Effective date: 26 July 2026
Habiary is developed and published by Martin Kraus, trading as Hlinware, an independent software publisher based in the United Kingdom. Habiary is a local-first Windows desktop app for tracking recurring tasks, habits, reminders, and completion history.
Martin Kraus is the data controller for personal information that you choose to send to Hlinware. App data stored locally by Habiary remains under your control unless you deliberately share it with Hlinware.
Habiary stores app data locally on your device. This may include:
Habiary stores its data locally in your Windows local app data folder. The app does not require an account and does not sync your data to a cloud service.
You can view the data folder from within the app by opening Settings, selecting “Data & backups,” and choosing “Open data folder.”
Habiary lets you export a backup file containing your local app data. A backup may include activities, recurrence settings, completion history, skipped dates, images, visual presets, reminder settings, optional launch paths, and other app settings.
When automatic daily backups are enabled, Habiary maintains local backup files after your app data changes. Automatic backups use a 30-day retention period, although Habiary may keep one older backup to preserve a recoverable copy. The app may also create a local safety backup before certain destructive actions such as reset or import.
If you move, upload, email, or otherwise share a backup file, you are responsible for where that file is stored and who can access it.
When you import a backup, Habiary replaces the current local app data with the contents of the selected backup.
Habiary maintains two separate forms of local diagnostic information to help troubleshoot app problems.
Detailed diagnostic logs may contain technical error details, local file paths, backup or import paths, user-entered names involved in an error, some exception messages, and other troubleshooting information. They are intended for difficult troubleshooting and may contain personal or sensitive context. Habiary is designed not to record credentials, licence keys, or file contents in these logs.
Habiary also records structured privacy-safe diagnostic events. These are used to generate a support report containing limited technical information such as the Habiary and Windows versions, system architecture, installation type, backup configuration, structured event descriptions, and limited exception information that excludes raw error messages.
The support report is designed not to contain activity, variant, checklist, or preset names; email addresses; licence information; filenames or paths; launch arguments; URLs; file contents; or raw exception messages.
The detailed-log files and stored privacy-safe diagnostic events remain on your device. Neither store is included in backups or copied, uploaded, attached, or sent automatically. You can preview a generated privacy-safe support report and explicitly copy it to the Windows clipboard. Detailed logs are shared only if you manually choose to provide them.
Diagnostic information is automatically rotated and managed using a retention period of approximately 30 days and storage-size limits. Older information may be removed sooner when those limits are reached. You can also clear diagnostic history from within the app.
Habiary is a Windows desktop app. It may use desktop integration features such as a system tray icon, optional launch on Windows startup, local file storage, custom reminder windows, and optional launching of a user-configured file or app.
Habiary does not require administrator privileges and runs under your current Windows user account.
If you configure an activity to launch an external app, file, or command, Habiary passes the configured path and arguments to Windows when you mark that activity complete. The external app or file may have its own privacy practices outside Habiary’s control.
Habiary does not sell your data. Habiary does not send your activities, completion history, images, settings, backups, or diagnostic information to Hlinware or to a third-party server.
Copying a support report places it on the Windows clipboard but does not send it to Hlinware. Windows controls clipboard history and synchronization settings.
If you contact Hlinware, you may choose to provide personal information such as your email address, the contents of your message, screenshots, a privacy-safe support report, or any detailed diagnostic logs, backup files, or exported data you choose to attach.
Hlinware uses this information to respond to your request, investigate and resolve problems, handle related follow-up, and maintain Habiary’s reliability and security. The lawful basis for this processing is Hlinware’s legitimate interest in providing support and maintaining the app. Information relating to privacy requests may also be processed where necessary to comply with legal obligations.
Support correspondence and attachments are retained only for as long as reasonably necessary to resolve the request and handle related follow-up.
Support messages are processed on Hlinware’s behalf by third-party email-routing and mailbox providers. These providers may process information outside the United Kingdom. Where required, protections recognised under UK data protection law, such as adequacy regulations or approved contractual safeguards, are used. You can contact Hlinware for more information about these safeguards.
Habiary does not require internet access for its core habit-tracking features.
Habiary may open external web links that you choose, such as the privacy policy page.
If you install or purchase Habiary through Microsoft Store, Microsoft may process purchase, licensing, installation, crash, or diagnostic information according to Microsoft’s own privacy policy. Habiary does not control Microsoft’s collection or use of that information.
Habiary does not currently use third-party analytics, advertising SDKs, or automatic crash reporting services.
You can edit or delete activities and completion logs inside the app.
You can export backups from within the app.
You can clear detailed diagnostic logs and privacy-safe diagnostic history from within the app.
You can also delete Habiary’s local data from the app’s local data folder. Deleting local data may permanently remove your activities, settings, images, presets, backups, and logs.
Your primary app data remains on your device until you delete it, reset the app data, uninstall the app, or Windows removes the app data. Diagnostic information and automatic backups are managed under the retention rules described above and may be removed earlier. Before uninstalling, resetting, or deleting local data, you should export a backup if you want to keep your data.
If you contact Hlinware, you have rights under UK data protection law relating to the personal information you choose to provide. Depending on the circumstances, you may ask Hlinware to give you a copy of that information, correct inaccurate information, delete it, or restrict how it is used. Habiary does not automatically send this information to Hlinware.
Your right to object: You may object to Hlinware’s use of information you provide where the processing is based on legitimate interests. Hlinware will stop processing it unless there are compelling legitimate reasons to continue or it is needed for legal claims.
To exercise your rights, contact support@hlinware.com. You also have the right to complain to the UK Information Commissioner’s Office. Information about making a complaint is available on the ICO website.
Habiary relies on Windows user account protections and local file system permissions to protect app data stored on your device. The app does not currently encrypt its local data files separately.
Exported backup files are not separately encrypted by Habiary. You should store backup files in a safe location.
Habiary is not directed at children, and Hlinware does not knowingly collect personal information from children. App data remains local unless it is deliberately shared with Hlinware. If you believe a child has provided personal information to Hlinware, please use the contact details below so that the information can be reviewed and deleted where appropriate.
This privacy policy may be updated if Habiary changes how it stores, uses, or transmits data. The updated policy will be published at this same location.
For privacy questions, privacy requests, or support, contact: support@hlinware.com