Privacy Policy

Last updated: 8 October 2026

Pace Interval Timer ("Pace") is a free workout timer run by Lizards of the Rock Pty Ltd ("we" or "us") in South Africa. We are responsible for your personal information under South Africa's Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA) and, where it applies, the EU and UK General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

In short:

You can use Pace without an account. Your workouts and stats then stay on your device.
With an account, we store your email address, workouts and workout history so they sync across your devices.
No ads, no tracking, no analytics, and we never sell your information.

1. What we collect

Without an account: nothing is sent to us. Your workouts, workout history and settings are saved in your browser on your device.

With an account:

Your email address, to sign you in and send account emails.
Your password, which is stored scrambled (hashed) by our sign-in provider. We can't see it.
If you sign in with Google, Google shares your name, email address and profile picture with our sign-in provider. We only use your email address.
Your workouts: names, intervals, durations, and exertion and resistance levels.
Your workout history: which workouts you did, when, for how long and how much you completed.

Share links: when you share a workout, we store a copy of its name and intervals. Anyone with the link who is signed in to Pace can view and copy it. It doesn't show your name or email address.

Technical information: our providers record things like IP addresses, browser type and sign-in events, to run and protect the service. The app also loads its fonts from Google Fonts, so your browser sends your IP address to Google.

2. How we use it

To run your account and sync your workouts and history between your devices, because you've asked us to (our agreement with you).
To send essential emails, such as confirming your email address and resetting your password. We don't send marketing emails.
To keep Pace secure and prevent misuse (our legitimate interest).
To meet legal obligations.

We do not sell or rent your information, share it for advertising, use analytics or tracking, or make automated decisions about you.

3. Who helps us run Pace

Supabase: accounts and synced data. Our database is in Ireland (EU).
Google: optional Google sign-in, and fonts for the app.
Firebase Hosting (Google): serves the app and this website.
Resend: sends account emails.

These providers only use your information to provide their service to us. Some of them process information outside South Africa. When information leaves South Africa, the EU or the UK, we rely on that country's level of protection or on the providers' standard data protection contracts, as POPIA and the GDPR require.

We may also share information if the law requires it.

4. Storage on your device

Pace saves your workouts, workout history, settings and sign-in session in your browser's storage. This is needed for the app to work. Pace doesn't use advertising or tracking cookies. Clearing your browser's data for Pace removes this information.

5. How long we keep it

Account information, workouts and history: until you delete them or delete your account. Deleting a workout doesn't delete the history of times you did it.
Share links: until you delete your account. Email us to remove a link sooner.
Technical logs and backups: for a limited time, under our providers' normal schedules.

6. Deleting your data

You can delete your account at any time in Settings. This permanently removes your account, synced workouts, workout history and share links from our database.

Data already saved on your devices stays there, so you can keep using Pace without an account. To remove it, sign out and use Clear local data in Settings, or clear your browser's data. Do this on each device you've used. Copies in provider backups are removed when those backups expire.

7. Your rights

Wherever you live, you can ask us to:

tell you what information we hold about you and give you a copy
correct it
delete it
stop or limit using it
send it to you in a format you can take elsewhere.

Email lizardsoftherock@gmail.com. We'll reply within 30 days, and may need to confirm it's you first.

If you're unhappy with how we handle your information, please tell us first. You can also complain to South Africa's Information Regulator or, in the EU or UK, your local data protection authority.

8. Security

All connections to Pace are encrypted, passwords are hashed, and database rules mean only you can read your account's data. No system is completely secure. If a breach affects your information, we'll tell you and the authorities as the law requires.

9. Age

Pace is only for people aged 18 or older. We don't knowingly collect information from anyone younger. If you think we have, contact us and we'll delete it.

10. Changes and contact

If we change this policy, we'll update the date above. If the change is significant, we'll also tell you in the app or by email. Our Information Officer can be reached at lizardsoftherock@gmail.com.