SpotVahti

App privacy

SpotVahti works without a user account. Your settings and devices stay on your phone.

Effective date: 11 November 2026. Suomeksi

This Privacy Policy explains how the SpotVahti app (iPhone, Apple Watch and widgets) processes data. SpotVahti is designed to work without user accounts and without our own backend service storing personal user data.

1. Data controller

Mika Heinonen (SpotVahti)
Email: [email protected]

2. What data we process

  • App settings (for example alert limits, VAT setting, Live Activity setting).
  • Device entries you create in the app (for example device name, power, usage duration, favourite status).
  • A Fingrid API key, if you provide or configure one for app use.
  • Notification permission status, if you grant notification permission.
  • When the app fetches electricity prices and forecast data, requests are sent directly from your device to third-party data providers. Those providers may process technical request metadata such as IP address and request logs under their own policies.
  • If you contact us by email, we process your message content and email address for support purposes.

SpotVahti does not create user profiles and does not store your app settings or device entries on our own servers.

3. Why we process data

  • to provide core app features (electricity prices, forecasts, cost estimates),
  • to synchronise data between iPhone, Apple Watch and widgets,
  • to deliver user-selected notifications and Live Activity features,
  • to maintain app functionality and user experience.

4. Where data is stored

  • Settings and device entries are primarily stored locally on your device (Apple App Group storage).
  • SpotVahti does not maintain a separate centralised user database for this app data.
  • Apple Watch synchronisation is handled via Apple Watch Connectivity.

5. Sharing data with third parties

We do not sell personal data. The app retrieves electricity data from external services, such as:

  • api.spot-hinta.fi (spot prices)
  • data.fingrid.fi (production and consumption data)
  • sahkovatkain.web.app (price and wind power forecasts)
  • sahkotin.fi (historical price statistics)
  • dashboard.elering.ee (Estonian day-ahead prices, to explain price changes)
  • www.elprisetjustnu.se (Swedish day-ahead prices, to explain price changes)

These services may process technical request metadata under their own terms and privacy practices. We do not control third-party processing on their systems.

6. Notifications

If you grant notification permission, SpotVahti may send local notifications (for example low-price or high-price alerts). You can change notification settings at any time in iOS Settings or in the app settings.

7. Data retention

  • Data stored on your device (settings and device entries) is retained until you remove it or uninstall the app.
  • Support messages are retained as long as reasonably necessary for customer support.

8. Your rights (EU/EEA)

Under applicable law, you may have the right to access your personal data, request correction of inaccurate data, request deletion of data, restrict processing, object to processing, and lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority (in Finland, the Office of the Data Protection Ombudsman). You can contact us at the address in section 1 to exercise your rights.

9. Children's privacy

The app is not specifically directed to children, and we do not knowingly collect personal data from children.

10. Changes to this Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The updated version will be published at this URL, and the effective date at the top will be updated.