Privacy Policy

Breathe · Last updated October 14, 2026

Breathe (listed on the App Store as Breathe: Quit vaping) is a stress and peer-pressure companion app built to help teens work through urges to vape, track their mood, and practice handling peer pressure. This page explains what information the app collects, how it's used, and how you can control or delete it.

Who runs this app

Breathe is developed by Elevate. For any question about this policy, or to request that your data be deleted, contact ganganala@gmail.com.

Who this app is for

Breathe is intended for teens age 13 and older. It is not directed at children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect information from anyone under 13. If you believe a child under 13 has used the app and provided personal information, contact us at the email above and we will delete it.

Information you provide when you sign up

If you sign in with Google or Apple: we receive your name and email address from that provider, so your check-ins are tied to an account you can recover on any device.
If you sign up manually (no Google or Apple account): you choose a first name, last name, and a user ID yourself. No email address is collected, and no real identity is verified — but this also means the account cannot be recovered if you log out or lose the device (see "Manual accounts" below).

Information the app collects as you use it

Daily mood check-ins (a date and a mood — low, meh, okay, or good)
Which trigger you selected during an urge check-in (anxious, stressed, peer pressure, or bored) and when
Which specific coping tool you used (e.g. breathing, grounding, brain dump) and when — and, for stress tools, an optional follow-up mood rating
Your current streak and the date you last checked in
Optional contact details you type in yourself: a school counselor's name/phone, or a trusted "buddy" contact's name, phone number, and code word

What we deliberately don't collect: if a tool asks you to type something out — a worry, a brain dump, a step you're planning to take — that text is never saved or sent anywhere. We only ever record that the tool was used, never what you wrote in it.

How this information is used

Your data is used only to run the app for you: showing your own mood patterns and insights, keeping your streak accurate, and letting your check-ins follow you if you sign in on a different device. We do not use your data for advertising, and we do not sell it to anyone.

Where your data is stored

Your account and activity data are stored in Google Firebase (Cloud Firestore), and sign-in is handled by Google and, where used, Apple. These providers act only as infrastructure for running the app — they are not given access to use your data for their own purposes. Access to your data is restricted so that only your own signed-in account can read or write it.

Manual accounts — an important limitation

If you sign up without linking a Google or Apple account, your account has no email or password attached to it. This means that if you log out, switch phones, or reinstall the app, your check-ins and streak cannot be recovered — there is no way for us to verify the account is yours. The app warns you about this before you log out, and offers a way to link a Google or Apple account at any time to make your data recoverable.

Deleting your data

You can delete your account yourself from inside the app: open Resources and tap Delete my account and data. This permanently erases your check-ins, triggers, coping-tool history, streak, profile, and any counselor or buddy contact you saved, along with the sign-in record itself. It happens immediately and cannot be undone.

If you can no longer sign in, email ganganala@gmail.com from the email address linked to your account (or include your user ID if you signed up manually) and we will delete it and confirm once it's done.

Changes to this policy

If this policy changes, we'll update the date at the top of this page.

If it's urgent: Breathe is not a crisis service and does not monitor for emergencies. If you or someone you know is thinking about self-harm, call or text 988, or text HOME to 741741, any time.