Privacy Policy
Last updated: October 21, 2026
Focus Grid is a weekly planner for ADHD entrepreneurs, made by Karen Spies. This page explains, in plain language, what Focus Grid does with your information. The short version: your tasks live in your own browser and your own Google account, and we don't keep a copy on our servers.
Connecting Google is optional
You can use Focus Grid without connecting anything. If you choose to connect your Google account, Focus Grid asks Google for permission to:
- See your name, email address and profile picture. We use these to greet you by name and to notice if you switch to a different Google account.
- See, create, edit and delete tasks in Google Tasks. We use this to keep your Focus Grid tasks backed up in a list called “Focus Grid” in your Google Tasks, so they come back if you clear your browser or sign in on another device, and so changes you make in the Google Tasks app show up here.
Focus Grid only works with the list named “Focus Grid.” It looks at the names of your task lists only to find that one, and it never reads, changes or deletes tasks in your other lists.
What we store, and where
- In your browser: your tasks, your settings, your Google name, email and picture, and the sign-in tokens Google gives Focus Grid. These stay on your device.
- On our servers: nothing. Focus Grid has no database and no user accounts. When your tasks sync, they and your sign-in token pass through our hosting provider to Google and are not saved by us.
- Hosting logs: our hosting provider, Vercel, keeps standard technical logs (such as IP address, time and the page requested) to run and secure the service. If a sync fails, technical details of the error may be logged. These logs are not used to read your tasks.
Who we share information with
We don't sell your information, we don't show ads, and we don't give anything to advertisers or data brokers. Information goes only to:
- Google, to do the syncing you asked for.
- Vercel, which hosts Focus Grid and handles requests on our behalf.
- Anyone the law requires us to respond to. Because we don't keep your tasks, we wouldn't have them to give.
Google API Services User Data Policy
Focus Grid's use and transfer to any other app of information received from Google APIs will adhere to the Google API Services User Data Policy, including the Limited Use requirements.
In practice, that means:
- We use information from your Google account only to run the features described above.
- We never use it for advertising, and we never sell it.
- No person reads your tasks. We keep no copy of them, so there is nothing for us to look at.
Keeping your information safe
Connections to Focus Grid and to Google use HTTPS. Your sign-in tokens are stored in your browser, so anyone who can use your browser profile on your device could use Focus Grid as you. Only connect on devices you trust, and sign out of shared computers by clicking Disconnect and clearing the site's data.
Your choices and deleting your data
- Stop syncing: click Disconnect in Focus Grid. That removes the Google sign-in from your browser.
- Cancel Google's permission completely: remove Focus Grid at myaccount.google.com/permissions.
- Delete your tasks: delete the “Focus Grid” list in Google Tasks, and clear this site's data in your browser.
Because we keep no copy of your tasks, those steps remove everything. If you'd like anything else removed, email us and we'll take care of it.
Children
Focus Grid isn't directed at children under 13.
Changes to this policy
If we change this policy, we'll update the date at the top. If we ever want to use your Google information in a new way, we'll ask for your consent first.
Contact
Questions or requests: karenspies@gmail.com