User Guide / Calendars & Data / Privacy and Data Handling

🔒 Privacy and Data Handling

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Learn what stays on the device, where account tokens live and which optional features contact outside services.

No InstaCal account or analytics

InstaCal does not require an InstaCal account and contains no analytics or tracking SDK. There is no InstaCal calendar server between the app and your provider.

Calendar and reminder data

Apple-managed calendars and reminders are accessed through the system frameworks after you grant permission. Direct Google and Microsoft events move between the device and that provider. A local cache keeps direct events available during temporary network failures.

Account tokens

Direct-account authorization tokens are stored in Apple’s Keychain. Removing a direct account from InstaCal deletes its saved authorization and local cache without deleting the provider’s original events.

On-device features

InstaCal’s built-in natural-language parser runs on the device. On supported systems, Apple Intelligence adds context on-device. Time Insights also analyzes the selected calendar scope locally.

Optional outside services

Weather contacts the provider you select. Maps and travel-time features use Apple location and mapping services when enabled. Google and Microsoft direct connections contact those providers for sync and invitation actions.

Files you share

ICS exports, availability images, PDFs and printed output are created only when you request them. Once saved or shared, they are outside InstaCal’s container and should be handled like any other document containing calendar information.

See the Privacy Policy for the formal disclosure.

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