PixelDex — Privacy Policy

Last updated: 2026-07-02

Overview

PixelDex is a watch face for Garmin devices. It displays your health and activity data directly on your watch, styled as a retro pixel stat screen. This policy explains what data PixelDex accesses, how it is used, and what it does not do.

Data PixelDex accesses

To display your stats, PixelDex reads the following data directly from your Garmin device's on-device APIs:

• Body Battery
• Heart rate
• Stress level
• Steps and calories
• SpO2 (blood oxygen) and respiration rate
• VO2 max (running and cycling)
• Resting heart rate and time to recovery
• Distance, floors climbed, active minutes
• Current weather conditions and forecast (via Garmin's built-in Weather API, which uses your device's approximate location to fetch local conditions)
• Basic device state (battery level, connection status)

This access is declared through the standard Connect IQ SensorHistory and UserProfile permissions, requested at install time by the Garmin platform.

What PixelDex does NOT do

• PixelDex does not transmit any of your data off your device. There is no network or Bluetooth communication permission in the app, and no backend server exists to receive data.
• PixelDex does not collect, store, or share any personally identifiable information.
• PixelDex does not use analytics, tracking, or advertising SDKs of any kind.
• PixelDex does not create user accounts or require sign-in.
• PixelDex does not sell or share data with third parties, because no data ever leaves your watch.

Data storage

PixelDex reads live data each time the watch face redraws; it does not keep a history log of your stats. Your display preferences (color theme, which stats are shown, clock format, step goal, heart-rate alert threshold, weather unit) are stored locally on your device via the Connect IQ Properties/ Storage API, and are only synced to the Garmin Connect Mobile app as part of Garmin's own standard settings sync, the same way any other Connect IQ app's settings would be. PixelDex's developer has no access to this data.

Children's privacy

PixelDex does not knowingly collect data from children, as it does not collect any personal data at all, from anyone.

Changes to this policy

If PixelDex's data handling ever changes (for example, if a future feature adds network access), this policy will be updated first, and the change will be reflected in the app's Connect IQ Store listing.

Contact

Questions about this policy or the app can be sent to: zeninhedge@gmail.com