Privacy policy

Last updated: 2026-11-13

Moode RC is a remote control for the moOde audio player. It works without an account, without a server of ours and without tracking: the app talks to your player on your local network, and to nothing else. This policy explains which data the app handles, where it stays, and what your rights are under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR, Regulation (EU) 2016/679) and the Belgian Act of 30 July 2018.

1. Data controller

The data controller is:

• Apalala SRL, a private limited company under Belgian law
• Registered office: Chaumont-Gistoux, Belgium
• Email: info@apalala.be
• Help desk: helpdesk.apalala.be

Apalala SRL has not appointed a data protection officer, as the processing described here does not require one.

2. Scope

This policy covers the Moode RC app for iOS (iPhone and iPad, with its widget, its Siri and Shortcuts action and its Apple Watch app), the future Android version, and this website, mooderc.apalala.be. It does not cover moOde audio player itself, the music services or radio stations your player connects to, or the app stores: each applies its own policy.

3. What we do not collect

• There is no user account: no sign-up, no username, no password.
• We embed no analytics tool, no advertising SDK, no tracker and no advertising identifier.
• Apalala runs no server for the app: no data from the app is ever sent to us.
• We know neither your location, nor your contacts, nor what you listen to.

4. What stays on your devices

To do its job, the app keeps on your devices only:

• the list of your players (name, network address, detected moOde version) and the selected player;
• your settings (for instance, whether track-change notifications are on);
• a copy of the player list on your Apple Watch, so the Watch app can work on its own;
• the current track, shown on the lock screen, in Control Centre, in the widget and, if you enable them, in notifications.

This data is stored in the app's private container and in a shared container used by the widget and the Watch app. It is never synchronised to our servers. If the operating system backs it up (for instance through iCloud), that happens within your Apple account, under Apple's responsibility and according to your settings.

5. Network connections

5.1 Your moOde player

The app, the widget and the Watch app send commands (play, pause, volume, library browsing…) directly to your moOde player over your local network, using moOde's HTTP command interface. Album artwork is fetched from the player in the same way. Nothing goes through the Internet or through Apalala. Like moOde's own web interface, this local connection is not encrypted: use the app on a network you trust.

5.2 Player discovery

To find players, the app looks for devices announcing themselves on your local network (Bonjour) and checks well-known names such as moode.local. This is why iOS asks for the Local Network permission. The search never leaves your network.

5.3 Siri, Shortcuts and notifications

The "Control moOde" action is handled by Apple's Siri and Shortcuts on your device, under Apple's privacy policy. Track-change notifications are local notifications created on your iPhone; no push service is involved.

5.4 Crash reports

We embed no crash-reporting tool. If the app closes unexpectedly, only the operating system can send us a report, and only if you have enabled sharing analytics with developers in your device settings. These reports reach us through App Store Connect, in aggregated form and without data that would directly identify you; we use them solely to fix bugs.

5.5 The app stores

Downloads and updates go through Apple's App Store (and later Google Play). Apple and Google process data linked to your account with them under their own policies. Apalala receives from them only aggregated, anonymous statistics.

6. This website

mooderc.apalala.be is a static site. It uses no cookies and embeds no analytics service, no external font and no sharing button. Your browser's local storage only remembers the theme (light or dark) and the language you chose. Like any web server, ours keeps technical logs (IP address, date, requested page, user agent) for security and troubleshooting; they are deleted automatically after 30 days at most.

7. When you contact us

If you write to us by email or open a ticket on our help desk, we process the data you provide (name, email address, message, any screenshots) solely to answer you. These exchanges are kept for 24 months at most after the request is closed, then deleted, unless the law requires otherwise.

8. Legal bases

The processing described above relies on the performance of the service you request (Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR) for controlling your player, on our legitimate interest (Art. 6(1)(f)) for server logs, crash reports and support, and on your consent (Art. 6(1)(a)), given in your device settings, for the Local Network permission, notifications and sharing crash reports, which you can withdraw at any time in the same place. We take no automated decision and carry out no profiling.

9. Recipients and transfers

Apalala does not sell, rent or share your data. Our website is hosted in Belgium and we transfer no data outside the European Union.

10. Your rights

You have the rights of access, rectification, erasure, restriction, portability and objection, and you can withdraw your consent at any time. For data that stays on your devices, you exercise these rights yourself: remove a player, change a setting or uninstall the app. For anything else, write to info@apalala.be; we reply within one month, free of charge.

If you believe your rights are not being respected, you may lodge a complaint with the Belgian supervisory authority:

Autorité de protection des données (APD) / Gegevensbeschermingsautoriteit (GBA)
Rue de la Presse 35, 1000 Brussels, Belgium
www.dataprotectionauthority.be — contact@apd-gba.be

11. Children

Moode RC is a general-audience remote control. It is not aimed at children, and we collect no personal data from anyone to make it work.

12. Changes to this policy

We may adapt this policy as the app evolves. The date of the last update appears at the top of the page. If a change ever involved processing data on our servers, we would inform you in the app and on this site before it takes effect.

13. About moOde

moOde audio player is an independent open-source project. Moode RC is developed by Apalala and is not affiliated with or endorsed by the moOde project.