Privacy Policy
Last updated: April 14, 2026
Summary
Space Telescope does not collect, store, or transmit any personal information about you. There are no accounts, no analytics, no advertising, and no third-party tracking. Everything the app does happens either on your Apple TV or by fetching publicly available content from NASA, ESA, ESO, and Sen directly.
Information we don't collect
- We do not ask for or collect your name, email, or any other identifying information.
- We do not use analytics, crash reporting, or tracking SDKs.
- We do not use advertising or advertising identifiers.
- We do not share any data with third parties, because we do not have any data to share.
Network requests
To show images and videos, the app fetches content directly from the following public sources. None of these requests include any identifier for you:
- NASA Images API —
images-api.nasa.gov— for astronomy images and thumbnails. - ESA/Hubble RSS feed —
feeds.feedburner.com/hubblecastandcdn.esahubble.org— for Hubblecast videos. - ESO RSS feed —
eso.organdcdn.eso.org— for ESO videos. - NASA ScienceCasts RSS feed —
feeds.feedburner.com/NasaSciencecastsands3.amazonaws.com/smd.nasa.gov— for Science at NASA videos. - Sen Space Live — Amazon MediaTailor and Amagi CDN — for the 24/7 Earth-from-space live stream.
These services have their own privacy policies that govern how they handle the underlying network traffic (your IP address, request timing, etc.), just as they would for any visitor to their sites.
Local storage on your Apple TV
Space Telescope stores a few preferences locally on your device so the app remembers how you like it between launches. These never leave your Apple TV:
- Whether background music is enabled.
- Whether the image slideshow auto-advances, and how long each image is shown.
- Whether the on-screen clock is shown.
- Whether the first-launch intro has already been seen.
You can reset all of this by deleting the app from your Apple TV.
Children
Space Telescope is safe for all ages. Because we collect no personal information from anyone, we collect none from children either. The app is compliant with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA).
Changes to this policy
If we ever change this policy, the updated version will be posted at this same URL with a new "Last updated" date above. Since the app doesn't collect anything, we don't expect meaningful changes.
Contact
Questions or concerns about privacy? Email support@taphive.com.