not been used for 24 months, we may delete it after emailing you first.
Technical records (section 3) are deleted on a rolling basis and are not kept longer than 30 days.
Wherever you live, you can access, correct, delete, and obtain a portable copy of your personal data, and withdraw consent, using the controls in section 8 or by emailing hello@selvskin.com from the address on your account. We respond within 45 days. If we decline a request, you can appeal by replying to our response, and we answer within 45 days. If you are not satisfied after an appeal, you can contact your state attorney general.
We do not sell personal data, we do not use it for targeted advertising, and we do not profile you in ways that produce legal or similarly significant effects, so there is nothing to opt out of. If your state has a privacy law, such as Colorado, these rights are yours by law; we honor them for everyone.
Accounts are currently offered in the United States. If you use Selv Skin without an account anywhere else, nothing you enter leaves your phone.
If you choose to join our email list, your email address is collected and stored by our email service provider (Mailchimp, operated by Intuit Inc.) under its own privacy policy. We use it only to send occasional app updates and news. Every email includes an unsubscribe link. The newsletter is separate from your account.
Routine reminders are scheduled locally on your device. Granting or denying notification permission is handled entirely by your phone's operating system.
The app and this website may link to third-party websites, such as retailers or product pages. Their privacy practices are their own, and we encourage you to review their policies.
Some shopping links are affiliate links. When you buy through one, the retailer may pay us a commission at no extra cost to you. The retailer does not tell us who you are or what you bought; we receive only aggregate reports. As an Amazon Associate, Selv Skin LLC earns from qualifying purchases.
Selv Skin is intended for users aged 13 and up. Without an account, the app collects no personal information at any age.
Accounts are for people 18 or older. The app confirms your age before an account can be created, and only the confirmation itself is kept. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you believe a child under 13 has created an account, email hello@selvskin.com and we delete it.
selvskin.com is hosted by Netlify, which keeps standard server logs (IP address, browser type, pages requested) for a short period for security. The site loads its fonts from Google Fonts, which means Google receives your IP address when a page loads. The site sets no cookies and runs no analytics or advertising scripts. The newsletter form is hosted by Mailchimp (section 11).
Account data is encrypted in transit and at rest, each account can reach only its own data, we store no passwords, and our own administrative logins use two-factor authentication. No method of storage is perfect. If you believe your account has been accessed without permission, email us and we will help. If a breach affects your data, we notify you as the law requires.
We update this page first and announce the change in the app, and by email if you have an account. If a change would use your existing account data for a new purpose, we ask for your consent before it applies to you. The "Last updated" date above reflects the current version.
Questions about privacy, or a rights request: hello@selvskin.com