WorldClock

 WorldClock Privacy Policy

Version 1.0, October 2019

Your privacy and permission is important to us…

We are committed to protecting and respecting your privacy.

This policy sets out the basis on which any personal data we collect from you, or that you provide to us, will be processed by us. Please read the following carefully to understand our views and practices regarding your personal data and how we will treat it. By using WorldClock you are accepting and consenting to the practices described in this policy.

Please note that some of the features discussed below may not be available in the current WorldClock release and may reflect feature additions scheduled to be incorporated in future releases.

We may change this policy from time to time by updating this page. You should check back occasionally to ensure that you are happy with any changes. This version of the policy is effective from October 1, 2019.

Who we are

Our website address is https://www.worldclock.ws

What personal data we collect and why we collect it

We do not collect any personal information about you or your use of WorldClock. Should you choose to communicate with us via email (for customer support or any other inquiries) we may save your name and email address for the express purpose of facilitating future communications. Under no circumstance will we disseminate this information to a third party.

Sensitive data

We do not collect any sensitive data about you. Sensitive data refers to data that includes details about your race or ethnicity, religious or philosophical beliefs, sex life, sexual orientation, political opinions, trade union membership, information about your health and genetic and biometric data. We do not collect any information about criminal convictions and offences.

Google Calendar users – your privacy and the WorldClock application

If you are a Google Calendar user, by using the WorldClock application, you will be asked to authenticate a link between WorldClock and your Google Account. This privacy policy clearly lays out Actions the service may perform using this authentication. The summary below is consistent with the "Google API Services User Data Policy" (May 30, 2019 version) . This privacy policy will be reviewed quarterly for ongoing consistency.

Google Calendar information that WorldClock collects

At a high level, the WorldClock application collects the following information:

  • persistent identifiers (your Google ID);
  • various tokens required to access the Google Calendar API;
  • calendar and event information;
  • information that we get from you either directly or via the permissions API.

The ID and API token information is saved locally and is strongly encrypted.

WorldClock accurately represents its identity and intent:

1. Our Identity: You authorise WorldClock to access Google API Services on behalf of your account and these credentials are kept confidential and secure.

2. Data Requested: The data types WorldClock requests are limited to read-only access to your calendar and event information. If this changes from what is disclosed in this privacy policy, then we will update this privacy policy and prompt WorldClock users to re-consent to any changes before we may access additionally requested data. When you authorise WorldClock to access your Google Account, we request permissions to view your list of calendars and all events associated with your calendars.

How WorldClock uses information in, and with Google Calendar

So that you can recognise these Actions triggered by, or impacting Google Calendar as an integrated system the next time you access them in WorldClock, information from your Google Calendar account is used in the following actions in WorldClock:

  • to list your upcoming calendar events for the day – using the Google Calendar API we read and list all events for the current day;
  • to create a long-term schedule of upcoming events – using the Google Calendar API we will display a window of events occurring within a user-defined date range

WorldClock's use of Google Calendar "Scopes"

When you give WorldClock permission to access your Google Calendar, WorldClock does so via the use of "scopes". This is Google's mechanism to restrict an application's access only to specific areas of your Google account. WorldClock uses the following scope to access your Google Calendar data:
  • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/calendar
    WorldClock will use the https://www.googleapis.com/auth/calendar scope to obtain a list of all available calendars in your Google account; from this list you can choose a specific calendar whose events you want WorldClock to display. We also use this scope to obtain a list of all events for the current day in your selected calendar; these events will then be displayed in WorldClock's daily activity panel. And finally, this scope will be used to obtain an extended list of events spanning up to three months into the future; these events will then be displayed in WorldClock's extended Schedule display. At the moment WorldClock will read, but not modify, your calendar and event information. In a future release we intend to add the ability to edit/create events directly from WorldClock; at this time we will need to modify your calendars and events as required.

Note that WorldClock does not request access to information that it does not need.

Office 365 users – your privacy and the WorldClock application

If you are an Office 365 user, by using the WorldClock application you will be asked to authenticate a link between WorldClock and your Office 365 account. This privacy policy clearly lays out Actions the service may perform using this authentication. The summary below is consistent with the "Microsoft APIs Terms of Use" (May 2019 version) . This privacy policy will be reviewed quarterly for ongoing consistency.

Office 365 information that WorldClock software collects

At a high level, the WorldClock application collects the following information:

  • persistent identifiers (your Office 365 ID);
  • various tokens required to access the Office 365 API;
  • calendar and event information;
  • information that we get from you either directly or via the permissions API.
The ID and API token information is saved locally and is strongly encrypted.

WorldClock accurately represents its identity and intent:

1. Our Identity: You authorise WorldClock to access Office 365 API Services on behalf of your account and these credentials are kept confidential and secure.

2. Data Requested: The data types WorldClock requests are limited to read-only access to your calendar and event information. If this changes from what is disclosed in this privacy policy, then we will update this privacy policy and prompt WorldClock users to re-consent to any changes before we may access additionally requested data. When you authorise WorldClock to access your Office 365 Account, we request permissions to view your list of calendars and all events associated with your calendars.

How WorldClock uses information in, and with Office 365

So that you can recognise these Actions triggered by, or impacting Office 365 as an integrated system the next time you access them in WorldClock, information from your Office 365 account is used in the following actions in WorldClock:

  • to list your upcoming calendar events for the day – using the Office 365 Calendar API we read and list all events for the current day;
  • to create a long-term schedule of upcoming events – using the Office 365 Calendar API we will display a window of events occurring within a user-defined date range

WorldClock does not request access to information that it does not need.

How we protect your data

We have put in place appropriate security measures to prevent your personal data from being accidentally lost, used or accessed in an unauthorised way, altered or disclosed.

Data retention

We retain your calendar information locally in a file cache on your computer. This is done to minimize the number of requests that need to be sent to the calendar services. This data is ephemeral in nature and will not, under any circumstance, ever be shared with a third party.


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