The plain-language rules for using 24 Blocks, and an honest account of what data we touch, why, and the control you keep over it. Built to comply with the GDPR and French data-protection law.
LAST UPDATED · MAY 2026
GENERAL TERMS & CONDITIONS OF USE
Using 24 Blocks
By accessing or using the application, you agree to be bound by these Terms of Service. If you do not agree, you must stop using 24 Blocks immediately.
01Introduction
Welcome to 24 Blocks. By accessing or using the application, you agree to be bound by these Terms of Service. If you do not agree with these terms and conditions, you must stop using 24 Blocks immediately.
02Purpose of 24 Blocks
24 Blocks is a personal life-management and social platform that lets you organise your daily time into blocks, track activities, mood, budget and learning progress, connect with other users through messaging, a social map and collaborative features, share content such as notes, photos, music snippets and thoughts, and access tools for academic planning, fitness tracking and personal development.
24 Blocks does not provide professional financial, medical, legal or psychological advice. Data and insights generated by the application are informational only and should not be used as a substitute for professional guidance.
03No Affiliation
24 Blocks is an independent service. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by any music streaming service, educational institution, financial institution, health provider or any third-party company. All trademarks, service names and platform names mentioned within the application are the property of their respective owners.
04Music Features
24 Blocks includes a local music player that plays audio files stored on your device. The application also detects metadata from third-party music applications running on the device for display and statistical purposes only.
24 Blocks does not stream, distribute, host or provide access to copyrighted music. You may share 10-second audio snippets for personal, non-commercial purposes within the platform. You are solely responsible for ensuring you have the right to play and share any audio content on your device.
05User Accounts
You are required to create an account using Firebase Authentication or other supported login methods. You agree to provide accurate information and keep your login credentials confidential. We reserve the right to suspend or delete accounts that violate these Terms.
06User-Generated Content
You are responsible for all content you publish within the application, including text messages, notes, photos, audio recordings, voice memos, handwritten drawings, lobby and group names, profile information, shared links, bulletin-board posts, micro-journals, and any other content submitted through the application.
You agree not to upload or distribute:
Offensive or abusive language, harassment, hate speech or discrimination
Sexually explicit or inappropriate content
Illegal content of any kind
Threats or violent behaviour
Spam or commercial advertising
Content that infringes on intellectual-property rights
Personal information of others without their consent
Content intended to deceive, manipulate or harm other users
We may remove or restrict content at our sole discretion, without prior notice.
07Social Features & User Interactions
24 Blocks includes social features such as direct messaging, group chat, a public social map, anonymous photo sharing, a neighbourhood bulletin board and a skill-exchange board. You agree that all interactions with other users — whether through messaging, shared content or map-based features — remain respectful and lawful.
Anonymous content (Moments, bulletin-board posts, anonymous micro-journals) is stored with the author's internal identifier for moderation and safety purposes. While other users cannot see the author's identity, 24 Blocks administrators and, when required by law, competent authorities may access this information to investigate reports of abuse, harassment or illegal activity.
You agree not to use social features to stalk, harass or intimidate other users, distribute unsolicited messages or spam, impersonate other users or misrepresent your identity, share another user's private information, or circumvent safety mechanisms such as invite codes or blocking features.
08Location Data
24 Blocks uses approximate location data (city-level) for social-map features and locally relevant advertising. The application does not track or store precise GPS coordinates for social features. Location displayed to other users is always approximate — city-level with a randomised offset of several kilometres. You may disable location features at any time through your device settings or within the application.
09Financial Data
24 Blocks includes budget and expense-tracking features. All financial data (budgets, expenses, subscriptions) is entered manually by you and stored securely in your private account. 24 Blocks does not connect to bank accounts, payment processors or financial institutions, and does not provide financial advice. Budget insights are purely informational.
10Health & Activity Data
24 Blocks may access step count and physical-activity data through your device's built-in sensors, with your permission. This data is used solely to display personal fitness information within the application. 24 Blocks does not provide medical advice. Health-related features (medical document storage, symptom tracking, prescription reminders) are organisational tools only and should not replace professional medical care.
11Student Data
24 Blocks includes academic features such as timetable management, homework tracking, grade recording and study-session logging. This data is private to your account. Grade calculations and academic statistics are provided for personal tracking only and do not constitute official academic records.
12Prohibited Use
You agree not to:
Misuse, hack or attempt to gain unauthorised access to the application or its infrastructure
Impersonate other users or 24 Blocks staff
Attempt to access restricted sections, data, or other users' private information
Reverse-engineer, decompile or disassemble the application
Use the application for unlawful purposes
Create multiple accounts to circumvent suspensions or bans
13Paid Features
Some features may require a paid subscription (premium plan). Premium users benefit from an ad-free experience and access to enhanced features. Payments are handled through the application's platform-specific payment system. You agree that all purchases are subject to the respective platform's terms and refund policies. Free users may see non-personalised advertisements within the application.
14Advertisements
24 Blocks displays standard, non-personalised advertisements to free (non-premium) users only. Advertisements are suitable for a general audience and never include adult, explicit or age-restricted content. Ad relevance may be improved using approximate location data (city-level only), with no tracking of user behaviour, interests or personal data for advertising purposes. Premium subscribers do not see any advertisements.
15Intellectual Property
The 24 Blocks application — including its design, code, illustrations, branding and original content — is the intellectual property of its creator. You may not reproduce, distribute, modify or create derivative works from any part of the application without prior written consent. User-generated content remains your property, but by posting content within the application you grant 24 Blocks a non-exclusive, royalty-free, worldwide licence to display, store and transmit that content as necessary to operate the service.
16Data & Privacy
24 Blocks uses Firebase services for its backend infrastructure. Your data is handled in accordance with our Privacy Policy, which complies with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and applicable French data-protection laws.
17Disclaimer of Liability
We provide 24 Blocks "as is" with no guarantees regarding availability, stability, accuracy or uninterrupted service. We are not responsible for user behaviour or user-generated content, interactions between users (whether online or offline), loss of data or account access, decisions made based on information displayed in the application (financial, medical, academic or otherwise), or content shared by users through social features.
18Termination
We may suspend or terminate your account if you violate these Terms, engage in illegal activity, disrupt the functioning of 24 Blocks, or repeatedly receive content reports from other users. Termination may occur without prior notice.
19Changes to the Terms
We may update these Terms at any time. Continued use of 24 Blocks after changes are published means acceptance of the updated Terms. Significant changes will be communicated through an in-app notice.
20Governing Law
These Terms are governed by French law. Any disputes shall be handled by the competent courts in France.
PRIVACY POLICY
What we collect & why
This policy explains how 24 Blocks collects, uses, stores and protects your personal data. We comply with the GDPR (EU Regulation 2016/679), French data-protection law (CNIL), and all applicable platform developer policies. If you do not agree, please stop using the application.
01Introduction
This Privacy Policy explains how 24 Blocks ("the App", "we", "our", "us") collects, uses, stores and protects your personal data. By using the application, you agree to the data practices described in this Policy. We comply with the General Data Protection Regulation (EU Regulation 2016/679), French data-protection laws (CNIL), and all applicable platform developer policies.
02Data We Collect
We collect only the data necessary to provide the application's features.
2.1 — Data you provide
Account information (email, username, public username)
Profile data (display name, picture, age, gender, height, weight — all optional)
Time blocks (schedules, categories, descriptions, status)
Activities and tasks (titles, descriptions, progress, linked media)
Notes (text, audio recordings, images, video)
Mood check-in data (scores, emotion tags, reflection notes)
Budget data (budgets, expenses, subscriptions, categories, amounts, receipt photos)
Student data (subjects, timetable, homework, exams, grades, study sessions, bookmarks)
Messages and chat content (direct messages, group messages, shared files)
Social content (micro-journals, handwritten notes, discovery links, bulletin posts, music shares, anonymous photos)
Music library metadata (titles, artists, albums, play counts — extracted from files on your device)
Skill-exchange offers, time-capsule content, and friend connections
2.2 — Data collected automatically
Device information (model, OS version)
Approximate location (city-level, for the social map and ad relevance — never precise GPS for social purposes)
Step count and physical-activity data (with permission, via device sensors)
Music-playback metadata from third-party apps (title, artist, album — via system media session, not from the app's data)
Listening history (which songs played during which time blocks)
We do not collect precise GPS location for social features. City-level location is determined via network-based methods or user input.
2.3 — Camera & microphone
Camera access is used for the "Moments" feature (anonymous camera-only photos), document scanning (receipts, medical documents) and profile-photo capture. Microphone access is used for voice-memo recording, audio-note creation and music-snippet capture (ambient recording for sharing). Camera and microphone data is only captured when you actively initiate the feature — there is no background recording.
2.4 — Firebase services
We use Firebase Authentication, Cloud Firestore, Firebase Storage, Firebase Cloud Messaging, Firebase Cloud Functions, Firebase Crashlytics and Firebase Analytics (anonymised usage data only). Firebase is operated by Google LLC and may collect hashed identifiers, device information and crash data. More information: firebase.google.com/support/privacy
03Advertising
The application displays standard, non-personalised advertisements to free (non-premium) users only. Premium subscribers see no advertisements.
3.1 — Ad provider
Google AdMob (Google LLC).
3.2 — Data used for ads
AdMob may collect device information, approximate location (city or region level, for ad relevance only), ad-performance metrics and device advertising identifiers. We do not use cookies, personalised ads based on user behaviour, or interest-based advertising. All advertisements are suitable for a general audience — no adult, explicit or age-restricted ads are displayed. Google AdMob privacy: policies.google.com/technologies/ads
04How We Use Your Data
We use your data to authenticate users and manage accounts; operate time blocks, activities, notes and mood tracking; provide budget and expense tracking; operate academic and learning features; provide real-time messaging and group collaboration; operate the social map, music sharing and World features; display approximate friend and public-user presence; deliver non-personalised ads to free users; prevent abuse, spam and fraud; improve stability and fix bugs; generate anonymised aggregate data (mood weather map); and comply with legal obligations.
We do not sell your data to anyone. We do not share your data with third-party advertisers, data brokers, social networks or marketing companies for their own purposes.
05Legal Basis for Processing (GDPR)
Under the GDPR, we process your data under the following legal bases: contractual necessity (account creation, core features, messaging, social features); legitimate interest (security, analytics, fraud prevention, application improvement); legal obligation (data required by law enforcement or regulatory authorities); and user consent (location, camera and microphone access, notifications, advertising).
06Data Sharing
We may share your data only with Google Firebase (backend services, authentication, storage), Google AdMob (advertisements for free users) and Firebase Crashlytics (error reporting and stability).
We do not share your data with third-party advertisers beyond AdMob, data brokers, social networks, marketing companies, or any other third party not listed above. We never sell personal data. When required by law, we may disclose user data — including the identity behind anonymous content — to competent authorities in response to a valid legal request.
07Social Features & Content Visibility
Content shared through social features may be visible to other users depending on your privacy settings. You control who can see your presence, activity status, music status, notes and other shared content through the World settings screen. "Public" content is visible to all 24 Blocks users; "friends only" content is visible only to your confirmed friends. Anonymous content (Moments, anonymous micro-journals, bulletin posts) shows no identifying information to other users, but the author's internal identifier is stored for moderation purposes.
Direct messages and group chats are stored in plaintext for moderation and safety. Messages are not end-to-end encrypted. This allows administrators and, when legally required, competent authorities to investigate reports of abuse or illegal activity.
08International Data Transfers
Firebase and Google servers may be located outside the European Union. Transfers are governed by Standard Contractual Clauses (SCC), and GDPR compliance is guaranteed by Google LLC.
09Data Retention
We keep data only as long as necessary. Account data, time blocks, activities, notes, mood data and budget data are retained until deleted by you. Chat messages are retained until manually deleted or the conversation is deleted. Anonymous content is automatically deleted upon expiration — 24 hours for Moments, 48 hours for bulletin posts, configurable for other content. Music listening history is retained until deleted by you. Time capsules are retained until opened, then until deleted. Crash data is retained for up to 90 days. Firebase logs are limited by Firebase retention policy. You can request complete data deletion at any time.
10Your Rights (GDPR)
You have the right to access your data, correct your data, delete your data ("right to be forgotten"), export your data (portability), restrict or object to processing, and withdraw consent at any time (for example, location, camera, microphone or notifications).
To exercise any of these rights, contact us at dingplay.remsbdj@gmail.com. We will respond within 30 days.
11Children's Privacy
24 Blocks is designed for users aged 13 and older. We do not knowingly collect personal data from children under 13. If you believe a child under 13 is using the application, please contact us immediately so we can remove the account and associated data.
No system is 100% secure, but we take reasonable, industry-standard measures to protect your data.
13Account Deletion
You may request account deletion by contacting support or through the in-app settings. Deletion removes all profile data; all time blocks, activities, notes and mood data; all budget data; all student data; all messages and chat participation; all World content (posts, music history, stats); all friend connections and requests; and all uploaded media (photos, audio, documents) from Firebase Storage. Some metadata may be retained if legally required. Deletion is processed within 30 days of the request.
14Changes to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify users through an in-app notice and version notes. Continued use of the application after changes are published means acceptance of the updated Policy.
15Contact
For any inquiry, data request or legal matter, contact us at the address below. We respond within 30 days.