First Light / Privacy
Privacy policy
First Light is designed to keep personal prayer activity and app-blocking choices private and on your device wherever possible.
Last updated: 3 September 2026
Who is responsible
First Light is operated by Trinova Holdings (Pty) Ltd, a company registered in South Africa. This policy applies to the First Light mobile application and related support.
Information stored on your device
First Light stores your first name, onboarding answers, prayer times, notification preferences, prayer history, streak information, and app settings locally on your device. This information supports the app experience and is not currently uploaded to a Trinova account or backend.
Screen Time and app selections
If you enable app blocking, First Light asks Apple for Family Controls permission. Apple's system picker returns privacy-preserving, opaque tokens for the apps, categories, or websites you select. First Light uses those tokens only to apply and remove the blocks you request. It cannot use them to read your activity, see content inside other apps, or identify your selections by name. The tokens stay in the app's private shared storage on your device.
Notifications
If you allow notifications, First Light schedules prayer reminders locally using your chosen times and your device's local time zone. You can change notification permission in iOS Settings.
Subscriptions and purchases
If paid subscriptions are offered, purchases are processed by Apple. Trinova does not receive your full payment-card details. We may receive limited purchase and entitlement information—such as the product purchased, transaction identifiers, and subscription status—from Apple or a subscription-management provider so that we can unlock paid features, restore purchases, and provide support.
Support information
If you contact us, we receive the information you choose to provide, such as your name, email address, message, device model, iOS version, or app version. Please do not send private prayer content. We use support correspondence to respond, investigate problems, and keep appropriate business records.
Analytics, advertising, and sharing
First Light does not currently contain advertising trackers or behavioural analytics, and Trinova does not sell personal information. We share information only with service providers needed to operate purchases or support, when you ask us to, or when required by law. If our data practices or third-party services change, we will update this policy and the app's App Store privacy disclosures before the new collection begins.
Retention and deletion
Information stored locally remains until you reset First Light, remove the relevant permission, or uninstall the app. Trinova cannot retrieve or delete device-only information remotely. Support correspondence and purchase records are kept only as long as reasonably needed for support, fraud prevention, accounting, and legal obligations. You may ask us to delete personal information we control by emailing info@trinovaholdings.com.
Your rights and choices
Depending on where you live, you may have rights to access, correct, delete, restrict, or object to our processing of your personal information. South African users have rights under the Protection of Personal Information Act. You can also withdraw Screen Time or notification permission through iOS Settings without contacting us.
International processing and security
Providers supporting purchases, hosting, or email may process limited information in countries outside South Africa. We select established providers and take reasonable measures to protect information under our control, but no method of storage or transmission is completely secure.
Changes and contact
We may update this policy as First Light evolves. The current version and effective date will remain available here. Questions or privacy requests can be sent to info@trinovaholdings.com.