Privacy policy
This page describes what each app actually does with your data. Where an app sends something off your device, it is named below.
Wy5
Your rankings are sent to a Wyome server so they can be counted into the community totals. You are identified by Apple’s anonymous identifier or by a device identifier — no name and no email address is stored, and there are no display names anywhere. Published standings are anonymous aggregates. Looking up a film, album or book queries Wikipedia.
WyHome
Everything you record stays on your device. There is one exception: finding a contractor. Searching sends the search text to Apple Maps, along with your location if you allow it, so results can be local. If you search near your home address, that address is sent to Apple to turn it into a map location. Reminders and calendar entries are written into your own Apple apps.
WyAuto
Everything stays on your iPhone. There is no account, no analytics, and no network requests of any kind.
Athena
Items you save are stored on the server hosting the instance you use. For athenana.com, that is a server operated by Wyome; if you run your own instance, it is your server. When you save a link, the server fetches that page, keeps a copy of it and a screenshot, and uses them for tagging and search. Signing in uses your Apple account and no password is ever stored. Pages and images you save are sent to Anthropic’s Claude API so they can be tagged automatically and so text in images can be read.
Common to all
Wy5, WyHome and WyAuto contain no third-party analytics, no advertising and no trackers. No data from any of the four is sold, and none is shared with anyone except where this page says otherwise — Apple Maps for WyHome’s contractor search, Wikipedia and Wikidata for Wy5’s look-ups, and the Claude API for Athena’s tagging.
Data retention & deletion
Wy5 keeps your rankings for as long as your account exists, so they stay counted in the community totals. Deleting your account removes your rankings and the totals are recomputed without them. In-app deletion has not shipped yet — email support@wyome.com to request it and it will be done by hand until it has.
WyHome and WyAuto store nothing off your device, so there is nothing on a Wyome server to delete: removing the app removes everything.
Athena keeps what you save until it is removed. For athenana.com, email support@wyome.com to have your account and its items deleted; if you run your own instance, deletion is yours to carry out.
Questions: support@wyome.com.