Last updated September 23, 2026

Privacy

Shavua does not require an account, name, or email address from people using the iOS app. If you allow location access, the app uses your location to find nearby shuls and provide local zmanim. It uses Apple location services and sends selected coordinates to Hebcal for calendar and zmanim results. Your selected place and preferences are saved on your device.

To prepare event listings, Shavua uses read-only access to its dedicated Google Gmail account. Cloudflare processes message content to identify events; limited source details and event information are stored privately, while full messages remain in Gmail. Only published event details are shown in the app.

We keep this information as needed to operate and correct event listings; there is no fixed deletion schedule yet. The Gmail account owner can revoke access through Google.