Privacy Policy

Effective date: October 25, 2026 · Last updated: October 25, 2026

Park Pulse is an iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch app (with Home Screen widgets and Live Activities) that shows Walt Disney World wait times. It is made by Steven Fatone, an individual developer. This policy explains what the app does with your information.

1. What I collect

Nothing. Park Pulse has no user accounts and no backend server run by me. The app contains no analytics, crash-reporting, advertising or tracking software. I don't receive, store, sell or share any personal information about you, and the app does not track you across other companies' apps or websites.

2. Data stored on your device

To work, the app saves the following on your device. Some of it is kept in storage shared with the app's own widgets (an "app group") so the widgets can show the same information. It does not leave your device unless you turn on iCloud sync (section 3) or pair an Apple Watch (section 4).

• Favorite rides and tracked rides
• Per-ride wait-time alert thresholds
• Your ride checklist and lifetime ride log (which rides you rode and on what dates)
• Trip plans, including any free-text notes you write
• Kids' first names and heights, if you enter them, used to check ride height requirements
• Recently viewed rides
• Today's wait-time history, used for charts
• Appearance and layout preferences
• Cached wait-time data, so the app still works on spotty park Wi-Fi

3. iCloud sync

If iCloud is turned on for the app, Park Pulse uses Apple's iCloud key-value storage to keep the following in sync across your own devices: your ride log, kids' names and heights, alert thresholds, trips (including notes), favorites and tracked rides.

This data is stored in your iCloud account. I can't see or access it. iCloud is provided by Apple and is covered by Apple's Privacy Policy.

4. Apple Watch

If you use the Apple Watch app, your iPhone sends your paired watch the information it needs to display: favorites and quick waits, park hours, rope-drop information and whether you have Pro. This goes directly between your phone and your watch using Apple's WatchConnectivity. It does not include kids' details, trips or your ride log, and it never passes through me.

5. Location

Location access is optional and only requested "While Using the App." If you allow it, your location is used on your device to:

• sort rides by distance from you,
• show where you are on the park map, and
• serve as the starting point for walking directions.

Walking directions are calculated by Apple Maps (MapKit), so Apple receives the starting coordinate for that request. Your location is never stored by the app and never sent to me. You can turn location access off at any time in iOS Settings → Privacy & Security → Location Services → Park Pulse. The app still works without it.

6. Wait-time data

Wait times, park hours and show times come from the public ThemeParks Wiki API. The app's requests ask for park data only and contain no personal information. Like any web server, ThemeParks Wiki can see your device's IP address when the app connects to it.

7. Notifications and Live Activities

Wait-drop alerts and other notifications are generated on your device. Live Activities on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island are also started and updated on your device. The app does not use push notification servers and does not register push tokens.

8. Purchases

Park Pulse Pro is a one-time in-app purchase handled entirely by Apple through the App Store. I never see your name, payment card or other billing details. The app only learns from Apple whether Pro is unlocked.

9. Links to other apps and services

Some buttons open other apps or services, such as Apple Maps, Google Maps directions, the My Disney Experience app or its App Store page, and the iOS share sheet. Once you tap them, those apps and services handle your information under their own privacy policies. Google Maps direction links include the ride name and park name so Google Maps knows where to go.

10. Children

Park Pulse is not directed at children under 13, and I don't knowingly collect personal information from anyone, including children. If a parent enters a child's first name and height for height checks, that information stays on the device and, if iCloud sync is on, in the parent's own iCloud account. I never receive it.

11. Deleting your data

• In the app, go to Settings → Erase All My Data. This removes the app's data from your device and the app's data synced through iCloud.
• Or delete the app from your device, which removes its on-device data.
• You can also manage iCloud data in iOS Settings → [your name] → iCloud.

12. Your rights (GDPR, CCPA and similar laws)

Privacy laws such as the EU and UK General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) give you rights over personal data a company holds about you, including the right to access it, correct it, delete it, and opt out of its sale or sharing.

• I don't collect or hold personal data about you, so there is normally nothing for me to access, correct or delete. Your data is under your control on your device and in your iCloud account (see section 11).
• I don't sell or share personal information, including for targeted advertising.
• If you have a question or want to make a request anyway, email me (section 14) and I'll respond.

13. Changes to this policy

If this policy changes, the updated version will be posted on this page with a new "Last updated" date.

14. Contact